Overwatch Pro Lands The Dream Charge

Muma may have lost, but he won the hearts of many a Reinhardt in last night’s game against the New York Excelsior with one incredible charge. In last night’s match against the NYXL, Austin “Muma” Wilmot was leading the charge as the ironclad Reinhardt. Seeing enough of the New York players clumped up, Muma dropped…

Battlefield 1‘s New Dog Tags Are Almost Impossible To Get

Battlefield 1’s final expansion, fittingly called Apocalypse, released during the last week of February. Alongside new guns and maps, the content pack also contains some very difficult unlockable dog tags. Reading over them, I wondered what it would take to get them. For the most part, the tasks that you have to do to unlock…

The Secret Hunters Of Destiny

Imagine there’s a video game that you’ve played for hundreds and hundreds of hours. It’s the only game you really play. You think you’ve seen everything there is, and then one day, you see a YouTube video, or a thread on Reddit, or maybe a tweet. Someone says they’ve found something new. Someone says they’ve…

Sunday Comics: Protect This Timeline

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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 26th. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 1st. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Overwatch League Bites Down Hard On Some Lemons For A Good Cause

Host Malik Forté came on during a halftime break in today’s Overwatch League to take a chunk out of a lemon in front of a live audience. Don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. Lemons For Leukemia is a campaign started by two friends, Dillon Hill and Chris Betancourt, the latter of which was diagnosed…

I Can’t Let Go Of Into The Breach’s Starter Squad

Into The Breach is a great strategy game, but I can’t seem to translate the skills I learned with the starting team into any of the more advanced ones. The basic game design of Into The Breach rewards you for learning general strategies. As you play through your first few attempts at the game, you…

Enjoy This Video Of A Small Simulated Airport

Slated for a release sometime in 2018, Sky Haven is an airport simulation game being developed by Real Welders. I’ve watched this video of a little simulated airport something like five times now, and it has made me absolutely crave the ability to plan and build my own airport. Like most people, I do not…

Pro League of Legends Match Has A Whole Lot Of Baron Stealing

The Baron is League of Legends’ biggest monster (besides Teemo). It holds dominion over one alcove of the map, rewarding a boon to any team that can best it. And in today’s match between Roccat and Splyce, the two teams repeatedly stole that advantage from one another. Baron buff is key to making mid and…

Magic Leans Into 25 Years Of Telling Stories With Cards

Magic: The Gathering has its 25th anniversary this year, and Magic has been using its upcoming Masters 25 set to pull together some really neat narrative threads from throughout the game’s long history. While it’s mostly understood purely as a competitive card game, Magic has a deep and complex narrative that stretches back to its…

We’re stomping bug and saving timelines in Into the Breach right now on Twitch. Everything will go smoothly and no one will die.

The Weekend In Esports: Tekken Team Tournament 

We really need to talk about Gon. This weekend, cable television tackles Tekken with the Eleague Tekken Team Takedown. While the games won’t actually hit the telly until March 16, matches start today on Twitch. And frankly, all this Tekken talk has me thinking: where is Gon? We have King, Heihachi, Hwoarang, the classics. Akuma…

Wow, A New Weekend Editor Is Here!

Hello. I’m Cameron Kunzelman. I’m your new Weekend Editor. I guess this intro post is supposed to function like a dating profile in the 1980s. I write all sorts of deep personal details into a text document, I ship it off, and then I wait for those sweet, delicious comments to roll in telling me…

Just A Totally Normal Start To An Overwatch League Match

There was totally nothing abnormal or strange about the start of map 4 between the Los Angeles Gladiators and Seoul Dynasty last night. Jump scares happen when you least expect ‘em.

Battlegrounds Player Heroically Battles The Ground

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds forces all of us to make bad decisions sometimes. You might make a bad run for it when pinned between a wall and some enemies, or you might even drive a truck off a cliff to escape some pursuers. It’s a game about making choices that you never feel 100% about. Reddit user…

This Week In The Business: Let’s Get Political

QUOTE | “The president will meet with a number of stakeholders next week. He’ll also be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front as well. This is going to be an ongoing process, and something that we don’t expect to happen overnight… to make sure…

After The Loot Box Fury, The People Behind The Next Battlefield Are Being Very Cautious

The people who make Battlefield, just like many other developers across the video game industry, have heard the loot box furor loudly and clearly. The next Battlefield’s microtransaction plans remain in flux, as they are in many games until close to release, but it’s unlikely they’ll inspire as much anger as Star Wars: Battlefront II’s…

Introducing Kotaku XP, Our Weekly Video News Show

Hello! We are going to be doing a weekly news video show from now on. This is the first episode. The name is Kotaku XP. What does that mean? I can’t just tell you. It means whatever you want it to mean. Every week, we’ll pick 10 Kotaku posts. Gita Jackson or myself will talk…

The Switch Apparently Stops Counting Your Play Time After A Year [UPDATE]

Switch users are discovering that the console has reset their logged playtime a year after purchase. Although the Switch didn’t come out in the U.S. until March 3, 2017, players who received Switches prior to then have been noticing an unwelcome surprise next to their Legend of Zelda “Profile” entries. The Switch tracks users’ playtime…

Normal Human Stands Up

Today on Highlight Reel we have normal human standing, Fortnite moments, PUBG sadists, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all…