That Floor Is Lava Game We Played As Kids Works Really Well As A Video Game

At first glance, Hot Lava seems little more than YouTube reaction fodder, a tricky platformer with plenty of things to make entertainers mug and scream for their audience. But playing reveals a movement-based game as fun as Mirror’s Edge or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. It’s silly. but the thrill of completing a level really does…

Getting Bored And Walking Away Is How Most Games End For Me Now

Last week, I realized I have a problem. I’d just finished browsing the Nintendo Switch’s entire eShop for a second time in search of a new game. That’s a weird thing to do, especially considering that I still haven’t finished Breath of the Wild. I should finish it, but I can’t bring myself to do…

The Games That We’ll Be Playing Forever

I’ve always been fascinated by those games that we return to over and over again. I like to refer to them as “forever games.” They are the ones you’ve either played since you were a child, the ones that feel like favorite movies you know line by line. With new games constantly coming out, it…

Cat Bus From Totoro Spotted In Japan

Imagine you are driving down the street in Hiroshima and you see a Cat Bus from My Neighbor Totoro making its way down the sidewalk. Like so This is not actually a cat, nor is it a bus. It’s some sort of bicycle-type contraption Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you…

Chocobo Popcorn Bucket. Universal Studios Japan, Osaka. By Lexi | Seoul Searching JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Don’t Give Up, Dark Souls Skeleton

Dark Souls modder Zullie the Witch has been messing around with the game and got something cool up and running: the ability to swap the player’s model with other characters and enemies. The best of them being a skeleton. In addition to looking cool as a naked skeleton, you can also put clothes on the…

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Now Supports Nintendo Labo

If your Nintendo Labo cardboard is lying around in a post-launch pile, you could try digging it out and playing some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with it. I don’t know what it is about Labo, but using cardboard handlebars looks so much cooler than the plastic wheel. The compatibility is part of an update for…

We’re streaming PlatinumGames’ Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance right now on Twitch. Heather literally wrote the book on it, so expect some fun commentary and killer action.

World Cup Fans Sing Anime Theme Song After Japan v Senegal Match

There are only two things that truly unite us as human beings: football and anime. John Sulo is a French actor and comedian who is in Russia for the World Cup. He’s also a Senegal fan, and having been at the Senegal v Japan game—one of the nicest of the tournament so far—filmed this recital…

The Original Back To The Future II Sneakers Are Disintegrating [Update: Sold For $92,000]

Death comes for us all, but for iconic movie sneakers it comes a lot quicker. Currently up for auction on eBay is a single shoe (the left) of one of the pairs of Nike Air Mags used in the production of 1989’s Back to the Future II. Air Mags have been re-released by Nike a…

I Regret To Announce That I Am Canceling NathanCon

When they said to me, “Nathan, trying to cram 17,000 people into a single Waffle House just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex of northern Texas might not be the greatest idea,” I scoffed. “The show must go on!” I exclaimed in response. Just like DashCon, Fyre Festival, and—just last weekend—TanaCon before it. Perhaps, though, I…

Indie Games Are Getting Cloned Before They’re Even Out

Earlier this month, a buddy sent game developer Ben Esposito a surprising screenshot: an Instagram ad for a game that looked a lot like the one he’d been working on for five years. Esposito is nearly finished toiling away on an indie game called Donut County, which will be released later this year by publisher…

In Jurassic World, Life Gets In The Way

Today on Highlight Reel we have rude dinosaurs, C4 tosses, The Crew 2 tricks, Vermintide 2 glitches, 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!…

The Upcoming Painting Platformer Concrete Genie Comes From A Different Kind Of PlayStation Studio

As with most games shown at E3 a couple of weeks ago, it’s too soon to say if Concrete Genie will be what its demo hints that it can be. But it’s clear that it’ll be an easy game to root for. There’s the good: It’s a magical-looking game featuring a boy named Ash who…