My Son Has Ruined Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

In the past couple of months there’s been a phrase that haunts me. It reverberates in my dreams and my darkest nightmares. It’s the first words I hear when I arrive home from work. It’s the first words I hear when being woken up at 5:30am on a still-dark Saturday morning. “Daddee. DADDEE. Can I…

Thor Cosplay Is A Modern Day Love Story

The Jane Foster in these shots is Kes, a cosplayer from Germany who has been building outfits and dressing up for over a decade. The Thor, on the other hand, is her boyfriend Marcel, who is cosplaying for the first time. “This Thor project is Marcel’s first approach to cosplay ever”, Kes tells me. “He…

Deer God Lookin’ Like It Just Wrapped A Shampoo Commercial

Trevor Fraley is a freelance artist and illustrator who has worked in both games and books. You can see more of Trevor’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…

Halo Gun Counts Your Ammo In The Real World

Jimsbeanz lives in our world, not Halo’s, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he was packing an actual UNMC Assault Rifle when you look at his modified replica gun in action Beginning life as a BOOMco Halo rifle (which shoots the company’s own take on NERF darts), the new paintjob looks nice, but the real…

Call of Duty Streamers Pay Tribute To George Romero

The passing of George A. Romero on July 16 has the Call of Duty community remembering the legendary filmmaker in a fun zombie fashion. The Night of the Living Dead creator was the zombie boss in 2011’s “Call of the Dead” Zombies DLC map for the original Black Ops. The plot of the star-studded story…

Battlegrounds Player Should Have Closed The Door

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An Undersea Game Where You Evolve To The Top Of The Food Chain

Have you ever wanted to be a shark and terrorize the ocean? Or maybe, you want to see what happens when a seagull fights a beaver? Well in Deeeep.io, your greatest aquatic-themed dreams can be realized. In Deep.io, you want to make it to the top of the food chain. You start off as a…

Super Mario Odyssey Brings Back Super Mario 64’s Best Jumps And Adds New Ones

Mario games are my favorite games. Jumping is my favorite thing to do in a Mario game. Video games are my favorite hobby. In summary, jumping in a Mario game is my favorite thing to do. We got a chance to sit down and play Super Mario Odyssey recently. Nintendo’s very nice PR people were…

Game Of Thrones Recap Podcast: Do Zombies Make The Show Worse?

It’s July and Game of Thrones is back on the air. Time for a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen As we did at the end of last season, Jason and I decided to get together and record a bonus Game of Thrones episode for the season seven premiere. There will be spoilers from here on…

One Trick To Getting Better At Battlegrounds: Shrubbery

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds can be rough. Fighting against one hundred other players takes a combination of good gear and precise aiming. But I’ve discovered the game’s most powerful tool: bushes. My initial strategy when I first started Battlegrounds was to leapfrog from house to house. It was an effective process that earned me a victory the…

Smash Bros Player Is Still Beating World Records In Melee‘s Home Run Contest

The Home Run Contest mode in Super Smash Brothers looks straightforward. You choose one of the game’s fighters and face off against an inanimate sandbag. As a 10-second timer counts down, you try to inflict as much damage as possible on the bag. Depending on how much damage you dole out, the bag could end…

How To Get Into Anime

So you want to get into anime. Buckle in. From outside, it looks like a big, scary and potentially fatal undertaking. And that’s because it is. Anime is a medium that contains all the dazzling peaks and deep, deep troughs of human imagination. When it’s good, it’s brain-bending sci-fi plots, mirthful belly laughs, involuntary squees…

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The Best Moments From Evo’s Dragon Ball FighterZ Tournament

This past weekend, competitors at Evo 2017 got to put the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ through its paces in a side tournament. From tons of excellent, flashy super moves to impressive tag techniques, players showcased the surprising depth in this six-fighter demo. A few pros were kind enough to give us their detailed opinions on…

Marina Might Ruin Splatoon 2‘s Splatfests, Bless Her 

Splatoon 2 just had its first Splatfest, asking players to fight and see which dessert is better: ice cream or cake. The competition was rigged from the start thanks to the popularity of Marina, the Octoling pop singer. This is my confession: I love cake. Cake is fluffy, delicious, and pretty much perfect. Cupcakes are…

New Service Builds Gaming PCs Based On The Games You Want To Play

BLD is a new service from computer hardware maker NZXT that simplifies the process of buying a new gaming PC. Customers select the games they want to play and the price they want to pay, and BLD spits out a rig that’ll get the job done. I went through the process, and it’s pretty painless.…

There Is A Loading Screen Simulator Game

Loading Screen Simulator doesn’t even tell you what you’re trying to download, but the mystery is a part of the charm. The gameplay is simple: you play on a computer interface, where you can use a variety of apps to either kill time or improve the loading speed. You can spam the earn money button…

14 Game Developers From Around The World Made This Image

From time to time, I’ll make a stunt out of my interviews with video game professionals. I’ll do this when they’re bunched together for a weeklong event like Game Developers Conference or the huge E3 show in Los Angeles. I’ll convince every executive and game designer I speak to at one of these things to…

This Is An Ataribox, Whatever That Is

This is the Ataribox. It is a box. From Atari. It’s got four USB ports, an HDMI port, an SD card slot and a place to plug in a network cable. What does it do? *shrug* The Ataribox was initially teased back in Juneas a “new Atari console.” Now we have a series of renders…