Last Year’s CS:GO World Champions Still Haven’t Been Paid Their Prize Money

On October 9, 2016, Team Argentina placed second in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive World Championships, winning $20,000. But months later, they still haven’t seen the money, and other teams who competed and won prizes say they haven’t been paid either. “The CS:GO Argentinian Team didn’t receive their payments yet, and we also never received our…

Ark: Survival Evolved Studio Reverses Plan To Wipe The Servers

On Monday July 17th, we at Kotaku UK received an email about Ark: Survival Evolved, offering an interview with its developer Studio Wildcard to discuss a major change. Wildcard would today announce, we were told, that all official game servers would be wiped at launch, despite previously pledging that this would never happen. However, after…

The Switch’s Phone-Enabled Voice Chat Is As Ridiculous As Expected

The Nintendo Switch online app is live for Android and Apple devices. It offers some Splatoon 2 utilities that let players to keep track of their stats or buy special in-game items, which is pretty neat. It’s just not a very elegant solution for online voice chat between friends. In order to communicate with friends…

Wii U Game Doesn’t Look Like Much, But Represents One Developer’s Dreams

For $13, the recently released Wii U game A Day At The Carnival doesn’t give you much. The mini-game collection takes place in a desolate wasteland, with nothing to be seen except gravel, sky, and oddly colored tents. Sound will only come from the Wii U controller’s speakers. Sometimes, its graphics don’t fit on the…

Pokémon Go Update Makes Gyms Less Annoying

A big update to Pokémon Go is plugging some leaky holes in the game’s gym mechanics. The mobile app’s current gym system forces players to swing by the gyms where they leave their Pokémon if they want to feed those Pokémon berries. Berries increase monsters’ “Motivation” stat, which keeps them from leaving the gym. Feeding…

Vampires Can Now Date, And Other Funny Sims 4 Patch Notes

The Sims 4 was patched yesterday. Here’s the funniest updates for the game. Vampires can now date. Good! Because, as we know, everyone would bone a vampire and if you say otherwise you are lying. Sims should once again be able to Plan their Wedding Event with a Vampire Sim. Have all the vampires in…

The Transformers: Titans Return Animated Series Gets Real Voice Actors

Last year’s Machinima-produced Transformers: Combiner Wars serieswas neat, but its voice cast, largely comprised of prominent YouTubers, was hit-or-miss. For the second leg of the trilogy, they’re bringing in the big guns, including the original voices of Optimus Prime and Hot Rod. Also, Tay Zonday. Combiner Wars’ Optimus Prime was voiced by Jon Bailey, the…

Japan’s Biggest Superhero Ripped Off In New Film, Says Production Company [Update]

Earlier this month in Beijing, a Chinese movie company announced an upcoming feature film called Dragon Force: So Long Ultraman. The CG movie stars robots, a dragon, and Japan’s most famous hero, Ultraman. Update 4:00am – October 1: NHK reports that according to the Chinese studio behind Dragon Force: So Long Ultraman, the film is…

Dragon Quest Monument Erected In Japan 

To mark Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary, a DQ statue has been erected in Sumoto, Japan. Located on Awaji Island, Sumoto is famous for its oranges, onions and beef. It’s also the birthplace of Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii. Given how popular as Dragon Quest is in Japan, it’s surprising that a monument didn’t go up…

You Are Never Too Old For Cosplay 

Fifty year-old Brazilian cosplayer Solange tells website UOL that she wishes more people her age had the courage to give cosplay a try. Solange got into cosplay three years ago. She was already attending events with her 19-year-old cosplaying daughter. After a friend challenged her to give it a whirl, Solange made her cosplay debut…

Sleeping Beauty. Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia. By Charlez Chong. 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! 

Four months after the console’s release, Nintendo has made the Switch app available on both iOS and Android. It’s intended to let you do things like use voice chat and invite friends, though for now all you can do is stare at a “server maintenance” sign.

Get The Squad Together

Ivan Laliashvili is a concept artist from Russia who currently works for Netease. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page 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…

Fan Creates Super Mario 64 Maker

Nintendo is happy enough with its own Super Mario Maker, but modder extraordinaire Kaze Emanuar figured, hey, we could probably do with a Super Mario 64 version as well. So he made one. Super Mario 64 Maker is a download for the PC that you can play via an emulator (like Project 64). You download…

For Second Time, Composer Files Copyright Claim To Take Down Game [UPDATE]

A copyright claim by a composer with a tendency to attract legal drama has led Steam to remove the game River City Ransom: Underground. The developers are disputing the claim and say they expect the game to be back on Steam at some point in the future. On Friday, July 14th, Steam removed River City…

D&D’s New Digital Toolset Is A Convincing Argument Against Pen And Paper Purists

When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me hiding somewhere dark, clinging to my Dungeons & Dragons character sheets. Yes, that’s how much I love playing D&D the traditional way: real dice, real paper and real damn pencils. But Dungeons & Dragons’ new companion…

We’re already playing a ton of the Destiny 2 beta including this really exciting opening story mission You can watch some Crucible gameplay here as well, where I get my Guardian groove back and kick ass with a pulse rifle.

The Opening Sequence To Super Metroid Is A Masterpiece

It’s been a little over two decades since Super Metroid debuted on the Super Nintendo, and it’s lost none of its power in the intervening years. This piece originally appeared 12/19/14. What really distinguishes this game is its storytelling. Super Metroid is cinematic in its approach, using a combination of textual, audio, and visual cues…