23 Years After It Was Made, Chip’s Challenge 2 Is Finally Out

Chip’s Challenge 2 was finished more than 20 years ago. And yet, it didn’t come out until today. What the hell happened? The original Chip’s Challenge was a puzzle game released in 1989 for Atari Lynx. It was then ported to the Amiga, C64, and the PC. Creator Chuck Sommerville spent two years plumbing the…

What’s the coolest competitive gaming moment you’ve ever seen? (Other than EVO Moment 37, of course!) Kotaku is working on a documentary series highlighting the performances of great players in tournaments, speedruns, and other areas of competitive gaming. So, what’ve you seen? What would you like to learn more about? We’re ready to go behind…

Descender Is A Comic You Should Read if You Like Mass Effect

Descender is a comic book series where humans perform an ethnic cleansing of robots. Imagine the universe of Mass Effect, bled dry of its small amounts of hope or optimism. Society is perfect for, oh, about four pages in this series, written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Dustin Nguyen. You see humans gliding through…

Corrupted Donkey Kong Country Is Basically A Horror Game

It turns out this Rare platformer is hiding some dark secrets. ROM corruption is one of the more interesting ways players mess with games after release. At its most basic level, ROM corruption involves messing with game data using various tools. It can be useful to uncover how games work, and also result in games…

Witcher 3 Glitch Preventing XP Gain For Some Quests

One step forward, one step back. As CD Projekt RED rushes to patch the ambitious Witcher 3, it’s also introducing new glitches. Right now, there’s one preventing players from gaining experience points when finishing quests six levels higher than what the game recommends. Quests don’t scale in The Witcher 3, so it’s possible to come…

There won’t be a companion app for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, reports Eurogamer I’m…I’m so happy. But how will we open chests?! I’m sure Ubisoft will come up with something. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

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FIFA Video Game Finally Adds Women’s Teams

FIFA 16, a video game in which players must navigate the ins and outs of a corrupt organization, will finally allow players to use women’s national teams. That’s a first for the longrunning soccer series, whose producers have been teasing the inclusion of female players for a long time now. It’s wonderful to see EA…

Twitch Bans Adults-Only Games

Just in time for Hatred, an upcoming video game about a dude who goes around and mindlessly slaughters everyone, the video website Twitch announced last night that users will no longer be able to stream games rated Adults-Only by the ESRB. It’s a curious move by Twitch, which was purchased last year by Amazon for…