Fuck This Touchpad

This is Samsung’s Notebook Odyssey, “designed specifically with gamers in mind”. It can take that off-kilter touchpad and get the fuck out of here. It also comes in white. White is worse.

Super Mario Adventure: The Kotaku Review

This is a Mario game, but it’s not a Mario video game. It’s a ball puzzle/game/thing I got for my kid for Christmas, and we haven’t been able to stop playing it since. We spotted it on Amazon trawling for Mario merch (kid is nuts for Nintendo stuff), and figured that because the box was…

If Force Awakens’ BB-8 Was A Bad Guy

We’ve seen what a lumbering killing machine looks like when it works for the Empire, but this is what cute lil’ BB-8 would look like if he was in the service of space fascists. It’s by George Damiani, a 3D artist from Brazil, and combines a few elements from Rogue One (the colour scheme of…

Someone made a coaster planet in Planet Coaster. “Wrapping itself around a sphere no larger than the average asteroid, Planet Coaster launches itself up to speeds surpassing 100 km/h,” writes creator Silvarret. Props to them for this truly inspired goof.

Diablo III‘s Riff On The First Diablo Is More Homage Than Remake

Diablo III’s 2.3.4 update has hit the public test realm, giving PC players a chance to play through a 16-level retro dungeon packed with bosses from the 1996 original. It’s not quite a remake, but it hits all the right notes. Update: 2.3.4 is now live on PC, Xbox One and PS4. Originally run on…

World Of Warcraft Now Has A Secret Cow Level

The cow level has been ensconced in gaming lore since the hoary old days of Diablo, when it was a ridiculous rumor, and Diablo II, when Blizzard gave it life. It’s a gag that evolved into a rallying cry, a reminder of good times long-passed. Now, as part of Diablo’s 20th anniversary, it’s been added…

The Top Five Overwatch ‘Panic Ults’

If you play Overwatch, you’ve had the experience of being backed into a corner with three health and no teammates in sight. The big, blue button that unleashes your ultimate ability is glowing. It could save you, or more importantly, your whole team. Fuck it, you think, before desperately hitting Q, Y or Triangle. “Panic…

California Has Become An Unstoppable Force In Let It Die‘s Multiplayer

Let It Die is full of tough enemies. Climbing the game’s massive tower is a dangerous affair. But thanks to the game’s multiplayer, there’s one monster that reigns above the rest: California. In Let It Die, players never fight each other directly. Instead, they are able to raid each other’s home base by riding the…

Horror Game Explores A Corrupted, Glitchy Video Game

When I was a child I had an inexplicable fear of opening games on my family computer. They were often my brother’s games, and I was terrified of him finding out. But also, in the brief moment of blackness before a pre-rendered video or pixelated graphic filled the screen, it wasn’t just that I feared…

The Roguelike Platformer Where Anyone Can Lose A Limb

Catacomb Kids is a mix between a roguelike and a platformer, with equal parts magic potions and goomba stomps. You can also chop body parts off pretty much everything. It’s one heck of a challenge and a damn Cool Indie Game. Game designer Tyriq Plummer wanted to do many things with Catacomb Kids. He wanted…

Pokémon Based On Inanimate Objects, Ranked

Some people will tell you that the worst Pokémon designs are the ones based on real-world items, rather than animals. Those people are wrong. Actually, some of the best creatures in the pocket monster roster are ones based on inanimate objects. The thing about inanimate object Pokémon is, you can tell Game Freak actually has…

An Uncensored Sex Game’s Difficult Journey To Steam

Ladykiller In A Bind—which Heather found to be a bold exploration of sexual experiences and perspectives—is finally coming to Steam on January 9. It’ll be fully uncensored, despite the way Valve usually handles these things. For creator Christine Love, reaching this point wasn’t easy. (Warning: this game is definitely NSFW.) Ladykiller In A Bind is…

Mass Effect: Andromeda’s new North American release date is Tuesday, March 21, 2017 for the PS4, Xbox One, and Windows PC. Europe gets it on the 23rd.

The 12 Best Video Games Of 2016

First, we spent a year playing video games. Then we spent a couple weeks debating which ones were best. Here, in alphabetical order, are Kotaku’s top 12 games of 2016. BoxBoxBoy Civilization VI Darkest Dungeon Dishonored 2 Doom Dragon Quest Builders Hitman Inside Overwatch Pokémon Sun and Moon Stardew Valley The Witness

Hallmark Says They Did Not Copy Yuri On Ice, Had No Idea What It Is

Fans of blockbuster queer ice skating anime Yuri on Ice were enraged this week because they believed an upcoming Hallmark movie,Love on Ice, copied the anime’s premise and name. On Twitter, fans called Love on Ice a “whitewashed” and “homophobic” Yuri on Ice rip-off. A Hallmark representative told Kotaku nobody on the movie’s team had…

Porn DVD In Splatoon Box Ruins Little Girl’s Christmas

In what now seems to be a sad holiday tradition, a mother in West Chester, Ohio, tried to buy her seven year-old daughter a video game for Christmas, only for her child to discover a porn DVD when she opened the box. Kristy Greider told WLWT that she bought Splatoon for her daughter at a…

A Brand-New Unofficial Vanilla World Of Warcraft Server Launches This Saturday

Havingsuccessfully resurrected the popular Nostalrius vanilla World of Warcraft servers followinglast year’s Blizzard shutdown, Project Elysium gives players a chance to take a fresh stab at old school player-versus-player with a brand new vanilla PVP server. It’s going to be so crowded. World of Warcraft has come a long way since it launched back in…

Blizzard Is Finally Nerfing Overwatch’s Roadhog

Blizzard is finally nerfing the best thing in Overwatch: Roadhog’s hook. It’s about time—despite the hook’s awesome power, it is most definitely broken. On Blizzard’s forums, Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodman announced the details of “Hook 2.0,” soon to be released on the PTR. Players have complained for months that Roadhog’s hook defies known laws…

Custom Titanfall LEGO Is Great

There’s a lot to love about Titanfall 2, but one of the best things is the design of the game’s mechs. And while we wait for expensive action figures to hit, we can pass the time with these awesome LEGO models built by Marius Herrmann Via makers, Herrmann has recreated many of the game’s signature…