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.

Clouds. Talca, Chile. By Camilo Fuentes JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

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…

These very cool Street Fighter x M.U.S.C.L.E. figures are $6 a pack, or $24 for the whole set of 12.

Tony Rosato, The Cartoon Voice Of Luigi, Dead At 62

Canadian actor and comedian Tony Rosato, who provided the voice for Luigi in the animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, has died at the age of 62 of a suspected heart attack, the Toronto Sun reports Rosato, a veteran of Canada’s SCTV along with Night Heat and Relic…

Overwatch Player Gets Teams Dancing To Funk Music

It’s been a hell of a day. Sometimes, you just need something to make you smile. Here’s a person blasting funk music at teammates in Overwatch. Cute dancing ensues. Dunno Anything brought the funk to Overwatch, and Overwatch boogied until it couldn’t boogie anymore: Thank you for healing our shattered souls with the power of…

This Wooden Box Is A Gaming PC

The Volta V is the first commercially-produced, handcrafted wooden computer, and if you’ve got the green, it can pack some serious gaming power. Back when I was a kid, most of the electronics in our home featured a large amount of wood. Our television was 22 inches of screen in a 50 inch wooden box,…

We’ve Two Weeks To Prepare For Taco Bell’s Fried Chicken Taco Shell

January 26 shall be known as the day the taco shell changed forever, or at least the day Taco Bell started folding up fried chicken patties and calling it a Naked Chicken Chalupa. Realizing that we’re almost two weeks into 2017 and there hasn’t been a Snacktaku video, Taco Bell has lept into action, readying…

Shovel Knight Is Coming To Switch, Getting A New Structure And Price

Shovel Knight will be released on the Nintendo Switch. The popular platformer is also getting a slew of additional modes as well as new name and price. Yacht Club Games outlined their plansin a blog post today Shovel Knight will be updated into a new version called Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. Players who own the…

Prompto Is My Boyfriend

I’m leaning against a tree. The back of my shirt is beginning to itch and my palms are sweaty. It’s a humid August day, but on our ride home he insisted we stop. “Isn’t that a nice tree?” he had said. It is: the branches hanging low, filtering the light like fireflies. There was no…