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CultureNew Game About Dead Rock Stars Is Unexpectedly Timely
Wailing Heights has the strangest premise of any game I’ve seen on Steam Greenlight in quite some time, and that’s saying something. It’s about dead/undead rock stars, which is… weirdly timely, given recent events. OK so, let me try to explain it: Wailing Heights is a game about the deceased manager of a deceased band,…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 22, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
One-Punch Man Cosplayers, You Might Need This
Maybe not! It depends, really. But since this Korean cosplayer has a head full of hair, she needed a bald cap to pull off her One-Punch Man outfit. [Photo: Naver] [Photo: Naver] Over on Naver, via tipster Sang, she walks us through the steps, which should be more than familiar for anyone who’s ever used…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 22, 2016 -
CultureGTA V Player Finds Parking
Today on Highlight Reel we have bubbles galore, GTA V parking, shield trouble, underwater physics, and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube page, 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. Rocket League –…
By Chris Person Published January 21, 2016 -
Culture
Counter-Strike Team Quits After Allegedly Being Asked To Throw Matches
Valve recently made itself abundantly clear in matters of Counter-Strike match fixing: if you’re involved in a thrown match, you’re banned from Valve-sponsored events for life. One team claims they were asked by their owner to do it anyway. So they quit. The team—now known as “Orgless”—was briefly under the financial wing of CSGO.one, a…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 21, 2016 -
Culture
Making The Peace
Rasmus Poulson is an artist who has previously worked at IO Interactive and Square Enix. He’s currently an art director at Ubisoft. You can see more of Rasmus’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2016 -
CultureA Game About Building Crazy Cars Is Tearing Up Steam’s Charts Right Now
Prediction time: for the next few months, you will see people make the wildest shit in Scrap Mechanic. Scrap Mechanic has been Steam’s best-selling game all day—pretty much since it came out—and it’s not too difficult to see why. It’s a game that lets you use a simple yet versatile toolset to build vehicles you…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 20, 2016 -
CultureWhat We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
It’s clear enough that a lot of us here at Kotaku liked Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The game earned a positive review and a spot on our best of 2015 list. All the same, our three biggest Assassin’s Creed nerds had yet to sit down and talk it out. As we did with Assassin’s Creed III,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2016 -
Culture
Seven Public Domain Books That Would Make Great Games
Once a work enters the public domain, it is no longer subject to copyright laws. A publisher can print their own edition of the Beatrix Potter books, a filmmaker can make a film of any of Shakespeare’s plays, and a game developer can adapt any of the characters, scenes, or even whole stories from public…
Julian Benson Published January 20, 2016 -
Culture
Japan Won WW2, And Now Rules America With Giant Mechs
United States of Japan is an upcoming novel that the author says is a “spiritual successor” to Philip K Dick’s classic The Man In The High Castle. Only, instead of the Japanese and Germans sharing the US in the 1960s, Japan is the sole oppressor, and they’re lording it over America with an army of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2016 -
CultureShadow of Mordor Orc Starts Retreating Way Too Late
Today on Highlight Reel we have loads of kills, hammer time, sick rocket mopeds, cowardly uruks, and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube page, 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. Halo 5…
By Chris Person Published January 19, 2016 -
CultureSteam Achievement Reminds Players That They’ve Failed Completely
I just got annihilated by a boss monster in a time somewhere between “the blink of an eye” and “the memory span of a newborn goldfish.” I should be fuming. Instead, I’m grinning like an idiot. The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a new Steam undersea action-adventure game in which you, the last…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2016 -
CultureMad Max-Themed Counter-Strike Map Has Cars, Furious Roads
Counter-Strike plus drivable cars, customizable bases, and lots and lots of sand? This is no ordinary custom map. RealFreemanTV posted a teaser of CTX and Jarro’s CSGO: Truck Wars map, which they describe as an homage to Mad Max. It definitely looks the part. Basically, the goal of each match is to fortify your base…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2016 -
Culture
We Get It, Elf, You Vape
Nuare is an “outsource studio” based in Canada who have quietly helped out on the creative side of games from companies like Bethesda, Microsoft and Capcom. You can see more of Nuare’s work at their company site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 18, 2016 -
Culture
Giving A TIE Fighter A Firmware Update
Davison Carvalho is an artist from Brazil who currently works at Epic Games. As a specialist in user interfaces—and fictional ones in particular—Carvalho has some interesting ideas on the subject, whether it be for a TIE Fighter’s HUD (oh, what we wouldn’t give for a new X-Wing game) or the menu for a video game…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2016 -
CulturePop Works’ Salted Caramel & Fudge And Cookies & Cream Popcorn: The Snacktaku Review
A cornerstone of snack culture, popcorn is a light and fluffy snack that’s relatively harmless to eat by the handful. At least until a company like Pop Works & Co. starts putting delicious stuff all over it. Popcorn is a wondrous snack. It begins as a small kernel with a watertight outer shell and starchy…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2016
