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Team Fortress 2 Player’s Cheat Program Backfires On Them

Cheaters are the worst. In Team Fortress 2, they use illicit programs to emulate near-perfect aim. That does not, however, mean they’re untouchable. 4LTRU15T1CD3M1G0D shared a brilliant moment in which they climbed up to a TF2 cheater’s sniper perch and swatted the ugly bug like a ripe old maggot. Alternatively, you can watch the full…

Steam Finally Adds Option To Permanently Delete Games From Your Library

For the longest time, you could uninstall a Steam game from your machine, but—no matter how regrettable the purchase—it’d remain in your library, cluttering up your precious game hoard. With Steam libraries growing into the hundreds and thousands, this became a problem. Finally, after years and years, Valve has added the option to permanently delete…

Podcast: There Are Too Many Video Games

After a weeklong Thanksgiving break, Kotaku Splitscreen is back to talk about one of the fundamental problems of our day: There are too many video games. In this extra-packed episode of the podcast, Kirk and I talk about all the games we’ve been playing: Fallout 4, Just Cause 3, Final Fantasy XIV, and many more.…

The Race Car Of The Future Is A Work Of Art

Remember earlier this year, when artist Nathan Dearsley tipped a sci-fi hat to one of the greatest race cars in the history of F1, the 1991 McLaren Honda? Well, McLaren saw it, then went and got him to do something more official. The result of their collaboration is the McLaren MP4-X. It’s a wish list…

How To Land A Plane Correctly In Just Cause 3

Today on Highlight Reel we have Just Cause 3 landings, fireworks, Jedi streaks, spartan rain and much more! Watch the video above, 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 MCC – “It’s Raining Chiefs!!!” – MasterSteef…

From Lady To GTA V’s Trevor In Three Minutes

Sammy from Fossa Beauty does make-up. She also, from time-to-time, transforms herself from a human woman into a male video game monster.

Counter-Strike Player Has Accidental Matrix Moment

When in doubt, throw your gun. Throw your gun and pray In this clip, mmberg seemingly avoids certain death by tossing their M4 at precisely the right moment. A bullet appears to ping off it—as opposed to, you know, mmberg’s face—and then they seize the moment to exact some truly righteous vengeance on their foe.…

We’ve seen some amazing photos come out of this year’s BlizzCon, but here’s a nice video put together by Beat Down Boogie.

Big Floorspace, Ocean Views

Dimitar Tzvetanov is an artist from Bulgaria who has worked for studios like BioWare (Dragon Age) and Haemimont (Tropico). You can see more of Dimitar’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

Mass Effect 3’s Jack, Cosplayed To Perfection

Russian cosplayer Anna Ormeli, made internet famous for her BioShock Infinite work a few years back, is not really a fan of Jack, one of Mass Effect’s more memorable characters. Not that you’d tell. After a conversation with a friend, whose favourite character is the punk-turned-teacher, Anna decided to try cosplaying as her anyway, going…

Picked Clean

Natalia Milushko is a freelance concept artist from Poland. You can see more of Natalia’s work at her ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

Watch Me Play Rainbow Six Siege [Update: Finished]

The new Rainbow Six is out. It’s supposedly equal parts destructive and tactical. Let’s find out if it’s any good. Word of warning: I haven’t played a ton of Rainbow Six Siege yet, so I might die a few times. Or more than a few times. That said, a lot of things are going to…

Track: Reagan | Artist: Killer Mike | Album: R.A.P. Music Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The American Underdogs Of Counter-Strike

“U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!” chanted the crowd at the IEM San Jose Counter-Strike tournament. It was an echoing roar that persisted during games, while players were speaking on stage, and sometimes even in the halls. Valve’s competitive first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an international sport. Teams from multiple different countries gather to compete in the…

What Are You Playing This December?

It’s December, baby. December! The great wave of fall video games has crashed upon us, spraying great gouts of #content as far as the eye can see. As the weather chills and the holidays beckon, what have you been playing? I’ll go first. I’m still playing Just Cause 3, both to keep an eye on…

Scrappy Jedi Have Seen Better Days

French artist Tonton Revolver works at CodinGame, a site that tries to teach people programming skills by having them play video games. You can see more of Tonton’s stuff at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Well, That’s One Way To Use A Steam Controller

Want a truly immersive first-person shooting experience? Want it to feel like your body is really in a video game? Try attaching a Steam controller to your head. This creative proto-VR solution comes to us by way of Plasma Quark. He’s set the Steam controller’s gyroscopic controls to always-on and attached it to his headphones.…

Stormtrooper Gives In To His Anger

Today on Highlight Reel we have Force-sensitive Strormtroopers, horrible leg movements, lucky knives, blind kills and much more! Watch the video above, 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. Rainbow Six Siege – Seeing nothing…still two kills…

Beloved PC Game Gets Surprise Comic DLC

To The Moon was a story-based Steam game that made everyone cry. Years after its release, it just got surprise DLC… in the form of a comic. The comic takes place after To The Moon’s conclusion. It’s not a full sequel or anything like that, though. Consider it more of a cute follow-up. Here’s the…

Chef Turns Splatoon‘s Biggest Stars Into Tasty Squid Recipes

The most important factor in creating Splatoon-inspired dishes, as Food Network’s Justin Warner does in his latestFoodie Call video, is to make sure the main ingredient is a squid now. Once that’s confirmed, cook away. Warner, winner of the eight season of the Food Network Star series, is a pretty big fan of the game,…