10 Video Games That Got Weird Name Changes In Other Countries

Sometimes it’s censorship. Sometimes it’s unfortunate implications. And sometimes it’s straight-up unexplainable. But whatever the justification may be, games get renamed all the time when they’re released across different regions. This piece originally appeared 4/6/15. Let’s look at ten particular cases of video game name changes: Bully Edited Title: Retitled to Canis Canem Edit in…

An Incredibly Realistic Monster Hunter Felyne Doll 

Capcom is releasing a highly-detailed, hand-made Felyne. Felynes are the cat species in Monster Hunter and have become mascots of sorts for the series. Priced at 162,000 yen ($1,475), this Felyne doll measures nearly 12 inches long and has amazing details, as seen in these images from Famitsu and Capcom. A Japanese doll maker known…

At $1,365, A Truly Expensive 3DS Game Bundle

The Ace Attorney 1 – 6 Premium Edition pack has to be one of the most expensive Nintendo 3DS game bundles ever released, if not the most expensive. Priced at 150,000 yen ($1,365), the bundle comes with Ace Attorney 1 to Ace Attorney 6, an Ace Attorney 4 mini soundtrack CD, an original box, a…

No, Pikachu Is Not Drunk

During a performance yesterday in Yokohama, one of the Pikachus looked waaaaaaaaasted. This happened at a stage show at the Pikachu Outbreak event. This Pikachu isn’t on the sauce, but rather, experiencing a wardrobe malfunction. Which is not a first. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points…

The Road To Mt. Fuji. Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. By Danilo Salvego| IG 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! 

When Fallout Meets Judge Dredd

Dimitri Zaitsev wondered what it’d look like if you mixed the dystopian worlds of Fallout and Judge Dredd. So he put together this incredible outfit to find out. In the gallery below you’ll see the amount of work that went into the costume, not just in terms of its construction, but the weathering and other…

There’s a line of BAPE x Pokemon shirts coming to Japan. If they’re anything like the BAPE x Mario stuff, they’re going to be worth $$$$$$$.

Yo Maybe Don’t Touch The Skulls At Baba Yaga’s House

Leia Ham is an illustrator from Singapore currently based in LA. You can see more of Leia’s work at her 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…

Fallout’s New Board Game Looks Neat

Fantasy Flight will be releasing a brand new Fallout board game at the end of the year, taking in the sights of Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and both game’s DLC. Simply called Fallout, it’s for up to four players, with teams of survivors banding together to explore the wastes, scrounge for junk and stay alive.…

Overwatch Fans Can’t Decide If McCree Is Hot Or Not

Terrible news, everyone: professional doof McCree, a fake cowboy who can’t even quote a more famous fake cowboy correctly, got hot. The Overwatch community is struggling with this sudden and confusing development. Yesterday, Blizzard updated Overwatch with a new Summer Games event that includes a bunch of themed skins, among them a lifeguard skin for…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Looks Awesome In 4K

Courtesy of Abyssus, here’s some video of Zelda: Breath in the Wild running on the PC’s CEMU emulator in big, beautiful 4K. Performance isn’t 100% here, but it’s close enough to let us soak this up in all its windy, sun-soaked glory. “On Cemu, the game is running internally at 8K (7680×4320) and is then…

Steam Has Added Over 1,000 Games Since Steam Direct Launched

When Valve first announced that it was taking a long-overdue crowbar to Steam Greenlight and replacing it with a new system called Steam Direct, people weren’t sure what would happen. Some thought Steam was about to get more exclusive again. Others feared that Valve was only widening the floodgates. Now we’ve got numbers. Since Steam…

Nintendo Gives In-Game Rewards For Reading Zelda Tips

Similar to how reading Kotaku news stories will unlock rainbows of happiness in your life, reading a post on the Nintendo Switch news feed today will give you apples and a piece of raw meat in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The rewards system is a byproduct of the game’s 1.3.1 update…

Playing With One More Life Could Revolutionize (Or Hurt) Smash 4, Pros Argue

Spurred by a Tweet from a top player, Super Smash Bros. pros are debating whether adding one stock, or life, to competitive matches could mean fairer fights or a dissolution of how the game is played. Pros compete in 2014’s Super Smash Bros. 4 with two stocks. High-stakes and punishing, the ruleset makes spectating an…

Snacktaku Judges Lay’s 2017 Chip Flavor Contest Finalists

On paper, all three finalist flavors in Lay’s 2017 “Do Us A Flavor” potato chip contest—Crispy Taco, Fried Green Tomato and Everything Bagel—sound pretty delicious. But until science makes words edible, we’re forced to eat actual potato chips in order to determine this year’s winner. It’s the fifth year of Lay’s annual potato chip competition,…

The Best Audio Logs In Horizon Zero Dawn

You’ll spend most of your time in Horizon Zero Dawn fighting giant mechanical dinosaurs. It’s the game’s most obvious strength, and it’s a fun, exciting thing to do. But I want to praise one of the game’s subtler successes: a remarkable set of audio logs that stand as some of the best background storytelling of…

Pokémon Go Players Beat Magikarp Raid Using Only Magikarp

Behold, the most pathetic battle possible in Pokémon Go Magikarp, as many of you know, cannot actually attack in Pokémon Go: it only has Splash, which is useless, and Struggle, which is…slightly less useless, but still kinda futile. You wouldn’t want to bring a Magikarp into a raid battle, which are supposed to be Pokémon Go’s toughest…