Wolfenstein 2 Reminds Us What Heroes Look Like

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is about injury. From crippled heroes to resistance leaders grappling with PTSD, the game’s cast of heroes bears deep wounds that recall the all-too-real injuries of war veterans, victims, and those who would ignore them. At the start of The New Colossus, barely awake from a months-long coma and hardly…

Squishy’s Ceiling Golazo Might Be The Best Rocket League Play Ever

Mariano “Squishy” “SquishyMuffinz” Arruda’s Cloud9 team only finished third at this past weekend’s Rocket League season four finals in Washington, D.C., so Mr. Muffinz will have to settle for what might be the best single shot ever made in competitive Rocket League history. There are multiple elements to break down here, so start by watching…

Sims Players’ New Pets Are Just The Worst

The latest expansion for the Sims 4, Cats & Dogs, hit last Friday and players have already found a way to shitpost with it. The Create A Pet options for Cats & Dogs are truly incredible. Touchingly, some players are using it to create their own pets, and others are being extremely self indulgent and…

EA Defense Of Star Wars Battlefront II Becomes Most Downvoted Reddit Comment Ever

We’re four days away from the first Star Wars video game story since Star Wars Kinect, but few people are talking about what Star Wars Battlefront II’s campaign might look like. Instead, the internet discourse has been all about microtransactions, and players feel so ripped off that they’ve granted publisher EA the award for most…

There’s Even More Kotaku On Instagram

Hello, hello, hello. There’s been a lot going on on our Instagram, and there’s more to come. So if you enjoy chill vibes… …passionate rants… …or featured fan art… …there’s something for you! So follow us!

Noctis From Final Fantasy XV Is Coming To Tekken 7

First Injustice 2 gets the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and now Tekken 7 is getting Final Fantasy XV’s Prince Charming. Noctis Lucis Caelum joins the King of Iron Fist Tournament this spring. Originally published 11/12/2018 Judging by the announcement video, which debuted at the Tekken World Tour Finals earlier today, not only are we getting…

This Week In Games: It’s Star Wars Season 

Pew pew. We’re about a month out from The Last Jedi, which Disney is apparently so thrilled about they’ve decided to give director Rian Johnson his very own Star Wars trilogy to do what he will with. Until then there’s Star Wars Battlefront 2, the first game since Disney purchased the license to feature a…

Billionaire Jack Ma Stars In A Martial Arts Short Film

Worth over $47 billion, Jack Ma is therichest man in Asia. He’s the 18th richest one in the world. He’s also making his martial arts movie debut. Titled Gong Shou Dao (The Art of Attack and Defence), the 20-plus minute short film is being shown in full for free online. As Asia One points out,…

Snoopy Themed Japanese Tea Houses

Like Peanuts? What about green tea? If you’re in Japan, be sure to visit one of the Snoopy teahouses. Called Snoopy cha-ya (茶屋), which means “teahouse,” there are locations in Ise, Yufu, and Kyoto. They serve Japanese food and drinks with a Snoopy spin. How wonderful. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

The Loneliness Of Japan In Retro-Style GIFs

Big cities can feel lonely. The likes of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya are no exception. Pixel artist Motocross-Saito captures that loneliness in retro-style GIFs. Motocross-Saito’s work is somewhat reminiscent of these retro-style GIFs Kotaku previously posted, but there’s something more isolating and alienated about them.  The following GIFs are from Motocross-Saito’s Tumblr You can follow…

Godafoss Waterfall. Bárðardalur, Iceland. By Russell Eck. 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! 

Overwatch Cosplay Actually Glows In The Dark

Hime Shinra, a cosplayer from Indonesia, has done something real different for this Sombra shoot: to nail the character’s purple neon effects, she used both UV lights and special powders so that she’d actually glow in the dark. The images were taken at BlueMoon Studios, who also helped put everything together. Here are some of…

Rocket League Finals End In Nail-Biting Overtime

The season four finals of the Rocket League Championship Series ended in a European grudge match, as its top two teams Gale Force eSports and Method clashed again in the grand finals. Over the course of four games, Gale Force eSports cemented its throne atop the Rocket League scene with a 4-0 sweep of the…

There’s A Hot Ryu Action Figure

Shirtless, bearded Ryu, one of the best Street Fighter skins of all time, is now also one of the best Street Fighter figures of all time. Made by Storm Collectibles, he features…no shirt and a beard. And some fireball effects for his hands, if you want to clip them on to detract in some small…

The New Wave Of Indie Arcade Cabinets Continues To Look Beautiful

Fewer and fewer new releases find their way into arcades these days. Even the latest version of Street Fighter, a series synonymous with the scene, ended up forgoing an official arcade cabinet having settled instead solely on the virtual arena of online multiplayer. Fortunately, there are still people trying to preserve the feeling of local…

A mountain or two can be a nice bonus for a Civilization V spawn point, but XtraFalcon’s start here is something else.

Looking Back On The Promise Of Second Life 

A year before World of Warcraft came out, Linden Lab released Second Life, a virtual world that was supposed to be an alternative to this one but became for many a hopeful replacement. Over a decade later it looks archaic and feels almost quaint, but for the hundreds of thousands who still live part-time there,…