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The King In The North Is A Sad, Beautiful Boy

Lius Lasahido is a concept artist and illustrator from Indonesia. You can see more of Lasahido’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the…

Blizzard Making Some Changes To StarCraft II

Once this year’s tournament season is done in November, Blizzard are looking to make some “major design changes” to StarCraft II’s units and economy. Those changes have been implemented in a “design patch” which is live now on the Testing server, and while they’re liable to change further following testing, they give you a good…

Rare, Expensive Roman Board Game Is Worth Tracking Down

When it comes to board games (and debacles), there is nothing quite like Glory To Rome Rated 129th overall on BoardGameGeek and released around 2005, I have played it maybe a dozen times, and every time I am both delighted by its intricacies, and so frustrated that I need to play it again. It is…

Even Sonic Can’t Outrun Death

Today on Highlight Reel we have existentially depressing Sonic clips, gun tricks, Battlegrounds depression, 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! Battlefield 1 –It’s…

Subsurface Circular Tells A Short, Engrossing Robot Detective Story

Today Thomas Was Alone and Volume designer Mike Bithell dropped a surprise game on Steam called Subsurface Circular. It’s a short robot detective story set entirely on a train beneath a futuristic city, and it’s pretty cool. Bithell sent us a code for the game earlier this week, so I sat down and spent a…

Cities: Skylines Adds Music Festivals 

The worst part of games like Cities: Skylines is that you can make an awesome city you can’t actually live in. Cities: Skylines new Concerts add on won’t let you live in the city of your dreams, but it brings the game a little closer to the things that make cities fun to live in.…

Five Ideas Other Shooters Should Steal From Splatoon 2

Nintendo’s brilliant online shooter Splatoon 2 deserves to be copied by other similar games. Not necessarily the fashion stuff or the whole “paint the floor” thing. Rather, some of the game’s smaller ideas…. 1. Give the game its own TV show. Modern games are constantly changing. If you haven’t played your favorite game for a…

Trailer For Fishing Simulator Game Is Freaking Intense, Man

Fishing Planet just got a trailer that is surprisingly hardcore for a game that’s about standing around and fishing. I come from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and can tell you that you are more infinitely more likely to get a sunburn than you are likely to look this badass while fishing. Fishing is generally…

EVE: Valkyrie Won’t Require VR After Next Expansion

This week, CCP Games announced a massive shakeup to its immersive VR shooter EVE: Valkyrie. A free expansion coming in September called “Warzone” will, among other things, remove the need for a virtual reality headset. By decoupling Valkyrie from its VR roots, a much wider player base will be able to log in and play…

The Night They Turned On The First NBA Jam Machine

In this early excerpt from NBA Jam, a book from Boss Fight Books and author Reyan Ali coming in 2018, we learn about the night the development team from Midway let arcadegoers get their hands on their innovative, soon-to-be-legendary basketball game for the first time. Boss Fight Books’ next “season” of books about video games…

Haunting New Hiroshima Anime Illustrates Life Before The Bomb

The specter of the Hiroshima bombing hangs over the World War II anime In This Corner of the World, and yet, the movie easily lures viewers into a specious calm with easy vignettes of ‘40s Japan. Falling into the regularity and mundanity of surviving a seemingly far-off war only serves to make the inevitable more catastrophic.…

No Man’s Sky Players Are Marveling At The Lush New Grass

Want to know how No Man’s Sky has changed since launch? The first thing you should do is check out the beautiful grass. The Atlas Update for No Man’s Sky said, “The variety and visual quality of planetary biomes has been improved,” but it didn’t detail how or what. While there’s a lot of cool…

Which Games Scared You As A Kid?

When I was a kid, I begged my parents for a Game Gear. When I eventually wore them down, they bought me the handheld, along with six games—but I only had the courage to play five of them. I made my way through Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Lemmings, Winter Olympics: Lillehammer 94 (my…

Razer Gear Looks Really Nice In White

I’ve been reviewing Razer accessories and hardware for ages, and aside from the odd license tie-in and those rainbow headsets, they’ve mostly had one thing in common—they’ve been black. Well now we’ve got the Mercury line, so bright and white they look like the restless spirits of real Razer products. Razer’s actually gottwo new color…

Pinball FX 3 Is All About Cross-Platform Competition

Coming soon to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, the third installment of Zen Studios’ pinball platform will focus on community run tournaments and multiplayer match-ups. Today the studio announced which console and PC platforms can play together, as well as which Pinball FX 2 tables players can import into Pinball FX 3. When Zen…