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Forget The Apple Watch, The Yo-Kai Watch Toys Are Here

Having already sold umpteen-bajillion units in Japan, the wildly popular Yo-Kai Watch toys have finally arrived in the States. Let us dance with them. Stephen Totilo and I both played Level-5’s Pokemon-esque Japanese sensation when the 3DS game was released earlier this fall, and weboth like what we played. It’s bright, colorful, relatively innocent fun,…

Track: I am a Kitten | Artist: Kahimi Karie | Album: I Am a Kitten: Kahimi Karie Sings Momus in Paris Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Last Week In Games Of 2015 Ever

That’s a wrap, everybody. Hit the streets. You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay in this year. Wednesday, December 30 Beatsplosion for Kinect — Xbox One Digital Coming Soon Tuesday, January 5 Amplitude — PS4 Digital Hardware Rivals — PS4 Digital Volume—Vita Digital (Cross Buy) Did I miss anything important? Anything you’re…

Track: Here In Your Bedroom | Artist: Goldfinger | Album: Goldfinger Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Official Awesome Holiday Gift Sharing Post 2015

As people around the world fill garbage cans and dumpsters with discarded bits of colorful paper, we take a look back at the wonderful things we gave and got during the 2015 holiday season. In other words, what’d ya get? I’ll go first. Each year I’m getting more into the giving than the getting, though…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m Dating Two Women, But I Want To Stay Free

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that can definitively end the debate as to whether the Enterprise is faster than the Millenium Falcon. This week, we’re talking about making tough choices and break-ups. Breaking up is hard enough, but how we handle it afterwards can make all the difference in…

Track: The 12 Days of World of Warcraft Winter’s Veil | Artist: Oxhorn | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Doctor Who LEGO Set: What Took You So Long, Old Man?

It feels like it took forever for the LEGO Ideas Doctor Who set to arrive in stores, but—in this case especially—time is relative. It’s here now at least, and it’s fantastic. Thanks goodness for senior video game artist Andrew Clark, who combined his love for both LEGO bricks and Time Lords into one wonderful pitch…

There Might Be More To The Winter Steam Sale Than Meets The Eye

The big winter Steam sale sure appears to be Just Another Steam Sale, doesn’t it? A handful of Steam users, however, think it’s all a ruse. They believe they’ve found evidence of a secret Valve alternate reality game. It begins with the theme of the Steam sale comic: it’s about a detective named Gingerbread Jake.…

Track: Megalomania (Boss Battle Theme) | Artist: Yoko Shimonura | Album: Live A Live Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Ten Best Game Expansions

Whether it’s a good old-fashioned expansion pack or modern DLC, spinning additional content for already-released games has been a standard practice in the industry for decades. But the best expansions do more than simply add a few extra hours of the same game for you to play. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK, on…

Counter-Strike Player Takes Out Four Enemies With A Single Shot

Single-file lines. The world teaches us to stand in them, almost without thinking about it. Counter-Strike proposes an alternative: you really, really should just never do that. Counter-Strike player ggHushHush posted a highlight in which they took a Scout sniper shot at what appeared to be one enemy player emerging from a smoke grenade haze.…

This Sister Of Battle Is Ready To Kick Some Ass

LiaSivain knows there ain’t no cosplay like Warhgammer 40K cosplay. Photo by Marcin Rychły

The Force Awoken

JokerLolibel with a pretty good Rey. Photo by Eva

Steam Sales Are Getting Kinda Boring

If you check Steam, you’ll notice that the big Steam winter sale kicked off today. It’s got a couple good deals, a bunch more alright ones, and… that’s kinda it. No big game-like event, no real frills, no surprises. Just like the autumn sale before it. Is it just me, or are Steam sales getting…

Track: To A Vast World | Artist: Koichi Sugiyama | Album: Dragon Quest VIII Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Silent Night | Artist: Boyz II Men | Album: Christmas Interpretations Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

One Of Halo‘s Most Loved Maps, Reborn In Counter-Strike

No, that’s not a screenshot from the first Halo. That’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike player Itszu went above and beyond in recreating the famous/infamous site of many a brutal fight, tested friendship, and timeless rivalry—most of them in the classic Rooster Teeth series Red vs Blue. Also I guess some people played Halo matches there…

Assassin’s Creed’s Terrific Concept Art, Collected In One Place

I got an early Christmas present yesterday when a copy of Assassin’s Creed: The Complete Visual History arrived at my doorstep. It’s a shame I’d already written my gift guide for art books, because this would have jumped straight on it. While Ubisoft is generally pretty good with its Assassin’s Creed art books, releasing one…

My Witcher Sense Just Melted Down

Corneline’s Priscilla was one of the nicest surprises in a year of very strong Witcher 3 cosplay, and that was just when we thought all she was doing was dressing up. Turns out she can sing Priscilla’s song as well (in French), and did so live in Paris earlier this year.