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You’ve probably never given any of the SpongeBob games a second thought, but one speedrunner is playing thousands of hours of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom in order to change that.
It’s been nearly four years since the game that looked like if Wind Waker had a baby with Ico was announced. How time flies!
If you have a Nintendo Switch you probably love it. Just the right size and weight with a screen that’s sharp and bright, one of the only issues is keeping it safe. Kotaku’s own Stephen Totilo put his in a sock, but there are other solutions out there, including retrofitting 3DS pouches using a bunch of arts and…
Dragon Blade is Genji’s ultimate. It grants the cyborg ninja 1.17 swings per second, 120 damage per swing, an eight meter per second movement speed and lasts just six seconds.
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from military prison this week after being locked up for over seven years. This weekend she played Forza. Former President Obama commuted her 35-year sentence as one of his last acts in office, but not before years of inhuman treatment including solitary confinement.
The in-game value of WoW Tokens jumped to a record high this past week after Activision announced that Destiny 2 would be available on PC exclusively through Blizzard’s game client.
Wrestlethon 2017 is going on right now. A three day streaming marathon celebrating the history of wrestling games while raising money for the Child’s Play Charity, the group will finish at 4:00PM EDT today with a WWE 2k17 tournament. You can watch here.
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It probably does, but that hasn’t stopped a federal court from taking a closer look at the question.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will Kamehameha its way onto the Nintendo Switch this fall publisher Bandai Namco tweeted earlier today. The game will include ad-hoc play, motion controls, and local, two-person multiplayer using the Joy-Con.
The rise and fall of arcades have in large part shaped how we think about playing video games together in public places, but in their absence, young designers are finding new ways to bring social gaming out into the open.
League of Legends’ Mid-Season Invitational look poised to be dominated once again by the unbeatable boys from South Korea while elsewhere in Smash Bros. Wii U players duke it out to unseat their own unbeatable champion.
A prominent World of Tanks YouTuber who is a member of a promotional program for the game had to remove a critical video after developer Wargaming threatened a copyright strike against it.
Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden, one of Dota 2's most prominent casters and streaming personalities, revealed earlier today on her Twitch channel that she has cancer and will start undergoing treatment for it later this week.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: who do you think would win in a fight, Batman or Superman?
A new gameplay trailer for Sonic Mania shows Knuckles flying, climbing, and doing all the things you’d expect. Everything looks great and sounds even better. Too bad the game was delayed until an unspecified date later in the year.
How would you feel if your son had died trying to save the world and his best friends never told you?
