The Week In Games: Virtual Fatality

As another wave of virtual reality technology breaks along the shore of humanity this week with PSVR, it’s only a matter of time until someone becomes the first person to die as a result of virtual reality. “We made some core decisions early on that we weren’t going to kill people.” That’s what Piers Jackson…

New York Comic-Con’s Cosplay Was Incredible

Whether it was at our party or at the show itself, this year’s Comic-Con had some absolutely fantastic cosplay on show. Here are some of the highlights. I’ve got as many credits as I can for these, but if you see someone (or are someone!) who’s missing let me know and I can add it…

League of Legends Pro Suspended During Worlds For Toxic Chat, Will Be Fined $2,000

Yesterday, Riot, creator of League of Legends, announced a ruling suspending pro player Hankil “Road” Yoon for one match and fining him $2,000. The ruling came after it was discovered that Road had been verbally abusing other players in the game while solo-queuing for ranked matches in order to practice. This leaves I May, Road’s…

Sunday Comics: Icicles Of Death

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 3 as part of the 24-hour comic event. Read more of Awkward…

Darkest Dungeon Ruins Its Endgame

I love Darkest Dungeon, which is why I decided never to finish it. It’s the only reasonable response to a game whose gruesome charm fades so drastically overtime. Its cruel world and Lovecraftian savagery rival games like Sunless Sea and Don’t Starve, but stay too long and you’ll eventually see its grizzly nightmare transformed into…

Samsung Galaxy Punishes TSM In Second Meeting At Worlds 2016

After a tough fought forty five minute match that left everything on the table, South Korea’s Samsung Galaxy came out on top against North America’s Team Solo Mid. Every time TSM looked to have accumulated a meaningful advantage, Samsung would slowly dismantle it. Every time Samsung looked like they had the game under control, TSM…

Tales of Symphonia and Sniper Elite 3 are both free on Steam this weekend. That means that for approximately the next 24-32 hours, you can download either game and try it out. Shooting Nazis in the face is always fun, and Symphonia on PC should be a less broken now after months of patches

Counter-Strike Pro Obliterates Other Team Without Using Crosshair

We all knew Spencer “Hiko” Martin had mad skills. Despite losing to his former brother in arms, Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev, in last weekend’s semifinals where Team Liquid fell to the eventual ELS One New York champions, Natus Vincere, there are few people more terrifying to meet in a lonely CS:GO alleyway. Hiko did nothing to dispel…

The Weekend In Esports: More Worlds 2016 and Rocket League Mayhem 

There’s a ton going on in pro gaming this weekend, starting with the concluding matches of Worlds 2016’s first phase, followed by major tournaments across the fighting game community stretching from Dearborn Michigan to southern Malaysia. There’s also still plenty going on in the world of competitive Counter-Strike and Rocket League in both Europe and…

This Week In The Business: Custom-Fit VR Forecasts

STAT | $11.2 billion – The amount people will spend on all VR in 2020, according to a forecast by IHS Markit STAT | $30 billion – The amount people will spend on all VR in 2020, according to a forecast by Superdata STAT | $50 billion – The amount people will spend on VR…

Overwatch Player Dunks On People Telling Him Not To Play A Character

Before a match begins, a good Overwatch team will negotiate what roles people take during the round. While that’s expected, plenty of fans still manage to be huge dicks about telling other players who they ‘should’ or should not play. Jokester videogamedunkey has recorded a bunch of instances where jerks explicitly told him not to…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Sometimes, when Saturday morning rolls around, I think, “Oh boy—two whole days to do all the work I didn’t get to during the week!” I’m like that, readers. But, since I work at Kotaku, sometimes that work is playing video games! I’m just going to admit that I’ll be playing some Overwatch, because I have…

New VR Mode Changes Game’s ESRB Rating, Even For Players Who Don’t Get The New Mode

Many PlayStation owners received a system notification on Thursday that the frenetic arcade-style shooter Super Stardust Ultra is getting bumped up from an ESRB rating of E to E10+. A video game’s rating doesn’t usually change after it’s been released. In this case, strangely, the rating will change even though, for some people, the game…

Twitch Chat Racism Changed Hearthstone Pro Terrence Miller’s Career

Terrence Miller loves card games. Long before he took second in the Dreamhack Austin Hearthstone tournament earlier this year, he competed in games like Yu-Gi-Oh and the Pokemon TCG. Unfortunately, many people know his name because he got showered with racist Twitch chat abuse during Dreamhack Austin earlier this year. Last weekend, it happened again.…

Mob Psycho 100 Season One: The Kotaku Anime Review

This summer’s breakout anime was, undeniably, Mob Psycho 100. From the creator of 2015’s viral anime One-Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100‘s first season was an absurd, psychedelic feast drawn up by Studio BONES. Its frenzied art style is unmatched by any other contemporary anime, although Masaaki Yuasa-directed titles like Mind Game or Kaiba come close…

Slayer Shock Is A Stealth Game For Buffy Fans

Do you ever wish you could play a Buffy The Vampire Slayer video game that didn’t feature whichever cast member you like the least (such as all the men Buffy dates because they are terrible models for young people’s relationships)? Slayer Shock might have you covered. Slayer Shock is the latest from Minor Key Games,…