Enter The Gungeon’s Big New Update Completely Revitalizes The Game 

Yesterday, Enter the Gungeon finally received its long-awaited Advanced Gungeons & Draguns update, a free second major expansion that completely revitalizes the 2016 game. It feels like Dodge Rolls’ roguelike shoot’em up came out forever ago, but playing it again this week it feels completely new again. Advanced Gungeons & Draguns adds a lot, so…

Blizzard Accidentally Gives Fans Access To Treasure Trove Of Overwatch League Stats

For as long as the Overwatch League has been around, its most diehard contingent of fans has clamored for in-depth, match-by-match stats. Earlier this week, they got what they wanted. By mistake. First, the good news: through the Overwatch League app, fans can finally access map stats that include each players’ contributions to eliminations, deaths,…

Destiny 2 Players Find Wild Secret Quest, With A Familiar Reward [UPDATE]

Today, intrepid Destiny players uncovered a hidden mission that appeared during an otherwise ordinary patrol event. After a few hours of widespread experimentation and failure, a group completed the challenge, unlocking a powerful weapon that’ll be familiar to anyone who played the first Destiny It all started earlier this afternoon when Redditor blurryferret posted a…

YouTuber Keemstar Makes A Fuss After Epic Muscles In On His Fortnite Tournament Turf

For millions of Fortnite fans, Friday Fortnite—a YouTuber- and streamer-focused tournament series hosted by shameless drama profiteer Keemstar—has become a weekly ritual. This week was supposed to be its swan song, but the party’s been called off because Epic decided to host an even bigger shindig just down the block. Keemstar’s series took off due…

That’s Why They Call Him Revolver Ocelot

Today on Highlight Reel we have modded games, good explosive tosses, Nathan Drakes, and much more! Watch the video 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. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on all…

What Fortnite‘s Dance Emotes May Owe To The Black Artists Who Created Them

One of the many purchasable dance emotes in Fortnite is from Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” It’s called the Tidy Emote, and goes for 500 V-Bucks, the equivalent of $5 in the game’s rotating store. Players who get it can make their character mimic Snoop’s wheel turning gesture from the video’s “park it…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for trying to make my apartment look super cool so my niece is really impressed when she and my sister come to visit next week. It’s also for playing video games Last weekend I played Fortnite with a friend of mine for the first time. We barricaded ourselves in a cave, built…

Prey‘s Mooncrash DLC Is Better Than The Main Game

Prey: Mooncrash released last month, adding a rogue-like twist to the 2017 game’s mix of action and exploration. The DLC arrived during E3 and was easy to sleep on—I ignored it in favor of big releases like Octopath Traveler. That was a mistake. Mooncrash might be even better than the main game. In Mooncrash, you…

New Hearthstone Card Builds Its Own Crappy Deck So You Don’t Have To

Hearthstone is a game about careful preparation, where you amass a grand collection of cards so that you can build powerful new decks. But yesterday, in the continuing rollout of its new science-themed expansion The Boomsday Project, Blizzard announced a card that ignores all that, allowing players to build a deck that includes this one…

No Man’s Sky Never Got Sandworms Because ‘People Would Hate Them’

If you’re hoping for giant sandworms and non-stop player-vs.-player space battles in No Man’s Sky, you’re probably going to be disappointed by the new update coming next week. If you’re down to just chill in lonely vacuum of space with a couple of buds, buckle up. There are still players seeking out some of the…

Dying In Games Can Be Its Own Reward

In real life, death is my greatest fear. In video games, I’ll court disaster. When faced with obvious traps or perilous dialog choices, I will run in with reckless abandon. I’m not really sure what this says about me. Death, in video games, often feels to me like a carry over from the arcade designs…

Twelve More Of The Best Gaming Episodes In Cartoons

Cartoons and video games are a match made in heaven. Well, maybe not when the cartoon is actually based on a video game. Single shot animated stories in cartoons always seem to capture the quirky and obsessive nature of gaming in the most meaningful and hilarious light. This piece originally appeared 2/19/18. It’s been nearly…

So Far In 2018, Japan’s Most Downloaded Nintendo Switch Game Is Minecraft 

Minecraft isn’t only popular in Japan, it’s also popular on the Nintendo Switch. Minecraft is the most downloaded game on Nintendo Switch in Japan during the first half of this year, according to lists Nintendo published today. Here are the top five for package and download versions. Note that Nintendo did not release download figures.…

People Love Goku And Vegeta’s New…Jackets

A new Dragon Ball Super: Broly trailer just debuted at San Diego Comic-Con. In it, Broly goes bonkers, but what many fans also dig are Goku’s and Vegeta’s winter wear. Just look at these jackets! Folks love them. I do, too. In Japan, those who pre-order movie tickets for Dragon Ball Super: Broly get little Goku…

The Next Evangelion Movie Will Be Out In 2020

The years-in-the-making Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 finally has a release year. The movie is slated for 2020 in Japan. Currently, the movie does not have an international release date. The release date was announced during movie previews starting today, including the previews before Mamoru Hosoda’s new feature Mirai of the Future Here is some artwork for the…

Late Night Eats. Seoul, South Korea. By Cory Balderas | 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!