Prompto Doesn’t Care About Your New Recipe, Ignis

Today on Highlight Reel we have new recipes, Rainbow 6 Montagne strategies, perfectly synchronized titans, rodeos, face glitches and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for…

The First Five Games I Use To Test A Surround Sound Headset

I’ve reviewed a lot of surround-sound headphones in my years writing for Kotaku. When I’m testing out a new one, I have a stable of good-sounding games I go through to see how everything sounds. The majority of modern video games are mixed for 5.1 or 7.1 surround in addition to stereo, but the actual…

I Love This German Grandma Reading Children’s Books On Twitch

My knowledge of foreign languages amounts to “can read some French okay and could conceivably order a beer and ask where to bathroom is if I really had to.” Despite this, I still can’t get enough of a German grandma reading what I’m pretty sure are children’s books on Twitch. I do not speak any…

Over Two Years Later, The Sims 4 Gets Toddlers

The Sims 4 is getting Toddlers in a free update today. After two years of waiting, get your sims ready for sleepless nights and emptying potty chairs. “I’m not exaggerating when I say we’ve been talking about this particular update for years,” The Sims 4 team said in a blog post. “We just had to…

It’s Reckoning Day For Nintendo Switch Rumor Reporters

On October 20, 2016, Nintendo revealed their next big console, the Switch. To some fans the announcement was no doubt a surprise. But to those of us who have kept a close eye on gaming websites over the past year, it was simply confirmation of rumors that were all already out there. Tonight, Nintendo will…

Mighty No. 9 Is Better When You’re Watching Someone Else Play

Mighty No. 9 was less Mega Man revival and more colorful train wreck, but in the skillful hands of speedrunner GreenZSaber, playing the game during theAwesome Games Done Quick charity marathon Wednesday evening, it’s a much more entertaining train wreck. While my attempt to play through Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarted embarrassment took hours on normal difficulty,…

Titanfall Twitter Spams Random People Who Tweet They Want New Games

Titanfall’s official Twitter account is taking a rather active approach to their marketing. The account is messaging users who make the smallest mention of wanting to play a new game. First noted by CMA Productions on Reddit, the Titanfall Twitter is pretty aggressive when it comes to suggesting their game to players looking for a…

Podcast: Every Video Game* Of 2016

As has become annual tradition, join me and Kirk for a long trip through the video games of 2016 on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen. UPDATE (1/12): Now with parts one AND two! In part one of the show, we cover January through June. Listen here. (MP3 download here.) In part two of the show, we cover…

Lay’s Wants Your Stupid Potato Chip Flavors Again

The Lay’s Do Us A Flavor contest returns for a fourth year, once more offering budding snackologists who come up with a halfway edible new potato chip flavor a million dollars. Previous winners include the obvious choice, thebad one andI wasn’t paying attention. After skipping a year to perform a Flavor Swap operation, Do Us…

Disco Stew Likes Disco Stew

Jan Weßbecher is an artist from Germany working mostly in the games business. You can see more of Jan’s art at his personal siteand 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,…

Nice Butt Pun, Nintendo

Right now, I’m playing Miitopia. It’s cute, fun, and silly. The game also has one pun I can totally get behind. The above enemy character is called “Shiritori” (シリトリ) and appears in the middle of the game. That’s right, it’s a bird (a turkey?) with a butt face. In Mittopia, an evil baddies keeps taking…

Anime Intros Recreated With Zero Money 

Jintatat Rugsaraj is a low-cost cosplay master. His hobby is bringing iconic anime openings to life with things around the house. Gotta love the creativity in these clips. Do check out his Facebook page for more anime cosplay hijinks.  Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from…

Pikachu In Real Life

The Pikachu we know and love from the games and anime? That’s not the real Pikachu. This is. As evident in these photos, Pikachu looks like it’s taking things so easy. Totally doesn’t give a fuck! Be aware of this: Noted! There’s even fan art. Hopefully there will be more.

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Overwatch Cosplay As An Action Movie [Update]

Rather than just standing around lookin’ sharp, these Overwatch cosplayers have gone to the trouble of creating their own little action-packed movie, which plays out kinda like Widowmaker’s official short, only with actual humans. UPDATE – For some reason, the video keeps disappearing off the internet, both on YouTube and Facebook. We’ll get a copy…