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Last weekend’s ArcRevo Japan attached heart monitors to players during tournament play, providing a glimpse at just how stressful competition can be. The average heart rate at the event sat around levels normally associated with moderate exercise, and they would spike during particularly intense moments. Ian Walker loves fighting games and writing about them. You…

Full Copy Of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Leaks Two Weeks Before Launch

Leaked copies of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are circulating two weeks ahead of its highly-anticipated release. Over the weekend, details about the game’s adventure mode, musical soundtrack and Spirits system have spread across YouTube, 4Chan and Reddit. As of now, the leak’s origin is unknown. Over the years, Smash leaks have become kind of a…

Who is this bald-headed waiter? Did he always work here? Paul and I are going live with some Hitman 2 right now on Twitch Come join the chat while we bumble through Mumbai.

Red Dead Online Goes Live This Week

The multiplayer component to Rockstar’s new Western will be out this week, the developer said today, promising a beta for Red Dead Online that will launch on a staggered schedule for Red Dead Redemption 2 owners starting tomorrow. Here’s a quick breakdown for when you’ll be able to play Red Dead Online: Tuesday, November 27 –…

Award-winning composer and arranger Rozen’s latest exploration of The Legend of Zelda series is a musical journey through the darker corners of Majora’s Mask called Children of Termina. While the 17-track album drops digitally and on CD and vinyl November 30, you can listen to an exclusive preview track, “A Moment’s Peace,”right here.

The Week In Games: Dance War

It’s an interesting week with the long-awaited Darksiders III, Artifact, and Floor Kids on a new platform. As a card game lover, I’m interested in what’s going on with Artifact, and I have stayed almost completely unspoiled as to how it works through this long beta cycle that has been running recently. I’m exciting to…

My Hero Academia is getting a stage version Opening in spring 2019, the stage version will be titled My Hero Academia: The Ultra Stage and run in Osaka and Tokyo.

Phew! Good thing Ariana Grande got Mario Kart 8 Deluxe multiplayer sorted.

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LEGO: Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Never Going To Happen

UnshiftedToast made these custom Red Dead Redemption 2 LEGO minifigs, with plans to recreate all 24 members of Dutch’s gang. I’d say you could skip half of them and get to making playsets instead, like the campsite, Valentine Saloon and a little plastic bath so little plastic Arthur can scrub his little plastic arms. I…

A Funny Game About Being A Frog Detective

Frog Detective is the second best detective in the world, and despite his ranking behind Lobster Cop, he’s gotta solve the mystery of the haunted island. The game’s about that. The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game is an odd creature. In terms of genre, I’d call it a “conversational adventure,” sitting somewhere between the…

Pauline, Luma, and Boom Boom are coming to Mario Tennis Aces in 2019. Now you can play tennis as a mayor.

Black Ops 4‘s Auto Mantle Toggle Makes A Difference

In a patch earlier this week, the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 developers added in a slight tweak to movement controls: an Auto Mantle toggle. It allows you to decide when and how you want to jump over things. It makes a real difference. The mantle system in Black Ops 4 has been concentrated…

Return To Boletaria is an event to encourage players to play Demon’s Souls, and it is going on right now. It runs until December 7th. You can learn more on the official Reddit thread, including directions for using a private server so that you can access multiplayer

Mesmerizing Skylines Time-Lapse Shows Off A Stylish City

I love a good Cities: Skylines time lapse, and this is one of the best. As I’ve said before several times, I like to chill out with a well-oiled machine city. Cities: Skylines is the easiest choice for creating stylish cities, and so I spend quite a lot of time digging through YouTube to find…

The name “Alien: Blackout” has been trademarked by 20th Century Fox. Gematsu reports that the application for trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office specifically claims it will be used for game software. The application also mentions “on-line computer games.” 

Beautiful Dark Souls Fan Film Tells The Story Of The Chosen Undead

A YouTuber named TheParryGod has created a short film called “Fate” that cinematically tells the story of Dark Souls. It is disturbingly beautiful. If you watch “Fate,” the entire plot of Dark Souls will be spoiled for you. The entire thing. You have been warned. TheParryGod’s video is what people from the deep time of…

In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, I Travel In Straight Lines, No Matter What

I don’t like getting lost in video games. I love to explore and find secret treasures in the depths of a virtual world, but I’m methodical about it. It’s why I use the map in Metroid, and it’s also why I only travel in straight lines in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Even when it makes no…

This Freaking Thing Right Here

I just picked up one of those snazzy $200 PlayStation 4 Slim Spider-Man Black Friday bundles. It comes with the console, a controller, a copy of Spider-Man, USB, HDMI and power cables and a small piece of audio garbage no one needs. I can’t believe Sony is still including this stupid little mono monstrosity with…

Pokémon Poetry: Nine Haiku About Our Collections

Several of us here at Kotaku are playing Pokémon Let’s Go and collecting new adorable friends and fighters, and these little critters have inspired some poetry. What better form than the haiku to celebrate these pocket-sized monsters and their stories? huge Clefable, please carry me in your cloud arms I name you meringue – Cecilia…