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Marvel Snap Creator’s Favorite Cards Prove We All Play The Game Like Buttheads
10.11.2022
Marvel Snap’s boss, Ben Brode, recently sat down and talked shop about the popular free-to-play card game. He revealed a few decks he’s currently playing—one of them being a nasty piece of work that likely annoys many players—and said who his favorite character in the game is. It’s Mysterio...
New God Of War Game Means New God Of War Cosplay
10.11.2022
We’ve featured German cosplayer Maul a ton of times on Kotaku, maybe more than any other individual cosplayer, and there’s a very good reason for that: just look at these photos. Read more
Let’s Talk About How One Piece Film: Red Is The Best Anime Movie We’ve Seen This Year
8.11.2022
What a world. A One Piece movie about a pop star was one of the highest-grossing anime films in Japan earlier this year. Just released here, I watched One Piece Film: Red during its debut weekend to see what all the hype was about. I was blown away by the film’s bombastic style and emotional...
Marvel Snap's Big New Black Panther Season: What's Worth Knowing
8.11.2022
It makes perfect sense that Kotaku’s new obsession, Marvel Snap, would tie itself into the major events of the rest of the Marvel universe. Today, as the deckbuilding strategic card game enters its second season, the theme is Wakanda, just in time for this week’s release of the MCU’s Black Panther:...
New Stranger Things Game Stars Vecna, Will Reveal More About The Villian
7.11.2022
Netflix has announced Stranger Things VR, a new game that will let fans of the show play as Vecna, the big bad from season four. Tender Claws, the developer, promises that the game will provide some more information and backstory about the creepy villain who terrorized Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas...
Overwatch 2 Reveals New Hero Ramattra, Locked Behind Battle Pass
7.11.2022
Ramattra is the newest tank hero coming to Overwatch 2 and the latest to be locked behind its battle pass system. Revealed during the Overwatch League finals last Friday, the shape-shifting warlord can transform between defensive and offensive modes, but will require players who don’t want to...
Fans Won't Stop Comparing Modern Warfare II To Modern Warfare 2 (They're Totally Different Games)
4.11.2022
By most definitions and easily made observations, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a 2009 installment of the game with a very similar name but, as you can see, a 2 instead of a II. Their stories are different. Their mechanics are different. As we discussed,...
10 Anime Characters Who Would Absolutely Fail No Nut November
4.11.2022
For whatever reason, every time November rolls around a chosen few take it upon themselves to participate in the internet’s self-celibacy challenge: No Nut November.Read more
Fortnite's Skywalker Week Premieres Star Wars' Iconic OG Trio
1.11.2022
Sometimes I wake up to Fortnite additions that make me go, “Wait, this wasn’t already in Fortnite?” The Star Wars update for Skywalker Week is one of them. However, starting today, you’ll be able to play the game for the first time as the three main characters from the original trilogy.Read more
Mei And Lebron James Have Been Disabled Until Further Notice
1.11.2022
It is my sad duty to report to you that Mei, the young ice-wielding hero of the Overwatch series, and Lebron James, the second highest-scoring player in NBA history, have both been deemed to be too buggy to remain in active service and have been disabled.Read more
Overwatch 2’s First Big Patch Continues Cherished Tradition Of Nerfing Genji
31.10.2022
Over Halloween weekend, Blizzard announced nerfs coming to five overpowered Overwatch 2 heroes ahead of its previously scheduled season 2 update in December. Read more
Witcher Fans Are Convinced They Know the Real Reason Henry Cavill Left The Netflix Series
31.10.2022
The first time the internet saw DCU Superman star Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher, it howled in collective laughter over the terrible wig. Four years later, fans are losing their minds that Hollywood’s leading himbo won’t be reprising the role after season...
Netflix Replaces Henry Cavill In Witcher With Liam Hemsworth
29.10.2022
Today, Netflix announced that The Witcher will be back for a fourth season. However, it wasn’t all good news, as the streamer also confirmed that Henry Cavill will not be returning for season 4. Instead, Liam Hemsworth will be the new monster slayer, Geralt of Rivia. Read more
Gotham Knights Is Kinda Mid
29.10.2022
Gotham Knights came out a week ago and I’ve found it exceedingly difficult to find anything to love about the open-world loot brawler. Red Hood’s snickerdoodle recipe, maybe? The latest Batman game borrows from a ton of other, mostly better rivals, and struggles to craft a clear identity in...
The Marvel Snap World Record For Most Points Is Absolutely Bonkers
28.10.2022
Marvel Snap players everywhere are sharing end-of-game match results with eye-popping numbers. But no matter what your scorecard says at the end, I’m willing to bet it’s child’s play compared to what I’m about to show you. Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a limit to how high your Marvel Snap score...
Yoko Taro Is Gonna Delete These Fans' Saves Forever And They're Gonna Like It
27.10.2022
Usually, when a game’s online servers are sunsetted, players don’t get the opportunity to go out in a self-aware blaze of glory before the final dawn arrives. But then again, most games don’t have the bizarre Nier creator, Yoko Taro, as their director.Read more
Overwatch 2’s Halloween Event Is A Major Downgrade
26.10.2022
On October 25 through November 8, Overwatch 2 celebrates its first seasonal event since its debut earlier this month: The 2022 edition of its yearly weeks-long Halloween Terror extravaganza. Like past years, Halloween Terror will honor the holiday with new skins and a Junkenstein’s Revenge themed...
11 Gotham Knights Tips To Kick Criminal Ass And Clean The Streets In Style
26.10.2022
When you’re first getting to grips with Gotham Knights, it can be a counterintuitive mix of familiar mechanics grafted onto a confusing hodgepodge of systems from other games. There’s Arkham-inspired melee combat, a Destiny-style progression system, and RPG elements that might lure you into...
Gotham Knights’ Cops Are The Only Enemies That Don’t Give XP
25.10.2022
With Gotham Knights being an open-world action RPG where you level up by beating the crap out of goons doing crimes, you’d imagine that everyone’s fair game. If you demolish this guy or pummel that girl, there’s the expectation that their bodies would explode in a cascade of brightly colored...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet's New Ghost Dog Is A Good Boy Who Just Happens To Commit Murder
25.10.2022
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet might be coming very soon, but Halloween is coming even sooner. So it is that Nintendo yet again wants us all quaking in our Trekking Shoes, with some spooky goings on in the Paldea region. Yesterday, we were treated to someone being terrified of a Gengar, and today,...