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Insurgency: Sandstorm Is Lethal, Gripping And Somewhat Uncomfortable

The first time I died in Insurgency: Sandstorm, I had just dashed into a building to backup my teammates. Watching a nearby alley, all I could see was dust and smoke. All I could hear were bullets and explosions. Then there was a crash and a gout of flame as a Molotov sailed through the…

Black Ops 4’s New Specialist Is All About Sabotage

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s new Specialist is a game changer, countering and hacking opponents for some clutch plays in multiplayer. Since launch, Black Ops 4’s Specialists have filled the playing field with explosive mesh mines, pesky razor wire, and microwaving barricades. Games can often be won or lost with the assistance of Specialist…

Overwatch Players Want Blizzard To Rework Mercy, But Can’t Agree On How

Mercy, bless her eternally-giving heart, has seen better days. Recent updates have made her less popular, and some players say her kit lacks excitement compared to other heroes—a complaint that’s followed Mercy for quite a while now. Longtime Mercy mains are ready for an overhaul, but they’re not sure Blizzard is picking up what they’re…

Possibly The Best Player Camp In All Of Fallout 76

There have been a ton of negative things to talk about when it comes to Fallout 76. Last week, on the game’s one month anniversary, I recapped a number of them. But as I tried to relay in my review of the game, there’s good to be found in Bethesda’s multiplayer survival game as well.…

Instagram sensation Backpack Kid has announced he’s suing the makers of Fortnite for ripping off his dance to create its super popular flossing emote. He joins the ranks of actor Alfonso Ribeiro and rapper 2 Milly who are also suing the studio for stealing their signature dances as well.

I (Tim Rogers) am streaming the recently released Sega Ages version of the original Phantasy Star game over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Come yell at me in the chat as I scream about how phantastic M2’s porting work is.

Battlefield V Devs Roll Back Unpopular Weapon Changes

EA Dice is reverting unpopular changes to Battlefield V after strong negative reaction from some players. The changes, which were meant to slow down the game and increase how long it takes to kill other players, got implemented a little less than one week ago. The recent update involved Battlefield V making adjustments to the…

Fresh Prince’s Alfonso Ribeiro Is Suing Fortnite Over The Carlton Dance

Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is suing Epic over Fortnite’s replication of his trademark dance move. He’s also suing 2K for doing the same thing in their basketball series. Ribeiro’s Tom Jones routine is one of the most defining moments in the history of the show, and has bled…

Spider-Man PS4 Players Are Still Holding Out Hope For The ‘Sam Raimi Suit’

Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 includes dozens of suits that players can wear during the game, each drawing from a different piece of the character’s comic book past or recent cinematic appearances. There’s the Scarlet Spider, or the suit from the recent film Homecoming. But there’s one suit that is conspicuous by its absence, and fans…

The Long Dark’s story mode overhaul, Wintermute Redux, is now available. Changes have also been made to survival mode, including the addition of a new craftable item, a new buff, and a new challenge.

New Trophy Data Reveals How Many People Are Playing Certain PS4 Games

To celebrate the five year anniversary of the PS4, Sony recently launched “My PS4 Life,” a marketing campaign that creates videos highlighting players’ individual stats and milestones. It turns out that some of the data shown in these videos can also be used to reverse-engineer how many people have played certain PS4 games, shedding some…

Kingdom Hearts III Leaks Six Weeks Before Release

Copies of Kingdom Hearts III are out in the wild, more than a month before the release of the highly anticipated role-playing game. It’s not clear exactly how the game leaked, but director Tetsuya Nomura told fans this weekend to watch out for spoilers, promising that the epilogue and final movie “are planned to be…

Below is finally out and it is not screwing around! Me and Paul are streaming it now on Twitch. Come and join chat for a chill time.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Glitch Creates Hordes Of Knuckles and Waluigis

A terrifying glitch in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate allows the adorable Isabelle to spawn an infinite amount of assist characters. Finally, you can play as Isabelle and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles and Knuckles…. The glitch (h/t NintendoLife) appears to have been discovered by YouTuber TheAfrowJow and involves timing…

Street Fighter V Competitors Carry An Otherwise Messy Capcom Cup

Capcom Cup wrapped up a year of Street Fighter V over the weekend with an explosive grand finals match between Japanese powerhouses Kanamori “Gachikun” Tsunehori and Hiromiki “Itabashi Zangief” Kumada. The players were incredible, but the tournament itself was a bewildering mishmash of poor scheduling and tiresome padding that unfortunately encapsulates the issues with Street…

Wargaming, creator of World of Tanks, is making a Diablo-style dungeon crawler and put out a new trailer showing gameplay today It looks very sturdy and has a bunch of loot and flashing lights, but because it’s Wargaming I’m still a little skeptical. On the plus side though, it’s not free-to-play.

Track: Itsuka no Merry Christmas (cover) | Artist: B’z (original; cover version: Yuki Niino) | Album: Friends Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Marvel At China’s Own Iron Man Type Movie

Sure, Iron Man 3 was filmed partly in China, but that’s still a Marvel movie and an American superhero. Tomorrow, the country is releasing its own movie inspired one of its greatest heroes, revamped with an Iron Man-style suit. This is Armored Warfare God: Sun Wukong. Also known as the Monkey King, Sun Wukong is…

Behold, Glorious Final Fantasy Sake 

Sake maker Kokuryu produces excellent sake. The Fukui-based brewery is teaming up with Square Enix to make some more. In the mid-1970s, the brewery’s owner Masato Mizuno started aging their high-grade sake after being influenced by French wine maturation techniques. Kokuryu ages its daiginjo sake (sake with a rice polishing ratio of under 50 percent)…

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