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The Best Video Game Surprises of 2016
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, the world of video games will surprise you in the best possible way. This year had even more great surprises than usual. This piece originally appeared December 12, 2016. As has become an annual tradition here at Kotaku, we’ve made a list of the best surprises of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 1, 2017 -
UncategorizedPS4 Sizzle Reel Highlights Console Exclusives Coming In 2017
This latest trailer shows off a number of games planned for release on the PS4 sometime in 2017, including Detroit: Become Human and Horizon: Zero Dawn, as well as some smaller ones you might not have heard much about like Drawn to Death. Oh, and also Knack 2 That’s right. If we take Sony’s marketing…
By Ethan Gach Published January 1, 2017 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Go On, Drink It
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 December 30. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 19. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published January 1, 2017 -
EsportsThe Best Esports Plays Of 2016
In 2016, esports experienced even more highs and lows than the previous year. That’s what it means to be growing. But while the industry surrounding competitive gaming continues to expand on the backs of enthusiastic investors and hype-men, it’s important not to forget why anyone actually watches it in the first place: the people playing…
By Ethan Gach Published December 31, 2016 - Uncategorized
Here Are The 2016 Winners Of The First Ever Steam Awards
After over a month of voting, Valve today revealed the winners of The Steam Awards, or what amounts to a “greatest-hits” victory lap for some of the digital retail platform’s most played games. The awards were announced during the Autumn Steam sale near the end of November, with categories ranging from The “Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!” Award…
By Ethan Gach Published December 31, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Adorable Story Of How Pokémon Go Helped Rescue A Kitten
On a particularly hot day last summer, Imgur poster Joelalmeidaptg was walking down the street playing Pokémon Go when they heard a kitten crying for help from behind a nearby electrical post. Months later, the cat, named Spock, is thriving in its new home thanks to an unlikely string of events. According to Joelalmeidaptg’s account,…
By Ethan Gach Published December 31, 2016 - Uncategorized
Overwatch Player Shows How Curiosity Killed The Reinhardt
In Overwatch, if the fall doesn’t kill you, Mei definitely will. When Reddit user NinjaDuck25 saw a Reinhardt refusing to give up the chase, the Mei player decided to create an ice bridge that would buy just enough time for both heroes to duel. Despite the giant hammer swinging overhead, Mei made short work of…
By Ethan Gach Published December 31, 2016 - Uncategorized
Space exploration game Elite: Dangerous will add Fisher’s Rest, a memorial outpost to Carrie Fisher, in its 2.3 update, according to a forum post by Executive Producer Michael Brookes The Star Wars actress passed away at the age of 60 this week.
By Riley MacLeod Published December 30, 2016 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Last New Year’s I was sick, so I skipped the parties and played through all of Wolfenstein: The New Order. It ruled. I might run outside without a coat and see if I can have a repeat this year. I’m going to check out Far Cry Primal this weekend, which several of my colleagues are…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
One Father’s Issue With Peach Getting Kidnapped In Super Mario Run
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first mobile game, follows the standard Mario formula: Princess Peach gets kidnapped right away, and it’s up to Mario to save her. It’s for this reason that Chris Suellentrop doesn’t want his daughter to play it, as he wrote in an Op-Ed for The New York Times, saying, “the game is…
By Gita Jackson Published December 30, 2016 - Reviews
Yuri On Ice: The Kotaku Review
This season’s breakout anime was Yuri on Ice, a welcoming show about an insecure Japanese figure skater named Yuri, and Victor, the Russian skating legend who mysteriously decides to become his coach. Yuri and Victor develop a relationship flush with love and young sensuality. Since October, fans feverishly watched the simulcast, playing “will-they-or-won’t-they?” while the…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published December 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Year In Video Game Sex, 2016
2016 was a big year for nerdy perverts. Overwatch alone probably started an entire sex industry, VR porn became the face of virtual reality, and more games tackled raunchy subjects. More than anything, 2016 felt like the year horny fandom took over the internet. We talked more about the characters people wanted to kiss and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 30, 2016 - Culture
How Do You Define ‘Cheating’ In A Video Game?
We don’t always play games the way we’re supposed to. We’ve all pulled out that little trick that helps us get through a tough area, beat a boss, or get a higher score. It might not be turning on God Mode in the developer console or using an aimbot, but it’s not quite on the…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 30, 2016 -
EsportsNebby Gets Out of The Bag, Destroys A Pokémon Team
The only two moves that Cosmog can learn are Splash and Teleport. Surely, then, a Cosmog would be useless in a Pokémon battle? Not necessarily! PIMPNITE was challenged by YouTube fans to set up a “sweep” with Cosmog, meaning, a battle in which Cosmog takes out the entire enemy team. Nobody really thought it was possible—the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
Nathan Grayson’s Top 10 Games Of 2016
“Pa,” said the girl, “famine took everything from us, and disease the rest. Also the other day a pack of wolves plain stole old man Edwards, and they didn’t even ‘splain what they was plannin’ to use him fer.” The father studied his daughter, gaunt but strong, face hollowed by months of uncertainty. “The video…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 30, 2016 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario 3D World Hack Is Totally Normal, Don’t Worry About It
Yep. That’s good ol’ Mario, alright. Our favorite plumber would never kill us in our sleep. CosmoCortney decided to stretch Mario’s joints apart with a hack, and the result is this monstrosity: It’s like Skinny Mario all over again, dear god. Every aspect of this is terrifying: Somehow, the happy-go-lucky music only makes it better/worse.
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Nier: Automata Demo Lets Players Kill Themselves By Unequipping An Item
The demo for Nier: Automata released last week. Playing as a super fashionable android, players slice and dice their way through waves of robot enemies. But un-equipping one essential item gives an instant game over. The item in question is the OS Chip. In Nier: Automata, players can equip various skill chips to enable or…
By Heather Alexandra Published December 30, 2016 - Uncategorized
The Year In Patch Notes [Updated To Version 1.02]
2016 was a fine year for gaming at launch, but over the course of the past 12 months various updates and bug fixes have made it even better. Here are some of the year’s finest patch notes. Can you tell which games they are from? Before we jump into the notes for this year’s update,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 30, 2016
