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The Escapists 2 Starts With Prison Breaks, Then Gets A Lot Weirder

The Escapists was a surprise Steam hit about breaking out of a variety of prisons, each with its own layout and routines. The Escapists 2 still has prisons, but they’re joined by a series of weirder, wackier locations and situations. Released earlier this week, The Escapists 2 has, like its predecessor, become a Steam hit.…

KFC Employee Training Game Is A Raw Chicken Escape Room

There are a lot of nightmarish things about KFC, including but not limited to mutant chickens and a sandwich where the bread is chicken filets. Now KFC is owning the darker, crispier parts of its brand with a new VR horror game that’s become a “bizarre initiation rite” for new employees, according to Eater. The…

We Played An Hour Of Dragon Ball FighterZ And Like It So Far

Dragon Ball FighterZ, the gorgeous DBZ fighting game from Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works, won’t be out until early 2018, but Compete contributor Ian Walker and I got to play a demo at an event in San Francisco last week. After (virtually) beating the snot out of each other, we talked about it. Nathan…

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Six Years Later, Bethesda’s Brink Is Suddenly Free-To-Play

Brink was weird. It mashed together multiplayer gunplay with single-player narrative, then spiced up its chunky concoction with parkour and levels set on floating cities (because global warming). It’s also telling that I speak about it in the past tense, because while it continues to exist, you could be forgiven for assuming otherwise. The Bethesda-published,…

Don’t Stream And Tweet

Today on Highlight Reel we have keyboard malfunctions, tweeting, dancing cars, high-level Lúcioball play 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! Battlefield 1 –…

Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: At Least Daenerys’s Coat Was Cool

Well, that was kind of a bummer. We’re back with a slightly belated special Game of Thrones episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, just in time to talk about the not-very-good sixth episode of season seven, “Beyond The Wall.” We spoil the episode in its entirety, and also occasionally talk about differences between the show and the…

Track: Say Goodbye Forever | Artist: The Rentals | Album: Seven More Minutes 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! 

Cough Drop Flavored Kit Kats Exist In Japan

Of course they do. Japan is famous for interesting Kit Kat flavors, and this latest one might be the most unusual one yet. Last year, for example, sake flavored Kit Kats were released in Japan. They were made with sake power and contained 0.8 percent alcohol. Starting this week and available for a limited time,…

Looking Good, Hellblade

Alessandro “Talexi” Taini is one of the first artists I ever featured here on Fine Art, so it’s cool to circle back around today and feature his work on Ninja Theory’s latest, Hellblade You can see more of Taini’s work at his personal siteand ArtStation page Meanwhile, below that there’s some environment work for the…

Britain’s League Of Legends Cosplay Is *Chef Kisses Fingers*

Earlier this year, at the MCM London Comic Con, there was a dedicated showcase just for League of Legends cosplayers. It was real good. Riot Games has now shared shots and footage from this showcase, so that we can all get a good look at the event. Sneaky Zebramade this video: While the photo gallery…

What We Mostly Didn’t Like About The Defenders

The Defenders mini-series made its Netflix debut Friday, bringing together Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil and Iron Fist as Marvel’s street-level super team. We assembled Gita Jackson and Mike Fahey to discuss what worked, what didn’t, and how horrible Danny Rand is. So horrible. The Defenders Spoilers Follow Fahey: So, Gita. I was following your…

Track: For What It’s Worth | Artist: Liam Gallagher | Album: As You Were  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! 

Skyrim Ported To Expensive Art Prints

Art dealer Cook & Becker (who put out that Sonic book we looked at on Monday) have something else to show this week: a series of quality art prints featuring concept art from Skyrim Most of the pieces chosen are by senior concept artist Ray Lederer, and come hand-signed and numbered, though there are also…

Dang, This Is Some Good Metal Gear Cosplay

Here’s Norwegian cosplayer CryoCanine with one heck of a Skull Sniper (from Metal Gear Solid V) cosplay. She’s actually been wearing the outfit for a few years now, but as with many other cosplay costumes that are good enough to keep around, CryoCanine has continually been improving it, to the point where she now may…

The Week In Games: Standalone DLC

What a time to be alive! People want more Uncharted and Naughty Dog didn’t have to go and create an entirely new game to deliver it. Why are we even calling The Lost Legacy DLC? After all, what’s standalone DLC if not, well, a game? It even comes on a disc in a box. And…

Podcast: How Do We Keep Up With All These Game Updates?

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen I’m joined by boss man Stephen Totilo to talk about No Man’s Sky, Metroid Amiibo, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and more. Jason’s out this week so Stephen steps in to sub. We talk a bit about Kotaku’s expanding video team before moving on to the news of the week (11:08),…

Sunday Comics: Wanna Play Overwatch Tonight?

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published August 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 14. Read more…

Artist Gives PS1 Jewel Case Art A Modern Makeover

Ben Nicholas worked for various companies, including Ubisoft and 343 Studios, and you’ve probably see us feature his work before. Well the man never rests, and some of his latest work includes modern redesigns of the jewel case art for some classic PS1 games. The halls of great video game box art are filled with…