Bungie Says It Will Release Destiny‘s Music of the Spheres, To Composer’s Surprise

Music of the Spheres, an eight-part musical compilation that was originally meant to release alongside Destiny in 2014, may get an official release soon, although its composer says he had no idea that was the plan. The album, composed by Bungie’s well-known former audio director Marty O’Donnell, his partner Michael Salvatori, and former Beatle Paul…

How To Get Monster Hunter: World‘s Rarest, Japan-Only, Armor

If you’re playing Monster Hunter: World outside of Japan, you’re missing out a quest for one of the game’s most striking armor sets. The Azure Starlord set requires a code that you can only obtain by going to the Universal Studios theme park in Japan, but if you’re tenacious, there’s still a way to get…

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Fortnite Players Are Finding Mysterious Superhero Lairs Across The Map

The new Fortnite season brought more than craters and important dances. It seems that Epic is planting the seeds for something elaborate. Perhaps even a storyline of sorts, based on new areas that players are finding. While the new update has only been live for less than a day at this point, Fortnite players are…

God of War Has An Avengers: Infinity War Easter Egg

Kratos has an obvious connection to the Avengers, but there’s a more subtle one lurking in the new God of War: Turns out the game has its own Infinity Gauntlet. Play through Sindri’s Family Business quest and you’ll get your hands on an accessory called the Shattered Gauntlet of Ages. It has three sockets and…

There’s A New Anime About Being A Secret Otaku

One of the season’s best animes is a cute show about a girl who doesn’t want people to know she’s a nerd. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For An Otaku, which is airing on Amazon Prime, is about an office girl named Narumi who’s trying to hide her nerdy hobbies at her new job. Specifically, she’s…

Capcom Is Re-Releasing Two Classic Mega Man Games On NES, SNES Cartridges

Capcom will release cartridge versions of Mega Man 2 and Mega Man X as limited runs costing $100 a piece alongside production house iam8bit, the two companies said today. As with Street Fighter II, the first of these legacy cartridge collections that was announced last August, both games will appear in cartridge form, Mega Man…

Puzzle Game Solved

Maybe it was the tweets I saw promoting the game’s launch on Android. Maybe it was the reminder to myself about unfinished games that I put in my bio beneath my articles. Maybe it was just the fact I was sick last week and looking for a distraction, but I finally finished The Room: Old…

Game Critic Totalbiscuit Says He’s Retiring: ‘I Don’t Have Long Left’

YouTube personality John “Totalbiscuit” Bain is retiring as a game critic, he said today, citing his failing health and telling fans that he believes he will die soon. “When I went into hospital a week or so ago, it was accompanied by the news that conventional chemotherapy’s effectiveness had been exhausted,” Bain wrote in a…

Massive Virtual Reality Theme Park Opens In China

This weekend, a VR-only theme park opened in Guizhou, China. One of the park’s centerpieces, however, is not virtual but a towering Transformers-style robot statue. Just look at it! Clocking in at 53 meters and weighing 700 tons, the thing is huge Featuring 35 virtual reality attractions, Oriental Science Fiction Valley opened on April 29.…

After Mass Fan Outcry, Epic Adds ‘Orange Shirt Kid’ Dance To Fortnite

Back in March, Epic Games announced a “Boogie Down” contest where players submitted dance videos for a chance to have their moves added to the game as an emote. Winners were announced, and a champion was crowned. The community seemingly hated the results, though. In first place came Twitter user @Populotus: Per contest rules, Populotus…

Springtime In Japan Means Great Cosplay  

NicoNico, Japan’s video sharing platform, holds a big party every year called Chokaigi at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, outside Tokyo. It’s a huge otaku event and the cosplayers show up in droves. Here are some of the best cosplayers from this year’s Chokaigi.

Fortnite Comet Hits Dusty Depot, Altering Map and Gravity For New Season

After weeks of build-up, Fortnite’s comet has finally smashed the map. Tilted Towers still stands, but Dusty Depot? There’s a crater there now. (It’s also called Dusty DIVOT now.) Better yet, the point of impact is surrounded by rocks that will let players mess around in low gravity. Epic really went all out for this.…

Another Tourist Crashes Real-Life (And Totally Unofficial) Mario Kart In Tokyo

Last night in Tokyo, a 30-something-year-old tourist from Singapore made a wrong turn, driving a rental MariCar (the go-kart company that Nintendo is suing for copyright infringement) up on the sidewalk and crashing it into a restaurant sign. This is not a first. Previously, Kotaku reported that another tourist crashed a MariCar into a police…

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EA’s FIFA 18 World Cup Patch Is A Surprise

Electronic Arts takes a lot of shit from a lot of people for many of its business practices. So its decision to just give away a big FIFA 18 World Cup update—something they used to charge for—is a pleasant surprise. Announced earlier today, the World Cup update will add a ton of new stuff to…