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Players Are Making Advance Wars And Fire Emblem Maps Inside Wargroove

Wargroove is an excellent spiritual successor to the Advance Wars series, and in keeping with the tradition of those games, it comes complete with a robust map editor that players can use to make all sorts of interesting stuff., One player used it to remake the campaign from the original Advance Wars Though it’s been…

The black and white adventure game Minit can be beaten in under half an hour, but only 5% of players have One of the game’s designers shared some completion statistics on Twitter today, one of which showed that an incredible 0.3% of players defeated the final boss but never finished the game.

Titanfall 3 Is Not In The Works, Respawn Says

What was once Titanfall 3 has become Apex Legends, the free-to-play battle royale game that launched today. In other words, a third Titanfall is not currently in development, despite the critical acclaim for the first two. At a press event for Apex Legends, Respawn producer Drew McCoy told Eurogamer that Titanfall 3 wasn’t happening. “The…

Titanfall Battle Royale Game Apex Legends Is Out Now

As expected, development studio Respawn announced its Titanfall spinoff battle royale game Apex Legends this afternoon, and it’s out right now. The free-to-play game is sort of like a cross between Overwatch and Call of Duty’s Blackout battle royale mode. You can get it on PS4, Xbox, and PC. We’ll be checking out Apex Legends…

Come See Kotaku Splitscreen Live In NYC

Have you ever wondered, while enjoying the clever banter and warm rapport of Kotaku Splitscreen, what it might be like to see said banter and rapport in real life? On February 7, you’ll be able to find out. Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and I will be hanging out at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New…

The Best Sports Event This Weekend Was A Smash Ultimate Tournament

Right after the world’s most blah Super Bowl mercifully wrapped itself up, 124,000 viewers tuned in to Twitch to watch something way more exciting: the Oakland Super Smash Bros. tournament Genesis 6. The event was one hype moment after another, and its players looked so capable that, at times, I wondered what devil they’d promised…

I’m jumping into my spacesuit and checking out Astroneer live with Riley. Come join us in the chat!

Google Translate Makes Magic: The Gathering Cards Somehow Sound Sillier

Some Magic: The Gathering fans are sending cards through Google Translate, with hilarious results. Although I have dated not one but two men who made me sit through many long games of Magic, I still don’t understand how Magic: The Gathering is played. What I do understand is how funny it is to send different…

Pro Gamer Lied About Being In Elementary School

Fortnite pro RizArt made a splash last fall when he set a new record for solo kills. Besides his gameplay, one thing that made the pro stand out was that he claimed to be in sixth grade. That was a lie. RizArt is a member of the Japanese Fortnite team Crazy Raccoon, which recently hosted…

Manchester United’s New Boss Cut His Teeth On Football Management Games

Caretaker Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær has had an incredible run since taking over from Jose Mourinho, which has been a bit of a surprise considering how dreadful United had been until the switch, and how Solskjær’s last Premier League experience had been relegation with Cardiff City. He’s had success managing in his native…

I Played All 17 Angry Birds Games And I Have Some Thoughts

There are 17 Angry Bird games available to download and play on your mobile device. I decided to download all of them and play them in chronological order of release and document my journey and maybe learn something. Actually, there are more games. You see some Angry Birds games got kicked out of the nest…

Weird Faces, Classic Camera Angles And Other Mods For Resident Evil 2

Modders are magical. In only a short amount of time after Resident Evil 2 was released, they have been able to create some really interesting and strange mods for the remake. Not all of these mods are necessarily helpful or needed, but not all mods need to fix a game. Sometimes I just want a…

The GDC 2019 schedule contains the most Video Games collection of words imaginable. 

Popular Modder Creates A Custom One Handed PS4 Controller

Ben Heck, a popular hardware modder, has spent the past few months working to create a one handed PS4 controller. In his latest update it seems he has a completed his project and has a working prototype. Using clay, duct tape and some other basic materials Heck is able to create a shape that feels…

JumpGrid Mixes Together Pac-Man And Teleportation Into A Uniquely Fast Game

JumpGrid is a mix of bullet-hell dodging, Pac-Man and teleportation. Which might sound like a weird combo, but the mix of fast muscle memory gameplay, puzzle solving and colorful art is really fun and unlike any game I’ve played in recent memory. In JumpGrid, players control a small ship that can teleport to different fixed…

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Still Unraveling All Of Its Mysteries

One community of Red Dead Redemption players is determined to find every secret, ghost, strange sound, Easter egg and more. They don’t just want to find them though, they are also working to record them all and maybe connect them to other mysteries and even other Rockstar published games. This is the wild world of…

The New Tony Hawk Game Is For Phones And It’s Bad

Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam is the newest skateboarding game from world famous skater Tony Hawk. It tries to recapture the magic of those old Pro Skater games, but ends up feeling really bad to play. I loved the Tony Hawk games. For years I would excitedly buy each new installment. So when I heard The…

The Weird Story Behind Doom’s Rare “Ouch Face”

I don’t remember the exact situation I was in when I first saw the face, but I was surprised. I was playing Doom on a crappy Dell computer at the time. I was no older than 10. What was that? Why did the Doomguy look like he had just stepped on a LEGO brick with…

Fortnite Had An In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Actually Pretty Great

This afternoon, I went to a concert in Fortnite. I don’t entirely know what I was just part of, but I think I loved it? Earlier this week, dataminers found hints of a possible in-game set by electronic music DJ Marshmello, who is known for wearing a white suit and a white, marshmellow-like mask. The…

Red Dead Redemption 2 Players Are Using Canoes To Escape The World

The world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is large. Though after you spend enough time running around the deserts and swamps of RDR2, you might want to take a vacation. Maybe go visit a new exotic land? Some crafty players have figured out how to do just that and all it takes is a canoe…