The first post aboutOwlboy on evil-billionaire-proof Overwatch fansite Kotaku is from the year 2008. A certain Luke Plunkett tells me there are even older ones that didn’t survive a server change that same year. It’s now 2016, and the gorgeous adventure-platformer about a boy who is an owl (or perhaps the other way around) is…
In a 21st century world of free software, powerful computers, tablets and mice, making pixel art is fairly easy! In the 1980s, though, your favourite games had to be made on expensive and highly specialised equipment. Video Games Densetsu have gone through some old Japanese magazines and put together a collection of interviews and images…
Sri Lanka had only its second ever Comic Con on the weekend, and it looked like a blast. While the cosplay community there may not be as well-established as it is elsewhere, there was still some quality cosplay on show! Even Harambe turned up (if you’ve seen a pic of this outfit floating around on…
Pro wrestling is an act, as many a helpful Internet commenter will point out below any article about this stuff. It’s staged. It’s scripted. The evil Russian bad guys, it turns out, are often actually Americans. Those of us who are hooked crave the moments when something might be real, when we can’t tell if…
The “parents don’t know but they’ll talk about it anyway” gag is not a new one, but it remains a sweet one when the parents do a good job (and aren’t treated like idiots by exploitative kids). Like Karhall’s mom here, who was asked to talk about Overwatch characters without knowing who the hell they…
Kubo and the Two Strings: An absurdly beautiful, hand-made hero’s tale. What it is: The latest from the stop-motion wizards at Laika, whose other films include 2009’s Coraline and 2012’s woefully underrated ParaNorman What I’ve watched: Watched the movie last night. Is it good? Yeah, it’s really cool. A few things kept me from loving…
If you couldn’t tell by now, No Man’s Sky is not the game a lot of people wanted it to be. But what is that game, exactly? I think we’ve all, at some point or another, wished for The Ultimate Video Game. The idea of a game that caters to everyone with a deft mix…
ToeJam and Earl are coming back next year on PC and console. Here’s a trailer.
League of Legends earned publisher Riot Games $1.6 billion in revenue last year, but a public debate between community leaders is shedding light on how the game’s competitive players are financially vulnerable. Arguing over who deserves blame, Riot Games’ co-founder and a prominent League of Legends team owner are duking it out on public forums…
There’s a scene in Final Fantasy IV that’s always stood out to me. It centers around the elderly wizard Tellah, who starts off with a puny library of magic but eventually, thanks to divine intervention and a magical house of mirrors, remembers that he’s actually a talented badass with access to every spell in the…
This week’s new update to Pokémon Go allows you to ask the game’s team leaders to appraise your Pokémon. A useful feature? We’re not sure. It has led to a lot of penis jokes–so many that that the game’s main subreddit is banning those jokes! Anyway…get any good, bad or funny appraisals? Share them in…
If you asked me how many graphics were in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, my answer would be, “a lot.” If I had to guess, I’d say, like, a hundred? Two hundred? It’s a lot, is the point. This game is often ridiculously good-looking, especially on PC. That’s particularly true when there are no NPCs in…
You will be shocked to hear this, but many of us on staff here at Kotaku play Overwatch It’s actually pretty unusual for so many of us to be playing the same game, so we thought we’d make some weekly videos where we casually chat about what’s new with the game. This week Cecilia, Nathan…
Nioh is an upcoming Playstation 4 exclusive that blends aspects of Dark Souls, Onimusha, and even a little Genji: Days of the Blade to create a fast paced hack and slash game. The game is currently hosting an open beta. A perfect chance for some samurai action! Many games boast about their difficulty but Nioh…
My optimism about Alone With You, released yesterday, glided on high-soaring generic expectations set by recent retro-styled adventures like Read Only Memories and VA-11 HALL-A: excellent interactive fiction with minimal gameplay. With knockouts like those, under-appreciated genres draw in wider audiences, as I was drawn to “sci-fi romance adventure” Alone With You. Unfortunately, throughout the…
Last weekend, Respawn Entertainment held an open technical test for the multiplayer shooter Titanfall 2 on the Xbox One and Playstation 4. I enjoyed my own time with the game but other players were a bit more concerned. Now, Respawn Entertainment is responding to critiques and discussing new changes coming to the anticipated sequel. Major…
The hardest part of open-world games, for me, is paying attention to the plot instead of getting distracted by all the places I can go. Recently I’ve spent about 30 hours in 2012’s Sleeping Dogs and have barely gotten out of the intro missions. I have, however, found the world’s longest escalator system. Sort of.…
Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab four games for “free” in September, two for Xbox One and two for Xbox 360. At least one of them is a very good game, maybe more! Microsoft announced September’s offerings today in a blog post. The two Xbox One titles are: Earthlock: Festival of Magic – A…
Mack Sztaba is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Firaxis, Gearbox, Microsoft and Wizards of the Coast. You can see more of Mack’s art at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…
Lego builder Miro Dudas knows just the right way to start the day. Via The Brothers Brick
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