Unopened Box Of 1999 Pokémon Cards Sells For $56,000

An original, unopened box of 1999 First Edition Pokémon cards has sold at auction in the US for the staggering price of $56,000. Via Kotaku AU, Huggins & Scott Auctions sold the box last week, with bidding opening at $20,000. There’s a reason for the steep price that goes beyond nostalgia: pristine Charizard holo cards…

Gris Looks Beautiful

Gris is one of those great-looking indie games, the type that has no trouble hitting a Kickstarter funding goal, though in this case it was publisher Devolver Digital whose attention it drew after months of sending snippets of art and gameplay footage out onto the wilds of social media. Now it’s headed to Switch and PC…

What A Rocket League Comeback

Today on Highlight Reel we have Rocket League comebacks, We Happy Few glitches, Hitman Skeet shooting, 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…

Black Ops 4 Heist Mode Gives Call Of Duty A Payday-Style Twist

The new “Heist” mode for the Black Ops 4 beta is a more tactical take on Call of Duty, one that feels inspired by games like Counter-Strike and Payday The new game mode is a no-respawn, round-based, tactical challenge that requires your team to steal a bag of cash before your opposition does, then reach…

No Man’s Sky’s Latest Trend: Elaborate Espionage

Even with the addition of multiplayer and some limited ways for players to grief one another, No Man’s Sky still isn’t built for large scale warfare. Player-made civilizations are finding other ways to resolve their differences. Namely, they do it through espionage. Since the release of No Man’s Sky, which infamously launched with no multiplayer…

Bethesda Takes Hard Line On Cross-Play With Its Elder Scrolls Card Game

Bethesda’s VP of marketing said over the weekend that the developer intends for The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Bethesda’s card game, to be fully cross-play, with progress carrying over no matter what system people play it on when it eventually releases on consoles. While not mentioning Sony specifically, the message feels aimed at increasing pressure on…

The PS4’s Livestreaming Hub Still Has More Nudity Than It Probably Should

Live From PlayStation is an an app on PS4 where people can go to see live streams, archived videos, and screenshots being shared by other players, some of which include porn, because in 2018 it’s apparently still possible to get explicit pics trending on PS4. Over the weekend the California-based gamer and and electronic DJ…

It’s Nice To See Nintendo Didn’t Forget About Mario 64

Last year’s great new Mario and Zelda games reinvigorated two series that seem to have finally found nostalgia for parts of their past they neglected. Super Mario Odyssey, especially, offered a tribute to Super Mario 64 that’s been overdue. Nearly two decades of Zelda games that followed the release of 1998’s landmark Ocarina of Time…

The Walking Dead‘s Final Season Starts On A More Intimate Note

Fans of Telltale’s The Walking Dead have watched protagonist Clementine grow from a small child into a confident teenager. The final installment in the series, The Final Season, thrusts Clem into new responsibilities and focuses on building a small community in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. The Final Season’s first episode, “Done Running,” takes…

The Week In Games: Monsters And Warfare

This week has some varied games, from JRPG throwbacks to MMO expansions, and as the summer goes on the releases are getting weirder and weirder. I’m all about the classic game experience, and I’m very interested in the fact that we’re getting Bard’s Tale games alongside the classic Tanglewood and a purposeful throwback in Cosmic…

Faker’s Grandma Knows A Lot About League of Legends

It’s one thing for a gaming pro’s parents to know about the game their offspring play, but quite another thing for granny to also be well versed. As Twitter user Mixen614 pointed out, in a documentary about Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, the LoL pro’s grandma showed how closely she follows her grandson and esports. She totally…

Pikachu Rave Held In Japan 

Every summer, Yokohama is overrun by people wearing Pikachu costumes. In year’s past, they’ve marched and danced. They did that this year. But that’s not all. For the first time, there were electro dancing Pikachus. With a rainbow afro Pikachu Called Pokémon Synchronicity, the event runs until August 16 The stage show looks especially nuts…

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Four Hands Are Better Than Two

Miguel Nogueira is a freelance concept artist from Portugal. You can see more of Miguel’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page EDIT: Damn it, the top image cropped it, but if you’re about to question the headline, she has four arms. You can see that more clearly in the full-size shot below. Fine…

Space Force vs The Halo Theme Song

The creation of the SPACE FORCE is the dumbest fucking thing, and deserves nothing but the ridicule it is receiving. AND YET: below is a very good idea that an actual space force in the future, when a force in space is actually required, should use.