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The Next-Gen Xbox Is Called Xbox Series X

The next Xbox console is called the Xbox Series X. It has a weird new shape, a practically identical controller, loads of backwards compatibility, and it’s out in the 2020 holiday season. Here’s the debut trailer: I…really like that box. And the fact the controller looks identical, because really, Xbox controllers have been pretty much…

Watch The 2019 Game Awards Here [Update: It’s Over!]

Here we are again: The Game Awards, in which new game reveals and occasional shenanigans are interspersed with people winning things. Join us, won’t you? Things kick off at 8:30 Eastern. You can watch on YouTube, below, or on Twitch, Mixer, Twitter, or Steam

Microsoft Cancels Streamer’s Partnership After ‘Sex Offender’ Tweet

Harrison “HarrisonJr” Patrick Stewart had, until last week, been a verified streamer and partner on Microsoft’s Mixer platform. His deal has since been cancelled after he tweeted an image of himself alongside the text “Come watch a registered sex offender plays Fortnite with 10 year olds!!” As The Hollywood Reporter…reports, Stewart—who had around 80,000 followers—posted…

The Contents Of The Secret $375 Inside Collector’s Edition Have Been Revealed, And 🤮

In March of last year, iam8bit and developer Playdead announced a very special collector’s edition for indie adventure game Inside. The $375 box contains a PlayStation 4 copy of the game, Steam codes for Inside and Limbo, and a secret something from sex-mannequin maker Realdoll. Now that the collector’s editions are about to ship, iam8bit…

Overwatch Glitch Allows All Heroes To Fly

Unlike most first-person shooters, Overwatch is not opposed to allowing some heroes to fly. Pharah rockets up and bonks her head on the sky’s ceiling. Sigma soars above the battlefield on an invisible cloud of psychic energy during his ult. Zenyatta hovers and should never be allowed to walk. Real flight for everyone, though, is…

Baby Yoda Can Be Bought In The Sims 4

Because EA owns The Sims, and because EA also has the rights to Star Wars video games, we finally have a digital tie-in with the new live-action Mandalorian series. It’s not a Carl Weathers outfit. It’s not a “Bounty Hunter” job for your Sim. It’s a Baby Yoda statue you can buy and put in…

New Tekken 7 Character’s Dog Sidekick Is Good And Pure

After previously being revealed at Evo back in August, Tekken 7 newcomer Leroy Smith is finally playable via an update released earlier in the week. This elderly Wing Chun master proved popular in the fighting game community before release thanks to his unique mixture of American and Chinese fashion, but now that he’s available, folks…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is My Wife Emotionally Abusive?

Hello, all you little orgasm dermestid beetles, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you take your relationship out of early access. This week, we’re talking about the moments in a person’s life that are the most incandescent, as we watch a good relationship go bad. How can you…

I’m Not Sure If Binging Life Is Strange 2 Is The Right Move

Working at Kotaku usually means that whenever a new game releases, you’re checking it out. It’s a constant churn with little downtime; you’re always rushing to see the next thing. I’ve made one exception this year for Life Is Strange 2. For some, it’s slipped under the radar. For me, I was waiting for the…

Track: Chime | Artist: Lucie, Too | Album: Chime EP

Feel The Beat. Jeonju, South Korea. By Christian Mata. 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!

Popular WoW Streamer Hires YouTubers Who Leeched Off His Stream To Run Official Channel

If you search any popular Twitch streamer’s name on YouTube, you’ll find countless videos scraped from their streams. Of these, some will likely come from the streamer, but many are the product of users who upload content that is not, strictly speaking, theirs. Recent YouTube changes, however, are apparently making that more difficult. Instead of…

Would You Like To See My Space Guns

Takayuki Satou is an artist from Japan. You can see more of Satou’s stuff at his ArtStation page

EA Lost Command & Conquer Announcer’s Voice Tapes, So She’s Re-Recording Them

In putting together the HD remake of Command & Conquer, EA went to get the old recordings of the game’s announcer, EVA, and couldn’t find them. No big deal, they just went got the original voice actor to re-record everything. Kia Huntzinger, a former employee at Westwood (the creators of C&C, RIP) was responsible for…

Everyone, Say Hi To Resident Evil’s Martin Sandwich

This is Martin. He’s “a skilled engineer and mechanic” who can “create traps to slow down or stun enemies” in Capcom’s upcoming Resident Evil Resistance. So if you ever play the game and see a trap slow down or stun an enemy, make sure you remember to thank Martin. Martin Sandwich.

Valve Removes Nazi Steam Profiles After German Complaints

Far-right groups that often employed Nazi-inspired language have long been able to create ugly little dens on Steam without facing too much resistance. Last year, Valve quietly deleted many hate groups in the wake of sustained reporting from publications like Vice, but Steam’s owners weren’t comprehensive in their approach, leaving some questionable groups unscathed. Now…

Forza Horizon 4 Is Getting A 72-Car Battle Royale Mode

Racing through Britain’s pastoral countryside is about to become a matter of life and death. Forza Horizon 4’s December 12 update will add the series’ first-ever battle royale mode, called Eliminator, Playground Games announced during its developer livestream today. The new mode pits 72 players against one another in a race to the center of…

Mona Lisa Too Expensive? Now You Can Own Johnny Five Aces’ Original Concept Art

Internet historians, here’s your chance to own your own piece of internet history: concept art of Johnny Five Aces, main character of the legendarily shitty game concept The Zybourne Clock. The Zybourne Clock was an idea for a steampunk game about time travel proposed in 2003 in the forums of Something Awful, comedy website with…

New Fallout 76 Bugs Are Making Armor Weak And Weapons Brittle

It wouldn’t be a Fallout 76 patch if it didn’t introduce a few unusual new bugs, and yesterday’s update was no exception. Some players are discovering that reloading their weapons causes their defense stats to drop. The bug is pretty straightforward: A player reloads their weapon and then sees the defense stats for their some…

Breaking Down The Intense World Of Castlevania Speedrunning

Castlevania is a punishing game. Getting hit at the wrong time might mean plummeting to a frustrating death. It’s a classic that requires precision to finish. Speedrunners have been challenging it for years, and a new video breaks it down from the early days until now. Summoning Salt, who makes videos detailing the speedrunning history…