Japanese Train Station Looks Like Something Out Of Fallout

One hundred and thirty feet underground, this dystopian station might looks like a bunker in the Fallout games, but at least the trains aren’t late. After all, it’s in Japan. This is Tsutsuishi Station in Niigata. It’s unlike any station you’ll see in the country. Lee Chapman at Tokyo Times explains: First built in 1912,…

Gion District. Kyoto, Japan. By Anthony Di Virgilio 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! 

Team Fortress 2 Looks Worse Now Than It Did In 2007

Team Fortress 2 has been out for ten years, and is still around—and very popular—today. In that time you’d think that Valve would have managed to make it prettier, but as this video shows, some of TF2’s visuals have actually gone backwards over the last decade. CrowbCat’s video here compares the original 2007 version of…

Oh, Hey Major

Leandro Franci is a concept artist and illustrator from Brazil, who for the past decade has been working across both entertainment and advertising. You can see more of Leandro’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…

When You Accidentally Murder Your Friends In Battlegrounds

The other night, I jumped into a game of Battlegrounds with some friends. We hopped into the same Discord server so we could all chat to each other, even though we had eight players and PUBG squads have a limit of four. But no matter. Both teams searched for a game separately, and continued on…

Rust Designer Explains The Game’s $4 Million In Refunds

Steam refunds have been around for a couple years now, but many developers keep the particulars of them under their hats. Today, Rust’s Garry Newman published his survival sandbox’s refund data. It’s been refunded 329,970 times. That totals out to $4,382,032 in money given back. It’s a heck of a number, but Newman’s taking it…

Nier: Automata Cosplay Video Has Multiple Endings

To make sure this cosplay video was as true to the source material as possible, Rescue the Princess managed to find an abandoned quarry in Japan, then went and shot some multiple endings WARNING: NIER SPOILERS AHEAD You can watch the alternate endings by getting to the end of the video below then clicking on…

Bad New Final Fantasy XV Mobile Game Now Available

Released on iOS and Android just in time for most fans to be distracted by Episode Prompto, Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire is a generic multiplayer kingdom-builder with FFXV assets laid over top. Hooray. The free-to-play mobile game starts off promisingly enough. Those are definitely Final Fantasy XV characters right there. I see Prompto…

Blizzard Finally Nerfed Hearthstone‘s Quest Rogue Deck

After stirring up loads of controversy, Hearthstone’s much-maligned “Quest Rogue” deck is finally getting nerfed. Instead of triggering the quest by playing four minions with the same name, now players will have to find a way to summon five, which might seem like a small change but is actually a significantly harder task. Quest Rogue…

EVE Online Developer Gets Sent A Bag Of ‘Dicks’ In The Mail

When people got mad, they used to sent a letter. In the internet era, if somebody’s going to use non-electronic mail—which, as I understand it, is powered by snails and horses—it has to be elaborate. Case in point: an EVE Online player who tried to mail one of CCP’s designers a bag full of candy…

Bikes Are Making A Comeback In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

In my search for the best kart in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I paid almost no attention to the bikes. Neither did any of the build recommendation websites that I cited. That’s because a lot of the bikes in Mario Kart 8 didn’t used to be viable in competitive play. Turns out, I shouldn’t have…

The Surge‘s Claustrophobic World Is Disappointing

For the last month, I’ve been livestreaming my playthrough of The Surge on Kotaku’s Twitch channel, defeating one boss a week. Last night, I completed the game. While it was exciting at first, I can now officially confirm that The Surge is not very good. The Surge seemed like a natural fit for a weekly…

A Stealth Game Where You Can Control The Elements 

I had a chance to check out an early alpha build of 2D stealth game Wildfire. It may not have a release date yet, but from what I’ve played it’s looking promising. Wildfire is game where you control elements such as fire and earth to cause distractions (and often lots of localized bush fires). It’s…

Battlegrounds Cracks Down On Thousands Of Cheaters

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ battle royale is typically a test of skill, but that is sometimes ruined by players who can see through walls and score headshots across the map. Over 25,000 players have reportedly been banned already, but cheaters don’t seem worried. The most common cheats you’ll find in Battlegrounds are tried and true staples of…

Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Aims To Prevent Endless Combos

As the latest installment of the quirky Versus series, Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite wouldn’t live up to tradition if it didn’t have some silly tactics lurking within its code. Capcom’s team-based fighting franchise is as chaotic as it is beloved. Past games have had infinite combos and assist-heavy setups that make avoiding damage nearly impossible.…

Female Esports Pros Hope To Close The Gender Gap

Women remain a minority in the esports industry, but they have always been a presence in competitive gaming scenes. Compete’s video team interviewed four female esports experts about their successes, their struggles, and their different takes on competitive gaming’s gender disparity. Sherry “Sherryjenix” Nhan, a pro Street Fighter player, got her start in an all-female…