MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Ti Review: Solid, If Not Exciting

Equipped with 5% less CUDA cores than the GTX 1080 and the same GDDR5 memory as the vanilla GTX 1070, it’s not so simple to judge the performance of Nvidia’s new GTX 1070 Ti. We know that it has 2432 cores (27% more than the 1070) and a throughput of 8Gbps thanks to its 256-bit…

The Xbox One X Is Great So Far, But Waiting For Game Updates Is The Worst

After spending a week with the Xbox One X, Microsoft’s “world’s most powerful console,” I know three things for certain. It’s definitely an Xbox One, it makes enhanced games look lovely, and waiting for Xbox One X enhancement updates sucks. The $500 Xbox One X is a ridiculously powerful console, but in order to actively…

The Ups And Downs Of Teabagging In Pro Gaming

When the clock counted down the last 100 seconds, Injustice 2 Pro Series player Dominique “Sonic Fox” McLean knew he’d already won the match. His opponent’s health bar had been reduced to a sliver. All Sonic Fox had to do was kill time. So he started teabagging. As the enemy player cowered on the other…

Tokyo’s Best Souvenir Snack Just Got Better

When people who know go to Tokyo, they buy one souvenir. Make that, the best souvenir. They buy Tokyo Banana. And that snack just got better because it’s getting a Kit Kat version. Or maybe Japanese Kit Kats just got better because they’re getting a Tokyo Banana flavor. Whichever. The point is, Tokyo Banana are…

War. War Sometimes Changes.

2002’s Medal of Honor and 2017’s Call of Duty: WW2 have very similar intros (a nice touch, given CoD’s lineage). So similar that they’re a handy example of just how far video game visuals have come in the last 15 years. Both involve the same scenario—a first-person invasion of the beaches of Normandy—and both are…

Battlegrounds‘ Hackers Getting Roughed Up In Net Cafes

Hackers can really ruin the experience for everyone. Recently, clips have been surfacing of people not exactly pleased when they see fellow players using speed hacks in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Warning: The clips below contain physical violence. Speed hacks make it possible for cheaters to move so quickly that they’re impossible to track. The clips below…

The Pokémon Anime’s 1,000th Episode Is Next Week 

The first episode of the Pokémon television anime aired on April 1, 1997 in Japan. Next week, the show will reach the 1,000th episode milestone. The name of the 1,000th episode is “Lilie and Silvady, the Resurrected Memory!” and will feature Silvady’s TV anime debut. Broadcasting on November 9, the episode looks like a tearjerker…

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Guy Dressed As A Grisly Nintendo Switch For Halloween

Reader Matt didn’t dress up as a Nintendo character for Halloween. He dressed up as a Nintendo console, complete with bloody Halloween twist. Having Arms lit up on the front of the screen was a nice touch, considering the horrific surprise awaiting anyone who tried to disconnect the Joy-Con. You can see some shots of…

Wolfenstein’s Posters Are Just The Best

As with the first Wolfenstein, New Colossus shows that there are few studios out there who get singleplayer FPS quite like MachineGames does. A big part of that is down to their focus not just on the shooting, but on the world you’re shooting your way through. In New Colossus, a game full of lovable…

Explicit Sex Games Keep Getting Onto Steam

If at any given moment you visit the Steam store’s front page, there’s a strong chance you’ll get an eyeful of exposed skin from some lewd adventure or action game’s listing. Steam doesn’t allow pornographic games, but in the Steam Direct era, they keep appearing on Valve’s service anyway—until they’re taken down, that is. Warning:…

Ubisoft Denies Assassin’s Creed Origins’ DRM Is Slamming Your CPU

Since the release of Assassin’s Creed Origins on PC, some users have been complaining that the game’s CPU usage has been immense, sometimes pushing 90-100%. That’s not normal, and it’s led to accusations that the game’s new DRM is the culprit. Voksi, a member of the Revolt team of game crackers, told TorrentFreak earlier this…

Assassin’s Creed Character Melts Into Nightmare

Today on Highlight Reel we have desynchronization, Mario runs, exploding Nazis 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 episodes…

The Internet Still Loves Man’s Not Hot Joke Rap

Big Shaq’s “Man’s Not Hot” should have stopped being funny weeks ago. But instead of fading into obscurity, we’re getting great iterations on the joke almost every day. At this point, “Man’s Not Hot” is a little old hat. In late August, the comedian Michael Dapaah appeared on “Fire In The Booth” to freestyle a…

Another Hint That Wolfenstein And Doom Share The Same Universe

The idea of a shared universe between Doom and Wolfenstein goes all the way back to Doom II, but it’s never been officially confirmed. A special weapon at the end of Wolfenstein 2 is further evidence that the games share a common timeline. What follows includes some spoilers for Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, so…