How Not To Cheat At League of Legends

Just as the history of conventional sports is essentially a history of cheating, the same is true of gaming. In the modern day, though, with billions of dollars involved in competitive gaming, cheating is shadier, more consequential, and involves rewards far greater than the free lives offered up by the infamous Contra code. In the…

Overwatch Players Hear ‘I Need Healing’ In Their Nightmares

“I need healing.” Yeah, well, get in line, buddy. In Overwatch, needing healing is a way of life. It’s also a thing you can spam in “All” chat until your teammates want to throttle you. And, of course, a meme. A week after Overwatch came out, players noticed that Genji mains in particular like spamming…

Yooka-Laylee Glitch Lets You Skip Half The Game

You’ve spent a handful of hours scurrying around thick jungles, frozen snow fields, and gloopy swamps to find enough shiny gold book pages to complete Yooka-Laylee. But wait! The game wants you to collect even more. Thankfully, with some out of bounds trickery, you can ignore that and skip to the final boss. One of…

Splatoon 2 Already Seems Just As Disturbing As The First

Yesterday, Nintendo unveiled a new co-op mode titled “Salmon Run” for Splatoon 2. On the surface, Salmon Run appears to just be a horde mode. If you look closely, however, something starts to feel a little off. Let’s break it down, shall we? Here’s the trailer, in case you haven’t seen it yet: The very…

Podcast: The Voice Of Horizon Zero Dawn

Writer and actress Ashly Burch joins me and Kirk on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about what it was like to play Aloy, the lead character of Horizon Zero Dawn. First we talk about the games we’ve been playing (Rock Band VR and Cosmic Star Heroine) before leaping into the News Hour, with stories on…

Recent Switch Game Has A Surprising Feature: Emojis [Update 💩]

Graceful Explosion Machine is a fun shmup on the Nintendo Switch that makes good use of 🙏 and 💪 and 👍. Who knew this would be a good idea? The game is a throwback. It’s an arcade-style shooter that give players four beam weapons, a dash move, and a quick-turnaround option all in scrolling levels…

Look At These Star Wars: Forces Of Destiny Dolls

Disney and Lucasfilmjust announcedStar Wars: Forces of Destiny, a series of animated shorts showcasing heroic women from a galaxy far, far away. Hasbro compliments the shorts with a lovely line of 11-inch “Adventure Figures.” It’s okay to say dolls. They’re very nice dolls. The official announcement from Hasbro says the Forces of Destiny toys, which…

After Fatal Accident, Attack On Titan Stage Show Is Cancelled 

On April 10, acrobat performer Kazutaka Yoshino was inspecting the wire set up for the upcoming Attack on Titan live performance in Japan. Sadly, Yoshino died after falling around 30 feet. Today, organizers announced they were cancelling the show. Yoshino was one of the main aerial supervisors for the show. In an official statement, Attack…

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The Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul‘s Debut Trailer 

This summer, manga Tokyo Ghoul is getting a live-action film. And here is its 30-second debut trailer. Tokyo Ghoul began its maiden manga run in 2011, following the adventures of the flesh-eating “ghouls” that live among us. It has since been spun off into anime and video games. As Natalie points out, Tokyo Ghoul opens…

New Basketball Game Is Basically NBA Jam 2017

For a fun time, watch this trailer for the upcoming NBA Playgrounds—out in May—and see how close they come to saying “NBA Jam” without actually saying “NBA Jam”. 2v2 arcade basketball, cartoon players, exaggerated moves, it’s all certainly very familiar to NBA Jam fans, as well as anyone who played NBA Street. It’s not a…

Soldier 76 Cosplay, Reporting For Duty

Here is some very good Overwatch cosplay, starring a Soldier 76 who leaves all the jokes and memes at the door and plays the character straight-up, pulling it off almost perfectly. Cosplay by Tentacle Creations

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During Japan’s version of the Nintendo Direct held earlier today, a new game in the Senran Kagura series—Refure—was announced for the Switch. For anyone not familiar with Senran Kagura, it’s a series about female ninjas, and caters mainly to dudes who like to see anime girls with big chests. The team went to great lengths…

New Joy-Con Color, Battery Pack Coming

Nintendo’s Joy-Con contollers will soon be available in a new colour—”Neon Yellow”—while you’ll also later this year be able to buy a battery pack to extend the life of the lil’ pads. Both accessories will be available in the US on June 16. No word on price for the battery pack, but Nintendo’s Japanese site…

Overwatch‘s New Update Makes Losing Streaks Less Frustrating

In Overwatch, you win some and you lose some. Other times, you win some, you lose a lot, and you seriously consider going to Blizzard’s headquarters so you can do that thing where at first you’re yelling but by the end you’re crying, and somebody gives you a hug and says, “there, there.” That is…

Microsoft Tests Steam-Style Refunds For Xbox One

Microsoft is testing out a digital refund service on Xbox One, although it’s currently only available to alpha testers and might not make it to the public. If this service does go wide, Xbox One players will be able to return games that are less than two weeks old and that they’ve played for less…