Track: Hourglass | Artist: S U R V I V E | Album: S U R V I V E Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Earlier this morning, Atlus showed off 18 minutes of Persona 5 gameplay. 18 minutes! You can watch it here. Note that this was a Japanese livestream of the Japanese version, so…enjoy the visuals. (Thanks Giuseppe’s Gaming!)

Overwatch‘s Director On Competitive Mode, Controversies, And The Future

Overwatch has been out for a couple months now, and the honeymoon period is over. Competitive mode is a divisive subject, and game balance has been a rollercoaster. Meanwhile, there’s been controversy around things like hero skins and, er, porn. I quizzed game director Jeff Kaplan about all of it. Kotaku: Competitive has been out…

Check out this awesome-looking Zelda-styled action-RPG, Blossom Tales. It’ll be out on Steam this fall. More info here

Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, the fighter on the losing end ofMichael Page’s Pokémon Go grandstanding at Bellator MMA over the weekend, was hospitalized following match with a serious compound fracture to his skull. A GoFundMe has been set up (warning: graphic image) to help cover his medical expenses.

Hitman’s seventh Elusive Target, Gary Busey (voted on through the ‘Choose Your Hit’ campaign) will be available July 21st in Sapienza. Players will have a full week to attempt the target.

Kick Ass, Take Names, Lose An Arm

Richard Lyons is a concept artist at Naughty Dog, developers of The Last Of Us and the Uncharted series. We actually featured some of Lyons’ work on UC4 in our big round-up of the game’s concept art, but you can see more of his stuff below and at his ArtStation page To see the images…

The $399 2TB version of the Xbox One S will start shipping to select regions on August 2. The less expensive 1TB and 500GB versions will be available at a later date.