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People Are Attempting Ring Fit Adventure Speedruns, Sweatily

Humankind has always set about the daunting task of pushing past its boundaries, whether physical or otherwise. Now the gauntlet has been thrown for the next grueling task facing gamers: Ring Fit Adventure speedruns. Armed with water, towels, and a frankly excellent attitude, gamers have taken on the challenge to solve a core conundrum: How…

Another Popular Streamer Leaves Twitch, This Time For YouTube

Popular content creator Jack “CouRage” Dunlop is leaving Twitch, he announced today. Unlike other recent Twitch departees, he’s not going to Mixer. Instead, he’s struck a deal with YouTube and will stream exclusively there. In a video announcing the change, CouRage—who has already been on YouTube since 2013 and has 1.86 million subscribers—described wanting to…

The Overwatch D.Va Gaming Chair Makes Me Wish I Still Sat In Gaming Chairs

Back before I was paralyzed from the chest down, I spent a lot of time working, playing, and napping in my Titan gaming chair from Secret Lab. My only problems with the chair were that it was not pink and it did not have a picture of a bunny on it. Well, shit. This D.Va…

Track: Just Like Heaven (Live) | Artist: The Cure | Album: 40 Live

In The Future, Hideo Kojima Says His Studio Will Make Films

For a guy who says that 70 percent of his body is made of movies, this seems like it’s a long time coming. In a 26-minute BBC documentary on the making of Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima reveals the inevitability. “In the future, Kojima Productions will also start making films,” Kojima said. “If a person can…

The Week In Games: The Sweet Release Of Death Stranding

Finally, after years of weird teasers and trailers, we all will have a chance to sit down and actually play Death Stranding. Starring Norman Reedus, Death Stranding releases for PS4 this week. If you are curious to know more about the game, check out the great review from Heather Alexandra that’s already on the site.…

The Curve Of The Street. Tokyo, Japan. By Pedro Maia JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Ground Control To Major Dimitri

Lars Sowig is an artist at DICE who has previously worked on games like The Division 2 and Warface You can see more of Lars’ stuff at his ArtStation page

The First Diablo 4 Cosplay Was Perfect

When Diablo 4 was announced over the weekend, there was some very large and very professional cosplay to go along with it. Like they’ve done with recent Overwatch character reveals, Blizzard hired professional cosplayers to help out on the news, in this case getting Henchmen Studios—one of the biggest and best costume/prop workshops around—and make-up…

Track: Hung Up | Artist: Madonna | Album: Confessions On A Dance Floor 

‘Shop Contest: Sports!

Do you know what we need more of? Sports. More sports content. Let’s create some more sports content, featuring some of our favorite video game heroes and villains. Like the greedy and evil Wario, a person who probably doesn’t even care about sports. He just cares about money! Your challenge this week: Add video game…

Sunday Comics: Phew, That Was A Close One!

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Oct. 31. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

Ragnaros Lives

Far and away the most impressive piece of cosplay I’ve seen at BlizzCon is this wildly elaborate take on World of Warcraft raid boss Ragnaros, aka “the big angry fire boy from Molten Core.” Cosplayer Holly “Kaleidoscope Costumes” Cowie has wanted to make it for a decade. Surrounded by a horde of gawking BlizzCon attendees…

‘Shop Contest: Luigi’s Other Creepy Adventures, Winners!

Last week I asked you folks to show me what other spooky adventures Luigi has been a part of in the past, you know between Luigi’s Mansion games. It turns out he has been involved in some truly scary situations. Poor Luigi. Our winning image this week comes from raftos who created Hideo Kojima’s take…

Jellicent Has Killed Thousands Of Sailors

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Jellicent! Jellicent Details Type: Water/Ghost Average Height: 7′ 03″ Average Weight: 297.6 lbs. First Added In Generation V The…

We Live In A Society That Loves To Kickflip

Hello! This week Waluigi runs very fast, we talk about all the war crimes Yoda committed, we watch a weird live-action trailer for Super Monkey Ball HD, we learn that Luigi’s Mansion is nearly 20 years old and we discover The Joker can skate. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A great review, but…

Hong Kong Protests Are Growing Outside Of BlizzCon [Update]

When this year’s BlizzCon in Anaheim, California kicked off this morning, a crowd of more than 30 protesters gathered outside the convention center to show support for Hong Kong in the wake of Blizzard’s recent suspension of Hearthstone pro Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai. Update, 9:30 PM ET: This story has been updated since its original…

Overwatch 2 Announced With Emotional Trailer

Blizzard has finally announced Overwatch 2, the next iteration of the developer’s massively popular first-person hero shooter. It’s a sequel with all-new maps, heroes and modes, including player-versus-environment modes and a new player-versus-player mode called “Push.” In the new announcement trailer, revealed today at Blizzcon, Overwatch heroes Mei, Winston and Tracer touch down in Paris,…

Track: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Artist: Darlene Love | Album: A Christmas Gift For You

The Next World Of Warcraft Expansion, Shadowlands, Takes Players Into The Afterlife

Announced today at the BlizzCon 2019 keynote, the seventh major expansion for World of Warcraft is called Shadowlands. The followup to Battle for Azeroth, coming in 2020, sees former Horde Warchief turned master villain Sylvanas Windrunner unleash death across the world of Azeroth and players venturing into the realm of the afterlife. In a dramatic…