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75 uplifting games to be shown in the hour-long Wholesome Direct this weekend.

E3 is here. Registered participants will soon be able to log in to the E3 portal to connect with developers,…

Turns out, people like butts.

Total War: Three Kingdoms, as of the weekend, is an “Overwhelmingly Negative” game on Steam. An organized review…

In order to protect esports players and fans from the mercy of companies, South Korean Congressman Dong-su Yoo has…

Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is one of the most popular female streamers on Twitch. As of now, she can no longer…

The Summer Games Done Quick 2021 schedule is now out, and I’m so excited. Taking place from July 4-11, the online…

The situation in Gaza is dire. Israeli raids have killed over 200 Palestinians in the past week, at least 42 of them…

This month, an establishment calling itself “Esports Gym” will open in Tokyo. It claims to be the first in the…

It’s a new week and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning…

It’s hot tub stream summer, and everybody’s got an opinion. This week, for example, the biggest streamer on Twitch,…

We at Kotaku have designated April as Backlog Month, in which we, in light of a looming dearth of new video game…

It’s not quite esports in the Olympics, but the International Olympics Committee (IOC) will host a virtual sports…

It’s no secret that Twitch has a problem with viewbots, which are fake viewers that artificially inflate streamers’…

For 31 days, Ludwig Ahgren’s stream has been up and running all day every day. He hasn’t been awake the entire time,…

Hearthstone Esports announced today that it has suspended one of the game’s Grandmaster tournament players, Paul…

The past year has not been kind to, uh, basically anybody, but Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is one of the (generally…

Twitch trends come and go, but one thing remains constant: the endless debate around what women should be allowed to…

Annual charity speedrunning festival Summer Games Done Quick will return as an online-only event, running from July…

There are snacks, and then there are snacks for gamers. Through chalky chemical combinations of dubious repute, they…