Season Of Dawn Is A Nice Break From The Destiny 2 Power Grind

Destiny 2’s latest season features Saint-14, a legendary Titan whom players have been eager to meet. The only catch is that they’ll have to spend a lot of time doing boring stuff before they get to learn more about him. Season of Dawn, which went live on December 10, begins with the return of Osiris,…

New Tekken 7 Character’s Dog Sidekick Is Good And Pure

After previously being revealed at Evo back in August, Tekken 7 newcomer Leroy Smith is finally playable via an update released earlier in the week. This elderly Wing Chun master proved popular in the fighting game community before release thanks to his unique mixture of American and Chinese fashion, but now that he’s available, folks…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Is My Wife Emotionally Abusive?

Hello, all you little orgasm dermestid beetles, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you take your relationship out of early access. This week, we’re talking about the moments in a person’s life that are the most incandescent, as we watch a good relationship go bad. How can you…

I’m Not Sure If Binging Life Is Strange 2 Is The Right Move

Working at Kotaku usually means that whenever a new game releases, you’re checking it out. It’s a constant churn with little downtime; you’re always rushing to see the next thing. I’ve made one exception this year for Life Is Strange 2. For some, it’s slipped under the radar. For me, I was waiting for the…

People Keep Freaking Out Their Cats With Cat Face Filters

Face filters can be a good time. Except when you’re a cat, and everything you thought was true is a digital fur-covered lie. Below are clips of people testing out cat face filters on their feline friends. Some cats look totally freaked out! The same goes for dogs, it seems.  Other folks have been trying…

Feel The Beat. Jeonju, South Korea. By Christian Mata. 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!

Popular WoW Streamer Hires YouTubers Who Leeched Off His Stream To Run Official Channel

If you search any popular Twitch streamer’s name on YouTube, you’ll find countless videos scraped from their streams. Of these, some will likely come from the streamer, but many are the product of users who upload content that is not, strictly speaking, theirs. Recent YouTube changes, however, are apparently making that more difficult. Instead of…

Would You Like To See My Space Guns

Takayuki Satou is an artist from Japan. You can see more of Satou’s stuff at his ArtStation page

EA Lost Command & Conquer Announcer’s Voice Tapes, So She’s Re-Recording Them

In putting together the HD remake of Command & Conquer, EA went to get the old recordings of the game’s announcer, EVA, and couldn’t find them. No big deal, they just went got the original voice actor to re-record everything. Kia Huntzinger, a former employee at Westwood (the creators of C&C, RIP) was responsible for…

Black Desert Mobile Is Out Globally Today, And It’s Good

Black Desert, the fantasy online role-playing game with the character creator we wouldn’t shut up about a few years back, started on PC, then jumped to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Last year, developer Pearl Abyss released a free-to-play mobile version in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Starting today, everybody can play the tablet-taxing MMO on…

Everyone, Say Hi To Resident Evil’s Martin Sandwich

This is Martin. He’s “a skilled engineer and mechanic” who can “create traps to slow down or stun enemies” in Capcom’s upcoming Resident Evil Resistance. So if you ever play the game and see a trap slow down or stun an enemy, make sure you remember to thank Martin. Martin Sandwich.

Valve Removes Nazi Steam Profiles After German Complaints

Far-right groups that often employed Nazi-inspired language have long been able to create ugly little dens on Steam without facing too much resistance. Last year, Valve quietly deleted many hate groups in the wake of sustained reporting from publications like Vice, but Steam’s owners weren’t comprehensive in their approach, leaving some questionable groups unscathed. Now…

Forza Horizon 4 Is Getting A 72-Car Battle Royale Mode

Racing through Britain’s pastoral countryside is about to become a matter of life and death. Forza Horizon 4’s December 12 update will add the series’ first-ever battle royale mode, called Eliminator, Playground Games announced during its developer livestream today. The new mode pits 72 players against one another in a race to the center of…