If Nier Automata Were A Retro Game

Then, I guess, its characters would look like this. Twitter user Hagetaka has been creating retro versions of Nier Automata protagonists like A2 and 2B. The cool part is that Hagetaka has also been offering a window into the process that went into creating this pixel art: Excellent work! Kotaku East is your slice of…

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The Sandy Side Of The Moon

Marco Gorlei is a concept artist at Atomhawk, a studio whose work we’ve featured a few times here before You can see more of Marco’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…

Nier Cosplay With A Difference

All of the Nier: Automota cosplay we’ve featured so far has been about 2B. So let’s mix it up a bit today and have some Eve shots instead. This is Italian cosplay superstar Leon Chiro as Adam’s lil’ bro, while the photos were taken by FTPH

Australia Bans, Then Un-Bans Outlast 2

Australia’s infamous Classification Board last week essentially banned the upcoming Outlast 2 from going on sale in the country. And only a few days later has backed down and said, oh, ok, the game is actually fine. The initial reason given for the Board’s decision was that, despite Australia now having an 18+ age classification…

Counter-Strike Tournament Organizer Changes Rules For Benefit Of Banned Cheaters

Valve’s anti-cheating software, known as VAC, monitors public Counter-Strike matches for evidence of cheating, like aim assist or changing value modifiers. Traditionally, any pros found cheating have been barred from competing in tournaments, but one organizer has decided to let them back in. ESL, originally Electronic Sports League, updated its Counter-Strike rulebooktoday, to allow VAC-banned…

Nier’s 2B Is Ready For Liftoff

Today on Highlight Reel we have Nier takeoffs, Mass Effect leg day, tank humor, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Splinter Cell: Double…

Looking To End Grenade Spam, Battlefield 1 Gives Everyone Recharging Grenades

Choke points and trenches are prime targets for grenades in Battlefield 1. High player numbers can make it difficult to gain ground without being blow to kingdom come. The first part of the developer’s plans to curb this? Give everyone grenades that automatically resupply. Instead of having a small stock of grenades that need to…

The Sweet Taste Of Zelda Revenge

Well, would you look who it is. Remember me, motherfucker? I’m that kid you callously wasted back when I had three hearts, a pair of pants, and a stick for a weapon. Hey, check this out. Was that fun for you? It was fun for me. Now to grab these spare parts out of the…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Handle My Weird Fetishes?

Hello and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to prevent the resurrection of Dracula. This week, we’re talking about the sorts of awkward situations that you can’t really feel comfortable talking about… except with an advice columnist in front of thousands of anonymous strangers. How do you make it clear to a…

If I Have To See Kirby With Human Feet, So Do You

I’ve now seen Kirby with realistic human feet and I feel like maybe the Internet was a mistake. Illustrator Marie Blue posted this comic to Twitter on March 17th, and the response was intense, to say the least. While it only took to a fever pitch yesterday, this image is now lodged in our collective…

Horizon Zero Dawn Looks Unnaturally Good Because Of ‘Hyper-Realism’

Horizon Zero Dawn is a beautiful game. Sometimes, it seems too beautiful. Here’s how the developers achieved such an uncannily gorgeous look. Studio art director Jan-Bart van Beek recently explained to Kotaku that the studio spent many hours watching BBC nature documentaries, which allowed Guerrilla Games to lay out a conceptual framework for Horizon’s visuals.…

Yooka-Laylee Ditches JonTron’s Voice Acting Over His ‘Personal Viewpoints’ [Update]

Recently, popular YouTuber Jon “JonTron” Jafari made some damn extreme comments about race, which set off a chain reaction of, well, reactions across the internet. The latest consequence of Jafari’s ugly remarks: upcoming N64-era platformer revival game Yooka-Laylee is removing his voice acting. “We recently became aware of comments made by voice artist JonTron after…

The New Power Rangers Game Isn’t Half Bad

With a new chapter in the Power Rangers saga unfolding in theaters across the country this weekend, Saban and Lionsgate have teamed with mobile developer nWay to release Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, a real-time mobile fighting game featuring heroes and villains from throughout series history. Legacy Wars is a little bit Marvel: Contest of Champions…

Here’s April’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

If you haven’t caught up on Season Two of Telltale’s The Walking Dead or missed Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Xbox Live’s Games with Gold has you covered for April. Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab these four games for “free”if they have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. April’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Ryse:…

Competitive Overwatch‘s Inconsistent Rules Are Screwing Over Players

In any competitive game or sport, the rules can change, and competitors have to adjust their strategies. But usually, rules change between seasons – not in the middle of one. Blizzard’s Overwatch changes a lot, even by video game standards. The patches hit every few weeks or so. Sometimes it’s a little balance tweak, sometimes…

Why Millions Of People Play An MMO About Tanks

When I doodled war scenes as a kid, they always featured some elaborate tank. Obviously riding what was essentially a giant gun was the best way to be on the front lines of a battle. Free-to-play MMO World of Tanks captures some of that childhood excitement. I’ve been playing it since 2015, and it’s just…

Mass Effect: Andromeda Players Are Creating Nightmare Characters

The Mass Effect series has traditionally allowed you to customize your main character. Some players take this as an opportunity to create inhuman abominations. Mass Effect: Andromeda has been no different. The new character creator has a lot of fun, futuristic makeup and tattoo options. But it’s very easy to let things get out of…

Podcast: Revisiting The Switch, One Month Later

Kirk and I have each had the Switch for a month now, and really, it’s grown on us quite a bit. Come listen to us discuss Nintendo’s new console on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen We go over this week’s news including Telltale’s CEO departing (12:30) and Mass Effect animators getting harassed (20:06) before assessing the…