Overwatch loot boxes feel like goddamn Christmas to open. Then a bunch of garbage spills out, and you feel like a jackass. Some people suspect that they’re rigged. Blizzard, however, insists they’re not, and they’ve finally released official loot box odds to back that up. At least, for China.
Watch Someone Speedrun Portal Without Using Any Portals
Speedrunner 097AceOfSpades beat Portal in 52 minutes using no portals and a lot of airboat cheats.Read more…
Here’s A Big Sign That Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Is Coming To 3DS
Last week, a dataminer who goes by the handle SciresM reported that he’d discovered an apparent port or remake of the GBA game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in a 3DS file database. Although we can’t confirm this rumor, we did discover a new bit of evidence this week that makes it seem very likely.
Call Of Duty Zombies Chronicles Announced A Few Feet From YouTuber’s Bathroom
Leaked all to hell and confirmed today via unzipped hoodie in a YouTube video, Black Ops 3 players are getting an extra dose of DLC in the form of Zombies Chronicles, a collection of eight remastered zombie maps from Black Ops, World At War and Black O…
Transformers: Forged To Fight Adds Another Cool Bot I’ll Spend Money To Not Get
Random paid character drops in mobile games aren’t new, but I’m really feeling the burn in Kabam’s mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight. First I missed out on Beast Wars Waspinator. Now I’m not going to get Soundwave. Ugh.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Connection Issues
The Nintendo Switch’s first big online multiplayer game has arrived, and while many people are enjoying the upgraded version of Mario Kart 8, others are also enjoying frequent disconnects and lag.
Tetris Speedruns Remain Hypnotizing
The only thing more enjoyable than seeing the reactions of speedrunners KevinDDR and ApertureGrillz at the end of this new world record for Tetris: the Grandmaster 2 Plus is watching all of those pieces fall into just the right places.Read more…
Podcast: Should Nintendo Make Switch VR?
Should Nintendo make a VR peripheral for Switch? What would Kirk and I do if we were put in charge of Bungie? Get the answers to those questions and many more, on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen.
Guy Finds StarCraft Source Code And Returns It To Blizzard, Gets Free Trip To BlizzCon
Last month, Reddit user Khemist49 made a truly unlikely find: a gold master source code disc of the original StarCraft. From 1998. At first, he didn’t know what to do with it. Ultimately, he sent it to Blizzard, who was very grateful to have it back.
There’s A Brand New Trails Game Out Today
If you are wondering what the top-selling item on Steam is right now, beating out the likes of Battlegrounds and the Star Wars collection, wonder no further: it’s Trails in the Sky the 3rd, a PC-only JRPG that’s out today.