The Week In Games: Port Season 

After the first week of 2018 it’s still slim pickings looking ahead. The Xbox One is getting some old PC games, a bunch of stuff I’ve never head of is hitting PS4, and the Nintendo Switch continues to build out its library with some of the best games of the last few years. You could…

Why Katana Are So Polished And Shiny 

How do you make a katana disappear? It’s very simple. You angle the blade down so it reflects the ground below, making the katana blend right in and appear to vanish. This isn’t some trick, but rather, a combat technique that can mean life or death. When the clip below was originally aired on Japanese…

For A 5 Year-Old, This Kid Is Pretty Good At Gran Turismo

Twitter user Yashu’s daughter not only loves cars, but she is also pretty good at Gran Turismo Here she is practicing at home with her cat co-drivers. Nice racing line! She’s been interested in motorsports since she was small (well, smaller). Here she is when she was three years old at the Tokyo Auto Salon.…

Hokanji Pagoda Autumn Sunset. Kyoto, Japan. By Ze Wong | Instagram  JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

PUG Battlegrounds

Su Jian is an artist based in China. You can see more of Jian’s work at his 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 of both their professional…

Civilization Mod Adds A Super AI That Can Destroy Humanity

Time to give Gandhi a rest Via RPS, The University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk has released a mod for Civilization V called Superintelligence, which adds some artificial intelligence options to the late-game. It can be good! But also bad. Artificial intelligence can initially provide some benefits, and eventually can turn…

Nintendo Is Releasing Some Lovely Phone Cases

They’re out in April (in Japan only, at least for now), and there are cases based on Breath of the Wild, Splatoon and Animal Crossing There are four Animal Crossing cases, two soft ones for iPhones and two nicer folding flip ones. The Splatoon and Zelda ones also flip, and these four are for pretty…

When 2018 meets 2005.

Someone Fixed The Genesis Nomad’s Biggest Problem

You might remember the Genesis Nomad as Sega’s mammoth 1995 successor to the Game Gear. It was huge and heavy and ran on six AA batteries. Decades later one owner was fed up with subsidizing the Energizer Bunny and decided to add a rechargeable internal battery pack of their own. As a DIY modder by…

Showtime’s President Swears The Halo TV Show Is Still Happening

TV Guide recently spoke to Showtime’s President and CEO, David Nevins, and asked what was up with that Halo series that got announced forever ago. It’s “still in very active development,” he said. The executive also stressed that he’s seen scripts, something you’d hope might have happened in the four and a half years since…

StarCraft Players Forced To Re-Do Matches After Tournament Gets Seeded Wrong

The 2018 StarCraft II season got off to an early start today with the European qualifiers for WCS Leipzig. Early might have been too early though, as 30 minutes into the matches, admins had to rebuild the tournament’s bracket. While matches were taking place, one player noted in the lobby chat that seeding for the…

Genji On The Roof

Liam “Mangachu” Campbell is a Canadian Overwatch player who’s quite good, as shown in his use of Eichenwalde’s rooftops to strike with Genji’s ultimate. Campbell is still a free agent, if any teams are still looking to fill out their roster.

Skyrim Expansion Mod ‘Lordbound’ Shows Off Environments In New Trailer 

Started back in 2015, Lordbound is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds new locations and quests to the already sprawling game. Scheduled to come out sometime in 2018, the team behind it released a new trailer this weekend showing off some of the new locations players will be able to visit.…

Our Video Game Predictions For 2018

Assuming we don’t all die in a nuclear holocaust, what will video games bring in 2018? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, it’s time for some predictions. First Kirk and I talk about the news of the week (13:46) including Gravity Rush 2 fans, an innocent man dying to a police swatting call, and Logan Paul’s…

Green Bay Linebacker Played Dota 2 For Months Under Ridiculous Name

Blake Martinez of the Green Bay Packers not only tied for leading the NFL in tackles this season, but also finds some time to play Dota 2 on the side. Though he currently plays under “Packernation50,” Martinez told the story of his induction to the cult of Dota at yesterday’s Captains Draft 4.0 tournament—including his…