We’re finishing our playthrough of L.A. Noire right now on Twitch “Either I finish it or it finishes me,” Staff Reporter Heather Alexandra said.

Battlegrounds Continues To Break Records On Steam

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds continues to dominate Steam, dethroning Valve’s Dota 2 for highest concurrent player count of all-time. It was only a month ago that the game reached over 800,000 active users, placing at the top of the digital platforms chart for what people are currently playing at any given time. Now it’s also displaced Dota…

This Week In The Business: Tackling Toxic Communities

QUOTE | “If you are a bad person doing bad things in Overwatch, we just don’t want you in Overwatch. We don’t want to create areas for you where just the bad people are. We just don’t want those people in Overwatch.” – Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan says the company has disciplined more than 400,000 Overwatch…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for trying to parcel out a book you’re really enjoying so you don’t finish it too soon and have nothing to read on the subway. Also, video games. I’ll be playing Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, which we started today on Kotaku’s Facebook page. (Spoilers: guys get mad when you jump on…

Origin PC Eon15-S Review: What A Budget Gaming Laptop Looks Like These Days

Somewhere between the fancier notebooks at your local big box store and high-powered desktop replacements is the “budget” gaming laptop, a modestly-priced portable system built to play games well enough. Origin PC’s latest Eon15-S is the perfect example. The Eon15-S is a 15-inch laptop designed by system builder Origin PC to deliver the boutique custom…

Cooking Game Looks Delicious, Feels Stressful

It’s 5:30, and I realize in half an hour I’ll be slammed with customers. Before they all get here I need to unclog the toilets, take out the trash, refill the drink machine, and prep the hot dogs, corndogs and pretzels. Before I get a chance, someone orders some fucking nachos. Cook Serve Delicious 2…

Smash Players Thought They Were Friends With A Reclusive ‘God’ Developer, But Now Suspect She Duped Them

Over the course of three years, an impostor convinced the Smash community—as well as her friends, housemates and girlfriend—that she was a reclusive and revered programmer behind the famous Smash mod, Project M, several sources close to the issue say. The supposed impostor, who goes by many names and who we’ll call Katy for clarity,…

Infinite Warfare’s Final Zombies Map Is Both Nostalgic And Infuriating

The Beast From Beyond zombies map that closes out Call of Duty Infinite Warfare’s run of map packs reintroduces players to the alien Cryptids from the Extinction mode in 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts. That’s cool, but it does so in a way that makes even the early rounds of the map hard to enjoy.…

Lego Dimensions’ Second Year Ends Well

This weeks marks the release of the final wave of toys in Lego Dimensions year two, possibly the final wave ever. If the game’s going out, adding Teen Titans, Powerpuff Girls and Beetlejuice to the mix in one fell swoop is a heck of a way to go. It’s been a pretty good second year…

Destiny 2‘s New Raid Is A Massive Contraption Full Of Secrets

Destiny 2, a video game in which players travel through space, accidentally dismantling legendary mods and wasting hours of progress, just got a brand new raid called the Leviathan. And it’s one of the coolest things Bungie has done so far. For three years, the most exciting thing about Destiny 1 has been its mystery.…

The First Japanese Evo Will Be A Bit Different

Despite a long history spanning back to 1996, the Evolution Championship Series has never held an event outside the United States. That’s all going to change come January 2018, as the organization plans to host the inaugural Evo Japan in Tokyo, with a few notable changes that set it apart from the main tournament series.…

Destiny 2 Players Will No Longer Have To Google Where To Find Xur

Getting great loot in Destiny 2 means hunting down Xur, the mysterious squid-faced weapons merchant who probably feels strange to kiss. In Destiny, that meant searching the Tower high and low until you stumbled upon him. Thankfully, it’s much easier this time around. Xur is a strange merchant who shows up once a week with…

Yakuza‘s Villain Is One Of Gaming’s Best

Sephiroth, Liquid Snake, Ganondorf; video games have some wonderful villains. But making bad guy who is both frightening and sympathetic is a challenge. Yakuza nails it, creating what might be gaming’s best antagonist. We take a look how they pull it off in this critical video. Transcript: Crafting a compelling villain is tough. It’s one…

The Secret, Dull Lives Of Gundam 

If you thought Gundam was about large mecha fighting each other, you are correct. But what if it was about mecha with boring, everyday lives? Artist Ika Ninja’s art depicts just that. Below are some of Ika Ninja’s most amusing Gundam drawings. If you like them (and really, you should), you can follow Ika Ninja…