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New Horror Game Looks Like A Messed Up Ghibli Movie

If you like your nightmares with an extra helping of anime-inspired ultraweird, you’ve come to the right place. Stray Cat Crossing is a 2D horror game that’s coming to Steam soon (via Greenlight), but you can play a free demo right now. It’s… unsettling. Think Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, but with whimsy replaced by simmering…

Trine 3 Developers Dispute Complaints That They Released An Unfinished Game

The Trine series of fantasy platformers is beloved, especially on Steam. Trine 3, however, has longtime fans upset. In addition to basic mechanical quibbles, many Trine fans think the latest game—which recently emerged from Early Access—feels unfinished, with a gaping hole of non-ending that only magic (or DLC) could patch up. In a recent Steam…

Smash Player Disrespects Opponent Perfectly

Today on Highlight Reel we have sick taunts, Rocket League shots, bad Call of Duty timing, early jet celebrations, and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Rocket League –…

League Of Legends Cosplayers Were Killing It This Weekend

Whenever you get thousands of fans together to watch a video game live, you can bet there are going to be cosplayers out in force, and this weekend’s LCS Summer Playoff Finals were no exception. There were a ton of fans in costume at both events, in New York and Stockholm, and below are some…

My What A Big Mako You Have

Wayne Haag is a veteran sci-fi artist from Australia who has worked on movies like Lord of the Rings, The Fifth Element and Superman Returns, along with TV shows like Farscape. You can see more of Wayne’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

This Week In The Business: Illegal Trade Offerings

QUOTE | “I wouldn’t even say the gap has closed… We’ve got a lot more exclusive games than any other platform.” – Microsoft VP Kudo Tsunoda, talking about why he believes the Xbox One is a much stronger platform now QUOTE | “When we say a consumer product, we mean a consumer price point… Grandma…

Next-Gen Booze: An Xbox of Wine

A guy’s old Xbox 360 kicked the bucket, and you’ll never believe what happened next. This is definitely the most 8-in-the-morning post I’ve ever done. via reddit

Horror Game The Flock Has A Killer Idea, But It Feels Unfinished

The Flock is a multiplayer horror game that ends after too many people die. Cool idea! The game itself? Freaky, but limited. Here’s how it works: you start out as a creepy gargoyle monster, one of the titular Flock. Your goal is to claim the Light Artifact, a fabled instrument from a time of eternal…

“Why anyone would ever play this game is beyond me.” 542.9 hours played. You’ve probably seen a Steam review or two to that effect before. Steam Review Watch is an entire tumblr of them. Enjoy.

Half-Line Miami Is Exactly What It Sounds Like

Do you like to crowbar people? Half-Line Miami really is exactly what it sounds like: a mash-up of Half-Life and Hotline Miami. It’s a fast-ish top-down shooter, but with Half-Life locations and, of course, the gravity gun. Oh, but unlike both of those games, it’s free. Otherwise, it’d be a one-way train ride to Lawsuit…

We Ain’t Found Shi-Oh Here It Is

Peter Boehme is an artist based in Germany who has worked on games like Quake Wars, Brink, Rage, Doom 4, Uncharted 3 and Crysis 3. One of his more recent jobs was working on indie top-down shooter AIPD You can see more of Peter’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the…

Track: Mist & Shadow | Album: High Country | Artist: The Sword Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

RymdResa Made Me Feel Terrible About Leveling Up

I just leveled up for the first time in new Steam space survival game RymdResa, and it was devastating. RymdResa is fascinating. It’s an outer-space roguelike-like that just launched on Steam, but it’s about exploration instead of combat. You drift through the infinite procedurally generated cosmos—once alive with technology and culture, now dead (or perhaps…

Darkest Dungeon Adds Option To Turn Off Controversial Features

Darkest Dungeon might be the out-of-nowhere Steam sensation of the year. For the game, that’s been a double-edged sword. The punishingly difficult, psychosis-inducing dungeon crawler launched as an Early Access game, but it was already in better shape than a lot of “complete” releases. People flocked to it—significantly more than anybody, least of all the…

Zombi Glitch Summons Unusually Athletic Zombie

Today on Highlight Reel we have a Fallout character trapped painfully betwixt life and death, CQC in Metal Gear, terrifying mime zombies, and much more. Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below.…

Blues And Bullets Is A Surprisingly Great Noir Game

Blues and Bullets is a noir adventure series (kinda like Telltale’s stuff) that quietly crept onto Steam a few weeks ago. Turns out, it’s pretty great! Here are a few reasons why. (Warning: slight Blues and Bullets spoilers ahead.) There are not enough noir games First things first: noir is a rarity in games (we’ve…

Sir Fluffington, This Displeases Me

Markus Lenz is an artist based in Germany who has worked for companies like SIXMOREVODKA and Deep Silver (Sacred 3). You can see more of Markus’ stuff 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 as wallpaper),…

Physical Boxes For Your Digital Steam Games

Steam games are digital. They exist entirely on your PC or servers. But they don’t always have to. Steam Game Covers is a site dedicated to the creation and hosting of templates people can use to make their own physical cases for Steam games. Just back up your game on a disc, print out a…

Track: You’re So Cool | Album: True Romance Soundtrack | Artist: Hans Zimmer Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Stand Still | Album: Down to Earth | Artist: Flight Facilities Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.