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Reported DDoS Attack Delays Dota 2 International For Three Hours

The second day of the biggest DOTA 2 tournament around, The International, was at a standstill for three hours today, thanks to an intense DDoS attack. The matches have since resumed. Up until a few minutes ago, not a single round in The International’s second day had been completed. Various Internet-related issues have plagued The…

World of Warcraft Down Another 1.5 Million Subscribers

World of Warcraft has hit its lowest subscriber total in ages. As part of a quarterly financial statement, Blizzard announced that WoW hit a recent-years low of 5.6 million subscribers. In a follow-up financial call, the blue giant was jollier than you might expect, given that Diablo, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm upped their…

Track: How Soon Is Now? | Artist: The Smiths | Album: Meat Is Murder (and others) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

A List Of Ways This Website Has Described Destiny

Destiny, a yearlong beta for a video game that will be released this September. Destiny, a psychostimulant cosplaying as a video game. Destiny, a video game named after a Calvin Klein fragrance. Destiny, a video game in which players must travel the galaxy fighting against powerful adversaries like the Fallen, the Vex, and Bungie. Destiny,…

A Rare Look At A Post-Apocalyptic Game That Isn’t Violent

A young woman steers a boat through old ruins, young boy in tow. She pulls up to the remains of a watchtower, hoping to find refuge. She carries her brother inside, and lays him down. He has a gash on his stomach. He might not make it. Submerged is a new action adventure game by…

Destiny: The Taken King Sounds Promising As Hell

I must confess, it’s hard not to be excited about the future of Destiny, a video game in which players must travel through space fighting enemies, getting loot, and beta-testing Destiny. On September 15, with the launch of the upcoming expansion The Taken King, Destiny is entering what Bungie’s calling Year Two. We first saw…

Never Underestimate The Power Of Murky In Heroes Of The Storm

Even if they’re a level behind, you might think that two of the best characters in Heroes of the Storm could take out the notoriously easy-to-kill frog thing Murky. Think again. That pufferfish attack, paired with his hero-ensnaring-beating-over-the-head-with-a-large-fish ult! Amazing positioning. Or terrible positioning, depending on who you’re talking to. My guess is that the…

The Xbox One Just Made a Mockery Out Of Nintendo’s Virtual Console

Thanks to the release of Rare Replay today, Xbox One owners will now be able to play seven Nintendo 64 classics on Microsoft’s console. Nintendo’s current console, the Wii U, only sells people the chance to play six. While there is an asterisk to this—Wii U owners can buy and play 15 more N64 games…

It Looks Like All These Xbox 360 Games Will Soon Run On Xbox One [UPDATE]

Microsoft confirmed the names of a few more Xbox 360 games that will soon be functional on Xbox One through the newer console’s backwards compatibility feature, but they also showed a reel that hinted at lots more. Let’s enhance and see what we can see. The first one is unknowable. After that, we’ve got: Trials…

Bungie Is Erasing Peter Dinklage From Destiny

For a long time now, the world has laughed at Peter Dinklage’s voice acting in Destiny, a video game about the slow, inevitable progression of death. Soon, that voice acting is going to change. One might even say it’s going to become legend. Bungie is recasting the role of Ghost, replacing current voice actor Dinklage…

Lara Croft Has Gotten Over Her Fear Of Murder

In the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was a plucky young adventurer who wasn’t all that comfortable bashing peoples’ heads in. Not anymore! In an extended gameplay preview shown today at Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference, we got to see Lara Croft in action in Rise of the Tomb Raider, the upcoming sequel to…

Surprise, Halo Wars 2 Is Coming

Did anyone really expect a sequel to Halo Wars?! It’s coming fall 2016 from Creative Assembly, and based on what Kotaku has heard, it’s going to be episodic, too. Plus, it’s for both Xbox One and Windows 10. Contact the author at [email protected]

Homefront: The Revolution Shows Off Some Gameplay

At Microsoft’s Gamescom conference today, Deep Silver Dambuster has given us a glimpse of the single-player campaign in their upcoming open-world shooter, Homefront: The Revolution, along with a rather nice CG trailer, seen above. The short gameplay clip deals with a rebel squad in Philadelphia attempting to steal some data for the resistance. Check it…

Dark Souls 3 Looks Familiar In A Good Way

All Dark Souls fans got at E3 was a CG trailer to speculate over, but Gamescom brought our first look at gameplay from the latest sequel. Unsurprisingly, it looks like Dark Souls! Hooray! I’ll need to spend some time picking apart everything that’s in here, but am I the only one who thinks Dark Souls…

The deliciously creepy looking indie game We Happy Few got a great new trailer today at Microsoft’s Gamescom presser, meaning the game is now coming to Xbox One. Watch it here, and check out Evan’s impressions from PAX East.

Surprise Steam Hit Ark: Survival Evolved Is Coming To Consoles

This seems pretty big. Ark: Survival Evolved has been blowing up on Steam for a little while now, and it’s coming to Xbox One. It’ll launch in Microsoft’s version of early access this “winter,” with the finished game hitting sometime in 2016. Contact the author at [email protected]

Some good news coming out of Gamescom for fans of city builders: Cities: Skylines from Paradox Interactive is coming to Xbox One next year.

DVR functionality is coming to Xbox One next year, the company announced at Gamescom today. You’ll be able to stream (and download) your recordings to any Windows device, too, whether it’s a computer, phone, or tablet. Contact the author at [email protected]

A chat pad for the Xbox One controller will be coming out this November. Easier typing for everyone (who buys it).

Watch Things Explode In Crackdown 3

“It’s not just what you can do with a gun; it’s the opportunities you can create with destruction.” Woooooo! We got a tiny glimpse at Crackdown 3 this morning during Microsoft’s Gamescom presser. The narrator in the trailer mostly spoke in open-world jargon—talking about how much freedom you’ll have to blow stuff up, and so…