Track: On The Painted Desert (DJ Krush Remix) | Artist: Boom Boom Satellites | Album: On The Painted Desert – Rampant Colors Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
The Polynomial, a music shooter from 2010 that I loved, has a sequel on the way. It’s currently in Early Access on Steam The cool thing about these games is that the “fractal nebulae” that you fly past move with your own music, so you can in effect change the way the game looks by…
Dwarf Fortress is ten years old today. Happy birthday! To celebrate, here’s a list of the best patch notes, like “Fixed bug with mules shitting luggage”.
Superhot, a very good video game, is being turned into a card game. If you think about it, that totally works.
The most wanted feature in Pokémon Go is back, at least for some users. Pokémon Go now has a new update, and it changes the following: The biggest and most interesting change has to be the new Nearby system, which is now named ‘Sightings:” UPDATE 11:56PM: Actually, this image from neoGAFFer Toki767 seems to be…
Shrek is love. Shrek is life. If you’ve spent more than a few seconds of your life on the Internet, you’ve probably seen a Shrek meme. Maybe it involved Smash Mouth’s seminal 1999 hit “All Star,” the song that inspired a whole generation to unite in shared mockery of Smash Mouth. Or maybe it involved……
Cosplayer William “Billy” Morris was on his way to a cosplay shoot in NYC on Saturday when, planning to cosplay at the event, he hopped onto a train. He probably shouldn’t have taken his fake rifle with him. Dressed as Suicide Squad’s Col. Rick Flag, Morris had the very real-looking modified air rifle (pictured above)…
Word is Sony’s going to announce the PlayStation 4.5, aka Neo, on September 7 in New York City. The news comes from anonymous sources speaking to the French gaming website Gameblogas well as VICE Gaming. If Sony does announce it in September, expect a launch soon afterwards, perhaps in October alongside the PlayStation VR?
Contrary to popular belief, high schoolers grinding daily on World of Warcraft may not need to fear for their GPAs. A study released in the International Journal of Communication today found that kids who game erry’day score 15 points above the average in reading and math. Surveying 12,000 Australian high school students, Royal Melbourne Institute…
After requests from Hiroshima officials, Niantic removed Pokémon, PokéStops and Pokémon Go gyms from Hiroshima Memorial Park before last weekend’s annual ceremony marking the city’s World War II bombing, the AP reports It is the 71st anniversary of the U.S. attack on Hiroshima, in which 140,000 were killed. Late July, in preparation for the city’s…
Want the true D.Va experience? Try playing Overwatch with flight sticks. That’s what streamer Rudeism did, with full face paint for good measure. There was a bit of an acclimation period, but he managed some strong plays before it was all said and done.
It is a rule of the internet that, when a fandom is taken too seriously, it will develop its own special brand of self-mockery. But how does that happen exactly? In the case of dark fantasy manga Berserk’s 26-year-old fandom, it happened when the stale franchise’s subreddit fell into the hands of an over-pious fan.…
It’s “senior week” at our parent company Gawker Media, a time to write what we really want to write, though that’s kind of what our sites have been doing for the past 14 years. What’s the occasion? Someone new is about to buy us, likely with a plan to infuse Kotaku’s budget with about a…
Overwatch’s Lucioball mode is all fun and games until D.Va or Widowmaker shows up, and somebody loses an eye. Or a head. It’s a bizarre glitch, and Blizzard has some advice for people taking advantage of it: don’t. What began as something of a funny prank has turned into a game-breaking exploit. Some people have…
The first promo video for a 3DS game based on gag manga The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. launched today, Anime News Network reports. An anime rendition of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. began airing early July and follows a psychic high school student striving to lead a normal life. In the new video,…
Is there any video game gun more awe-inspiring than a flamethrower? Most shoot bullets, but the flamethrower? It blasts enemies with giant gouts of flame, searing them like a juicy steak. A good flamethrower will give you some of the best moments in video games, whether it’s a close save from an otherwise unassailable foe…
The $20 million Dota 2 International tournament starts today in Seattle. For viewing info and a schedule, head over to the International website
In 2012, Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo looked at the case for video games as an Olympic sport Could Counter-Strike or League of Legends ever be part of the Olympics?
Twitch announced today that they’ll be cracking down on Pokémon Go streamers who rely on third-party cheats. Streamers who play the game aided by software that tracks Pokémon or spoofs their GPS location will “receive a strike on their account.” Three strikes results in a ban. Niantic defines cheating as “using modified or unofficial software;…
Al Crutchley is an artist from the UK who has worked on games like Elite: Dangerous and Homefront: The Revolution You can see more of Al’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…
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