I Think I Like Game Patches Too Much

Upon turning on my PlayStation 4 most days, I hope to hear the telltale trill that one of my games has been updated. A patch! My game has changed! Hopefully for the better. I have bought into the idea that games are not unchanging things. I have embraced the concept that the games I buy…

Bethesda Announces Rage 2 [UPDATE: Gameplay Trailer]

After a week of teasing, viral leaking, and marketing plans, today it’s finally official: Rage is getting a sequel, out in 2019. UPDATE (5/15, 10am): Here’s the gameplay trailer: And here’s the Mad Max-ish teaser trailer: This one will be developed byAvalanche Studios, the studio responsible for the 2015 open-world Mad Max game. The first…

Japan’s Biggest Indie Game Show, Reviewed By My Kid

Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft and his son visit BitSummit

Japan Is Running Out Of Whisky

Today, Suntory announced officially that sales of the Hakushu 12-year-old single malt and the Hibiki 17-year-old blend would stop for the time being. The reason? Some of Japan’s most beloved whisky releases are vanishing. Yesterday, George Koutsakis at Forbes first reported that Hibiki 17 would no longer be on sale starting this September. Today, according…

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The Roots, Ariana Grande Can Sure Make Music With Nintendo’s Labo

We’ve already seen Nintendo’s Labo play some serious music, but here’s another example courtesy of The Roots, Ariana Grande and Jimmy Fallon. Yeah yeah, it’s a glorified commercial, but it’s still impressive work regardless. Please note that it has been ten years since Ravi Drums and Wii Music. We’ve all come a long way since…

Look At This Batman Ninja Action Figure

Good Smile has made a couple of Figmas based on the Batman Ninja anime, and they are absolute works of art. There are two available, a regular one and a “Sengoku Edition” special figure. Both will be out early 2019, and should set you back $80-100 from importers. I haven’t seen the anime, but the…

Doom‘s John Carmack Opens Up About Working With Steve Jobs

Apple is one of the largest technology companies in the world. The iPhone has an install base of over 700 million people. And yet the company has always had a fraught relationship to gaming. Mac users know the pain of needing to run alternate operating systems to play popular PC games well. In a new…

Scoundrel is a side-scrolling roguelite mashed up with Thief-style skulduggery. It’s a “pure stealth” game in which you lighten showy Lords’ too-heavy pockets while avoiding guards, traps, and civilians. There are classes and character progression, but if you die, it’s back to square one. It’ll be out on PC this year.

Let Us All Remember The Great F-Zero GX

I play Gran Turismo games because they’re like an interactive version of a glossy car brochure. Others, like Dirt, I play for the sensation of barely keeping in control of a car that looks a lot like the one actually parked in my garage. But then there’s F-Zero GX Released in 2003 for the Nintendo…

The Boy From The Stars

Kittisak Ismaale is a concept artist and graphic designer from Bangkok, Thailand. You can see more of Ismaale’s work at his ArtStation page 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 game artists, showcasing the best…

If The Witcher 3’s Ciri Was In Overwatch…

A simple crossover idea, one that 3D artist Agelos Apostolopoulos is only too happy to indulge. I guess she could zip around like Tracer? Only instead of snappy British one-liners she’d just slaughter everyone, then break our hearts It’s not just that image either, he actually built the model: You can see more of Agelos’…

Fan Project To Remake Diablo II Using StarCraft II Is Now Playable

The Curse of Tristram: Destruction’s End, a mod that takes the main campaign of Diablo II and recreates it using the StarCraft II engine, has been four years in the making. This weekend, creator Etienne Godbout finally released a playable version to the public on a test server. The good news is, it works. While…

Thanos Seizes The Infinity Shrub

Today on Highlight Reel we have Zelda moments, Far Cry 5 streaks, Harry Potter horror, 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…

Former Overwatch Pro Continues To Be A Self-Own Machine

Former Overwatch League problem child Félix “xQc” Lengyel was streaming last night when he ended up in the same match as a frighteningly skilled Widowmaker player going by the handle “Kannagang.” When players on the other team suggested that he might be cheating, xQc investigated by looking at his player profile. “Yeah, he’s a hacker,”…