We Made 400 Episodes Of Highlight Reel!?

Today on (the 400th episode of) Highlight Reel we have Dark Souls Remastered glitches, State of Decay 2 deadheads, 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…

Maker Of Game About Fleeing Syrian Civil War Denied Entry Into The UK 

Abdullah Karam, co-creator of an autobiographical game about leaving Syria in 2014, has been denied entry into the United Kingdom. Karam’s visa application was rejected just days before he was supposed to attend the Casual Connect Europe games conference in London where his game, Path Out, was nominated for the Indie Prize award Karam currently…

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Our Favorite Video Game Controllers

Ever since video games showed up in the living room, there have been weird ways to interact with them. From the joystick to the Joy-Con, hardware manufacturers are always trying to cook up the best version of the video game controller. Sometimes, those offerings can feel a cheap and plasticky. Other times, they’re masterpieces. I…

Over 140,000 People Are Watching A Fallout Bobblehead On Twitch

It’s announcement-of-an-announcement season! Bethesda, the company behind several huge franchises, is teasing a new Fallout game, and as fans eagerly wait to see what it might be, they’ve spent hours watching a Twitch stream that shows nothing but a television and a Vault-Tec bobblehead. Well, occasionally other things are happening. But it’s safe to say…

Moonlighter Lets You Run A Shop By Day And Kill Monsters By Night

Many people wouldn’t consider their job to be what they “really do.” Even in the best of circumstances, who hasn’t dreamed of leaving their daily life behind for a new adventure? Moonlighter is a new action RPG that imagines a video game character having this real-world conflict. Moonlighter, released today for PC, Xbox One, and…

Fortnite Players Split On Whether The Game Needs Vehicles

It looks like Fortnite is finally getting vehicles. Sure, they’re not 4×4 trucks, cars or even bicycles. If you logged onto the game this morning, you learned that, in proper Fortnite style, developer Epic Games is adding dinky shopping carts for players to wheel around in. It’s a cute, but controversial inclusion riding on a…

Prosecutor: Father Of Kid Rescued By ‘Real-Life Spider-Man’ Was Playing Pokémon Go

A Malian immigrant heroically rescued a four-year-old Parisian child dangling from a balcony on Monday with Spider-Man-like nimbleness. Today, we got an answer to the million-dollar question, “Where were his parents?” According to authorities, the parent he lives with, his father, was out catching Pokémon. Over the last day, the video of rescuer-slash-IRL superhero Mamoudou…

DMing A Roleplaying Game Wasn’t As Scary As I Feared

This weekend I DMed my first tabletop RPG. I was really nervous about it, but it was actually way easier than I thought it would be. Our tradition in my Dungeons & Dragons group is whenever someone has a birthday, someone else will run them a one-off in the system of their choice. Our current…

Here’s June’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

There’s a range of genres in June’s Xbox Live Games with Gold, from racing to stealth to a MOBA. As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an Xbox Live Games with Gold subscription. June’s Xbox Live Games With Gold are: Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia (June 1-30) Smite Gold Bundle (June…

Splatoon 2‘s ‘Octo Expansion’ Is Full Of Short, Challenging Single-Player Levels

Fans of single-player Splatoon should know that a whole lot more of it will be landing on Switch very soon in this summer’s “Octo Expansion.” The $19.99 DLC will finally let you play as an Octoling, a species previously encountered in the games as enemies (or as a TV show host), in online multiplayer matches.…

Sailor Moon Wedding Ring Only $1,486

In Sailor Moon, when Usagi finally married her beloved Mamoru, she wore a pink heart-shaped stone offset by jewels. Now, Bandai is making real-life versions of that ring. Priced at 162,000 yen ($1,486), the ring is made from platinum and made in Japan. The heart-shaped jewel is synthetic corundum, while the smaller stones are 0.13ct…

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Studio Is Suing Over Fortnite

South Korea’s PUBG Corp., the studio behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is suing Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, for copyright infringement. The lawsuit was filed this past January, according to The Korea Times, although it only became public this weekend. PUBG Corp. is claiming that Fortnite’s popular Battle Royale mode copies PUBG’s interface and in-game items. When…