In Japan, Nintendo Announces Wii U Production Is Ending [Update]

On Nintendo’s official Japanese site, the company has announced that production is scheduled to end soon. Update November 10 – 5:09pm: Nintendo of America issued the following statement to Kotaku: “We can confirm that as of today, all Wii U hardware that will be made available in the North American market for this fiscal year…

Track: Seven Deadly Sins | Artist: Man with a Mission | Album: Seven Deadly Sins (single)  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Mark your calendars, Japan. Microsoft ain’t giving up on you. The Xbox One S will be released in the country on November 24. 

Big Sky and Big Rocks. Cappadocia, Turkey. By Nick Warner.  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! 

Track: Dust (feat. Psycho Les) | Artist: Czarface | Album: A Fistful Of Peril Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

New DualShock 4 Wants You To Give It 100 Push-Ups

This “Green Camouflage” PS4 controller will be out in Europe in January. I own one of the grey camo pads—video gaming’s equivalent of cargo shorts—and it’s OK. It was on sale, and I like the matte texture. This looks better, if you’re the kind of person who was/is very into 80s action movies, Sgt. Slaughter…

Blizzard On Overwatch‘s Sombra, Roadhog’s Hook, And Gay Characters

Between hacker hero (and boop monster) Sombra, Overwatch League, and a new selection of Arcade modes, Overwatch is about to change a lot. At BlizzCon, I spoke to lead hero designer Geoff Goodman and artist Rachel Day about what the future holds and also Roadhog’s goddamn hook, damn it. Nathan Grayson: People’s first impression of…

Five Anime Pets That Almost Make Things Better, But Not Really

Anime isn’t real. That’s why, in anime, I find that there are so many joyful things. Reality isn’t always fertile ground for the more pure comforts we find in anime. Today, the deranged worldview of a reality television star has been legitimized as a reflection of American values. For many, it can feel like there…