Building A Lego Ship In A Bottle Seems Pretty Easy

Clever artisans have been building bottled boats since the 1800s, using either long-handled tools or folding mast and sail trickery to create striking works of nautical art. Due out in February, the Lego Ideas version is more of a build-a-bottle-around-a-boat deal. Works for me. TheLego Ideas program gives fan creators a chance to see their…

For The First Time In 11 Years, The Japanese Console Game Market Has Grown

Over the past few years, the console market in Japan—both hardware and software sales—has been sluggish. In 2017, however, that changed. According to Famitsu, hardware sales experienced a huge spike in 2017 compared to the previous year. In 2016, Japanese hardware sales were 117.05 billion yen ($1.05 billion), while in 2017, they jumped to 202.37…

Invasion Of The Virtual Anime Girl YouTubers

Last year, anime girl and virtual YouTuber Ai Kizuna made a name for herself online. Now, a slew of other virtual anime YouTubers are hoping to do the same. The virtual YouTubers are made with animation software, with their creators controlling and voicing 3D models. With a million subscribers, Ai Kizuna might be the most…

Hunter x Hunter‘s Creator Sounds Like A Nice Boss

Working in the manga business is hard. The hours are long, and some bosses allegedly don’t even pay their assistants overtime! Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi, however, seems like someone you’d want to work for. According to Buzz News, Togashi’s former assistant said the famed manga creator pays a twice yearly bonus to his…

You Can Own The Sword From Sword Art Online 

In Sword Art Online, the blade main character Kirito carries is the Elucidator. A full-scale replica is coming out, and it not only looks like the anime’s popular sword, but is packed full of hi-tech features. The sword has an internal 6-axis sensor, so its sound effects can correspond to how it is swung. It…

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3D Art vs Cosplay Photography

One of these is a photo of cosplayer Shirogane-sama, as Nier: Automata’s 2B. The other is a 3D model made from scratch by artist Chauliac Romain. Both images look equal parts real and too real for their own reasons. And if you haven’t been able to tell which is which from the watermark on one…

Report: Twitch Signs Two-Year Deal With Overwatch League Worth At Least $90 Million 

Overwatch League’s two-year deal to stream its matches on Twitch is the biggest such contract in esports history, worth at least $90 million, according to a new report from Sports Business Journal Twitch will stream all regular season and postseason contests and serve as the sole broadcaster for half of the league’s 12 weekly matches,…

We’re playing Escape from Tarkov in a surprise stream live now on Twitch. In this hardcore military shooter and loot collector, you lose your gear when you die. Which means we better be careful or else all our cool stuff will get pilfered.

Mass Effect: Andromeda Works Way Better As A Management Sim

Mass Effect: Andromeda was met with disappointment, and, in the worst parts of the internet, harassment campaigns. The game had Mass Effect in the title but it didn’t quite feel one. But Mass Effect: Andromeda deserves to be remembered as more than just another hyped AAA game that failed to meet fan expectations and corporate…

Hackers Aside, Call of Duty: World at War Is Still Gruesome Fun

It’s been nearly ten years since the release of Call of Duty: World at War, the last game in the series to dip into World War II before last year’s revival. With a ridiculous amount of hours logged on Call of Duty: WWII, I decided to revisit it recently, using Xbox One’s backward compatibility. It…

Obscure Hidden Message In BioShock Re-Surfaces A Decade After Release

More than 10 years after the release of BioShock, an obscure error message has popped up again thanks to an unlikely source—an anonymous developer, posting on 4chan, who says he or she worked on BioShock 2 The 4chan poster, writing in a thread about game creators doing drugs, alleged that developers on BioShock 2 would…

Turret-Covered Helicopter Becomes Video Game Death Machine

Today on Highlight Reel we have Escape from Tarkov moves, deadly choppers, a dramatic Battlefield horse, 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…

16 Things Twitter Taught Me About Warframe

Last week I began playing Warframe, a video game about robot gymnasts who spend all their money on clothes. I blew up a few bad guys, then took one look at my extremely intimidating inventory screen and decided I needed help. Fortunately, seeing as how I’m a high-profile influencer (not really) with a bunch of…

Golf Story Is Almost The Seinfeld Of Video Games

One of my absolute favorite games from 2017 was Golf Story for the Nintendo Switch. The other day, I made a video of myself playing the first hour of the game. For your convenience, I have digested the video down to 40 minutes. If I had to summarize what exactly it is I find so…

How To Skip All Of Super Mario Odyssey‘s Darker Side

Super Mario Odyssey has a hell-gauntlet at the end of the game that stymies plenty of casual players, but speedrunners have been skipping it for a while using a simple glitch. You can, too. The most difficult area in Super Mario Odyssey is the Darker Side, a hidden portion of the Moon that players can…

A Viewer’s Guide To Overwatch League

Overwatch League kicks off tomorrow in the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, CA with a trio of matches starting at 7 pm Eastern. Blizzard will broadcast the league’s games via both Twitch and Major League Gaming. Preseason matches only broadcasted on MLG, which had the dubious benefit of no available viewership statistics. Now that the debut…