-
Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for seriously not being sick anymore, seriously. Also, video games. As ever, I will attempt to play The Witcher 3 then get distracted doing something else. Will this be the Overwatch even where I win something other than junk? (No. No, it will not.) What about you? What are you playing?
By Riley MacLeod Published October 13, 2017 -
Culture
Popular Battlegrounds Streamer Apologizes After Falsely Accusing Player Of Hacking
Shroud, one of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ most popular streamers, isn’t somebody who loses very often. A former Counter-Strike pro, he’s rarely outsmarted or outgunned. It’s not uncommon to see would-be rivals try to level the playing field with hacks. Every once in a while, he calls out cheaters on stream. Recently, however, he seems to have…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 13, 2017 -
Culture
Nicolas Cage, The Japanese Snack Food [Update]
If you were a Japanese snack food maker and could put anyone on your tasty treats, who would it be? Nicolas Cage, of course! To promote Army of One’s Japanese release, the actor’s face is being plastered on the popular puffed corn snack Umaibou (or “delicious stick”). Update October 13 – 6:00am: Nicolas Cage did…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 13, 2017 -
Culture
Rough Day At The Range
Elijah McNeal is an artist who has worked for companies like Gearbox, Epic and 20th Century Fox. You can see more of Elijah’s art at his ArtStation page (and the last time we featured him, in 2014). To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2017 -
CultureOops
Today on Highlight Reel we have spartan lasers, Battlegrounds bonding, orcs ending it, 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…
By Chris Person Published October 12, 2017 -
Culture
Kerbal Space Program Review Bombed Over Controversial Chinese Gender Translation
For the past few days, Kerbal Space Program has been bombarded by negative reviews on Steam, so much so that the big thumbs-down parade has triggered Valve’s new anti-review bomb countermeasures. The reason? A small phrasing change in the game’s Chinese version. Originally, a space shuttle on the game’s main menu had the phrase “不到mun非好汉”…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 12, 2017 -
CultureWhat Counter-Strike Mapmakers Think Of The New Dust2
Valve has once again tampered with the holy grail of Counter-Strike maps, Dust2. Long considered a gold standard not just for CSGO, but for multiplayer maps in general, it’s very difficult to tangibly improve without accidentally knocking the overall synergy of the map out of balance. Has Valve succeeded this time? I asked a handful…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 12, 2017 -
CulturePeople Are Speedrunning The Super Mario Odyssey Store Demos
Super Mario Odyssey comes out in two weeks. Some players are so eager to race through the game that they’ve started recording ‘speedruns’ at demo kiosks in department stores. Demo speedruns are mostly a chance to experiment with the game’s movement mechanics. Mario has some pretty great jumps in Odyssey and the ability to possess…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 12, 2017 -
Culture
Tiny Cardboard Arcade Is An Awesome Kids’ Meal Toy
An ill-fated trip through the local Wendy’s drive through yesterday resulted in room temperature fries, the wrong size drink and confirmation of my children’s suspicions that not all chicken nuggets are created equal. But hey, check out this awesome little arcade building set that came in their kid’s meal. Wendy’s is pretty good if you…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2017 -
CultureTotal Recall1994 Nintendo Documentary Gives Us A Look At Miyamoto’s Desk
In 1994, Jean-Jacques Beineix made a documentary called Otaku. It features a nine-minute tour of Nintendo’s offices, and it is wonderful to watch. The original recording is in French (and has circulated online for a while), but ComputerTales recently uploaded a version featuring machine translation into English, which while jarring still at least lets you…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 10, 2017 -
CultureRude Pass Forza Guy
Today on Highlight Reel we have close finishes, aquatic landings, FIFA invisibility cloaks 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…
By Chris Person Published October 10, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Cosplayer Transforms Into Wonder Woman
Alyson Tabbitha, a regular around here for her astounding make-up and costume work, returns with this temporary diversion where she ceases to be a human cosplayer and becomes an Amazonian ass-kicker. Note that as amazing as this outfit is, it’s not yet done: the shot began as a simple test, because she still hadn’t done…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 10, 2017 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Overwatch‘s Symmetra Halloween Skin
Overwatch’s Halloween event has been announced, along with new spooky skins. While there are a lot of great new skins on offer, the fandom has already been freaking out over Symmetra’s Halloween skin that depicts her as a Dragon. The fandom has been freaking out over Symmetra’s Dragon skin, which leaked over the weekend. There’s…
By Gita Jackson Published October 10, 2017
