Lookin' For Totoro
Atna Joy is an artist and illustrator from France.
Jetpack Cat is finally in Overwatch... sort of. Players recently discovered that, as part of a Brigitte “toast” emote that came with the new winter event, she raises a mug with the face of a cat and the back of a jetpack cat. This is a reference to both a scrapped Overwatch hero and the fact that Brigitte has a cat…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just got updated to 1.2.0., and there are some fixes there for two of the bigger complaints currently going around: challenger difficulty and online rule preferences. You can read the full notes here.
There’s a new PlanetSide game coming, and it has a battle royale mode. The gargantuan persistent shooter is clomping into the genre’s well-trod territory with sci-fi vehicles and weapons, though that’s not the only mode PlanetSide Arena is offering. It’ll also let players compete in 250 vs 250 matches with teams and…
Devil May Cry Cosplay Gets A Little Romantic
A lot of DMC fans are shipping Dante and lady, so a couple of cosplayers thought hey, if we’re doing a shoot based on the series, why not just run with that.
Hitman 2 Is Best When You Break It
Hitman 2 is builtaround the idea that it’s an elaborate Rube Goldberg Murder Machine, and that the most optimal way to play is to carefully explore your surrounds, tinker with strange and hilarious ways to whack your targets then set everything off and revel in the results.
Red Dead Hero Isn't Constrained By Physics
Today on Highlight Reel we have cowboy physics, headless rowers, headshots, nuclear tire swings, and much more!
Alienware's Thinnest Laptop Yet Balances Power, Price, and Portability Nicely
All of a sudden, it seems like almost no one is making laptops like Alienware makes laptops: beefy, loud, and fast. Most of the top gaming laptop makers have embraced the design style popularized by Razer and supported by Nvidia’s Max-Q design ethos: thin and sacrificing a little power for portability. But not…
Very Smart Brothas Trashcan Lannister Tweets About Border Wall, Gets Dunked On By 11-Year-Old Little Miss Flint | Deadspin No One Knows Where The Raiders Are Going To Play Next Season | The A.V. Club It’s going to be hard for red-carpet premieres to top Jason Momoa’s Aquaman haka dance | Splinter Not Even a Softball…
The Top 10 Deals of December 13, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Top Riot Executive Suspended Without Pay Following Investigation Over Workplace Misconduct
Earlier this week, Riot’s CEO sent an e-mail to employees describing the punishment its COO, Scott Gelb, will face after multiple employees alleged that, as a comedy bit, he has repeatedly touched subordinates’ balls or butt or farted in their faces. Several employees tell Kotaku that his punishment—two months of…
Thank Goodness You Can Turn Off Street Fighter V's New In-Game Ads Because Yikes
Street Fighter V has had its share of disappointments since it arrived in 2016, from a shoddy launch to installing dangerous backdoors for malware in players’ computers. Capcom’s latest brilliant idea is to plaster the entire game with advertisements, turning the most storied fighting game franchise of all time into a…
The State Of PC Gaming In 2018
PC has never been a singular platform like, say, PlayStation or Xbox. Instead, it’s a series of disparate landmasses sharing the same turbulent sea.
The best things on the internet in 2018
We often speak of the internet as if it’s an independent entity, with a mind and a will of its own. But thankfully, that’s not quite the case—yet. For the time being, the internet is ultimately run by human beings, and is filled with the by-products of human thought and imagination. Sometimes, as we detailed yesterday…
Call of Duty Developer Evacuated After Bomb Threat
Infinity Ward, the Los Angeles-based developer behind various Call of Duty games including Infinite Warfare, evacuated employees today following a bomb threat, Kotaku has learned.
What's the Vector, Victor? It's a Cool $175 Robot That Listens and Learns.
Alexa can be fun to talk to when you’re lonely or bored, but she’s not exactly animated. The Anki Vector Home Robot solves that problem by behaving almost like a pet. He can answer questions, sure, but he also reacts to sight, sound, and touch and is excited to see you when you come home. And better than any other…
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection On Switch Is A Brilliant Historical Package
New anthologies of old games have gotten a lot better recently, especially on the Nintendo Switch. In addition to Sega releasing individual games from its back catalog with new features, the company also recently ported its smartly packaged Genesis Classics collection to the console. Recently, the Switch also received…
How The Game Awards' Big Announcements Came Together
How does a surprise Game Awards announcement come together? Host Geoff Keighley joins this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen to discuss.
'Scruff-A-Luvs,' 'Fingerlings,' and Glitter-Slime Shitting Unicorns: The Hottest Toys of 2018
It’s time for America’s most sobering annual ritual: seeing what kind of ridiculous garbage children are clambering to acquire. And truly, the toy industry has topped themselves this year!
Make an Epic NERF Battle a Holiday Tradition With This Amazon Sale
One of the most fun memories my family has made in recent years was a giant NERF battle on the lawn. I’m talking children, my adult siblings and their spouses, my parents — all of us pummeling each other with foam darts and then pausing to collect them so we could go again.
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