Star Fox 2 Is A Time Capsule Worth Opening At Least Once

One, sixty-four, zero, two. That’s the order of release for Nintendo’s Star Fox series, and it’s the order that I’ve now played them. Star Fox Adventures and Command turned up in the middle, if we’re also counting releases with subtitles instead of numbers. The most recently released game on that list, Star Fox 2, was…

Pinball FX 3gives Zen Studios pinball fans a very good reason to return to their old tables. Every table in the free-to-download game features unlockable upgrades and special abilities, which help players master mechanics and rack up higher scores. The call of “one more game” is very hard to resist.

Battle.Net Gets New Social Features

Blizzard’s Battle.net service is giving players what they want—access to their gaming friends on every device, whenever. It’s a push for hyper convenience, but will undoubtedly lead many players to wonder which chat service they should use. On Battle.net’s beta version of its desktop app, a “Social” tab is now visible. Players can voice or…

Everything You Didn’t Know About Drifting In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Every single time you do a drift in Mario Kart, you charge up a speed boost that unleashes when you exit the drift. But there’s a lot more happening under the hood when it comes to this speed boost: how fast it charges, how long it lasts, and whether or not it’s actually going to…

Telltale’s Batman Appears To Use Real Photo Of Assassinated Russian Ambassador [Update]

The latest episode of Batman: The Telltale Series looks to use a photo of assassinated Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov to depict the aftermath of a Gotham robbery. Warning: Graphic imagery. The image appears in the recently release Episode 2: The Pact when Bruce Wayne and Alfred are researching crimes. Kotaku has reached out to Telltale…

One Piece Turned Into A Massive Buddhist Rock Garden

To celebrate One Piece’s 20th anniversary, Buddhist temple Daikaku-ji in Kyoto is holding a special One Piece exhibition, with mixes the pirate characters with traditional Japanese motifs and art styles. One of the exhibit’s most impressive displays is an 800-square meter Japanese garden with a scene showing Luffy fighting a Nue, a Japanese-style chimera.  The…

First Teaser For the Tokyo Ghoul:re Anime

The clip is 30 seconds long, but the amount of Tokyo Ghoul footage is much, much shorter. The Tokyo Ghoul:re anime is slated for 2018. The manga by the same debuted in 2014 and is a sequel to the first Tokyo Ghoul manga series. The teaser doesn’t announce which studio is doing the animation, but…

Orange Street in Asakusa. Tokyo, Japan. By Hjalmar Östberg. 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! 

Cuphead, As Told By Steam Reviews

Ever wondered how many different ways people can find to say, “this video game is hard”? Then oh boy, Cuphead’s Steam reviews are gonna be a treat for you. In our review, Heather wrote that she mostly enjoyed Cuphead despite (and also because of) the difficulty. Sure, bosses had a few cheap attacks, but she…

It’s not just Stardew Valley release day for the Nintendo Switch. Another celebrated indie, the Metroid homage Axiom Verge, is also now out for Nintendo’s system. That makes two Metroidy games released on portable Nintendo machines in just a few weeks. Is this real life?

Battlefront II Trooper Is A Real Airhead

Today on Highlight Reel we have dad streamers, Destiny 2 accomplishments, Fortnite bush tactics 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…

Nintendo Makes One Final Miiverse Community To Say Goodbye

Goodbye, Miiverse, you beautiful, mutant thing. If you’re a Nintendo fan, it’s hard not to get a little emotional about it. The Miiverse was a great expanse for small, lonely shouts into the abyss that is Nintendo’s communication infrastructure. Sometimes, we saw great, well-rendered gestures of love for dear Nintendo characters like Splatoon’s Callie. Other…

Hugs And Shoulder Taps Speak As Loud As Words in Divinity: Original Sin 2‘s Conversations

Physical contact has always been fairly limited in video games. In many games, your character can hit others with their hands, feet, or arm that’s also a sword, if you have one of those. In some, your character can flirt or have sex with other characters. In a handful, you can hold hands. I can…

Tips For Playing Golf Story

Golf Story is a very charming golf themed RPG for the Switch, but it kinda throws you into the game without telling you a lot about how to play it. If you’ve had trouble sinking a hole-in-one, these tips will probably help you. Look At The Controls At any point you can hit – on…

Destiny 2 Players Discover Humorously Elaborate Raid Exploit

Remember when Destiny 1 players figured out that you could easily beat a raid boss by pulling your LAN cable? Remember how hilarious it was, and how hollow you felt afterward? If you want to feel that way again, you’re in luck. Destiny 2 raid spoilers follow! Over on the Destiny subreddit, user 07yourdesires has…

Some Of The Best Looks From Absolver‘s Fashion Community

Given the option to customize a character’s appearance, players will no doubt start to design looks and outfits as they accumulate new cosmetic choices. After all, if you’re going to beat other players, you should look good doing it. Martial-arts action game Absolver has found a home for its fashion-forward players in a subreddit called…

Tips For Playing Stardew Valley [Updated!]

Living off the land ain’t easy. There’s a lot about Stardew Valley that the game doesn’t really explain, which makes jumping in a bit daunting. Heck, after playing dozens of hours myself, I still feel like I’m finding out new things about how the game works every day. So, I thought it might be useful…

Japanese ‘Gore Erotica’ Is Slowly Catching On In The West [NSFW] 

A bloodied wolf man birthing an unspeakable thing. The top half of a schoolgirl clawing her way across a marble floor. A soldier licking his lover’s eyeball. Heads up: This article contains explicit pictures and descriptions of sexual violence and gore. (Originally published 6/30/2016)  This is ero guro, a Japanese artistic movement dating back to…

YouTubers Challenge Speedrunner To A Race Through Mario 64, Almost Win

Thanks to recent ROM hacks, players can enjoy Super Mario 64 online together. The multiplayer hack recently allowed a handful of YouTubers to race against a speedrunner. Super Mario 64 Online is a ROM hack by Kaze Emanuar, Melonspeedruns and Marshivolt. It allows up to 24 players to explore the game together. A group of…