The Art Of Bungie's Destiny 2
Our post on the concept art behind the first Destiny remains one of the best (and easily the biggest) Fine Art has ever put together. So it’s a pleasure today to begin the process for Destiny 2.
Mods Add GTA, Minecraft & Mario To Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Now that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is running pretty well on the PC, it’s time for people to start messing it with. Like turning Link into Carl Johnson from GTA: San Andreas, or Steve from Minecraft.
Bungie’s shared some new info on next week’s Destiny 2 “Faction Rally.” Looks like about what we predicted on today’s spoilercast—you pledge a faction and do PvE and PvP challenges to earn points. Whichever faction wins sells a gun to everyone, and people pledging that faction get a discount. Faction. Faction. If you…
Amazon's Blowing Out a Ton of Networking and Home Automation Gear, Today Only
Whether you need a new Wi-Fi router, more ethernet ports, a modem to call your own, or some smart switches to start automating your home, Amazon’s TP-Link Gold Box has you covered.
Here's A $900 Batman: Arkham Knight Statue
Batman: Arkham Knight, a video game about driving a secret tank, came out in 2015. The merch is still rolling in though, and while normally that wouldn’t be cause for general concern, this 33-inch statue is some hilariously intricate fanservice.
Japan’s latest baked good fad is “salty bread.” It’s like a dinner roll but with a layer of butter and salt on top that makes it taste like movie popcorn. It’s in every bakery I’ve gone into, and it’s addictive. I may need to be physically removed from the country.
Doom Seems To Run Well On The Switch
The first hands-on impressions of Doom’s surprise Nintendo Switch version have hit the Internet, and it sounds like the demonic shooter performs quite well on Nintendo’s diminutive game slab.
Ubisoft says that Sony has fixed the issues that were causing Rainbow Six: Siege PS4 players to get hard crashes while looking at their friends’ lists.
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Thursday's Top Deals: Networking Blowout, Sony Sound Bar, Free Lyft Rides, and More
Sony Sound Bar, TP-Link Gold Box, and USB-C Battery Pack, kick off today’s top deals.
Dishonored Player Creates Meat Fireworks
Today on Highlight Reel we’ve got elaborate Dishonored traps, christlike FIFA clips, Battlegrounds grandpas, and much more!
App That Paid Users to Exercise Owes Nearly $1 Million for Not Paying Users to Exercise
In the capitalistic nightmare we live in, everything has to be a transaction. So, when Pact launched its fitness app that let you make money for working out—or else pay a fee for failing to do so—it seemed to be the perfect motivational tool. There was just one problem: The company apparently wasn’t that great at…
SteamWorld Dig 2 Is All About Finding Cool Stuff
SteamWorld Dig 2 is a game about exploring and finding secrets. There’s a plot, too, and some fun characters, but for the most part you dig in caves and look for treasure. I could do it forever.
Boost Your TV's Audio With This $120 Sony Sound Bar
If you’re still listening to your TV through its built-in speakers, listen up: This highly-rated Sony sound bar and wireless subwoofer for just $120 right now, or about $80 less than usual.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Players Discover An Infinite Damage Combo
Divinity: Original Sin 2 might look like a sparkly new take on creaky old PC role-playing games, but it’s built atop a foundation of intricately interlocking systems that allow for even more possibility than the classics. Here’s a case in point.
Everything You Need to Know About Star Trek: Discovery Before It Premieres
Hey, did you hear there’s a new Star Trek show starting September 24? Anticipation is mighty high here at io9—but for everyone who hasn’t been cataloguing every bit of info that CBS has revealed about Star Trek: Discovery on the long road to its debut, we’ve assembled this handy guide to get you up to speed.
Your Destiny 2 Fashion Choices, Reviewed
When the first Destiny came out, I always admired my friends’ Destiny outfits. Now that the sequel is here, I’m determined to have a beautiful Guardian of my own. While I’m at it, I think I’ll judge some of Kotaku commenters’ best outfits.
Why Are Video Games So Goddamn Hard To Make?
I am the kind of ungrateful video game consumer who will instantly write off a game if it has just a single, microscopic bug within it. “Whoa hey, the picture just skipped a frame! What kinda of fat slovenly losers designed this piece of shit?!” Of course, the reality is that making a video game, even a bad one,…
Thimbleweed Park, a hilarious old-school point-n-click adventure from the designers behind Maniac Mansion, is out on the Switch eShop today. Check out our review of the game here.
Adorable Puzzle-Platformer About Mushroom Men Is Surprisingly Hard
In Mushroom Heroes, I’m looking at a fast-moving platform over a bed of spikes. Timing my jump is one thing, but figuring out which character should jump first is another. There could be a monster on the other side of the ledge, and there’s only one person who uses arrows. There might be blocks to push around,…
