This weekend, the seventh annual (seventh!) BitSummit will get underway in Kyoto. Keita Takahashi (Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy fame) will be keynoting, while others, like Platinum Games Atsushi Inaba and Koji “Iga” Igarashi, among many others, will also be on hand. Official site here.

Detective Pikachu Turned Into A $200 Life-Sized Plushie

Bandai is releasing a life-sized Detective Pikachu plush toy. His ears, hands and tail are all poseable. Just look at it! The doll is priced at 21,780 yen (nearly $200) and will go on sale this December in Japan. No word on an international release.  Check out more images below.

A Deer Friend. Nara, Japan. By Julian Rincon | Instagram 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! 

Art of Rally is a stylised driving game coming later this year to the PC, featuring cars from the “golden age of rally” (the 60s-80s).

Shaggy’s power cannot be contained, as he joins the cast of Smash Ultimate via this mod by Demonslayerx8

In 2007 George R.R. Martin Visited Second Life And Talked About The Future Of Game Of Thrones

Game Of Thrones recently ended and while not everyone loved the final episodes, no one can deny how huge and popular the show has become.

Battlefield V is finally getting a new map on May 30th called Mercury. It is based on Operation Mercury, a British assault in the Mediterranean that occurred in 1941. The British team will have extra tanks, while the Germans have air superiority.

Nintendo is holding a special Pokémon Direct on June 5 from 6:00 am PT and 9:00 am ET. It will cover Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Be sure to tune in!

Track: Merry Christmass Mr. Lawrence (Live) | Artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto | Album: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Buildings in Clouds. Shanghai, China. By Alex Mehl. 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!