Skyrim Meets Diablo: The Steam Stream Plays Umbra

A couple weeks ago I reported on Umbra, a game that wants to be the unholy demon baby of Skyrim and Diablo. Does it succeed? I got my hands on a demo, so let’s find out. Today’s Steam Stream might be kind of a short one (I’ve gotta go do Stuff soon), but I’m also…

Steam Game Looks Like Tony Hawk, But For Rollerblading

It’s also very, very pretty. On A Roll—a pun that refers either to rollerblading or how hard I rolled my eyes when reading it—is an open-world game about “performing creative tricks on rollerblades.” So basically, ramps and grinds and flips and things. It looks like hell(a fun) on wheels (PUNS ARE A DISEASE GET OUT…

Title: White Wine and Fried Chicken | Artist: Hot Chip | Album: Why Make Sense? Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

A Hilarious Game Where You Can Date…Dogs

As game narratives expand into new territories, some are bound to make us feel uncomfortable. Hot Date is a dead simple, totally hilarious speed dating game in which you have rapid-fire conversations with a series of dogs—yes, dogs—about topics ranging from how one feels about modern Simpsons, which starting Pokemon you prefer, and if anyone…

The Frag Dolls, a group of women who promoted Ubisoft games and gender diversity in gaming, have officially disbanded. You can read their goodbye letter here

Calling all League of Legends players: what do you think of Ekko? Cool? OP? Too many similarities to Transistor, or just enough? The time-traveling champ came out this week, and players seem divided on him. So let me know what you think! You can leave a comment, or send me an email at [email protected]

Worth Reading: What A 10-Year-Old Girl Thinks Of Splatoon

A holiday won’t stop me from sharing the best games writing from the past week with you! Hey, You Should Read These “Here’s what a 10-year-old thinks of Splatoon, her first online competitive shooter” by Chad Sapieha As we suffer through endless hot takes on whether Splatoon is or isn’t a shooter (who cares?!), I’m…

The next Need for Speed will require an online connection, according to a tweet from the racing series’ official Twitter account. This development isn’t too surprising after seeing persistent connectivity play such a big part in NFS Rivals. Let’s hope the implementation improves for the upcoming game. Contact the author at [email protected]

It looks like the rumored new Xbox One controller is legit, based on a (now pulled) retailer listing from Austrian retailer Libro spotted by Eurogamer. We should know more at E3, and hopefully there will be other style options. This one is…questionable. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…

The developers of horror classic Amnesia: The Dark Descent will release their new game, SOMA, on September 22. Set underwater, it’s coming to both PlayStation 4 and PC. There’s a new gameplay trailer, too. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek