Sims Players Are Trying To Spawn Cool Kids From Random Parents

The Sims is a virtual dollhouse, and that freedom should mean that coming up with new scenarios for your sims should be easy. In actuality, after you play a while, you find yourself making the same old sims over and over. Sims players have found a way to shake up their games. Sims players love…

Overwatch Player Creates Zombie Mode

Blizzard’s only just now getting around to FPS mainstays like deathmatch with Overwatch’s official modes, but custom games have allowed players to tunnel their way outside the box. In order to create an Overwatch-flavored variant of the ever popular “zombie” FPS mode, one player got very creative. An Overwatch fan by the name of “Deltin”…

No Man’s Sky’s Weird Melee Jump Is Still The Most Fun Thing In The Game

No Man’s Sky keeps changing, almost entirely for the better. With each update, I’ve worried Hello Games is finally going to take out my favorite move in the game. So far they haven’t. I’m starting to worry less. The move I’m talking about is the melee jump, a weird and unusually satisfying method for getting…

Slime Rancher, As Told By Steam Reviews

Real world got you bummed out? Steam users recommend Slime Rancher. In Slime Rancher, you ranch slimes. According to these Steam reviews, it’s Mister Rogers levels of positive and affirming. It’s also really, really cute, and apparently there are cat slimes. Basically, it’s the game of the year. You can check out more reviews for…

If You Liked The Grudge, You Might Like This Visual Novel

Did you ever get one of those chain text messages? You know, the ones that say, “SeNd ThIS 2 !!!FIVE!!! peeple or els u will DIE 2NITE!!!” During my high school years, they became so pervasive that they were more annoying than scary. Horror visual novel The Letter changes all that. Set in the U.K., The…

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The Pillars Of The Earth Game Adds Choices To The Book’s Dramatic Moments

In the first chapter of Ken Follett’s bestselling novel The Pillars of the Earth, mason Tom Builder and his family are journeying through snowy woods when his wife, Agnes, enters labor. The tragic events that follow serve as the opening to Daedalic Entertainment’s adventure game adaptation. Released this week on Steam, Xbox One and PS4,…

What We Like And Love About StarCraft: Remastered

StarCraft came out 20 years ago and became one of the most popular and prominent esports ever made. Maddy Myers and Eric Van Allen of Compete were children when the game came out, but they grew up surrounded by StarCraft’s legacy. Now that Blizzard has released a remastered version of this classic game as well…

The Lego Powerpuff Girls are adorable, and they’ll be hitting Lego Dimensions on September 12, alongside Teen Titans Go! and Beetlejuice. These are the last scheduled releases for the toys-to-life game for the time being. Ending on a high note, I’d say.

Capcom Fixed Chun-Li In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

The earlier Chun-Li character model in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite looked terrible. Now, it appears that her strange appearance has been fixed.  As Event Hubs reports, the latest Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite story trailershows how the character’s design has been tweaked.  Below are before and after comparisons. Dante from Devil May Cry also looked strange…

Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan. By Cory Sandlin. 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! 

The King In The North Is A Sad, Beautiful Boy

Lius Lasahido is a concept artist and illustrator from Indonesia. You can see more of Lasahido’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 Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the…

Blizzard Making Some Changes To StarCraft II

Once this year’s tournament season is done in November, Blizzard are looking to make some “major design changes” to StarCraft II’s units and economy. Those changes have been implemented in a “design patch” which is live now on the Testing server, and while they’re liable to change further following testing, they give you a good…

Rare, Expensive Roman Board Game Is Worth Tracking Down

When it comes to board games (and debacles), there is nothing quite like Glory To Rome Rated 129th overall on BoardGameGeek and released around 2005, I have played it maybe a dozen times, and every time I am both delighted by its intricacies, and so frustrated that I need to play it again. It is…

Even Sonic Can’t Outrun Death

Today on Highlight Reel we have existentially depressing Sonic clips, gun tricks, Battlegrounds depression, 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! Battlefield 1 –It’s…