Japanese Politicians Cosplaying As Anime Characters

The mayor of Nagoya and the governor of Aichi Prefecture both recently suited up as famous anime characters. This was not a first. Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Governor Hideaki Omura cosplay at least once a year for the World Cosplay Summit, a major cosplaying event held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Here is Kawamura: And Omura:…

The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Movie Being Called ‘Better Than Expected’

It seems like most live-action movie versions of manga and anime are terrible. (Remember Attack on Titan?) However, the release day buzz around the new Jojo live-action movie is that it’s actually good. Created by an ageless man, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure debuted as a manga back in 1987 and has gone on to spawn anime…

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You don’t see much Darksiders cosplay these days, so here’s Uriel by Eylerwain. Photo by aKami777.

You Can Complete Tacoma By Just Standing Around

Tacoma’s space station corridors, seemingly cold and barren, are alive with story. You can explore them to your heart’s content, piecing together a tale about the station’s crew—and much more. Or you can just stand around and do nothing, if you want. Your character, Amy Ferrier, is a corporate contractor responding to a distress call…

There Is A Comedy Show About Esports

Here’s the first trailer for Game Grumps’ new series Good Game, which is all about the esports scene surrounding the made-up game Killcore The show stars Game Grumps’ Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson, and if you think their weird little team of gamers don’t look like your average esports team, that’s the point (the “average…

EA’s Basketball Game Now Has Women’s Teams

Let’s be clear, NBA Live is not as good as NBA 2K. But EA’s series now has one clear advantage over its rival, in that it’s going to have WNBA players and teams available in its lineup. Following on from FIFA’s introduction of women’s football a few years back, it’s a great move by EA,…

Battlegrounds Trolls Are Using Car Horns To Annoy Popular Streamers

“There’s nothing worse than getting stream sniped,” streamers said a mere week ago. Oh, how naive they were. The latest major update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds added, among many other things, car horns. Suddenly, as though exposed to a moon stone, stream sniping—the practice of watching somebody’s stream of a game and using it to gain…

Rainbow 6 Replay Really Rubs It In

Today on Highlight Reel we have surprise sticky grenades, twitch-controlled kills, rude replays, 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! Fortnite –I couldn’t resist…

Watch Dogs 2 Modders Hate The Game’s Final Patch

Watch Dogs 2 got its final patch today, which makes impossible to use mods while online if you’re playing on PC. The game’s publisher, Ubisoft, says that this is to ensure fair online play, but the game’s small modding community is very frustrated. The 1.17 patch wasn’t announced as a modding blocker. The features rolled…

Evo Ruleset Now Allows Coaching, With A Catch

Before yesterday, players at the world’s largest fighting game tournament were unable to receive advice from their coach, if they had one, once they reached the semifinals. Now, thanks to a rule change, if they need help during a match of Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros., or any other game contested at the Evolution Championship…

Poll: How Do You Respond To Pyre‘s Most Difficult Moral Choice?

Pyre, the new game from the creators of Bastion and Transistor, is full of difficult choices. This, however, is easily the roughest. What will you do? Please vote, you guys. This is really important. A dog’s mustache hangs in the balance.

Hollow Knight gets its first free DLC today, Hidden Dreams. Expect new bosses, more music, fast-travel, another Stag station, and other secret goodies.

In One Of Steam’s Hottest New Games, Wars Can Last For Days

Foxhole is a new multiplayer game where you play as a soldier in a massive online battlefield. You, along with hundreds of other players, influence the trajectory of a larger war—though that grand scale won’t save you from dying as soon as you reach the front lines. The game is a top-down third-person shooter, and…

Seven Months After Smash Bros. Tournament, Organizers Say They Can’t Pay The Winners

Some of the world’s best Smash Bros. players say they are owed thousands of dollars for their performances in a tournament called BEAST 7 held in Sweden last February. Adam “Armada” Lindgren, the first place winner in the event’s Super Smash Bros. Melee bracket, tweeted yesterday that BEAST 7 had yet to provide “an explanation…

Hearthstone Streamer Uncovers Proof Of Guild Dedicated To Thwarting Him

Several times throughout his Twitch-streamed arena runs, Octavian “Kripparrian” Morosan has noticed odd things: repeating opponent names, accounts named “sniper,” and decks that seem constructed to beat his own draft. After some investigative work, Morosan found proof that this was no coincidence, uncovering a dedicated group of players who would build strong decks and wait…

I Might Be Losing It, But Splatoon 2′s Salmon Run Schedule Is…Fine?

I don’t know if this is some weird digital version of Stockholm Syndrome, or my trying to rationalize a Nintendo-ass decision about multiplayer. Whatever is going on, I’m surprised to report that I’ve started to like the way Salmon Run is only available during certain block schedules. From what I’ve seen online, most Splatoon players seem…

A Game That Explains Why Nobody Trusts Each Other Anymore

The Evolution of Trustis an interactive presentation by Nicky Case that explores cheating and cooperation. The short narrative experience attempts to explain the rise of mistrust and suspicion in today’s society through the lens of game theory. It’s fascinating, and it’s this week’s Indie Pick. The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a remarkable show of…