I Played Crusader Kings 2 Until The Sun Came Up

After work yesterday, I had a hankering to play some Crusader Kings 2. I set aside a couple hours in the evening, ordered some Indian food and cracked a beer, thinking I’d get to bed around midnight. By the time I closed the game and went to bed, I heard birds chirping. This is not…

Nobody Understands The People Who Use Discord’s ‘Light’ Theme

The long, contentious list of things that divide us—dogs vs. cats, Democrat vs. Republication, ketchup vs. mayo—has an entry just for gamer aesthetes. There’s a war among Discord users over whether people who use the gaming chat app’s “light” theme are wicked, infernal hellbeasts or normal humans who like white backgrounds. Discord’s signature look is…

Konami Is Making A New Castlevania Game For iOS

It’s called Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls and going into closed beta in Japan. No word yet on a release date or if the action game will get an international release. The game is set in a world in which Dracula seems to have been completely erased and peace has descended until… someone decides to resurrect…

YouTuber Apologizes For Seven Minutes After Tournament Loss

Last Saturday, YouTuber Mokou posted a video in which he said he’d retire from pro gaming if he didn’t win any prize money at this past Sunday’s Puyo Puyo tournament. He lost and now he’s really sorry. In the earlier clip (below), Mokou came across as rather cocky as he claimed defeat would mean retirement.…

Flipping Middle Fingers Becomes A Photo Trend Among Pop Team Epic Fans 

People in Japan have long known what flipping the bird means. But recently, it’s become more prevalent among Pop Team Epic fans. Of course, this doesn’t mean everyone is doing it. But fans are certainly striking “Pop Team Epic-style pose” (ポプテピピック風ポーズ or “Poptepipic-fuu poozu”) or simply “Pop Team Epic pose” (ポプテピピックのポーズ or “Poptepipic-fuu poozu”). While…

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Step Inside The Forest Of Liars

Forest of Liars is an upcoming adventure game inspired by both American and Japanese animation, in which players enter a dangerous forest and encounter a different experience each time they sit down with the game. The name comes from the challenges you’ll face once inside: you’ll encounter a range of characters who will try and…

Man Breaks Into GameStop Wearing Plastic Bag On His Head

A man broke into a GameStop in St. Marys, Georgia last week at 1:39 in the morning, having decided that the best way to disguise his features would be to try and cover his face in what’s left of the plastic bag that packs of water bottles come in. The break-in occurred in the early…

Celeste Taught Fans And Its Own Creator To Take Better Care Of Themselves

For game developer Matt Thorson, tough-as-nails yet kind-as-kittens platformer Celeste represented a breaking point. His depression and anxiety had gotten so severe that he had no choice but to face them head-on. Thorson says the process was “painful,” but it’s also when Celeste’s story began to take shape. Warning: this post contains spoilers for Celeste…

Crossfire Tournament Proves Fighting Game Fans Will Play Anything Competitively

This weekend, a fighting game tournament called Michigan Masters wrapped up an expansive event in Farmington Hills. In addition to Dragon Ball FighterZ, Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and over 20 other fighting games, a dark corner of the venue played host to a physical board game known as Crossfire The entirety of my Crossfire…

PUBG Supply Drop Has A Mind Of Its Own

Today on Highlight Reel we have impressive outpost captures, nautical glitches, sad graves, 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 for more! Catch up on all…

The Handful Of People Still Playing LawBreakers On PC Aren’t Giving Up On It

If you ask Boss Key Productions, LawBreakers isn’t dead yet. Talk to the game’s most dedicated players, and some will tell you the online shooter is ready for the big dirt nap. And, unlikely as it may be, some are clinging to hope that it will one day rise from its ashes. Boss Key, the…

Google’s New Word Game Is Fun, But Weirdly Into Brands

You know the romantic cliche, “We’re so in love, we can finish each other’s sentences”? Last week, Google made a game just like that, except instead of being romantic, it’s a little creepy. Semantrisis a fun, addictive game that asks players to come up with a word that relates most specifically to another word. The…

The Overwatch League’s Dallas Fuel Keep Firing And Suspending People

The Overwatch League’s Dallas Fuel have released both their head coach Kyle “KyKy” Souder and star DPS player Dong-jun “Rascal” Kim. It’s the latest in a long line of roster shifts and struggles for the team, which has underperformed for the past several weeks Their biggest issue initially was the suspension and subsequent firing of…

The Curse Of Fortnite’s Rarest Items

Every week or so, Fortnite gets new weapons and items. They sound cool as hell, and some even radically alter the game in novel ways. Notice my use of “sound” here, though. I wouldn’t really know. I am suffering through an agonizing Fortnite curse that always keeps these fabled items just out of my reach,…