GTA Online’s Take On Battlegrounds Is Way More Chaotic

GTA Online’s newest addition, Motor Wars, combines high player counts with dozens of vehicles. The result is a hectic match that is more intense than any other mode in GTA Online. You and 27 other players parachute into different parts of the GTA Online map. You only have one life, and the map shrinks as you…

How Speedrunners Are Racing Through Green Hill Zone, Sonic Mania‘s Most Contested Level

Green Hill Zone’s loop-de-loops and tropical scenery make for one of the most iconic stages in Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic Mania’s version of GHZ adds new complications and complexity that’s turned it into one of the game’s most hotly contested speedrun courses. 2-D platformers like Sonic Mania thrive on the notion of fast, uninterrupted movement…

‘I’m An Idiot’: Pewdiepie Apologizes For Saying N-Word On Stream

YouTube’s biggest star uploaded a video today where he apologized for casually dropping the n-word during a Battlegrounds stream last weekend. “I should know better,” Kjellberg said. “I can’t keep messing up like this.” The video, which is titled “My Response,” is short and has no jokes: “You probably won’t believe this when I say…

Cosplay Roofing Service Begins In Japan

For a limited time only, a Japanese roofing company has started a new cosplayer service for customers. Nara-based roofing company Mori Kenchiku Bankinkogyo is rolling out an “On the Roof Cosplay Counter-Plan Service” for customer consultation. The company wonders if this is the first of its kind in the world. I think that’s a safe…

Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018

After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn. The SNES Classic was slated to…

The World’s First Cat Cafe On A Train

Japan loves trains. It also loves cats. So, put the two of them together, and you have the world’s first cat cafe on a train. All aboard! The cat cafe train was a one-day only event this past Sunday to help raise awareness for abandoned felines. The cats aboard the train were rescued and, as…

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ALERT: VERY GOOD MUPPETS COSPLAY

Here’s the latest effort from the Portland Superheroes Coalition: a complete, life-size recreation of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the house band for The Muppet Show Dr Teeth is Paul Lamoreau, Janice is Kaitlin Lamoreau, Animal is Josue Garcia, Zoot is Sandy Iwata, and Floyd is Jamie Iwata. The gang were in attendance at…

Portraits Of Overwatch Heroes

Jai Kamat is an artist and illustrator from Rochester, New York. You can see more of Jai’s work at his personal site 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 best of…

The Tragedy Of A Former Navy Base’s Arcade Games

You might remember last year we told you about a “raid” on an old ship that managed to save a bunch of classic arcade games. Now let’s see what happens when a raid doesn’t have such a happy ending. Tony Temple, who wrote up the nicer story from 2016, now has the tale of Ralph…

Counter-Strike Team Blows $70,000 Championship Match After Being Penalized For Showing Up Late

Prominent esports organization Immortals suffered a major misfire over the weekend when three members of its Counter-Strike team showed up late to a $70,000 Dreamhack Montreal finals match, forcing them to forfeit the first map in a best of three set, per the tournament’s rules This put Immortals at a serious disadvantage against opposing team…

Melee Champ Resigns From Competition Committee Because It’s All-Male

Super Smash Brothers: Melee pro Adam “Armada” Lindgren has stepped down from his position as a panelist for the game’s rules committee to open it up for more female representation. The committee, spearheaded by the community platform Melee It On Me, aims to standardize all Melee tournament guidelines On September 6, Melee It On Me…

High Five! Up Top!

Today on Highlight Reel we have Prey turrets, high fives, impressive Rainbow 6 beginnings, 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…