Night Is Short, Walk On Girl Is The Best Anime Movie In Memory

Anime director Masaaki Yuasa’s recent movie Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, in U.S. theaters August 21, has all the adventure of a night high or drunk in a foreign city with none of the depravity. The romantic comedy follows a pack of teens out on the town, and swaps between the perspectives of two…

The Sims‘ Caribbean-Inspired Outfits Are Lackluster

The Sims 4 got an update last week that gave the game some Caribbean themed hair, clothing and furniture in honor of Carnival. While the hair is phenomenal, the rest has me a little confused. The Sims as a franchise has had a hard time with black hair. Curly hair is harder to model than…

Valve’s Card Game Artifact Was Booed Last Year, Cheered This Year

At Valve, everything happens in Valve Time—even fans learning to appreciate new games, apparently. During last year’s DOTA 2 International tournament, Valve debuted one of history’s greatest rollercoasters when it teased a project called Artifact. Swelling music and a cool logo had people on the edge of their seats. The title appeared. Artifact. How intriguing!…

The Best Competitive Local Multiplayer Games

For a couple of years, I ran multiplayer Kotaku Game Nights in bars and pubs around London and Brighton, UK. We’d play good music with actual DJs, set up a bunch of consoles, get the beers in, and welcome anywhere from 50-200 people, depending on the night. It was the ultimate testing ground for competitive…

Nvidia’s Beefy New Graphics Card Will Cost $1,200

The next set of graphics cards from Nvidia will start at $600 and go all the way up to $1,200, the company announced today, promising that the new RTX lineup will come out in September. Third-party versions will run a bit cheaper, from $500-$1,000. The most powerful entry in Nvidia’s option is the new RTX…

The video-game-loving New Day sure look like they were paying tribute to Sonic, Tails and Knuckles at WWE Summerslam last night. Watch a clip of the match to see more of the Sonic-style gear. Credit to GreenPillZone on Reddit for pointing this out.

Yakuza’s Arcades Are A Sly Way To Preserve Old Games

I played Yakuza Kiwami 2 this weekend and loved every second of it. Arcades are a big part of Yakuza’s gorgeous cityscapes, and their changing roster of old Sega game shows a different way of preserving classic games. The Yakuza games take place in Kamurocho, a fictional version of Tokyo’s Kabukichō entertainment district. It’s a…

Sony Finally Gets A Little Weird With Its New DualShock 4 Colors

Sony has announced four new color variations for the Dualshock 4, including a couple of spunky two-tone ones that look fun as hell. Berry Blue and Sunset Orange are two DualShock 4 color schemes that seem loosely inspired by weird, melted Slurpee flavors. Berry Blue is aqua and burgundy, while Sunset Orange is traffic cone…

Nintendo Announces A Bunch Of Switch Indie Game News

To kick off Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in Europe, Nintendo announced a ton of news about indie games on Switch, including release dates, ports, and even some surprise releases for today. Slay the Spire, Children of Morta, and more are coming to Switch in the next several months, among many other announcements. A lot…

The Week In Games: Vampires, Spies, and Wrestlers

It’s another week of interesting new game releases, ports of classics, and sequels. We’ve even got Night Trap! It’s a good week for people who like adventure games of all shapes and sizes. Night Trap, the famous game that helped kick off Senate hearings in the 1990s, is coming to the Nintendo Switch in a…

North Koreans Are Playing Grand Theft Auto And Having LAN Parties, Say Defectors

Previously, Kotaku showed inside North Korean arcades. But what do people play at home? According to one fourteen-year-old North Korean defector, young people are playing some of the same games enjoyed in the outside world. “I played almost all of the most famous South Korean video games in North Korea… Every one of my friends…