This deeply unintimidating GameCube controller is precious to me (and one of the last functional ones I own). It brings me luck and joy and brilliant Super Smash Bros. air dodges. And it has damned many challengers in its long and hard life. No, I’m not proud of how it looks—the duct-taped cord, the gunk-covered…
It is with great sadness that I report that I have delayed yet another game: Ni no Kuni II is now coming out in January. The role-playing game, a PS4 and PC sequel to the 2013 PS3 game Ni no Kuni, was previously scheduled for November. “We have decided that more development time is required in…
Track: Try Me (Live at the Apollo) | Artist: James Brown | Album: Please Please Please Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
It’s called “Animegane” and claims to be the first anime-themed eyewear specialty store in the world. “Animegane” is a combination of “anime” and “megane” (glasses), and it accurately sums up what this establishment is all about. But these glasses aren’t just for looks. According to IT Media, Animegane can make different kinds of lenses for…
This is a full-scale build of the Monster Hunter Aquamatic “Longshot” sniper rifle. Twitter user Killer 927 posted photos of this recreation, which was made with foam board, PVC pipe, and wood. Here is the trigger mechanism. It sure is long. The finishing touches and paint job sell the thing. *applause* Kotaku East is your…
Konami released the first Metal Gear on July 13, 1987. Created by Hideo Kojima, the stealth game came out on the MSX2 computer and went on to spawn a successful and beloved franchise. Today, fans are saying thanks. Under the hashtag #MG30th and #メタルギア30周年 (or “Metal Gear 30th Anniversary”), Twitter users have been uploading photos,…
The official Japanese site for the smaller-sized New Nintendo 3DS clearly states that production of the handheld is over. The text in the little box reads 生産終了 (seisan shuuryou) or “production ended.” This does not only pertain to the pictured model. If you click on the Line Up (ラインナップ) tab, it states すべて生産終了しました (subete seisan…
The Pokémon anime debuted in Japan back in 1997, following the adventures of ten-year-old Ash, Pikachu, and their friends. That was nearly twenty years ago. Ash might still be 10, but he sure has changed. Note: This article was originally published on February 8, 2016. It has since been updated. That shouldn’t come as a…
Night. Copenhagen, Denmark. By Dana Ilmansyah. 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!
Here’s Bleach’s Yoruichi Shihōin by ChibiThot
Love it. Cosplay by Beth Grimes, photo by mnbookgeek
I know we’ve already written about this, but boy, just look at this new footage of the official virtual reality version of Mario Kart that you can play in Tokyo this summer.
Doomfist, the newest addition to the cast of Overwatch, has some new skins and sprays that are popping up on the game’s PTR As Dot Esports have catalogued there are ten skins in total, ranging from “just change the colour of his robot arm” to “holy shit get a look at this human paintjob”. Here…
Remember how earlier this year a group of cosplayers did a thing called Underwatch, where they all—men and women alike—dressed like Overwatch characters in underwear? Many of the same cosplayers tried something similar for Anime Expo, only this time they went in the opposite direction. This is Formalwatch, a massive group cosplay project that took…
Fire Pro Wrestling World has been out on Steam for two days. Already, it’s got a roster that includes all the greats, from Shinsuke Nakamura to Andre The Giant to the consensus best wrestler of all time, A Bear. For the past couple days, Fire Pro Wrestling World, the latest entry in a decades-old retro-style…
It’s a new Overwatch match, a fresh start. You’ve got a good feeling about this one. But then you get within spitting distance of the point, and suddenly Winston crashes down on you, Tracer sucks up your health pool like her weapon’s a giant milkshake straw, and Genji chops up what’s left—all in the blink…
You can now roast a delicious marshmallow in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The new “Roasted” gesture lets you make a well-done summer treat, courtesy of Call of Duty‘s Days of Summer event, which runs until August 1.
EVE Online has taken a step out off of the science fiction stage and into the realm of real-world astronomy: Right now, thousands of EVE players are digging through gigabytes of raw scientific data, scouring the Milky Way for evidence of distant planets. Project Discovery, a collaborative project between CCP Games, Massively Multiplayer Online Science…
In preparation for the upcoming narrative game Detroit, I’ve been streaming David Cage’s 2010 crime thriller Heavy Rain over the last two weeks on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Last night, we reached the game’s most iconic and brutal scene. Heavy Rain revolves around the Origami Killer, a serial murderer who kidnaps children, drowns them in rainwater,…
One of the great tragedies in video game history is the demise of StarCraft: Ghost, a game that spent nearly a decade in development hell before fizzling completely. Although we’ll likely never play that game, there exists a decent substitute inside of a game Blizzard did release—StarCraft II Last year, Blizzard released a series of…
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