A Proper Pokémon RPG Is Coming To Switch In 2019

Aside from showing off two all-new Pokémon games for the Switch tonight, Nintendo also dropped news fans have been waiting years for: a full, core and proper Pokémon RPG is coming to consoles next year. There’s not much in there other than a reminder (a Pokemon RPG on a console was first teased by Nintendo…

New Pokémon Game Announced For Switch, Has Multiplayer & Poké Ball Controller [Update]

Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee are real, and coming to the Switch on November 16, Nintendo announced this evening, confirming previous leaks and rumors. These games will take players all the way back to Kanto region to collect the original 151 Pokémon, and they’ll feel very different than any Pokémon game we’ve seen.…

There’s A New ‘Free-To-Start’ Pokémon Game For Switch [UPDATE]

Pokémon Quest is a cute new Pokémon RPG, where you’ll be able to befriend the pocket monsters on the Switch. Update – 9:53pm: And it’s going to be available on the Switch eShop today. Pokémon Quest is a “free to start” RPG for the Switch, taking place in the new region of Tumblecube Island. In…

Street Fighter Was Almost Released For The 8-Bit NES

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out today. In addition to including the arcade versions of 12 different games in the series, ranging from 1987’s Street Fighter to 1999’s 3rd Strike, it also has an impressive virtual museum built into it, with some surprising revelations. Among other things, this repository includes the only known screenshot…

Oh Man This Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile Co., having already released a Figma based on Joker, have now moved onto Ann Takamaki. The extremely poseable figure includes three different faces, a whip, a machine gun and a fan. Out in November, she’ll be around $55

New Nintendo 2DS Is Very Legend Of Zelda

This is the Hylian Shield edition of the Nintendo 2DS XL. It’s out in July. I can see what they’re going for with the design, but…it kinda looks like a $5 cover you’d buy from a basket in GameStop. There’s a long history of very nice Zelda handhelds and consoles, from the golden GBA to…

Valve Removes School Shooting Game From Steam

After a maelstrom of controversy that had mainstream news outlets and an anti-gun violence charity weighing in, Valve has removed mass shooting game Active Shooter from Steam. The unreleased game drew furor last week over its shameless exploitation of tragic subject matter. Valve, meanwhile, took flack from fans and outlets alike for allowing the game…

Star Citizen Has a $27,000 Ship Pack

Star Citizen, a game that has been forever playable but has yet to be officially released, now has an in-game purchase that looks designed solely for the kind of person who would be betting entire planets in a sci-fi casino. It’s called The Legatus Pack, and costs USD$27,000. In real money. For all that cash…

E3 Bans Backpacks, Adds Bag Checks

Despite a sizable surge in attendance last year after selling tickets to 15,000 members of the general public, E3 2017 had some worrisome security blind spots. This year, the annual trade show-turned-circus is cracking down. The security section of E3’s website is now replete with all sorts of regulations that will hopefully make the show…

New EVE Online Expansion Offers Serious Risks With Big Rewards

EVE Online players have been officially invited to dive Into the Abyss. The game’s latest expansion revolves around newly-discovered Abyssal Deadspace, which claims to be beautiful and deadly new space to explore. Players can expect to find rich rewards and deadly new foes in this largely PvE-centric new expansion. Abyssal Deadspace offers a brand new…

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…