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The 2016 Smite World Championship Kicked Off With A Complete Shutout

The goal in a Smite Conquest match is to kill enemy players, destroy their fortifications and eventually take down the titan guarding their base. In the first match of the 2016 Smite World Championship, one team accomplished none of those things. Thursday marked the first day of the annual competition, a series of best of…

Time For Arts & Crafts, Kids

Zeen Chin is an artist from Malaysia who has recently worked on games like Legend Of The Cryptids, Galaxy Saga and Kingdom Death You can see more of Zeen’s workat his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

CS:GO Players Dropped From Esports Team Following Match-Fixing Allegations

Roughly a fortnight after 24/7 eSports made a splash by recruiting Vietnamese Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Skyred, following some impressive international performances earlier in the year, the Australian organisation has dumped their foreign superstars amid claims of match-fixing. The move, announced on the 24/7 website, came into effect immediately as there had been no contract…

Ark: Survival Evolved Mod Lets You Make Disgusting Meat Houses

Well, this sure is… uhhh. That is to say… er. Hm. Ever wanted to live in a house made of glistening meat, blanched bones, and striated fibers, all pulsating together in nauseating harmony? Now, now, don’t screamvomit (from excitement!) all at once. Instead, check out infinitesunrise’s Meat Structures mod for Ark: Survival Evolved. It’s everything…

Four Years Later, Crusader Kings II Keeps Getting More Stuff

Crusader Kings II was released in 2012, and promptly became my Game Of The Year. And that was in its paltry vanilla state! In the years since, it’s gotten so much new content and so many big expansions that it’s practically become its own sequel. The latest is called Conclave, and unlike the expansions which…

Look At This Legend Of Zelda Action Figure

For over three years, Figma’s Skyward Sword effort has been the best Zelda figure you could buy. In 2016, there’s a new challenger approaching. This new Figma figure for classic Link (specifically, his Link Between Worlds version) looks incredible. For the hair and the outift and the boots, yes, but also those accessories. He even…

Fallout 4’s Graphics Cranked So Hard It Becomes A Cartoon

There are already a number of mods out there which alter the appearance of Fallout 4, but they don’t go quite as far as this tweak, which makes the game look like it came from Telltale (or Gearbox) instead of Bethesda. It’s not a standalone mod; as Reddit_is_wrong (who made the screenshots) explains, they’re the…

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Is A Beautiful Video Game

A lot of very nice words have (surprisingly, given Unity’s qualities) been written about the latest Assassin’s Creed game, but there’s one thing a lot of them overlook: just how pretty this video game is. Yes, technically speaking, the “graphics” are nice. When it’s not giving off a weird shimmering effect or an AI routine…

Just Cause 3 Mod Gives You An Infinite Grappling Hook

In the Just Cause series, your grappling hook is love, life, and all that jazz, but it does have limits. Making it infinite turns the game into (even more of) a demented, goddamn wonderful cartoon. There are actually a couple grappling hook mods for Just Cause 3, but the first and most versatile is Qub1’s…

Fallout Player Slams Deathclaw Into Vertibird

Today on Highlight Reel we have massive car crashes, awesome motorcycles, sad supermen, ground pound denial, and much more! Watch the video above, 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. Metal Gear Online – superman having a…

Mario Maker‘s Cruelest Level Designer Has Made A Stage For Normal People

“I tried to be kind with this level,” said Alex “PangaeaPanga,”a man responsible for many of Mario Maker’s toughest levels. His latest creation was unveiled at Awesome Games Done Quick yesterday evening. Most humans are not capable of beating a level made by Panga. Hell, one guy even started crying after finishing it. We are…

A Useful Tool Checks If Your PC Is Ready For Oculus Rift

Let’s say you’re interested in Oculus Rift. Maybe you’re like me, and you pre-ordered one to be safe. (You can cancel before it ships!) Thing is, Oculus Rift requires a beefy PC to work, but there’s a tool to let you know if you’re set. The tool is readily available on the Oculus Rift pre-order…

Podcast: The Year Of Virtual Reality Devices

Is this truly the Year of Virtual Reality? Or just the Year That A Lot Of VR Devices Come Out? Find out on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen Join your friendly podcast hosts for an intimate discussion about the $600 Oculus Rift and how it’ll fit into our video game playing in the coming years.…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: My Girlfriend’s Twitch Fame Is Ruining Our Relationship

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that’s authorized under article 15 of the Shadow Proclamation. This week, we’re talking about dating anxieties and inconvenient emotions. Whether it’s jealousy springing up from one reader’s partners’ newfound fame or a crush that couldn’t come at a worse time, handling those obnoxious moments…

Descent Designer Says Interplay Owes Him Tens Of Thousands In Royalties

The original designers of Descent and Descent 2 are considering pursuing legal action against publisher Interplay for failing to pay royalties, they tell Kotaku Descent’s creators say Interplay owes them at least “tens of thousands of dollars” in royalties from sales of the two games. Because of this dispute, the online marketplace GOG.com has removed…

Fan’s Animated Bloodborne Comic Is Perfect

The Master of the League is the latest comic from Lordran & Beyond, a website devoted to telling stories inspired by the various Souls games by From Software. I’m not going to include more than one of the images in this post, so just read the whole lovely thing right here. Lordran & Beyond is…

The Internet Loves Making Fun of Fallout 4’s Preston Garvey

Bless the leader of the Minutemen, and his never-ending supply of endangered settlements. He just wants to make the world a better place. And yet… For Fallout 4 players, Preston Garvey’s dialogue has become a running joke. Anybody that’s played the game has probably fallen into the trap of talking to Preston Garvey, which inevitably…