Final Fantasy XV Finally Gets Mod Support On PC 

Final Fantasy XV got a new patch on PC yesterday that brought with it official mod tools. Less than a day later, the Steam Workshop is already rife with, among other things, keyblades. Who would have guessed. Called Mod Organizer, the new set of tools is Square Enix’s way of adding official support for mods.…

Playing Overcooked Can Tear People Apart And, Thankfully, Bring Them Together

Overcooked is a co-op game that brings together up to four friends, family members, and/or foes to cook, prep, and serve a myriad of delicious meals against the clock. When I bought it, I did not fathom that it could potentially ruin all of my relationships by forcing us to work together. And so I…

Fantasy Flight Games Announces Android: Netrunner Is Ending

After six years, publisher Fantasy Flight Games announced today that Android: Netrunner, one of the all-time best card games, is ending. In a blog post today, Fantasy Flight Games wrote that as of October 22 2018, they will stop selling all Android: Netrunner products and hosting organized play events. To explain why Android: Netrunner is…

Piccolo Is ‘Too Much Fun’ For This Dragon Ball FighterZ Star To Give Up

Four months ago, Eduardo “HookGangGod” Deno had never entered a tournament in person. He had been shooting up the leaderboards in Persona 4 Arena and Guilty Gear for years while preferring to risk frame delays and shaky network connections. But Dragon Ball FighterZ got the self-described “online monster” to see if tournament play was worth…

Japan Now Has Pokémon Vending Machines

Japan loves Pokémon, and it loves vending machines. It was only a matter of time before they merged. Behold, the Pokémon Stand. These vending machines sell Pokémon Center merchandise and are located at Narita Airport, Aqua City Odaiba, Ebina service area in Kanagawa and Ashigara service area in Shizuoka. As you can see in these images…

Chun-Li Cosplay Requires Thighs Like These

Singer and pin-up Ladybeard is the manliest Chun-Li of all. His cosplay was excellent! Know how to make it better? Add another pair of massive thighs. With Ladybeard, that’s Reika Saiki. She’s a weightlifter, wrestler and model. She’s the other part of Ladybeard’s newest idol unit Deadlift Lolita Deadlift enough and you too can end…

A Darth Vader Costume Made From Cardboard 

Notebook maker Showa Note doesn’t only make school supplies. It also makes cardboard costumes. Previously, Kotaku featured its Dragon Ball Z and samurai outfits. Today, it’s time to show off Showa Note’s upcoming Darth Vader costume. The made-in-Japan outfit goes on sale this fall for 3,980 yen ($36.38). No word yet on an international release. Kotaku…

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Nice Wheels, Batman

Michael Broussard is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked at companies like Telltale and Rocksteady. You can see more of Michael’s work at his ArtStationand personalsites. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video…

Steam Ad Accidentally Reveals Just Cause 4

There’s a fourth Just Cause game on the way. It was probably due to be announced next week at E3, but people logging onto Steam right now are getting preorder ads for it a little early. Here’s the full ad I was just served: Clicking for details doesn’t reveal any additional information or take you…

Steam’s Irresponsible Hands-Off Policy Is Proof That Valve Still Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson

Yesterday, Valve announced a sweeping new policy for Steam: From now on, the platform will allow “everything” except for games Valve decides are “illegal, or straight up trolling.” In light of controversies like the recently removed school shooter game Active Shooter, the announcement came as a surprise to those who were expecting Valve to offer…

It’s Mario And Bowser In Breath Of The Wild

This pair of mods, with Mario replacing Link and Bowser replacing a Hinox, brings one of Nintendo’s oldest battles to one of its newest classics. Bowser is by lynard killer, while Mario is by WilianZilv And for something similar, here’s a straight Fire Mario vs Bowser: Thanks Marc!

Latest Hearthstone Patch Is Full Of Stealth Nerfs And Bugs [Update: Some Fixes]

Update, June 8, 12:20 PM ET: Since the publication of this story, Blizzard has addressed the backlash over patch 11.2 by reverting the changes to Tess Greymane and allowing Quest Druid players whose decks rely on the newly-weakened Jungle Giants card to switch out their decks in this weekend’s Hearthstone Championship Tour Seoul competition. Blizzard…

Symmetra Turret Launched From Space

Today on Highlight Reel we have Reworked Symmetra strategies, Vampyr glitches, bike flips, 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…