Deus Ex: Mankind Divided isn’t the first game to take this approach (it’s not even the first Deus Ex game to do so), but it certainly puts it in the best terms. If your game has a story, this is 100% the right way to let people go about it.

Can’t believe it’s taken this long to see some Barb cosplay. Maybe everyone had to wait until the next time they were at their Nan’s place to steal her glasses. Cosplay by SailorsMouth

Track: Andrew’s Song | Artist: I The Mighty | Album: Oil In Water EP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Guy With The Lowest Possible Rank In Overwatch

It’s possible to hit rank zero in Overwatch’s competitive mode. Dale “Bacontotem” Brown knows. He’s done it. There’s a caveat, though: it takes a hell of a lot of work. Overwatch’s first competitive season’s skill rating system graded people on wins/losses and their personal performance. Each player received a number somewhere between 1 and 100.…

A Newcomer’s Impressions Of The Titanfall 2 Tech Test

This past weekend, Titanfall 2 offered an open tech test across the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Eager to get my fill of giant robots and balletic gunplay, I suited up to join the fight. All in all, it was pretty fun. But there’s a lot to dissect and discuss. I should begin by admitting…

Playdead’s excellent side-scrolling puzzle game Inside is now available on PS4. You should definitely play it! Read our review here

The Witness is coming to Xbox One, Jonathan Blow revealed to IGN earlier today. Blow and his team aim for a September 13th release date. An iOS version is also in development.

The next game from the makers of Sleeping Dogs is not Sleeping Dogs 2. It’s Smash + Grab, an online multiplayer game and “dystopic take on gang warfare” that will enter Steam Early Access in September. Trailer above.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided: The Kotaku Review

Adam Jensen needs a nerf. Five or six hours into Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, I imagined the game’s bad guys sending angry emails to developer Eidos Montreal complaining about their overpowered player-controlled adversary. Every fortified area Jensen entered started out full of alert, dangerous guards and ended with a heap of unconscious men piled up…