Tokyo Games Show has just wrapped up and in a few days the Eurogamer Expo will be kicking off. Trade shows like E3, TGS, PAX and GamesCom are meant to be the highlights of a game journalist’s calendar, but how relevant are they? In a time when everything is live-blogged and streamed, is there even a need for us to go any more? More »
I’ve been fascinated with eSports for most of the nearly seven years I’ve been writing for Kotaku. More »
During Gamescom 2011 in Germany, the Frogster folks gave press a peek at what a standard dungeon run looks like in the action-packed MMO Tera. Now see for yourself! More »
It’s also better when it’s not removed from YouTube due to copyright claims, as was the leaked demo footage we posted last week. This one is much more clear, much more permanent, and much more narrated. Enjoy! More »
Last night we pointed out this video from Germany’s RTL Television which seemed to delight in mocking the “computer freaks” that attended last week’s Gamescom in Cologne. Today the show is apologising for their bad judgement in airing it. More »
Well, maybe not you, but judging somebody. And it’s not just a Gamescom booth companion that’s doing the judging, but a news lady and a news announcer. How mean! More »
Valve’s yet-to-be released Dota 2 has its first champion. The publisher held a tournament for the still-unreleased game at the Gamescom video game conference last week. It wrapped up over the weekend. There are spoilers ahead, in case you haven’t looked up the winner yet. More »