No Man’s Sky‘s New Update Makes The Game Much More Grounded

No Man’s Sky is getting better. The game that left so many people feeling burned back in August may still not live up to the prior months of hype, but yesterday’s patch makes big changes that anchor the game by finally allowing players to build a home among the cosmos. When No Man’s Sky came…

Hearthstone‘s Mean Streets Of Gadgetzan Out Thursday

In a live stream today, Blizzard revealed the release date for Hearthstone’s fourth expansion, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. The new expansion will arrive on Thursday, December 1st. Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will add 132 new cards to the game as players explore the seedy port city of Gadgetzan. Excited fans and collectors can pre-purchase packs…

Changing Weather Puts New Spin On Classic Counter-Strike Maps 

Counter-Strike’s best maps are finely tuned staging grounds for battles of tactics, will, and hair-trigger reflexes. A slight change can have a tremendous impact on how they play. Even something as seemingly insignificant as the weather, as this mod demonstrates. Lewis Palfrey and Luke Millanta’s Changing Weather Collection (via Eurogamer) adds a slew of weather…

Final Fantasy VI Once Had A Character Named Angela (And Other Little-Known Facts)

It’s Final Fantasy XV week, which means that it’s the perfect time to talk about Final Fantasy VI—especially in the wake of a bunch of fun trivia that’s been unearthed thanks to old interviews. Did you know, for example, that Cyan was meant to have an older “sister”-type role model named Angela? Over the weekend, the…

A Closer Look At Dishonored 2’s Best Level

Dishonored 2 lives and dies by its level design. Tricky guard patrols and magical abilities don’t mean much without a good playground to sneak around in. Luckily, the game has one of the best levels in recent memory: the transforming Clockwork Mansion. Playing as either Corvo or Emily, the player is tasked with disposing of…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Hide A Big Secret In The Poke Pelago Mini Game

Anyone who has played Pokémon Sun and Moon has probably visited that secluded collection of islands known as Poke Pelago. You can send your monsters to Poke Pelago to train, find items, and just chill out. Poke Pelago is also the place that quietly ties the entire story in Sun and Moon together. Maybe you…

What Did Black Friday Make You Buy? 2016 Edition

Once again I managed to make it through Black Friday sales without buying more than one new television set, a lovely 43-inch 4K for $199 that fits perfectly on the console side of my desk. How’d the rest of you fare? This year I ventured out on Black Friday, by which I mean Thursday while…

I SAID NO HAM, THANK YOU

Hazem Ameenis a concept artist and illustrator based in Dubai. You can see more of Hazem’s work at his 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 of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both…

All I Know About Fantastic Beasts I Learned From Lego Dimensions

I have not read J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter supplemental, nor have I seen the recently-released movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. I’ve just played through the Lego Dimensions’ story pack of the film. It’s fun, if a bit disjointed. Watch me play through the first chapter of the story, in…

A Godzilla Mask Made From Lego

A Godzilla mask? Maybe a better way to describe this is a Godzilla LEGO helmet. This comes via Twitter user Guilsogue. It looks like the brand ‘Zilla and is very, very good. Making a full suit, though, seems like an amazing impossibility. Do it, Guilsogue, doooooooooooooooo it. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

The Theory That Connects A Banned Pokémon Episode And Scary Mimikyu 

As Kotaku previously reported, Mimikyu is terrifying in the new Pokémon Sun Moon anime. But, we thought Mimikyu was so cute! The hell is going on? Japanese fans think they’ve figured it out. Note: This article has Sun and Moon game spoilers. When Mimikyu shows up in the new Pokémon Sun Moon anime, the character…

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Battlefield Mod Brings Back The Falklands War

Despite losing many of its core team to the development of Squad, work continues on famous Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, whose new update lets users fight out the Falklands War. The 1982 conflict, which saw Britain flex a little post-imperial muscle in the South Atlantic, is weirdly underrepresented in video games, despite it being…

When Video Games Get A Little Too Real

TerrBear was minding his own business playing some Watch Dogs 2 when the action inside the house started looking a little too much like the action outside the house. This is the only time it’s OK to film your screen with your phone. Note that the whole game isn’t this accurate; as with any other…

The Week In Games: Get Ready To Bro

Time to hit the open road with ya’boys, fight some monsters, cry some tears, and maybe in the process find out a little something more about what makes the world tick. Final Fantasy XV is finally here. Can you believe it? More than two decades and over fifteen games later Square Enix is ready to…