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Which Original Xbox Games Do You Most Want To See On The Xbox One?

With new speculation about which games Microsoft will have available at the start of it’s Xbox to Xbox One backward compatibility program, it’s a good time to remember just how many great games were exclusive to the old platform. Earlier today Twitter user h0x0d leaked twelve different games they claim to make up the first…

Track: Daydream | Artist: Tatsuro Yamashita | Album: Ride on Time Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This Week In The Business: Place Your Bets

QUOTE | “For example, if the player purchased a particular weapon, the microtransaction engine may match the player in a gameplay session in which the particular weapon is highly effective, giving the player an impression that the particular weapon was a good purchase. This may encourage the player to make future purchases to achieve similar…

Snacktaku Eats A Venison Sandwich At Arby’s HQ

On October 21, Arby’s brings deer meat to the masses, selling a limited number of venison sandwiches at its more than 3,300 U.S. locations. Not trusting our ability to wake up before noon on a Saturday, Snacktaku hit up Arby’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia for an early taste test. Arby’s first introduced the venison sandwich…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for spending time with the cat you’re watching, i.e., turning down social obligations to pet a cat. Also, video games. I just got a Switch (I know!) which means I have been playing Stardew Valley for the first time (I know!). I have very little idea what I’m supposed to be doing…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Stuck In Another Country And Thinking Of Cheating

Hello all you freakazoids d’amour, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’s been lootbox-free since 2013. This week we’re getting deep in the drama. One couple is trying to learn how to play well with others, but whether they’re putting on a show or a private performance, one of the…

Track: Fourteen Rivers Fourteen Floods | Artist: Beck | Album: Music from the American Epic Sessions  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

When TIE Fighters Are Imagined By Car Designers

Jason Battersby is a designer at Audi, but in his spare time he dabbles in concept art as well. So enjoy this TIE Fighter design, and think of it as a collaboration between the Galactic Empire and a German car manufacturer. He calls it the Tie-X, and has even given it a little backstory: Out…

FIFA Defender Breaks Neck, Allows Goal

Today on Highlight Reel we have neck pain, MGO grenades, CS:GO clutches and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all the…

How To Throw Your Video Game Controller

Video games are a lot of fun, but they can also be frustrating. From time to time, you may even get frustrated enough that you want to throw something. Good news! Your controller is right there in your hand. I’ve often heard people refer to a game as “controller-throwingly difficult.” This is an evocative description,…

Track: Paid In Full | Artist: Eric B. & Rakim | Album: Paid In Full  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Giant Transformers Cosplay Crushes New York

There was a lot of quality cosplay at this year’s New York Comic Con, but perhaps the most impressive of all was this enormous Bumblebee outfit that despite its size was still able to walk its way across the showroom floor. It was made byThomas DePetrillo from Extreme Costumes. Here’s how it looks from the…

Divinity Original Sin 2 Player Collects Paintings Of Boss, Beats Him With Them

They say that pride goes before a fall. One Divinity: Original Sin 2 player decided to interpret the saying literally, killing jerk boss Bishop Alexander by having a plethora of paintings of himself—the surest sign of hubris—fall on his head until he died. In Original Sin 2, there are paintings of various characters scattered around…

Track: Love Corrida | Artist: Kavka Shishido | Album: Kavkanize Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Butcher Birds | Artist: Lo! | Album: Vestigal Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Setting The Mood For Assassins Creed: Origins

Raphael Lacoste, senior art director at Ubisoft, needed to set the scene for the series’ shift to Egypt for Origins when development began a few years back. So he came up with these. These are from around 2014, and aren’t necessarily indicative of specific locations or scenes from the game. They’re just reference for the…

Fed Up With Janky Steam Games, Guy Clones One In 12 Minutes

In his Steam review of a game called Glitch Simulator 2018, user IAmPattyJack claimed that “anyone can make it in roughly 25 minutes.” But as it turned out, he was wrong. It only took him 12 minutes and 18 seconds. Glitch Simulator 2018, from the esteemed creators of hits like ISIS Simulator and Suicide Simulator,…

Everyone Has A Crush On This Concept Art For Overwatch‘s Mercy

Overwatch fandom can’t stop talking about, and drawing, this radically different Mercy concept art. Over the weekend, at the Overwatch exhibit in Gallery Nucleus in Portland, Oregon, Blizzard had copies of their upcoming Overwatch artbook. An enterprising fan, twitter user Adulture, took a few pictures of the concept art for the game from the book.…

Collaborative Mirror’s Edge Speedrun Is A Thing Of Beauty

Mirror’s Edge is a 2008 game all about hardcore parkour and fluid movement. A new collaborative speedrun shows off exactly what happens when you toss expert players behind the wheel. The Mirror’s Edge speedrunning community released a segmented speedrun today, showcasing the game’s freerunning and some neat out of bounds glitches. A segmented speedrun takes…