Luigi Taunt Catches Smash Player Off-Guard

In a match last night at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, one Luigi player pulled out a move that few would ever expect in a competitive setting: the taunt. According to SmashWiki, Luigi’s taunt is the only taunt in the game that does damage, dealing a measly 1 percent. It’s the knock-up that’s useful, and…

Has South Park’s Humor Changed, Or Have We?

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I take on South Park. We talk about the new game, The Fractured But Whole, as well as the show as a whole: its comedic sensibility, how its jokes function, and the baggage South Park has accumulated over the last 20 years on the air. I’ve excerpted a…

At Long Last, Two Classic Psychedelic Shooters Are Coming To The Atari Jaguar

Llamatron 2112 and Revenge of the Mutant Camels are finally getting proper re-releases. It just happens to be on a system that came out nearly a quarter century ago. Jeff Minter has been designing games for over three decades. Odds are you’ve played, or at least laid eyes on, some of his work, including Tempest…

Sunday Comics: Reaper’s New Costume

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 17. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 16. Read more…

Nexon’s booth at TwitchCon has the largest variety of booth foliage I’ve ever seen. So many different kinds of fake trees! Spring trees, fall trees, palm trees, and even bamboo. I counted six different types in total, all to promote a game called Durango: Wildlands. As a booth foliage aficionado, I’m impressed.

TwitchCon’s Glass ‘Streamer Zones’ Make Streaming Nerve-Wracking

This year at TwitchCon, the show floor is playing host to a handful of box-shaped, see-through “Streamer Zones” where people can stream for their usual online audiences and also a real life one sitting mere feet away. If you’re used to streaming from the comfort of your own bedroom, it can be terrifying. It’s one…

Which Original Xbox Games Do You Most Want To See On The Xbox One?

With new speculation about which games Microsoft will have available at the start of it’s Xbox to Xbox One backward compatibility program, it’s a good time to remember just how many great games were exclusive to the old platform. Earlier today Twitter user h0x0d leaked twelve different games they claim to make up the first…

360 Dribble In Rocket League Is A Thing Of Beauty

Despite very few radical changes over the last couple years, Rocket League always seems to have something new to teach me. Case in point: today, while browsing the community’s subreddit, I found this clip from user Whiffmiester It’s a 360 dribble sometimes called the Paschy Twirl, named after Rocket League pro Philip “paschy90″ Paschmeyer, who…

Mario Odyssey Comes With Its Theme Song Lyrics Printed On The Inside Of The Case

“Jump Up, Super Star!” is both incredibly corny and hard not to love. Nintendo is apparently in love with it as well, having not only made it available to download on iTunes but also gone to the trouble of printing all the words to it on the inside of the game’s case. The game, which…

League of Legends Team Parts Ways With Its Unicorn

Unicorns of Love announced today that Roman Bigeard, the team’s manager most well-known for donning the horn and regalia of the team at many events, will part ways with the organization. In the announcement, Bigeard was said to have received “one of those typical offers ‘which you cannot refuse.’” Over the course of his time…

We’re charging into battle and beating up thousands of dudes in Fire Emblem Warriors right now on Twitch

The Weekend In Esports: The Halo Pro League And More Go Out West

The Madden Classic is going on this weekend, along with a slew of big ticket tournaments at DreamHack Denver. Destiny marches on at Worlds 2017 meanwhile, with SKT and Samsung still in the mix after Longzhu Gaming fell late in the week. In addition, Dota 2‘s competitive scene will get a chance to sort itself…

Team Fortress 2‘s Pyro Has A Jetpack Now

After over a year’s wait, the Pyro is getting a new set of tools. The biggest update for Team Fortress 2 in some time, the Jungle Inferno update not only adds new maps, taunts, campaign contracts, and balance changes, but a new suite of class weapons for everyone’s favorite firebug. In 2016’s Meet Your Match,…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is Getting A New Four Player Arcade Game 

Arcade cabinet maker Raw Thrills has confirmed it’s currently working on a new machine featuring the heroes in a half shell as depicted in the Nickelodeon cartoon currently in its fifth season. The new game is apparently being built from scratch with new assets to mirror the current TV show and with an eye toward…

This Week In The Business: Place Your Bets

QUOTE | “For example, if the player purchased a particular weapon, the microtransaction engine may match the player in a gameplay session in which the particular weapon is highly effective, giving the player an impression that the particular weapon was a good purchase. This may encourage the player to make future purchases to achieve similar…

TwitchCon Has Some Amazing World Of Warcraft Paintings

World of Warcraft community artists are collaborating on pieces while at TwitchCon.  Maliveth, a streamer and illustrator, told me she’s part of a five-person group who planned out this (in-progress) painting a week in advance. It’s part of a big wall of community illustrations, all of which are very impressive.

Bungie Explains How Destiny 2 ‘Seasons’ Will Work

Today at TwitchCon, a trio of Bungie developers hosted a panel about the future of Destiny 2. It wasn’t all that exciting, but they did share some new information about how the game’s “seasons” system will work. The panel was hosted by Destiny community manager David “DeeJ” Dague, who was joined by two designers from…

The meet-and-greet lines at TwitchCon are so long that not even a perfect cosplayer could get face time with Dr Disrespect. WiiMoon, a partnered Twitch streamer herself, told me she didn’t even know what she’d say to the Doc, but was sure it’d come to her in the moment. It’ll be a crime if they…