DOTA 2 Community Mourns The Passing Of Beloved Player

FiercE was the sort of person the DOTA community needs more of: someone who wanted to help others learn how to have fun with the game. Once upon a time FiercE was a bigtime DOTA 1 pro, but more recently he became known for both his educational DOTA 2 videos—which many players cite as essential…

Tips For Playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a great game filled with small choices. Which kind of sword do you use? Which king or emperor do you support? What do you say to that tempestuous sorceress? I’m here for you, friends. I’ve played all the way through the game and am in the midst of a…

Puzzle Quest And Adventure Time, Together At Last

Coming this summer to a mobile device near you, two lovely things in a colorful free-to-play sandwich. Developed by the fine folks at WayForward in cooperation with the okay folks at Cartoon Network, Adventure Time Puzzle Quest sends Finn, Jake and friends on an adventure across the Land of Ooo, taking on enemies in fierce…

A Player Turned Trials Fusion Into A First-Person Parkour Game

This isn’t Mirror’s Edge. It’s a first-person parkour game built using the tools for Trials Fusion. Seriously! This is what Trials Fusion normally looks like, by the way. It’s a racing game! Fans have pulled impressive things off with Trials Fusion in the past year, but Bubbakhar Tower, where you jump and slide up a…

The Witcher 3 Has A Heartfelt Thank You Note Inside

When you open up a physical copy of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, it comes with a surprise from the game’s developer, CD Projekt RED. As part of his unboxing process, here’s a photo shared by Imgur user ChestPaddles: CD Projekt RED has always been known as a studio that closely listens to its fans,…

Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX for 3DS gets a special launch edition—and a four month delay. Originally due out next f***ing week, the game will now arrive on September 8 in North America and three days later in Europe, packed in a retail box full of stupid crap to try and make fans feel better.…

Why Riot Tweaks League Of Legends To Make It Better For Its Best Players

A frequent topic of discussion in the League of Legends community is: who, exactly, is Riot incessantly tweaking and updating its game for? Does the developer prioritize the eSports stars, high-ranking amateurs, or more casual players? They don’t go to the very top of the food chain, it turns out. But they get close. In…

You Must Build A Boat is the next game from the developer of the amazing puzzler 10000000, and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s coming on June 4, too! Get hype! It’s basically a sequel to 10000000, and I’ll admit to being slightly disappointed the name isn’t 10000001. Then again, I remember trying to search…

Cities: Skylines Patch Adds Tunnels, May Disable Some Mods

Well-liked city-building game Cities: Skylines is getting a meaty update today. The good news about the update is that it adds tunnels and more than 50 European-style buildings to the game. The (potentially) bad news is that it end up breaking some mods in the process—at least for now. Cities: Skylines is the kind of…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: The Kotaku Review

Looking back over my last 60 hours with The Witcher 3, I feel a bit like its wandering protagonist: A very attractive man standing alone on a hilltop, looking out over a vast kingdom, unsure where to begin. Just kidding; I look like garbage right now. I’ve spent the last week and a half mostly…

Reminder: the Heroes of the Storm open beta starts today. If you didn’t get into the closed beta, this is your time to shine! Sign up on the game’s website. If you need to learn more about the game first, might I suggest reading the articles below?

The Journey to Becoming a Nintendo World Champion Starts Here (or There)

You know how Nintendo’s bringing back their old-school World Championship competition? Well, they’ve just announced the eight U.S. locations where players can go to qualify and earn a chance to go to the big showdown at this year’s E3. Get pumped. Folks who want to try and grab at Nintendo glory will be playing the…