Sonic Forces Looks Like A Promising Modern Sonic Game 

It is important, in 2017, to stay skeptical of any and all Sonic the Hedgehog video games. But Sonic Forces, which will be out later this year, looks promising for people who miss old-school speeding from the coolest hot-dog-devouring hedgehog on the planet. Then again, Sonic was never good. Don’t @ me.

How To Build An Airship In Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Move over, Final Fantasy—the newest Zelda has its own airship, and it won’t kill you every time you try to land. The only catch is that you have to build it yourself. Here’s how to make your very own artisanal Breath of the Wild airship: Step 1) Get lots of Octo Balloons (by killing Octoroks).…

Monopoly Trades Three Classic Game Tokens For A Penguin, Ducky And T-Rex

The results of January’s Monopoly Token Madness fan vote are in. Three new game pieces will be included in the next generation of the classic board game this fall, at the cost of a trio of tokens that have been with the game since the very beginning. According to Hasbro, fans across 146 countries cast…

An Erotic Game With A Very Big…Script

Who knew erotic game scripts were so big? Maybe you did! It makes sense, because these games, sexy stuff aside, sure can get chatty. The official Twitter for eroge Shin Koihime Musou Kakumei Souten no Haou announced that voice recording for the latest entry in the long running Koihime Musou series is getting underway. Here’s…

VR Schoolgirl Turned Into Life-Sized $23,000 Figure

In Namco Bandai’s VR game Summer Lesson, players are the tutor of schoolgirl Hikari Miyamoto. But that’s the virtual world! Now, they can have a real, life-sized Hikari statue to…put in their living room? I guess? According to Dengeki Hobby and Game Impress Watch, the highly detailed, 160-centimeter Hikari is produced by a high-precision 3D…

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Death Note Cosplay!

Not the prettiest cosplay I’ve ever seen, but then, that’s half the point with Ryuk. Cosplay by Grellish, photos by Keyaroscuro

Here Is A Good Video Game Kid

Here is a note Allie’s daughter brought home from her after school care, after she used the gravest insult of all: calling another kid a “Hanzo Main”. The present might be toast, but the future is looking OK.

A Nintendo Switch Accessory For Rough Times

This is not an official peripheral—it’s a custom 3D model by The Engineer—but it’ll still be a useful add-on for your Nintendo Switch when the inevitable Punch-Out game is released. Or if you’re the type whose 1-2 Switch parties get rowdy. You can buy one and get it 3D-printed here.

Little-Known Overwatch Team Is Tearing Up The Apex Tournament With Bizarre Strategies

Before the latest season of the big APEX Overwatch tournament series started, few knew the name Meta Athena. Now people are watching their matches with balled fists and clenched jaws, wondering what sort of diabolical trick they’ll come up with next. Meta Athena is a pro Overwatch team made up mostly of high-school aged Korean…

The League Of Legends Team House That Fell Apart

Team houses have been upheld as the ideal model for professional gamers and professional teams to maintain the optimal practice environment. But over the last 24 hours, a raft of allegations have come out about the living conditions for Tainted Minds, one of Australia’s top eight League of Legends teams. Tainted Minds (TM) has been…

All Hail The Brief, Glorious Return Of The PC Demo

Demos have been gone so long there will be younger readers who never really got comfy with them in the first place, but a some news from big PC publishers this week shows that the oldest (and maybe best) way of selling a video game is making a comeback. OK, so demos never entirely disappeared—and…

Guardian Thought It Could Mess With Link

Today on Highlight Reel we have guardian lasers, incorrect models, salt, 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! Skyrim –Water Bucket Challenge – iammeatwad…

Counter-Strike Players Are Skeptical Of The Game’s New Map

Yesterday, Counter-Strike received its first new Valve-developed map in quite some time. It’s called Canals, and it’s based on a (conspicuously unnamed) “historic Italian city” that is definitely Venice. The initial reaction, however, has not exactly been love at first sight. Canals, you see, is not a typical CSGO map. It’s got multiple weird routes…

Watch Us Play The Beginning Of Mass Effect: Andromeda

We’re playing Mass Effect: Andromeda over on Facebook. Check it out:

Apple’s is showcasing a ton of cool indie games in iTunes. Outstanding new releases like Ticket to Earth, Euclidean Lands, Oxenfree and Beglitched are on sale, along with an army of $.99 classics. There are far worse ways to spend a couple of dollars.