People Are Gambling With Battlegrounds Skins Now

Last year, Valve issued 23 stern cease and desist letters to sites that ran Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling sites. A year later, not only are a handful of sites still taking bets for CS:GO skin roulettes, but the market has spread into great, wide world of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds skins. Since the beginning of this year,…

Disney Shuts Down Marvel Heroes [UPDATE]

Today, Marvel (under Disney) said that it is ending its relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, who makes Marvel Heroes. In an e-mail, a Marvel representative wrote: “We regret to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, and that the Marvel Heroes games will be shut down. We would like…

The Curious Case Of The ‘EA Game Dev’ Who Said He Received Death Threats [UPDATE]

Earlier this week, a man with “Game Dev @EA” in his Twitter profile wrote that he had received death threats from angry Star Wars Battlefront II fans. His story was covered by news outlets like USA Today, the BBC, and Yahoo. Vice wrote an editorial about it, CNBC ran a headline about it, and the…

Tekken Star Humiliates Hacker Into Rage-Quitting

Developing fighting games for PC is a risky proposition, as it often just makes it simpler for players to do silly things likeform an all-Ryu team in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 orshoot themselves to the top of the Street Fighter V rankings. World-class Tekken competitor Jae-min “Knee” Bae recently found himself matched up against…

The mysterious new fighting game from Akira now has an official name and it’s…Fighting EX Layer There’s also a trailer. Akira Nishitani, the developer behind Fighting Layer andStreet Fighter EX announced the news over at PlayStation Blog. The game is also getting a two week beta test on PS4 starting December 11.

Dead Or Alive Xtreme Has The Sexiest Glitches 

Today, Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation was released in Japan. Like any new game, there are bound to be glitches, but few games have ones as sexy as these. Announced at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation is a PC browser version of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. Some…

Tecmo Koei Defeats Major Chinese Piracy Group 

In May, Tecmo Koei sued popular cracking-group 3DM Game in China for copyright violation. This month, Tecmo Koei announced it had won the lawsuit. Kotaku reported last year that 3DM’s leader Bird Sister posted on her personal blog, “We just had an internal meeting. Starting at the Chinese New Year, 3DM will not crack any…

Inside Japan’s Coolest Video Game Rooms

Do you have a video game room? You know, a room dedicated to playing video games. Some folks in Japan do, and they are very, very cool.  For example, Twitter user Hakuna showed off his gaming room, which is hidden in the closet, adding the hashtag #ゲーマーのお部屋見せてください (#geemaa no oheya misete kudasai or “Show me…

What a View. Mt. Fansipan, Vietnam. By Philipp Teich. 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! 

Keep Your Cool, Man

Alexander Trufanov is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Ubisoft and Game Insight. You can see more of Alexander’s work at his 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…

Artist’s Cyberpunk Project Gets Turned Into An Action Figure

Here is something very cool: Johnson Ting, an artist we featured on Fine Art a few years back, has had a character from his personal project Neo Japan 2022 made into a big, detailed action figure. It’s by Devil Toys, and will be out in Q1 2018, selling for around $180. You can see more…

Floating Fortnite Player Hit From Across The Map

Today on Highlight Reel we have super soldiers, auditory hallucinations, nice shots, 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 up on all the…

British Soccer Writer Is Baffled By The Prospect Of Gamers Humping

In an article titled “Are eSports Going To Replace The Beautiful Game?” British GQ contributor Andy Mitten spins a yarn about going somewhere where there are no Manchester United fans. Where are all the sports-hungry young men, he wonders? This is where the esports hook comes in, a full twelve paragraphs after the article has…