Despite Its Best Efforts, NBA 2K League Can’t Beat The Real Thing

The NBA is doing its best to put the “sports” into esports. For the past two months, the NBA has run the first video game league sponsored by a major sport, NBA 2K League, featuring 17 teams connected to franchises within the association. But sports simulation games, despite seeming like an obvious choice to go…

The Makers Of Nintendo’s Latest Hidden Gem Worry People Missed It

“I really only know about what people are saying online,” Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe recently told me over e-mail while discussing how people were responding to his newest game. “What I see personally is that many people are not aware that this game has been released, and I want more people to play this game.”…

What ‘Women Only’ Overwatch Groups Are Actually Like

As someone who is both a journalist and gamer, I enjoy tossing myself into the hell pits of online shit cans and sorting through the garbage for meaning. Over the last week, that pit has consisted of “egirls only,” “hot egirls only 18+,” “only hot girls 420,” “[Name redacted’s] feminist island 2/2/2 girls only,” and…

Retro Style GIFs That Celebrate Beloved Japanese Games 

Over the years, I’ve seen some amazing retro style GIFS, but I’ve never seen anything like these. Artist Kutsuwa creates some pixel-style dioramas, with the action unfolding in short GIFs. The result is amazing and charming. I love these For more, check out Kutsuwa’s Tumblr site Wanpaku Pixels Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

PUBG Apologizes For Rising Sun Imagery In Mobile Game

This past Saturday, a weapon and mask pack was released for Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile. That same day, PUBG’s creators recalled the item pack, released an apology and began issuing refunds. The pack included a pilot’s mask, which you can see below, via South Korean site Bzit The pilot’s mask appears to have rising sun imagery.…

If Barbie Were A Gundam Figure

Then, maybe it would look something like this? Custom model maker Akira Tange originally created this piece titled “Gundam Shojo” for Japan’s Wonder Festival figure event. Have a look: However, according to Twitter user Octopus Catcher, it now seems this piece won’t be at Wonder Festival. Bummer! Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

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Bro, Relax

André Lima Araújo is a comics artist from Portugal who has worked on series like Black Panther and Generation Gone, which he co-created. You can see more of Araújo’s work at his personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal…

You Can Now Play Most Of World Of Warcraft Just By Subscribing

World of Warcraft has finally gotten with the times. You can now play the game and all but one of its expansion packs just by paying the monthly $15 fee. As of today, you can play World of Warcraft and every expansion except the most current one—in this case Battle For Azeroth, which isn’t out…

FTL Fans, Crying Suns Is Here For You

Ever since FTL first came out, I’ve been wanting a game just like it, only with more stuff to do. Crying Suns is out here trying to do just that. An upcoming game from a team of French indies, it’s very similar to FTL in that it’s a sci-fi roguelike game where you’re in command…

Looks Like Fortnite Is Getting Kart Cosmetics

Some data mining of Fortnite’s code has discovered that Epic is testing the idea of customising the appearance of the game’s golf karts. Here’s the code in question: Who knows how something like this would work, since the karts are shared on the map instead of dropping alongside you. Maybe they’ll just spawn now with random…

Every Game Should Copy Rainbow Six‘s New Chat Moderation

Earlier this year, Ubisoft said it would be implementing stricter moderation in Rainbow Six Siege to find and sanction players using hate speech. Recently, players have started noticing an uptick in bans being issued and have been discussing it on the game’s subreddit. A few even took to Twitter to complain. “fuck you guys i…

What We Loved (And Really Loved) About Sorry To Bother You

Tim Rogers and Gita Jackson had a chance to see Sorry To Bother You, a movie so creative and wild watching feels like being transported briefly to new but familiar universe. We sat down to dissect every bit of this potent and hilarious movie. Spoilers abound. Gita Jackson: So, Tim, we both saw Sorry To…

Star Citizen Backer Sues To Get $4,500 Back, Loses

Ken Lord used to be a Star Citizen super fan. Once upon a time, he helped fund Roberts Space Industries’ endless maiden voyage with $4,500 of his own money. Now, after years of delays and changes, he wants out. RSI didn’t get back to him, and he sued. It didn’t go his way. Lord first…

Far Cry 5‘s Lost On Mars Is Another Disappointing Expansion

Is there life on Mars? On the surface Far Cry 5’s second DLC seems to answer in the affirmative. The red rock is bursting with armies of alien insects. Some are small. Some are big. Some fly around like Pterodactyls and harass you by spraying firey chemicals at you. As these encounters stack up, however,…