This Video Game Parody Of Hudson Yards Is Super Funny, Oh God We’re Going To Die

Comedian Conner O’Malley, who you might have previously seen screaming about Howard Shultz or hosting talk shows from a lake, is back with a new video game-themed parody of New York City rich-people compound Hudson Yards that’s both funny and soul crushing and has already aged me five years. The video opens with a PS1-style…

Epic Will Punish Fortnite Opponents Who Signal Each Other

Earlier this week, Fortnite released new rules to attempt to curb cheating in competitive play. The new guidelines relate to a player behavior called “signaling,” which means communicating with opponents. Fortnite doesn’t allow for voice chat between opponents, so players use other means to communicate, like jumping or swinging their pickaxe. On the surface, these…

Faust Is Back In Guilty Gear And The ‘Vore’ Jokes Are Flying

Arc System Works has been slowly revealing the playable cast for the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive. Last weekend’s installment of the annual—and aptly-named—Frosty Faustings tournament series hosted to a brand new trailer for Faust, a longstanding figure in the Guilty Gear franchise who’s returning in Strive with an updated look and a penchant for devouring…

Untitled Goose Game Could Get An Official Lego Set

The Lego Ideas program lets amateur builders submit their creations for consideration as official Lego products. One of the hottest projects in the program right now is based on one of the hottest video games of 2019, That F***ing Goose. Here’s how Lego Ideas works. Builders submit their creations to the website. Lego fans browse…

That Anime-Women-As-Battleships Game Comes To PS4 And Steam Next Month

Mobile side-scrolling shooter Azur Lane is a 2D game about historical naval vessels personified as anime characters doing battle in an alternate timeline World War II. Its PS4 and Steam spin-off, Azure Lane: Crosswave, is a 3D action shooter about historical naval vessels personified as anime characters. It launches in North America on February 13. I’m…

Tencent Plans To Buy Funcom, Like It Needs To Own More Game Companies

The world’s largest gaming company is looking to get even bigger. Already a shareholder in Riot Games, Epic, Supercell, Ubisoft, Paradox and Frontier, Chinese corporation Tencent announces plans to acquire full ownership of Norweigian developer Funcom, makers of Conan Exiles, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and The Secret World. Tencent, already the largest shareholder in…

Your Winter 2020 Anime Guide

It’s winter. Time to stay inside, get comfy, and watch anime. But which shows strike your fancy? Yes, the winter anime season is already underway! I’m sure you’ve started watching shows, but in case you haven’t, here is Kotaku’s annual guide. Let us know which ones you’re digging in the comments below. A3! Season Spring…

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Cthulu Game Creators Acknowledge That Lovecraft Was A Racist

H. P. Lovecraft was a very talented writer whose Cthulhu mythos is one of the absolute great works of modern fiction. He was also—and this is something very few companies profiting off his works will acknowledge—a massive racist. I’m not talking about “oh, this was the old days, he had some antiquated views like a…

When Control Meets Doom

The brutalist supernatual adventure and the brutal ’90s shooter have little in common, but this custom map by willkuerAT combines them as an exploration of Control’s exquisite architecture. It’s made for GZDoom, hence the prettiness, and it’s using custom textures to get the look just right. Thanks Philip!

FTL, Released In 2012, Is Now Getting Achievements

Deep space death simulator FTL has for almost eight years existed with a single achievement: avoiding a sense of overwhelming despair as your carefully-cultivated run through the stars comes to a violent and bullshit end. That’s soon going to be joined by some more official company. While not live yet, the game’s list of achievements…

Xbox Players Are Digging Out Their Old 360s To Get Around Microsoft’s Gamertag Restrictions

Last year Microsoft shrunk the character limit for Gamertags from 15 down to 12, but recently players discovered that limit doesn’t apply on Xbox 360. In a post shared yesterday on Reddit, user Talers-Username pointed out that when you go to change your Gamertag using the Xbox 360 interface it lets you make on up…

The Last Autumn Is Frostpunk‘s Best Expansion Yet

Frostpunk’s The Last Autumn expansion, out today on PC, is the city-building game’s best update yet. It adds several new mechanics and swaps out the threat of a plummeting thermostat for a tug-of-war between strict production deadlines and workers’ rights. The Last Autumn, Frostpunk’s second piece of season pass DLC, takes players back to before…