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The latest update to Blizzard’s Battle.net launcher allows players to stream games like Overwatch, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft directly to Facebook.
No Man's Sky Mods Make Everything Huge
Not awed by No Man’s Sky? Maybe you just need a change in perspective.
The Attack On Titan Game Has One Job, And It Does It Pretty Well
All I wanted from Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom, the video game adaptation of the action horror anime sensation, was to feel like a badass swinging around town in my 3D maneuvering gear. As long as Tecmo Koei got that right, everything else could be wrong.
Anime director Hideaki Anno, of Evangelion fame, is producing his studio’s first TV anime series: “The Dragon Dentist.” Crunchyroll reported today that, in February 2017, Studio Khara will spin the 2014 short into two 45-minute episodes. It’s a well-wrought short with excellent world-building and character design, so…
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
It’s still hot, and it’s still summer! It’s also the weekend. What are you gonna be playing? Video games? Board games? A knock-off Fender that you found in a hotel room while on an assassination contract?
Today's Best Deals: Household Essentials, Textbooks, Munchkin, and More
Household essentials, Munchkin: Marvel Edition, and $15 off textbooks lead off Friday’s best deals.
Deus Ex's Blocked Doors Are Infuriating Me
What is this, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided? What the shit is this?
Deathstroke Gets Back to Being DC Comics’ Biggest Asshole
Slade Wilson kills people for money. Sometimes, it’s just because he wants/needs to. In recent years, he’s been presented as a kind of antihero but his newest series is taking him back to his roots as a straight-up jerkwad.
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV: The Kotaku Review
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is what you’d get if you took two hours of JRPG cutscenes and edited them into a movie: It’s oddly paced, confusing, and full of corny dialogue. It’s also surprisingly fun to watch.
Titanfall 2's tech test has started a second weekend of testing on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment promised key changes after mixed reception to the first weekend test. Movement speed has been increased and players will enjoy more time in their Titans now their mech’s spawn…
Thousands Are Poorly Explaining Their Furry Personae On Twitter
Curious about the latest trend? You’ve come to the right place.
The Olympic Summer Games: The Kotaku Review
The Olympic Games is a massively multiplayer event wherein local champions from various territories convene in a single geographic location to compete in a wide variety of mini-games within larger categories (aquatic, track, gymnastics, cycling, and others). Winners in each event acquire a gold medal. Second prize is…
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Doom Is All the Way Down to $20 Right Now
The new Doom game is...exactly what you’d expect it to be, which is mostly a good thing. If it’s been on your wishlist, Amazon’s knocked it down to $20 today for Xbox One, and PS4, an all-time low.
The Scariest Video Game Monster Is Time
From Dragon Age’s darkspawn to Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head, video games have no shortage of terrifying foes. But there is a single enemy that is scarier than any of them. A formless, invisible beast that can never be stopped: Time.
Video Game Attributes, Ranked
Many video games, usually RPGs, contain a system by which the strengths and weaknesses of your character are defined by a set of attributes. Here is my definitive ranking of common video game attributes, ranked from worst to best.
A Puppet Show That Is Also An Anime
Thunderbolt Fantasy is an anime made out of glove puppets. A regular Kotaku reader told me that, and I was like, excuse me?
Playing With Armello's Latest Rat Bastard
Fantasy board/card game Armello was one of my favorite games of 2015. While it remains just as fun to play now as it was then, it’s adding four new fantasy animals to play as in next week’s Usurpers Hero Pack. Watch me play as Sargon, the dirtiest rat ever.
The Best Thing About Lego Bastion Is Taking Him Apart Again
Imagine the warm wave of catharsis washing over you as you spend your post-match taking apart Piggy Brother’s fantastic Lego rendition of Overwatch’s Bastion brick-by-brick. Ah yes, feels good.
