Finding A Match In Gears of War 4 Sucks [UPDATED]

I’ve been playing Gears of War 4 for a few dozen hours now and a good portion of that time has been spent waiting for the game to find someone to play with. At first, I thought it was simply that I was playing the game earlier than most people. So I waited for the…

Sports Games Dominate September PlayStation Download Charts, As No Man’s Sky Disappears

They don’t get a lot of press here on Kotaku, but sports games are still a big, big deal, especially in this fairly fallow fall gaming season where there ain’t much else for gamers to buy. Sony’s newly released charts of thetop 20 downloaded games for PS4 in America in September lead with NBA 2K,…

We All Live In An Official Lego Yellow Submarine

From silly children’s song to animated classic, The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” has been sparking imaginations since its 1966 debut. What better inspiration for the next official Lego Ideas set? Suddenly I know exactly what to get my mother for Christmas. Based on a design submitted to the Lego Ideas program by amateur musician and songwriter…

Studio Ghibli Color Designer Michiyo Yasuda Has Died

One of the most memorable, evocative features of Studio Ghibli films is their use of color. The woman responsible for that has passed away. She was 77. Michiyo Yasuda collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata long before they established Studio Ghibli, working on films like 1972’s Panda! Go, Panda! and as a color designer…

From the Park Hyatt. Tokyo, Japan. By John Cipriani. 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!  

Custom NES Is Also A Magic Zelda Chest

Spain’s Mako Mod have made a replica of a Legend of Zelda chest. That’s also a working NES. Complete with Triforce that actually levitates Thanks to “an electromagnetic levitation technology, and a ‘near-field’ wireless transmission of electricity”, the Triforce spins around in thin air just like it does in the games. No strings, just science/magic…

Don’t Ever Nerf This Overwatch Cosplay

The mech. The mech is the cosplay here. There’s someone inside it. Let’s be real, most D.Va cosplay you see involves people buying the same bodysuit online. Daniel Ramos and his wife put in work on this, though, building D.Va’s entire mech as an outfit so Daniel could wear it to the New York Comic…

Look At This $398 Fallout 4 Figure

Following on from threezero’s first Fallout 4 figure, here’s one based on the game’s T-60 Power Armor. There will be two versions available, one for $398 (which has flames on it, and includes a nuke launcher and rifle) and one for $380 (with no flames, and just a rifle). At that price it’s not for everyone,…

Some Perfect Witcher 3 Cosplay

Here’s Lyumos as The Witcher 3’s Keira Metz, with one of the most elaborate cosplays from the game I’ve seen yet. And I’ve seen a lot I mean, the shot above lets you see how much work had to go into it, but some of the detail shots below show you just how much work.…

Turok 2 Is Coming Back

Night Dive Studios, specialists in re-releasing classic PC games for more modern hardware, have announced today that they’ll soon be bringing Turok 2 (first released in 1998) back from the dead. Having worked on restoring the original Turok (as well as games like System Shock), the announcement doesn’t really say much beyond the fact it’ll…

Behind The Scenes Of Uncharted 4’s Big E3 Demo

Uncharted 4’s showing at E3 2015 was one of the most memorable in recent years, Naughty Dog showing off one of the game’s centrepiece moments, a car chase through the streets of Madagascar. Here’s a quick look at how some of that came together (along with other animated moments from the game). They’re part of…