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…

The Street Fighter V Tutorial Has Me Convinced Ryu And Ken Hooked Up

Street Fighter V came out two years ago, and I still can’t stop thinking about how homoerotic the tutorial is. I don’t know who wrote the English translation for the tutorial, which features young rivals Ken and Ryu sweating through a workout under the direction of their master Gouken, but I can’t let it go.…

The Fight Between Switch Hackers And Nintendo Is Ramping Up [UPDATE]

People love their Switches. Some people love them so much they want to break them open and make them do things they’re not supposed to. That means Nintendo has to respond. The back-and-forth between Nintendo and hackers reached fever pitch this week. First, some background: In April, Switch hackers found a way to jailbreak Switch…

You Can’t Build The Perfect Boyfriend, But Dr. Frank Tries Anyway

If I had a time machine, it would not be a tool for bettering the world. It would be a way for me to see how people from the past might react to modern-day weirdness. I would go back to show Alexander Graham Bell that his invention of the telephone somehow morphed into nudes on…

We’re playing the Westworld mobile game on iOS, live on YouTube. Come join us! 

Sims 4 Expansion Lets You Bang Santa

The new Sims 4 expansion introduces holidays into the game. More importantly, it lets you fuck Santa. Seasons, a new expansion released last Friday, spices up the world of Sims 4 by adding seasons, a new gardening career, and also holidays. One of them, Winterfest, is a Christmas-esque holiday that occurs in winter. If you…

Crowdfunded Switch Accessory Lets You Play Handheld Arcade Games The Right Way

The Nintendo Switch is slowly becoming an arcade game player’s best friend. Nintendo’s Arcade Archive collection, alongside a healthy smattering of bullet hell shooters and pinball games, bring classic experiences to the console. That also means playing vertically, which can be a pain in handheld mode. A Kickstarted add-on aims to fix that. The Flip…

Breath of the Wild’s Champions’ Ballad Expansion Is Better After A Long Zelda Break

Like most things with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the game’s Champions’ Ballad expansion did not immediately thrill me. It took some time. It wasn’t what I wanted, but it’s now what I need. The Champions’ Ballad has been available for Breath of the Wild since December, nine months after the main…