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How Warcraft Got Its Name

I lost hours of my youth playing online StarCraft matches, nearly lost entire friendships to the scourge of World of Warcraft. In all that time, it never occurred to me why Blizzard uses that -craft suffix on those games, or what it could possibly mean. At last, I have the answer. Other non-Blizzard games have…

I’m playing Destiny 2 over on Kotaku’s Twitch channel! I’m going to start a new character so I can experience the game’s new on-ramping. Then we’ll get into the Shadowkeep campaign. I just don’t know what I’m gonna do with all of these shadows!

Players Have Already Found Lethal Combos For Kill La Kill: IF‘s Newest Character

This morning, Arc System Works released the latest patch for Kill la Kill: IF, the 3D arena fighting game they developed with fellow Japanese studio A+ Games. The update includes a brand new character, for which players are already finding massively damaging combos. The new character is named Ultimate Double Naked DTR—known as just DTR…

Goose-Related Crime Up 2000 Percent After Untitled Goose Game Release

In a clear example of video games directly spurring real-life violence, a Nottinghamshire, England, goose wreaked havoc on an unsuspecting taxi driver and his now-ravaged car. After its September 20 release, Untitled Goose Game, featuring one goose who terrorizes gardens, storefronts and taverns, inspired a mass appreciation for heinous acts of goose crime. Amid an…

Track: Death Stranding | Artist: CHVRCHES | Album: Timefall (Original Music From the World of Death Stranding) 

Cube World Wasn’t Worth The Wait

In asking me to write about this game, released on Steam today after six years in the wilderness, Stephen said that I’d been very excited about Cube World back in 2012. And I had been! Back in 2012. A lot has changed since. Cube World’s time out of the public eye has resulted in a…

Cecilia is streaming a Throne of Eldraine draft in Magic: The Gathering Arena right now on Twitch! Come join the battle here.

Judge Rules That Twitch’s Contract With Banned Streamer Includes ‘Unconscionable’ Language

The legal saga between Twitch and the banned Counter-Strike: Global Offensive streamer James “PhantomL0rd” Varga continues. The judge’s latest ruling is a potential mark in the “win” column for Varga, as well as other Twitch streamers who might have grievances with Twitch in the future. The trouble started back in 2016, when Varga was banned…

Track: Shadow of a Doubt | Artist: Sonic Youth | Album: Evol

The full Japanese title for Untitled Goose Game is Untitled Goose Game: Itazura Gachou ga Yattekita with the subtitle meaning “Here’s the mischievous goose.” No doubt the localizers needed to convey more information to Japanese audiences, hence the additional info in the subtitle.

Maybe Don’t Put The Goose In Smash?

I’ve seen a lot of people asking over the past week for the Goose from Untitled Goose Game to be put in Smash Bros. I don’t know if that’s a very good idea. I mean, I admire the passion! But you’re not thinking this through, for a number of reasons: 1) Pump your brakes. The internet…

The San Francisco Shock took the 2019 Overwatch League grand finals, $1,100,000, and the Vancouver Titans’ dignity with a 4-0 sweep today. The superfast win comes off the heels of a 23-5 season, which includes their completion of the league’s first-ever perfect stage. “We knocked on wood, for sure,” said season MVP Jay “Sinatraa” Won…

We’re in Philadelphia at the Overwatch League Grand Finals match between the San Francisco Shock and the Vancouver Titans. Tune in at 3pm ET on Twitch to watch the league’s two best teams go head-to-head for a chance to win $1,100,000.

A Large Group Of Red Dead Online Players Tried To Carry Bowls Of Soup Across The Entire Map

Walking across large open-world maps has been done many times and has even beendocumented numerous times on this very site. But walking across an entire map carrying a big old bowl of stew? Now that is something you don’t see every day. That was the odd objective of a recent meet-and-walkattended by a large group…

Someone Is Making A Game Based On the Super Mario Bros Super Show

Many fans have recreated old Mario games in different engines or in different styles. But one fan and his young kids are doing something different. They’re creating a totally original Mario game based on the animated segments from the popular Super Mario Bros. Super Show and it looks amazing. The fan game is being developed…

Red Dead Online’s New Legendary Bounties Are Exactly What The Game Needed

Earlier this month, Red Dead Online received a big update which added new career paths to follow, new items to collect and new challenges to complete. One career players could choose was the life of a bounty hunter and to support this path, Rockstar has been releasing some wonderful bounty hunter missions. It’s the sort…

Mario Maker Contest: Going Up, Winners!

Last week I challenged you folks to create Mario levels that went up and down instead of left and right. Add a little verticality to the world of Mario. I got a nice mix of themes, ideas, and designs. You folks sure like going up! This week I got some levels that I enjoyed so…

Apex Legends Is Getting Its First New Map [Updated]

Apex Legends is about to kick off its third season next week with a new character, Crypto,and an overhaul to the game’s Ranked mode. But there’s also a pretty big surprise waiting for players when Season 3 launches on October 1: A new map, called World’s Edge. Announced in the Season 3 launch trailer, the…

It’s Now Easier To Create Ships In EVE Online

Practically every new EVE Online player is confused by the game’s user interface, endless menus, and difficult systems. During a recent player conference, developer CCP pointed out that the new player retention rate is abysmally low, with almost 90% of new players quitting within the first seven days. One of the main goals of the…

Code Vein is out today. I’m going to be honest. I don’t even know what it is. I’m gonna play it on our Twitch channel, though. As long as it’s something like Dark Souls, I should do just fine. And of course it’s gonna be like Dark Souls, because every video game is exactly like…