Call of Duty Pros Defend Commentator Who Was Kink Shamed

On Sunday night, Call of Duty commentator Jack Campbell announced his departure from the esports scene and his plan to deactivate his Twitter account. Campbell’s love life has become a topic de rigeur for Call of Duty fans in the past month, in spite of Campbell’s attempts to stave off fans’ speculation. The situation came…

Doomfist Controller Lets Overwatch Players Catch These Hands

Today on Highlight Reel we have fatal bullets, pileups, land cruising, self-help, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Final Fantasy XV –dance the…

What We Mostly Loved About Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can. Apparently spiders can reboot their movie franchises twice in 15 years. The web-head made his feature debut in the Marvel cinematic universe, and it wasn’t horrible at all. Join Patricia Hernandez and me as we discuss Spider-Man: Homecoming Fahey: First off, let’s establish a baseline. I have seen…

Llama Fetus Leads Ghost Recon: Wildlands Players On a Literal Witch Hunt

The latest update for Ghost Recon: Wildlands contains a creepy Easter Egg that promises to send players on a witch hunt (literally). Ubisoft’s open-world Tom Clancy shooter received a massive 8 GB update on June 30. “Title Update 5″ brought several fixes and the introduction of the Tier 1 leveling feature. The patch notes also…

Steam Bans Over 40,000 Accounts

If you’re gonna cheat, you might as well do it on the cheap. That seems to be the going line of thought among would-be cheaters in games like Counter-Strike, who risk losing access to games and even their accounts if they get caught. Valve, however, has caught on to the loophole. The day after this…

Overwatch’s Competitive Mode Is Depressing Right Now

A gloom has descended on Overwatch’s competitive mode. For over a month, players have reportedjoylessly grinding through Season 5 to redeem their former competitive rankings, a result of publisher Blizzard artificially depleting them. The community’s reaction, which ranges from sorrow to toxicity, has been depressing to watch, but more depressing to participate in. There’s a…

Quiz: Which Adult Skyrim Mod Are You?

There are thousands of “adult” mods for Skyrim. Find out which one you are in this quiz. As you may have guessed, this quiz is NSFW

What We Loved (And Didn’t Love) About The Castlevania Anime

Netflix’s Castlevania animated series released over the weekend and has plenty of demon killing, testicle jokes, magic and blood. But how does it hold up as a complete package? I sat down with my coworker Mike Fahey to talk about all the good and all the bad. SPOILERS AHEAD Heather Alexandra, Kotaku: Netflix’s Castlevania series…

The Best Speedruns From SGDQ 2017

A lot of people played video games very quickly last week, raising $1.7 million for charity in the process. All of the speedruns at Summer Games Done Quick 2017 were entertaining, but if you don’t have time to catch up on them all, here were some of my favorites. Final Fantasy VII (starts at 11:15)…

KFC Opens A Healthy New Restaurant In China 

This is K Pro. It recently opened in Hangzhou, China, and it’s the first KFC salad spin-off restaurant of its kind. According to That’s Mag, it serves fresh smoked salmon, shrimp, salads, and sandwiches with grilled, not fried, chicken.  Via Sohu and WX Wenku, here is a look inside. (You can see more here and…

New Pokémon Movie Rewrites History, Ditches Brock And Misty

The upcoming Pokémon movie is a re-telling of the Indigo League stories, with two glaring omissions. Warning: This article has spoilers. Namely, the absence of Brock and Misty, who were two of Ash’s first cohorts in original anime. Both might be Ash’s most well-known friends, with Misty even appearing in the first episode I Choose…

Check Out This Nintendo Switch Keyboard

With upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dragon Quest X coming to the Nintendo Switch this September in Japan, peripheral makers are readying Switch friendly keyboards. This Cyber Gadget one is something else. No idea if it’s actually any good, but it certainly does bring back memories of this Game Cube keyboard controller. The keyboard…

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