Mario-Themed Monopoly Gamer Has Power-Ups And Boss Battles

Hasbro’s been pumping out branded versions of classic board game Monopoly for ages. With token-specific abilities, power-up dice and boss fights, Mario-themed Monopoly Gamer is something different. The heart of Monopoly remains intact in Monopoly Gamer, which hits stores in August. Players roll the dice to travel around the edge of the game board, buying…

It’s Strange That Mother 2 Isn’t On The Super Famicom Classic 

Japan is getting slightly different titles included with the Super Famicom Classic, such as Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and Konami’s The Legend of the Mystical Ninja. There is one glaring omission. It is not getting Mother 2, which is included on the SNES Classic as Earthbound. Mother 2 was originally released in Japan…

A Web Series About An Awkward Anime Convention

2 Kawaii 4 Comfort is a web series about a group of friends who decide to attend an anime con. It’s a very good show about a bad trip that just gets worse the longer you watch. Beginning earlier this year, you can watch the entire first season below. It gets a bit dark and…

Official Destiny Coloring Book Looks More Relaxing Than Destiny

Destiny, a video game about waiting for Destiny 2, can be a fast and stressful experience. So why not unwind with this most unexpected of video game tie-ins: an official colouring book for adults. Shipping in August and costing $11, the book wasn’t actually illustrated by Destiny’s roster of artists; instead, the job was given…

Modder Turns Counter-Strike Into Chicken-Based Tekken Parody

Pop quiz! Is Counter-Strike: A) a squad-based tactical shooter that pits terrorists against counter-terrorists or B) a fighting game about chickens whose eyes are alight with Kentucky fried fury? Like most questions in article ledes, that one was entirely rhetorical. Thanks to mods, either option is correct. Chikken is a CSGO mod where two chickens…

Star Wars Armada: The Corellian Conflict: The Kotaku Review

Star Wars Armada is a great gameto play every once in a while. But committing to play a lot of it in the name of an organised campaign is another story. The Corellian Conflict, released last year, is an attempt by Fantasy Flight to add a bit more weight to your fleet engagements by linking…

There’s only one more boss left until we beat the futuristic Souls-like The Surge and we’re going to stream live on Twitch until we kick its robotic ass.

From Human To Titan, No Violence Required

Here’s the always-incredible Alyson Tabbitha with an Attack on Titan outfit that was as simple to put together as it is impressive. “I made a bodysuit with a dance leotard and leggings and sewed them together, padded it to add more muscle mass & shape, then painted it with cheap 1$ acrylic paint from Walmart!”…

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ New Mission System Sounds Like A Much-Needed Change

At E3 in Los Angeles last month, there were several obvious points of distinction between Assassin’s Creed Origins and the 10 or so major Assassin’s Creed games before it. It’ll be the first AC in ancient Egypt. The first with stargazing puzzles and swimming hippos. One thing I heard about but didn’t see, however, seems…

Here is a thing you can do in Episode Prompto, the surprisingly good Final Fantasy XV DLC that’s out today. Impressions coming tomorrow.

PlayerUnknown: ‘I Liked Being Unknown’

Three times during our 15-minute E3 interview, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene was approached by awestruck fans. I get the sense this happens to him a lot nowadays. Once upon a time, Greene was just another modder of popular military sim series Arma. In 2014, his battle royale mod for Arma III blew up, and his life…

Competitive Fidget Spinner Game Blows Up on YouTube

You may be sick of hearing about fidget spinners by now, but that’s too bad. The toy is still blowing up on YouTube, where content creators are playing an Agar.io-inspired game called spinz.io for millions of fans. The game has only been out for a couple of weeks, but there are already over 260,000 videos…

More Video Games Are Getting Easier After Release

Tumbleseed was a difficult, tricky game. Outlast 2 was an uphill march through dangerous enemies. Recently, both have gotten easier thanks to patches and tweaks. Many games have had their difficulty reduced after release. While this makes them accessible to more players, it also raises questions. Last week, puzzle game Tumbleseed expanded with a PC…