We’re playing Echo live now on Twitch. It’s a stealth-puzzle game where the enemies learn whatever actions we perform. Which means we probably shouldn’t shoot them..

Kylo Ren’s SNL Gag Is Now A Battlefront II Mod

Remember Matt The Technician, Kylo Ren’s run as an Undercover Boss on Saturday Night Live? It’s in Battlefront II now. This lil’ mod takes the game’s Unmasked Kylo Ren skin and replaces it with Matt, who is shredded, and definitely not a punk bitch. This skin, by GameTSF and ricksterlol, only works in the game’s…

Style Savvy: Styling Star: The Kotaku Review

The best thing about the newest Style Savvy isn’t the cute outfits or the glamorous fantasy. It’s that it makes you feel good about helping people. Style Savvy is a series of games about running a boutique. In them, you have to stock a store and then sell clothing to customers. It’s your responsibility to…

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Mass Effect Graphics Mod Makes Garrus’ Scales Even More Detailed 

2017 came and went without any word from Bioware on when and if a proper remaster of the Mass Effect trilogy will ever happen. Fortunately the first game in the series is still getting new updates via mods that add new textures and character details, including better beard hair for Joker. MEUITM is a Mass…

The Best Places To Start On PUBG‘s Desert Map

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ desert map of Miramar is a massive sprawl of cities, mountain complexes and hidden bases. The new map’s sheer scale provides an overwhelming number of potential locations to drop into at the start of a match. Here are some of the best. A good drop zone has two things: reliable loot and strong…

Logan Paul’s Career Isn’t Over—It’s Going To Get Even Bigger 

2017’s “YouTube Rewind,” the end-of-year advertisement for the biggest trends and hottest creators on the platform, urges people to come together after an awful year. This heartfelt sentiment lasts about thirty seconds before the camera plunges back down to earth, where a rooftop party rages. Here, two blonde men look out at the horizon, squad…

IGN Fires Editor-In-Chief For ‘Alleged Misconduct’

The massive gaming website IGN has fired its editor-in-chief, Steve Butts, after an investigation into alleged workplace misconduct, the company said today. “IGN initiated an investigation into alleged misconduct involving Steve Butts. As a result of the investigation, the Company has appropriately determined to part ways with Mr. Butts,” said IGN general manager Mitch Galbraith…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Makes The Force Awakens Much More Interesting

Back when it came out, Star Wars: The Force Awakens played like a straightforward homage to 1977’s Star Wars. It was plenty fun, but wasn’t all that deep. Now that I’ve seen its follow-up, The Last Jedi, The Force Awakens seems a lot more interesting. The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens Spoilers Ahead! I’ve…

Someone Beat The Zelda DLC’s Boss Naked And With Three Hearts

No shirt, no shoes, no problem. The final challenge of The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild’s Champions’ Ballad DLC revolves around a boss fight with Monk Maz Koshia, a wiley warrior from the Sheikah tribe who employs traps and various ninja techniques to punish unprepared players. A YouTuber who goes by Delicious…

RPG Lets You Beat Up Monsters To Pay For Health Care

Rxcovery is an RPG about a hospital patient with only 30 minutes left on life support. Players explore a hospital full of monsters in order to raise enough money to save their character’s life. It’s a tense combination of turn-based combat and maze-like level design and this week’s Indie Pick. Sometimes all it takes to…

Imagining What A New Diddy Kong Racing Might Look Like

Diddy Kong Racing for the N64 was never able to escape that long shadow cast by Mario Kart. While the game got a remake for the DS, it never got a true successor. And if we’re being honest, it probably never will. Fortunately there’s a fan video to help fill the void left by its…

How To Stream PC Games On Twitch

Are you the next Dr. Disrespect? Are you the best Rocket League player you know? Is your incessant couch commentary so entertaining to your gaming friends that they’ve asked you to never, ever stop? Probably, then, you’ve thought about streaming on Twitch. It can look a little complicated if you’re watching professional streamers go ham…

Inside Where PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Is Made 

South Korean site Inven recently spoke with PUBG Corp boss C.H. Kim about the future of Battlegrounds, including the possibility of movies and animation. The site also got a look into PUBG Corp’s swank Seoul offices. You can read Kim’s interview here in English, but check out the studio in Inven’s photos. Looks nice! You…

Japanese TV Rings In The New Year With Blackface

On New Year’s Eve, one member of Japan’s most famous comedy duo donned blackface for nationwide television. Masatoshi Hamada, who is one part of the comedy team Downtown, did blackface while in Beverly Hills Cop duds for his variety show’s New Year’s Eve special. While the others laughed and clapped, he showed that makeup was…

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Kyle Enochs is an artist at Gunfire Games, the studio currently working on Darksiders III You can see more of Kyle’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…

One of the coolest things about Planet Coaster is that its customers look and feel almost alive. If you want to see how that was done, Gamasutra have an interviewwith Owen McCarthy, Principal Programmer at Frontier, who explains the making of the game’s believable crowds