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The Week In Games: Come On Baby Light My Pyre
The creators of Bastion and Transistor are coming out with their latest and it shows how times have changed. We likened it last fall to a “mystical sports RPG.” Unlike Supergiant Games’ previous focus on story and exploration, Pyre shifts the focus to arena style-showdowns. Which I’m looking forward to, personally. An esport you play…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
The Hunt For An SNES Classic Is Already A Mess
A lot of people just want to preorder a damn SNES Classic. But nothing’s ever easy with Nintendo The SNES Classic isn’t scheduled to come out for another few months but everyone is already furiously trying secure a preorder. As a result, when Walmart appeared be accepting them late Friday night, people swamped the site…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sonic Crossover
Did you hear? Sonic the Hedgehog got picked up by comic book publisher IDW. That means it’s only a matter of time until the furry blue runner’s first really weird crossover. The new partnership was revealed last week after Sega announced Sonic comics would no longer be coming via Archie. Naturally, everyone’s wandering what this…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - Esports
‘Dicks Out 4 Winston’ And Other Signs At The Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers
If you’re headed to one of the Overwatch World Cup qualifiers and thinking of bringing that letter ‘D’ and a white picket fence scrawled on poster board, don’t. After all, Overwatch is a game built on around bizarre characters that encourage a sometimes frightening level of fandom. Nothing demonstrates that more clearly than taking a…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 -
EsportsCounter-Strike Team Caps Off Dominant Run With First-Ever Majors Win
Nine of the ten players in today’s PGL Major finals had never made it to a Valve major finals before, with one team having never qualified for a major ever. Only Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko had competed in the finals of a major prior, and he’d been snubbed twice. In a tense match between the two…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 23, 2017 - CultureShop Contest
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Last Of Hot Dogs, Winners!
One of the greatest video game openings of all time made somehow even better. Last week’s contest was to take the dancing hot dog and dump him into your favorite gaming locales. The enthusiasm seemed to be somewhat lacking and for a hot second I thought maybe I’d introduced one of the worst prompts in…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
Some Pokémon Go Players Are Having Trouble Capturing Lugia and Articuno
Pokémon Go players now have a chance to capture two rare birds, Lugia and Articuno. Some players attempting these raids are finding that adding legendaries to their compendium is a tough prospect, partially because of Niantic’s design, and partially due to good ‘ol network issues. The first hurdle is having a suitable and strong enough monster.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 23, 2017 -
EsportsWhen You Want Everyone To Know You Made That Overwatch Play Of The Game
Tanks, next to supports, are the often the unsung heroes of a match. So when you make one of the bigger plays of the game, even on the main stage of the Overwatch World Cup qualifiers, it’s fine to gloat a little. During the last night’s group stage matches in the Sydney qualifiers, Sweden took…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 23, 2017 -
UncategorizedBandai Namco Shows Off New Trailer And Gameplay For Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time
The publisher revealed some new information as well as some gameplay for the upcoming anime adaptation during a live stream even last night. As reported by Gematsu, the stream announced, among other things, that the characters Akko Kagari, Lotte Yanson, and Sucy Manbavaran will all be playable in the game. In addition, Little Witch Academia:…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: A Super Lasting Longer Than Four Hours
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 July 22. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 17. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published July 23, 2017 - Uncategorized
It turns out there’s a code to unlock Shin Akuma in Ultra Street Fighter II. Revealed by Capcom at this year’s SDCC, you can play as the character’s demon form by entering the following series of button presses while on the character select screen. Choose Ryu, highlight color 1, then press cancel. Choose Ken, highlight…
By Ethan Gach Published July 22, 2017 - Uncategorized
Geralt Must Eat Or Die In New Witcher 3 Mod
As if The Witcher 3 didn’t already have enough stuff to keep track of, a recent mod adds hunger, dehydration, and sleep as new challenges to be managed. The mod,spotted by PC Gamer, is called Primal Needs and it’s quite extensive, not just making Geralt more sloppy in battle if he fails to get some…
By Ethan Gach Published July 22, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go’s First Legendaries Are Lugia and Articuno, Both Live Now [UPDATE]
Despite a plague of issues during the live event, Pokémon Go players will soon get a chance at a rare monster. Fest attendees all get legendary Lugia in their accounts tonight, and players worldwide will start seeing Lugia in raid battles within the next 48 hours, Niantic announced. That’s not all. Niantic has been tracking individual…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 22, 2017 - Esports
Pro Smash Bros. Melee Fox Player Is Merciless
Nobody likes getting trapped in the corner. The Pokémon Stadium level had moved into its sheer rock wall phase when Justin “Plup” McGrath decided to knock off another one of David “R2DLiu” Liu’s lives without breaking a sweat. Nobody wants to meet one of the best Melee players around (Plup finished fifth at Evo) so…
By Ethan Gach Published July 22, 2017 - Esports
So Here’s What Waka Flocka Thinks Of Dota 2
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame was in town for DreamHack Atlanta, performing a set at the tournament and video game convention. It so happens that Flocka is a fan of games, and so during a desk segment for a Dota 2 match between Team Secret and Planet Odd, he joined the panelists to give his thoughts…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedVideo Comparison Shows How Kingdom Hearts III‘s Toy Story Measures Up To The Original Movie
Immediately after it was revealed that Toy Story would be coming to Kingdom Hearts III, people started comparing the game versions of characters like Woody and Rex to Toy Story movie ones. A new Digital Foundry report shows just how faithfully the game appears to recreate them based on the latest trailer. Toy Story came…
By Ethan Gach Published July 22, 2017 -
EsportsKnife In Overtime Steals The Show At Counter-Strike Major
There’s flashy ways to win in overtime, but few as good as a leaping knife slash to ensure a bomb goes off. The PGL Major, playing out in Kraków, Poland this weekend, has had its fair share of both drama and compelling matches. In the quarterfinals between BIG and Immortals yesterday, the first game went…
By Eric Van Allen Published July 22, 2017 -
UncategorizedPokémon Go Fest Is Having A Rough Start [UPDATES]
Players at the first ever live Pokémon Go event do not seem happy this morning, judging from reports of long lines and connectivity issues trickling in from Chicago. For a day, Pokémon Go Fest promised to be a festival full of rare monsters, special raids, medals, and eggs. But as first reported by Game Informer, the game…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 22, 2017
