Meet The People Who Help Turn GTA Online Into A Cheater’s Paradise

Millions of dollars raining from the sky. Disappearing oceans. Jetpacks. In GTA Online, rule-breaking players can stage miracles, tragedies, and stunts using fan-created tools known as mod menus. The people creating these mod menus have their own community, where cheaters can be honorable, while others use exploits to make a buck. Mod menus are third-party…

Old Leaked Design Documents Show What Prey Could’ve Been

Three years ago, a handful of leaked design documents revealed an early version of Arkane Austin’s vision for Prey, which was then code-named Project Danielle. It’s fascinating to see how much has changed since then. These early design documents, which were leaked on a torrent website in 2014 (and are neatly summed upon NeoGAF here),…

Every Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2017

Spring has arrived, and with it, a new slew of big releases. Here’s what to look out for from now until summer. March 23rd Super Mario Run | Android | Runner March 24th Zero Escape: The Nonary Games | PC, PS4, Vita | Visual Novel/Puzzle March 28th Snake Pass | PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One…

One Shot, One Kill

Wang Ling, aka WLOP, is an artist from China currently based in Hong Kong. You can see more of WLOP’s art at his ArtStation and Deviantart pages 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…

The Witcher Is Getting A Netflix Series

The Witcher series is being turned into an English language Netflix drama by CG visual effects company Platige Image S.A. The Witcher series was spawned by Polish novelist Andrzej Sapkowski and has spawned highly successful (and wonderful) video games. “I’m thrilled that Netflix will be doing an adaptation of my stories, staying true to the…

Inside Chinese “Click Farms”

A “click farm” is where fake ratings and rankings for mobile apps and social media posts are manipulated. Here’s a look inside.  This footage was recently uploaded by Russian site English Russia.  It looks similar to the set-up shown in another click farm from 2015. (Note that similar “tables”have been available for purchase online in…

Asakusabashi Before Rush Hour. Tokyo, Japan. By Ross Goodwin. 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!

D.Va Walks Out Of Overwatch, Into YouTube Video

Here’s a cosplay team from Korea (AZA and ACROWN) who, instead of just making an Overwatch gallery, decided to shoot a little short movie about D.Va instead. This is one of the best D.Va costumes I’ve seen, since it goes way beyond simply buying a suit, as it also involves making sure all the little…

Fallout 4 Rifle Is A Work Of Art

This replica of a Fallout 4 Tesla Rifle, by Wasted Props, doesn’t just look like the real (well, you know) thing. It spins and “charges” like it as well. Look at it go! For the record, the thing is to scale, measuring in at over 1m (40 inches) long.

How A Witcher 3 City Was Built

Here’s a recap video from this year’s GDC, via Gamasutra, that details how CD Projekt Red built Beauclair, the beautiful fairy tale city from The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine It gets fairly technical in points, but I think anyone who played the game and marvels at how CDPR are able to fit it all…

New Battlestar Galactica Strategy Game Coming To PC

In an attempt to stop all official Battlestar Galactica video games from being piles of rotting space garbage, strategy publisher Slitherine is releasing a 3D strategy title for the PC based on the first Cylon War. While a game based on managing the dwindling resources of Adama’s Colonial Fleet could have been interesting, this effort—called…

Time To Enjoy This GTA Hot Tub And Take A Big Sip Of Beer

Today on Highlight Reel we have Titanfall ass kickings, Battlegrounds rain, hot tub surprises 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! The Last of…

Daigo Becomes His Own Worst Enemy At Recent Street Fighter V Tournament

Last weekend’s Battle Arena Melbourne Street Fighter V tournament was grueling for the high-level Street Fighter V talent it drew to Australia. The event was so stacked, even a legendary fighting game competitor like Daigo Umehara failed to make much of an impact, but no one expected The Beast’s most challenging opponent to be himself.…

Minecraft Patching Out Controversial Parrot Feeding Mechanic

After a minor controversy, Minecraft will change up the way players tame parrots, VICE Motherboard reports. And while it sounds like the least controversial mechanic in gaming history, the patch was spurned by a Reddit post with 37,000 upvotes that accused the game of potentially endangering real-life parrots. In Minecraft, players feed chocolate chip cookies…

Valve Making Big Changes To Steam Trading Cards To Combat ‘Fake Games’

Steam is littered with games of, shall we say, questionable quality. This has been a known issue for quite some time. Only recently, however, has Valve begun to directly address it. Last month, they said they’re taking aim at so-called “fake games.” Now they’ve detailed their first plan of attack. As Steam users have long…

It’s Ridiculous That Nier: Automata Still Hasn’t Been Patched On PC

Nier: Automata came out two months ago on PC. It’s a really good game, and a clear standout during an unusually strong spring. So why the heck is the PC version still loaded with basic bugs and other problems that haven’t been patched? I spent last weekend blasting through Nier: Automata on PC. I got…