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Hello, Yes, This Appears Out Of The Ordinary

Roanna Peroz is a concept artist and illustrator currently based in Singapore. You can see more of Roanna’s work at her ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best…

We’re returning to our playthrough of Nier: Automata right now on Kotaku’s Twitch channel It’s a game about happy androids, where nothing goes wrong.

Fortnite‘s Shopping Cart Woes: A Timeline

Shopping carts are, at this point, Fortnite’s only vehicle. You can ride on them solo or with a friend, and they give you a slight speed boost. Simple enough, right? Wrong. Epic has now pulled them temporarily from the game three different times. Today, just when you thought they were in, Epic pulled them back…

NBA Rookie Also Video Game Marketing Rookie

DeAndre Ayton is projected to be the #1 pick in this year’s NBA draft. He’s going to have all summer to get ready for the 2018-19 season, but he (or his social media person) might also take that time to put in some work on their video game marketing skills. Earlier today, doing some promo…

Empires Apart Is Basically Age Of Empires Lite

Empires Apart is a game you play when you want to play Age of Empires, but not the actual Age of Empires Developed by DESTINYbit and published by military specialists Slitherine, it takes the era advancement, resource gathering and real-time combat of Age of Empires and…copies it wholesale, reskinning the entire experience in a low-fi…

Canadian Cosplay Show Knows How To Party

In addition to being a cosplay con, it’s also one hell of a cosplay party

Coder Spends 1,200 Hours Piecing Together Diablo‘s Source Code

If not for a few oversights on Blizzard’s part, the original Diablo’s source code would likely be lost to time. However, thanks to those oversights and some serious dedication from one coder, people can now see (and tinker around with) what makes Diablo tick. Diablo, of course, basically birthed the PC action-RPG genre as we…

Cayde-6’s Death Has Destiny Players Fired Up

For the past week, Destiny fans have been furiously posting to message boards and making Reddit threads, venting, posting theories, and working out how best to focus their anger. They’ve been doing that for months, of course, but what’s different now is that they’re mad because the developers at Bungie want them to be. Cayde-6…

Cyberpunk 2077‘s E3 Demo Left Me a Little Cold

Sometimes you go into a game demo, and it’s just absolutely not what you were expecting. After a trailer for CD Projekt Red’s next game, Cyberpunk 2077, appeared at the end of Xbox’s E3 press conference, I agreed with the author William Gibson,who said that it looked like GTA in an 80s retro-future. Where he…

Fans Are Using Every Clue To Piece Together A Map Of Fallout 76

We know that Fallout 76, the latest in Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic shooter series, will be an always-online multiplayer game set in West Virginia. Beyond that, how the game’s open world will be laid out and what exactly it will look like remains a mystery. But that hasn’t stopped fans from combing through every little detail currently…

This PlayStation-Inspired Arcade Game Is Scarier Than It Looks

OK/NORMAL is an experimental arcade game by Toni Kortelahti that embraces the visuals of early PlayStation games. The game, which captures the strange and abstract worlds of mid-90s 3D, is one of several new indie titles that embrace a new form of “retro” aesthetics. It’s an oppressive, bizarre, and overwhelming game whose glitch spaces are…

Fallout Fans Continue To Struggle With The Company That Hosts Their Wiki

Last year Nukapedia, the fan-run Fallout wiki, fought against the for-profit wiki hosting company Fandom adding video ads to their pages and won. Now the videos are back, and these fans are considering leaving the platform entirely. When you hop over to the fan-run Stardew Valley wiki to check out what gifts your future spouse…

PSA: Back Up Your Dark Souls: Remastered PC Save

You know what would really suck? Playing a bunch of Dark Souls: Remastered and then losing all your progress due to a corrupted save. As you play Dark Souls, the game is constantly saving. Your save is tied to your progress and equipment, of course. It’s also tied more invisibly to your reputation in the…

LonelyStreams Shows You What Happens In Twitch Streams With Zero Viewers

Many stories about Twitch revolve around celebrities, the influencers and tastemakers who have “made it” to a career of all-day gameplay streaming. But Twitch isn’t just star gamers; it’s pirate streams, bizarre Tim and Eric-style broadcasts, and average Joes just streaming their Overwatch matches. Many do so without anyone watching. LonelyStreams is the best tool…

Mario Tennis On Switch Is Mostly Fun (But Frustrating)

If you have ever wanted to play a tennis game in which you have a better chance of breaking your racket than hitting the ball out of bounds, then Mario Tennis Aces is for you. Just get ready for some frustrating matches. This new Mario Tennis, which comes out Friday for Nintendo Switch, is yet…