Paintball Game Brings Out Your Inner Artist

Joy Exhibition is a freeform art game in which the player must communicate with a mute alien race by painting. They are given a blank canvas, a massive arsenal of procedurally generated paint guns, and free rein to create whatever art they can think of. Created by game developer Strangethink, Joy Exhibition is a celebration…

McFarlane Toys is teaming up with Activision to create a series of Call of Duty action figures. Due out this fall, the series features fully-articulated six-inch recreations of some of the series’ most recognizable heroes. Like these two. Ah man, these two. The times we had.

Nintendo’s stingy video restrictions recently kept us from showing you some of the cool things we got to do with their new Labo games, but now you can see what we played—and more—in some nice hype videos. The Robot Kit still seems thin; the Variety Kit looks very fun. Highlight: Motorbike course-maker stuff at 4:15…

The Secret Of Mana Remake Makes A Great Game Worse

When Secret of Mana came out in 1993, it was rightfully praised as one of the Super Nintendo’s best action games thanks to a lovely soundtrack, beautiful spritework, and fun hack-n-slash gameplay. The 2018 remake has ruined all three of these things. I’ve played a couple of hours of the PlayStation 4 version of this…

Nothing Says Phantasy Star Online 2 Like Dry Scalp Shampoo

Phantasy Star Online 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Scalp D is a massively scalp cleansing shampoo. And soon, PS02 players can dress up their characters in Scalp D themed get-ups and have them wash their hair, because nobody wants dry scalp, not even in the virtual world. In Japan, a limited edition…

First Look At The Layton Anime Series

This spring, a Layton’s Mystery Journey anime series debuts in Japan and follows the adventures of Professor Layton’s daughter, Katrielle Layton. As you’d expect, the animation looks terrific. Layton’s Mystery Journey begins broadcasting on April 8 on Fuji TV. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from…

Dragon Ball‘s Bulma Has A New Voice Actress [Update]

A new Japanese ad for a Dragon Ball branded bath cleaner features Vegeta and Bulma. Understandably, fans note that Bulma’s new voice sounds slightly different because Bulma’s voice actress Hiromi Tsuru suddenly passed away last fall. The bath cleaner commercial below is the first time Bulma has spoken since Tsuru’s death. Update February 15 –…

Here Is Mario’s Nipple Up Close

Over on The Models Resource, some folks have uploaded the raw files used to build Mario’s outfits in Odyssey. His “Boxers” costume is particularly interesting. Sweet dreams, everyone. Hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day not thinking of enormous zoomed-in plumber nipples. Until now.

Welcome To 2049

Michael Morris is an artist who works at Double Negative, a VFX studio that’s helped out on movies like Blade Runner 2049 and Justice League You can see more of Michael’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…

PUBG Players Gifted Chicken Dinner By Strange Naked Man

Sometimes, you’ve just gotta know your limits. For R0b113 and a friend, it was just another duos match in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, albeit one they were winning. With only two enemies left, they wasted no time dispatching the first, whose last-ditch effort to grab a better position didn’t end so well. And then there was one.…

A Golf Game For People Who Hate Golf

I like golf video games but detest the actual sport of golf. And so here I am, very excited to see a game catering specifically to this set of interests. The brief for WHAT THE GOLF? opens with “Golf is boring — Help us fix it!”, and I am 100% down for that. The game…

Battlefront Mod Makes Buzz Lightyear Captain Of The Millennium Falcon

This Battlefront II mod by FruitByTheFett takes a few random pieces of Star Wars kit—a Boba Fett backpack here, some Stormtrooper armour there—and builds a Space Ranger costume for Han Solo out of it. If you want to try it out, you can download it here

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Has Some Problems

I’ve been excited about Kingdom Come for a long time. Since it was first announced back in 2013, the idea of a historical RPG with simulation leanings sounded fun as hell. Now that it’s out, though, I’m a lot less excited. Kingdom Come isn’t your average RPG. Conceived as an indie game, and funded via…

Fighting Game Tutorial Is Brutally Honest

Last week, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] (yes, that’s its real name) found its way to PlayStation 4. Despite working with a smaller budget, this obscure anime fighter does a much better job teaching newcomers about the genre than most major releases. Its greatest accomplishment, however, is not sugar-coating the truth: you simply aren’t good enough…