Lawbreakers‘ Learning Curve Is Steep, But There’s Good Stuff There

Boss Key Productions’ Lawbreakers launched on PlayStation 4 and PC this week. Mike Fahey and Patricia Hernandez got together to discuss their first few hours in Cliff Bleszinski’s fast-paced take on the hero shooter. Fahey: So, Lawbreakers! Cliff Bleszinski’s big post-Epic game. A hero shooter with a gravity-defying twist. Had you played any of it…

The Internet Reacts To Valve’s New Game Announcement

Valve just announced a new game! It’s a card game based on Dota 2. The internet is confused and upset by this. Valve hasn’t stopped making games, but sometimes it sure feels like it. Their last release was The Lab, a VR collection of Portal mini games in 2016, and prior to that their last…

Paris Olympic Committee Will Consider Esports For The 2024 Games

The Paris Olympic bid committee will consider esports for inclusion as a medal event in the 2024 Olympic Games, according to Tony Estanguet, the committee’s co-president. Estanguet told the Associated Press that talks have been scheduled with the International Olympic Committee and with esports representatives “to better understand what the process is and why it…

Rez Infinite Hits Steam And Oculus Today

Enhance Games will release Rez Infinite for Steam and Oculus Home today, the studio said this morning. So now you don’t need a PlayStation 4 to enjoy the ultimate version of Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s classic synaesthesia shooter. While VR support is a major feature of this release, it’s not a requirement; you can play the $24.99…

No Man’s Sky Creators Say The Game Will Receive A Big Update This Week

No Man’s Sky will be getting an update this week to improve the story and add quick travel using portals. The announcement came at the end of an ongoing ARG that has been teasing changes to the game. A new memo sent by game designer Sean Murray revealed that the new update, called Atlas Rises…

The Shiny Pikachu Released For Pokémon Go In Japan Is Subtle

At the Pikachu Outbreak event in Yokohama, Pokémon Go players have been finding the shiny version of everyone’s favorite electric rodent. Shiny Pokémon are rare alternate color versions, and this Pikachu is a rather subtle variation. You can compare the Shiny on the left with the standard Pikachu on the right. Some even think this…

Metal Gear Motion Capture Actor Is Excellent At Twirling Guns

This is Tornado Yoshida. He recently appeared in costume at this year’s World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, twirling pistols and all. Look at this guy go at it. Yoshida isn’t just some Metal Gear super fan—he did the Ocelot motion capture for Metal Gear Solid. He is Revolver Ocelot’s pistol-spinning in the flesh. And here…

A Cardboard Mecha For A Cat

Cats love nestling in cardboard boxes. While the jury is out on whether they like actual mecha, felines certainly seem into cardboard ones. At least this one does. Twitter user Kyoryu Kuramo designed and then created a cardboard mecha out of cat food cardboard boxes. As you do. Cool, huh? The entry door. Inside, there…

This Is What A Pikachu Invasion Looks Like 

Starting today, there’s a “Pikachu Outbreak” event in Yokohama with Pikachus taking to the sea and the sky. Even thought these events are now held annually, this year’s looked less like an “outbreak” and more like an “invasion.” Pikachu took to the air. Had a fancy amphibious bus. Arrived by water. Set foot on dry…

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Valve Announces Artifact, A Dota Card Game

Valve announced Artifact, a Dota card game, during tonight’s The International 7 matches in Seattle. The digital card game will be out in 2018. It’ll feature lanes, use characters like Bounty Hunter, and have cards like barracks that will push waves of minions down each player’s avenue of attack. It’ll be a card game version…

Battlegrounds Players Take Off Pants And Infiltrate Big Group Of Enemies

Skrollox and his friends were playing a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds squad match when they encountered an odd sight: roughly 20 enemy players prancing down the street. In their underwear. This would normally be cause for concern. After all, it’s technically against the rules for players to form alliances with folks outside their squad. Also, the whole…

You Can Now Try Ghost Recon: Wildlands For Free (And You Should)

You can now play the first five hours of Ghost Recon: Wildlands for free, and you really should consider trying it. The military shooter, Ubisoft’s best-selling game of 2017 so far, combines traditional Ghost Recon stealth tactics with open world co-op shenanigans as you work to dismantle a drug cartel in the Bolivian jungle. Wildlands…

Video Game Exposition Techniques, Ranked

Good job shooting all those aliens! Now, did you ever stop to wonder just why you were shooting them? Video game writers have gotten pretty creative about how they tell players what the heck is going on. Where are we? Where are we supposed to go, and what do we do when we get there?…

Hellblade Is Great Because It’s Frustrating

I went into Hellblade expecting another fast, fun action romp from the folks at Ninja Theory, who previously made Enslaved and DmC: Devil May Cry. After playing for about 20 minutes, I had to put the controller down. I was so stressed out that I couldn’t take it anymore. Minor Hellblade spoilers ahead. It was…

What’s So Great About Mechanical Keyboards

There’s been a lot of talk on Kotaku about mechanical keyboards over the past six months, talking aboutcustomizing them, building them and making them pretty. We put together a little video to explain why many of us are so smitten with those clicky keys. In the video you’ll hear me explaining how important keyboards are…