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Popular Horror Game Removed From Steam After Chinese Players Say It Insults China

Less than a week ago, the developers of P.T.-inspired horror game Devotion were riding high. Their game’s February 19 release was met with thousands of positive Steam reviews and hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch. However, after a weekend of controversy, Devotion has met an even more untimely end than the game that inspired…

I’m Obsessed With Anthem’s Mech-Entering Sequence

Anthem is not a particularly sensual game, especially for a BioWare joint. There are no romance options. There’s some light flirting while talking with computer-controlled characters, but nothing intimate. Gameplay outside of a mech suit is all first-person, so the player barely sees their character outside of cutscenes. But damn, the transition from first-person human…

Blooming Yuccas. Rio Grande City, Texas. By Chris Lopez | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Our Favorite Cosplay From Katsucon 2019

I know there are a lot of cosplay shows throughout the year, and I know a lot of them are big, but there’s something about Katsucon that just makes people go all out One look at the quality and quantity of cosplay on show in this gallery and you’ll get an idea what I’m talking…

Looking Up

Chantal Horeis is an artist from Sweden with a warm, slightly fantastic style. You can see more of Chantal’s beautiful art at her personal site.

Super Mario RPG’s Japanese Version Is Full Of Anime Tributes

They’re missing from the English-language version, sadly, but the original Japanese release of 1996’s Super Mario RPG on the SNES features a bunch of enemies who are very into Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Neon Genesis and even a Sega game. As Legends of Localization point out, when the game was translated into English, a lot…

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Is A Weird Golf Game

When I think about the animated Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force many things come to my mind. The weird villains, Carl, the numerous name changes it had towards the end and that one time people thought their street ads were bombs.One thing I don’t associate with the series is golf. So it’s bizarre…

‘Shop Contest: National Tortilla Chip Day

Who doesn’t love some salsa and chips? Well half of that great combo is being celebrated today because it’s National Tortilla Chip Day. What does that mean? Who actually celebrates these “holidays”? I don’t know, but I like tortilla chips and I bet a bunch of video game characters do too! Your challenge this week:…

Sunday Comics: (LOADING)

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.  Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 18. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published February 21. Read more of Corpse Run  Double XP by M.S.…

The Week In Games: Start Your Engines! 

Trials Rising, the newest entry in the dirt bike filled franchise, releases this Tuesday. I’ve been a fan of the Trials games since playing Trials HD back on my Xbox 360. I didn’t really play much of Trials Fusion, the previous game in the franchise. I have no idea why other than I was busy…

Croagunk Will Stab You With His Poison Fingers

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Croagunk! Croagunk Details Type: Poison/Fighting Average Height: 2′ 04″ Average Weight: 50 lbs. First Added In Generation IV  …

‘Shop Contest: Terry Crews Edition, Winners! 

Last week I asked you fine folks to add Terry Crews into more games. You all did great, adding Terry to some games I expected and some really surprising inclusions. Our winning image this week was made by Mrichston. In their winning image they recast a classic Final Fantasy character as Terry Crews. Considering the…

Track: Burn It | Artist: Fever 333 | Album: Strength In Numb333rs  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for looking for a new available Origin name, because your Apex Legends teammates trying to pronounce whatever lazy thing you picked when you bought Mass Effect 3 isn’t quite cutting it. I will be playing a lot more Apex Legends, especially now that more of my friends are on. I’m also still…

Etrian Odyssey Nexus Is Busting My Balls And It’s Totally My Fault

I consider myself a veteran Etrian Odyssey player. I’ve hand-drawn dozens of maps across the role-playing game series, meticulously crawled floors for every treasure chest and scripted event, and gotten hundreds of monsters in my codex—conditional drops and all. So I came to the latest title in the series, Etrian Odyssey Nexus, pretty prepared for…

Track: E.S.P. | Artist: Buzzcocks | Album: Love Bites (2018 Remastered Version) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Ginza. Tokyo, Japan. By Alex Mehl | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Your Secret Is Safe With Me, Roadhog

Josiah Haworth is an animator at Blizzard, where he’s worked on both World of Warcraft and Overwatch You can see more of Josiah’s animation at his Vimeo page.

Apex Legends Might Have Killed Sea Of Thieves‘ Twitch Momentum

At the end of January, Sea of Thieves seemed to be on the cusp of pulling off one heck of a trick: joining Twitch’s upper echelon after nearly a year of relative irrelevance. Popular streamers were piling onto the newly-refurbished ship’s deck, curious to see if it could provide a viable alternative to Fortnite, which…