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EsportsStreet Fighter V Player Delivers Epic Pop-Off After Crushing Rival
Rivalries drive esports, and there’s few places with better beef than the fighting game community, or FGC. Joshua “Wolfkrone” Philpot and Kenneth “KBrad” Bradley’s ongoing feud came to a head last night at Final Round 20 in Atlanta, Georgia, and the resulting conclusion could be called the “pop-off heard ‘round the world.” It’s hard to…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 12, 2017 -
CultureSunday Comics: Your Shield Is Damaged
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 March 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 6. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published March 12, 2017 - Uncategorized
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Players Are Tricking Amiibos To Grind For Rare Loot
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is amazing in its own right. Its world is breathtakingly gorgeous and bursting at the seams with surprises. So why am I and other players wasting so much time resetting the Nintendo Switch’s clock so we can keep spawning new treasure chests with our Amiibos? For me…
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 - Esports
Singer At French Street Fighter Tournament Screams ‘Hadoken’ Into The Void
“If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. I think this guy who screamed “Hadoken” over and over again at the Street Fighter V French Cup crowd might have some idea what that feels like. Apparently, a musical group called Neko Light Orchestra was asked to play…
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Quake Champions will be free-to-play but charge players for characters, the game’s creative director told Polygon. While you can play the Ranger class for free, unlocking others will cost you. The game’s director said this was a way of compromising between satisfying stalwart fans and inviting newcomers.
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 - Esports
12 Smash Tournament Organizers Quit After Leader Accused Of Multiple Acts Of Sexual Harassment
Several core members of the BEAST crew, an organization that hosts an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament, announced their departure today in the wake of sexual harassment allegations brought against BEAST head organizer Lolex. In a statement posted on the r/smashbros subreddit, the group says they were shocked and upset to learn about Lolex’s behavior,…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 11, 2017 - Esports
The Highs And Lows Of Hearthstone, Embodied In One Turn
Disguised Toast did nothing to disguise is joy and disgust at a particularly torturous turn of luck during last night’s stream Soaking up damage throughout a match against a Priest deck, Toast finally unleashed Twisting Nether to clear the board and relieve some pressure. He also had Atiesh equipped, a weapon that summons a random…
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Glitch Lets Mercy Unleash Her Inner Phoenix
In the latest version of Overwatch, using Mercy’s “hello” emote while floating through the sky can yield some wicked results The discovery was shared on Reddit by user Rosilia who was able to help the beloved healer nearly double her wing span and also make it glow bright green by quickly deploying the emote while…
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 -
EsportsSpeedrunner Completes Zelda: Breath of the Wild In Less Than One Hour, A New World Record
One week after release, the speedrun for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has fallen under one hour thanks to a slew of optimizations and new techniques. Yesterday, speedrunner gymnast86 completed the game with a time of 58 minutes and one second. It is a significant time difference from the game’s first completed…
By Heather Alexandra Published March 11, 2017 - Esports
American Dota 2 Team Moves To Southeast Asia For Qualifier, Loses Every Match
The regional qualifiers for the next Dota 2 major have been exciting, with over 100 matches played in the last 48 hours. The Kiev Major boasts a prize pool of $3 million, and so everybody and their grandmother has been competing to earn a spot, including one team that made a desperate move to somewhere…
By Eric Van Allen Published March 11, 2017 - Esports
The Weekend In Esports: The World Cup Of Killer Instinct Returns
This weekend Killer Instinct fighters across the country will descend on the Tobin Center in San Antonio, Texas to rip each other’s digital guts out. But no tea bagging please, that would be disrespectful. But qualifiers for Dota 2‘s Kiev Major, Street Fighter V’s Final Round 20, and the last qualifiers for the next season…
By Ethan Gach Published March 11, 2017 -
UncategorizedUndead Cafe Game Necrobarista Was Made Out Of Frustration With The State Of Anime
Recently, a game called Necrobarista caught my eye. It’s about a cafe the dead return to for one last cup of coffee, and it’s got an art style that screams Persona. That’s no coincidence. Necrobarista’s developers told me the game arose from their “love-hate relationship” with anime and visual novels. “Back in the ‘90s, you…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedA Musical Indie Game Starring A Teen With A Cosmic Guitar
Game designer Johnny Galvatron first doodled the monsters of The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti in his student math book, years ago. “I wasn’t a great math student,” he said, delightfully pointing out The Artful Escape ’s space whale and “suborbital jellyfish.” The short PAX East demo of The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti showed…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published March 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedKotaku’s Buffy Fans Pick Their Favorite Episodes
Today, Buffy the Vampire Slayer celebrates its 20th anniversary. To honor this occaision, the Buffy-likers at Kotaku talk about their favorite episodes. Spoilers for… Pretty Much Everything In Buffy Kirk Hamilton — “Hush” You may expect me to pick “Once More, With Feeling” for this, but oh no, I will not be so predictable. I’ll…
By Gita Jackson Published March 10, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Weekends are for returning those shoes you bought because you keep putting it off and if you end up running out of time on the return you’re gonna feel like an idiot. Also, video games. I’m going to tinker around in Ghost Recon Wildlands a bit more. I don’t love playing it solo, but it’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 10, 2017 -
UncategorizedZelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Full Of Amazing Little Details
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild manages to be both massive and unusually detailed. The sprawl of Hyrule will take weeks or even months for most of us to explore, not just because of its square mileage but because of how much there is to see and do in a given field or…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 10, 2017
