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It’s 2017, Let’s Laugh At This Grand Theft Auto News Story [Update]
We’re a few years past laughing at media’s reporting on video games, partly because we just don’t care anymore, partly because they’ve (for the most part) improved their game. This hilarious story from Australia’s Channel 7, though, is just too good/terrible to ignore. To get an idea of what we’re dealing with here, while they…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2017 - Esports
Cheater Ends Up In Match With Pro Overwatch Players, Gets Wrecked
They say karma’s a bitch. I say it’s pretty friggin’ cool sometimes. During a recent stream, Overwatch pro Brandon “Seagull” Larned, who currently plays for NRG, assembled a truly fearsome six stack. His team was made up of Brady “Agilities” Girardi, who plays for Immortals, Christopher “GrimReality” Schaefer, who also plays for Immortals, CLG player…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedA 17-Hour Video Of A Guy Clicking His Mouse One Million Times
In case you were feeling somehow short on online content to consume today, here is a video of Tocenclicking a mouse one million times. It took him 17.5 hours to do, and he filmed the whole thing. En…joy? Via Boing Boing
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2017 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go’s 80 New Monsters Are Now Live [Update]
Generation two is here, and it brings with it a slew of new faces to Pokémon Go. Earlier today, an update dropped for Pokémon Go that brought with it a slew of new customization options. More recently, the new roster of Pokémon from Gold and Silver went live, and are now fully capturable out in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2017 -
EsportsUnicorns Of Love’s Ballsy Nexus Raid In Today’s League Match Almost Worked
There comes a point in every game of League of Legends where some primal, base instinct compels a player forward towards the Nexus, disregarding all common sense in the hunt for that game-winning slam. After about 39 minutes in today’s European League Championship Series match, down one game in the series, Unicorns of Love went…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 -
CultureCome On And Slam, And Welcome To The Middle Ages
Today on Highlight Reel we have missed Pokémon opportunities, subtle knives, viking chaos dunks, vortex shields, hooks, 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!…
By Chris Person Published February 16, 2017 - Uncategorized
Portal 2’s Co-Op Was Perfect
Portal 2’s GLaDOS, the game’s coolly sadistic robot narrator, wanted me to hate my co-op partner. In corporate lingo pulled from a dystopian HR manual, she warned that Portal 2’s levels are lethal unless my teammate and I trust, respect and communicate with each other. “Naturally this will pose an interesting challenge for one of…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 16, 2017 - Uncategorized
Guy Gets Switch Two Weeks Early, Shows Off UI
The Switch won’t be out for another two weeks, but one guy somehow got it early. And since Nintendo inexplicably hasn’t yet shown off their new system’s user interface, here it is. NeoGAF user hiphoptherobot, who says an “unnamed store” decided to ship him an early Switch unit, posted this video today: The interface looks…
By Jason Schreier Published February 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedVideo Game Tries To Tackle Gang Violence In Chicago, Fails
We Are Chicago is a game about how gang violence in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods affects people’s lives. In particular, the game follows Aaron, a young man trying to make it to his high school graduation. But where the game tries to be inspiring and heartwarming, it is treacly and patronizing. My biggest…
By Gita Jackson Published February 16, 2017 -
CultureValve Fixes Accuracy Bug That’s Been In Team Fortress 2 For Ten Years
Video game bugs are like a foul odor. The cause might be some tiny thing, but if you can’t isolate it, it’ll stink up the whole dang place. Such was apparently the case with a Team Fortress 2 bug that took Valve ten years to finally eliminate. Here’s how the bug worked: if you joined…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 16, 2017 - Esports
Blizzard Retires Classic Cards In Anticipation Of New Hearthstone Season
Blizzard announced changes today to the Hearthstone standard and wild sets in anticipation of 2017, which it dubs the “Year of the Mammoth.” Several core Hearthstone cards are being retired from the competitive scene, in order to open up new options for deck construction. Neutral class cards Azure Drake, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Ragnaros the Firelord…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 - Reviews
For Honor: The Kotaku Review
I’ve chopped, smashed, and stabbed more medieval bodies in the past few days than I can count. I’ve also been cut open, impaled, and beheaded more times than I care to admit. Kill and be killed—that’s the proposition at the heart of For Honor, a game in which burly men and women swing crafted hunks…
By Ethan Gach Published February 16, 2017 -
UncategorizedPewdiepie Apologizes For ‘Death To All Jews’ Joke, Slams Wall Street Journal [Update]
Pewdiepie has finally responded to the controversy surrounding a Wall Street Journal report that led to the cancellation of his YouTube show, and he does not mince words about the fallout. As you might already know, earlier this year Pewdiepie paid two Indian men on Fiverr to hold up a sign that read “Death To…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 16, 2017 - Culture
Stop Me If You’ve Heard The One About The Three Vikings And The Bear
Leroy Steinmann is a freelance concept artist based in Switzerland. You can see more of Leroy’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2017 - Esports
Riot’s New Replay Tool Could Seriously Affect League Matches
After a bug halted a match in last week’s League of Legends Championship Series matches, Riot Games casually unveiled a new resume-from-replay feature. In a blog post, the company goes into detail on how this will affect officiating the league’s weekly matches moving forward. In a series between FlyQuest and Cloud 9, Johnny “Altec” Ru…
By Eric Van Allen Published February 16, 2017 - Opinion
Magic Wand Is An RPG Where You Rotate The World
Magic Wand is a whimsical experience by Stephen Murphy, aka thecatamites. An ostensibly simple tale of a search for missing friends, a mixture of silly writing and shifting visuals turns things absolutely absurd. It’s this week’s indie pick. Players take on the role of Radiget, an adventurer with a sharp sword and sharper wit, as…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 16, 2017 - CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: An In-Depth Discussion Of Final Fantasy XV
On today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re taking a spoilery deep dive into Final Fantasy XV Kirk and I have drastically different opinions on the fifteenth Final Fantasy—I liked it a lot; he didn’t—which makes for a fun conversation as we pick at the game’s warts. Final Fantasy XV is a messy, clearly unfinished game,…
By Jason Schreier Published February 16, 2017
