Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Gives Us A Taste of Kingdom Hearts III, And It’s Good

While the Dream Drop Distance HD remake is nice, and the extended cutscene for Kingdom Hearts χ is something you can watch, the real reason to pick up Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is the three hours we get to spend playing a big teaser for Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8…

You Will Never Look At The Resident Evil 7 Logo The Same

While the RE6 logo looked like a pink giraffe getting a blow job, the Resident Evil 7 logo looks like a confused bear. This was pointedout by Redditor SupJamChan, ruining yet another Resident Evil logo for all of us. Cannot unsee. Thanks, internet.

When A Professional Animator Illustrates His Sons’ Drawings

The result is, well, awesome. Tokyo-based animator Thomas Romain, whom Kotaku has profiled previously (hereand here), has been uploading pics, showing his take on character designs created by his two sons. Via Game Over, have a look at how Romain has been exploring their creativity. Romain has worked on an array of anime, including Space…

Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 VR Launches In Japan And Is What You’d Expect

After months of build up, the release day for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3‘s PlayStation VR content has finally come. If you’ve played any of the Dead or Alive Xtreme games, you should have a good idea of what the VR version will entail. If not, these possibly (maybe?) NSFW clips should clue you in:…

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Marco Plouffe is a veteran games artist who has done work for companies like Bioware, Capcom, Eidos and Blur. You can see more of Marco’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…

We’ve got a long week ahead of us. So here’s Reinhardt from Overwatch joyriding down Mario Kart’s Rainbow Road. Thanks for lifting our spirits, Noilleber. (P.S. stick around for the video’s ending.)

What You Need To Know About The Sims 4 Vampires

The Sims 4 Vampires releases tomorrow, and with it the ability to live out your nightwalker dreams. But Vampire sims work a little different from regular sims. Here’s a few tips on how to make the most of being undead. Consider an outdoors-y type. You don’t need to drink from other sims to get your…

Cosplay’s Unlikely Anime Bondage Stars

There’s always been a bit of a stigma attached to hentai, a highly sexualised form of Japanese anime and manga. Ditto for any associated cosplay, which can often be explicitly pornographic. Despite this, a German couple is finding some surprising mainstream (for the cosplay world, at least) success combining the two. Because I run our…

10 Awesome Experiments GTA Online Players Are Pulling Off With The New Update

Last month’s GTA Online update, Import/Export, added a slew of wacky vehicles.Since then, fans have used the update to do all sorts of outlandish things that must be seen to be believed. Stunt-wise, the most popular car appears to be The Ruiner 2000, an expensive car that can jump, fire missiles, and deploy its own…

Smash Bros. Match From Weekend’s Tournament Is Some Epic Anime Shit

Super Smash Bros. Melee players Mango and Leffen clashed on Sunday in a match that will make you cry big, anime tears. Fans are already calling it 2017’s “set of the year”—despite the fact it’s only January. Cloud 9’s Mango (Joseph Marquez) and Team SoloMid’s Leffen (William Hjelte) have vied for Melee supremacy for years…