Civilization VI Madman Builds 34 Wonders In One City

Last month, dadabouin went and did something I’ve never seen accomplished in Civilization VI before: he built 34 wonders in the one city, arranged in a way that has me thankful Civ VI doesn’t have Independence Day’s landmark-destroying aliens in its faction lineup. Before you ask how it was done, yes, some editing was required.…

MMO Players Feel Conflicted About Online Sugar Daddies

Kristin Carnage was making her way through a city in World of Warcraft when a stranger stopped her female avatar. The stranger, a male avatar, opened a trade window with Carnage and moved, in her words, “a ton of gold” in his section of the trade box. For a while afterward, he offered to help…

Overwatch Players Discover Mystery That Spans Multiple Maps

Overwatch’s new deathmatch map, Petra, is full of Pharah-friendly open spaces, jump pads, and a break-away floor, but like any crumbling ruin worth its salt, it’s also got mysteries. Shortly after the map went live earlier today, players started posting screenshots of laptops and data pads they found sprinkled around, with members of the Overwatch…

State Of Decay 2 Car Shows Off

Today on Highlight Reel we have State of Decay 2 glitches, invisible dunks, Fortnite backflips defenses 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…

Wizard Of Legend Lets You Play As A Magical Jedi

Wizard of Legend is straightforward: go in a room, unleash your awesome spells to kill everything in it, and then collect the spoils before moving onto the next. There’s no armor to upgrade or stats to manage, just a ton of magic-fueled carnage. It’s all very repetitive, but the game’s action feels so satisfying I…

Destiny 2‘s Coolest New Mode Is Hobbled By Team Size Limits

Destiny 2’s new Warmind expansion is equal parts promising and frustrating, a step in the right direction that has also served to underline some of the game’s biggest problems. Case in point: Escalation Protocol, a new mode that’s frustrating players not because it isn’t fun, but because it’s almost impossible to properly play it. Anyone…

Paladins Developer Says It’s Fired Contractor For Using Overwatch Art In Ad

Free-to-play hero shooter Paladins has always invited comparisons to Overwatch. There’s a tanky knight character with a deployable shield and a bearded dwarf who builds turrets. While developer Hi-Rez Studios has always denied cloning Blizzard’s game, a mobile port of Paladins lifted artwork from the game, a foul the studio is blaming on a contractor.…

The Umeshoryu Is The Gutsiest Move In Fighting Games

Daigo Umehara has built a legacy on fearless calls, and he added one more to his story at Stunfest in Rennes, France last weekend. Down on life and with his back against the wall, the fighting game legend shot off a clutch Flash Kick to catch his opponent off guard and steal a victory with…

The upcoming Donkey Kong DLC for Mario + Rabbids looks like a ton of fun. DK has some cool abilities, like throwing cover. Looks meaty, too: the DLC will add an entire island. No release date yet.

The Gudetama Game Is As Cute (And Simple) As Gudetama

Gudetama Tap is a very cute waste of time. As a Gudetama enthusiast, I can appreciate that. Gudetama is a Sanrio character that is a sleepy, lazy egg, and I find him extremely relatable. Gudetama Tap is a new mobile game centered around the character, where you cook eggs on a stovetop to collect different…

Here Are Overwatch‘s New Anniversary Skins

Overwatch’s two-year anniversary event is now live, and Doomfist is actually lookin’ pretty good right about now. Some of the best skins yet came out today—namely Orisa’s, Brigitte’s and, as previously discussed, Symmetra’s. Today also brought what is, in my opinion, a pretty bad skin, too. And, welp, they gave Junkrat dreads: Along with the…

Shadow Of War‘s New Expansion Should Be Its Own Game

When the video game Shadow of Mordor was released in late 2014, its most marvelous trait was its Nemesis System. This superb chunk of design and programming ensured that any evil grunt that killed the player would be elevated in the game’s bad guy hierarchy and would stalk the revived player, perhaps becoming the game’s…

Fortnite Players Find New Jetpack, Eat Shit

Right now, everyone in Fortnite is learning how to use the jetpack the hard way. Turns out, you can’t just fly forever. Eventually, the jetpack overheats and you will fall to your doom. Many Fortnite players are excitedly sharing their first experiences with the new gear, and while some players are able to pull off…

Games That Aren’t Easy To Recommend

There are some games that hit all my personal sweet spots, games that make me want to scream how good they are from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. But sometimes there are games that come with huge caveats. Maybe it takes a while to get to the good stuff, or they could be jam…

Visual Novel Publisher Expands To GOG, Says Steam Is ‘Threatening Livelihoods’

After running into issues with Steam, video game publisher MangaGamer is teaming up with the digital store’s biggest rival, GOG, to sell visual novels. Last week, several developers of visual novels with varying degrees of sexual content received emails from Valve saying that their games were in danger of being removed by the end of…