What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Do you even have to ask? I just chose Yennefer to be Geralt’s love interest but I have a lot of doubts! What if I only think I love her because the game makes such a big deal out of their relationship, much like she’s worried about? What even is love? These are big questions,…

What’s The Best D&D Character You’ve Ever Made?

Rare are the opportunities for Dungeons & Dragons fans to geek out about their favorite character. It’s like explaining your dream to someone. A few seconds in, your poor non-D&D-playing friend’s eyes glaze over in a bored daze. Really, who can blame them? Unlike Fire Emblem’s cast, your character is yours from top to bottom.…

Simpler Video Game Menus Are Better

The release of the former Wii U exclusive Yoshi’s Woolly World to the Nintendo 3DS demonstrates once again that gaming menus are best when they’re lists. Nothing fancier is needed. We don’t need to be able to wander every which way through them. Both versions of Woolly World are sidescrollers. They pretty much have the…

Watching Someone Else Play Resident Evil 7 On YouTube: The Kotaku Review

Despite having a taste for horror movies and novels, horror video games freak me the hell out. Still, I was curious about Resident Evil 7’s promise of a Southern Gothic zombie game. Like millions of other scaredy cats out there, I decided to watch it on YouTube instead of playing it. Horror games are huge…

Someone’s Gotta Design All Those Game Logos

Omer Younas is a veteran games artist who specializes in 2D stuff like logo design and menus. He’s worked on games like Battlefield 1, Metal Gear Solid V and the Crysis series. You can more of Omer’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button…

‘We Are All Scared For Our Jobs’: GameStop Employees Share Their Circle Of Life Stories

GameStop employees have always been pushy, but an aggressive new policy at the video game retail chain is taking their forcefulness to a new level. And some GameStop staff say it’s making them feel like they have to lie to customers or lose their jobs. For a decade now, GameStop has subscribed to a company…

Oculus’ John Carmack Has Serious Doubts About $500 Million Lawsuit’s Expert Witness [UPDATE]

Oculus CTO and renowned Quake and Doom programmer John Carmack slammeda Dallas jury’s Wednesday decision against Oculus in a $500 million copyright and non-disclosure agreement lawsuit. On Facebook, Carmack specifically takes issue with an expert witness whose testimony, he says, is “just not true.” For two years, Oculus has battled allegations of intellectual property theft.…

Fire Emblem Heroes Fans Are Deleting And Reinstalling The Game For Better Characters

Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo’s free mobile strategy game, released yesterday afternoon in the U.S. Instead of actually playing the game, many are finding themselves repeating the opening sections over and over again, in the hopes of cheating the system a little. You see, Heroes is a Gacha game, meaning it is full of random potential…

PS4 Is Finally Getting External Hard Drive Support

If you, like me, are sick of your PS4 telling you that it’s out of space, here is some game-changing news: Sony is adding external hard drive support in the next update. There’s no date for this update, 4.50, although it enters beta today so it’s likely coming within the next couple of months. In…

The Epic Rivalry Between Pikachu And Raichu Continues!

Ash’s Pikachu has several rivals, including Meowth and Eevee. But the biggest rivalry of them has been with Raichu. In the newest Pokémon anime, that clash continues. There is a reason for this antagonism. Website Pokémon Amino explains: “Any Raichu would act as a rival towards it’s pre evolution form, Pikachu, and Raichu in the…

Square Enix Is Fixing FFXV Costumes Because Of The Power Rangers

During Square Enix’s big Final Fantasy anniversary event, the Tokyo-based game maker revealed “muteki suits” (invincible suits) as an upcoming free Final Fantasy XV download. If you thought the outfits (above) looked like Power Ranger costumes, you were not alone.  The costumes were slated for a February 21 release and would give players invincibility for…

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When Pin-Ups Meet Harry Potter Cosplay

Kotaku cosplay regular Ginny Di returns here with a super cool tribute to Gil Elvgren’s iconic pin-up art, giving the 20th century illustrations a Harry Potter twist. Photos by Josh Randall. You can see more of Ginny’s cosplay at her Facebook page

Haha Look At This Dungeons & Dragons Thing

This is a massive and elaborate GM screen for your Dungeons & Dragons (or any other role-playing game) adventures. For those who want to flex on their tabletop crew. I like Wyrmwood’s stuff, but this screen is on a whole other level, both in terms of how much it does (it does a lot) and…