Man, That’s A Brutal Battlefield Headshot

Today on Highlight Reel we have headshots, awkward dancing, Rainbow Six Siege aces, perfect Halo 5 timing 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 more!…

The Nier: Automata PS4 Demo Is Live, And It’s Awesome

Christmas comes a couple days early for PlayStation 4 owners with a playable demo of Nier: Automata. It’s a half-hour packed with slick hack and slash action, novel camera angles, a little drama and massive boss battles, and it’s so good. Platinum Games’ hack-and-slash follow-up to 2010’s Nier, follows combat android 2B, her companion 9S…

Streamer Faces The Challenges Of Coming Out As Transgender On Twitch

When DistractedElf decided to transition, she worried that it could be the end of her stream. It was a big change, and she figured a lot of her audience would be pissed. But she couldn’t deny who she was. “I can’t pretend I’m not trans,” she said. DistractedElf first started streaming on Twitch after she…

Ask Kotaku‘s Staff Anything: Holiday Edition

It’s almost Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve, and, perhaps most importantly, The End Of 2016. Come chat with the staff of Kotaku as we prepare to move on from this horrible year (and into what will inevitably be a worse one). You can ask us whatever you’d like.

You Can Now Play Pokémon Go On An Apple Watch—But Not Catch Pokémon

Viral rat-hunting mobile game Pokémon Go is now on the Apple Watch. Starting today, you can find rats, some of which now have Christmas hats, on your $270 wrist-bound iPhone. Fans expected Niantic to release an associated Pokémon Go app closer to September, or at least, before the end of the year. A rumorrecently spread…

The Steam Winter Sale Begins

It’s officially winter. Deep Winter. You know what that means: Steam Sale. This is the big one, or at least, the final big one of the year. If you need to get some last-second (Christmas is in three days WHAT ARE YOU DOING) holiday shopping done, here you go. This year’s sale is pretty barebones.…

What Did You Think Of The Yuri On Ice Finale?

Queer ice skating anime Yuri!!! on Ice closed out its first season yesterday with enough fanfare to crash streaming site Crunchyroll. Twelve episodes of triple axels, dashing costumes and raw male-on-male emotions made this cloying sports show a sensation. Some questions were answered, and more were asked—did the anime bait viewers with promises of explicit…

Five-Year-Old Makes Millions To Play With Toys

Ryan of Ryan ToysReview is a five year old YouTube star, playing with toys for an audience of millions. But, as reported in the Verge,his popularity and financial success raises new questions about the ethics of child stardom. To be fair, it seems like Ryan’s parents have a good head on their shoulders. As they…

World of Warcraft Guild Forgets To Screenshot Raid Boss Kill, Starts Drawing Them In MS Paint

When European World of Warcraft guild Wiping with Enthusiasm missed capturing a screen of its Elerethe Renferal kill during the Mythic Emerald Nightmare raid, their guild leader started documenting their progress using MS Paint. And that is how art is born. Looking through the comments onKordusain’s Reddit post showing off Wiping’s non-wiping moments, capturing key…

Podcast: Super Mario Run Is Pretty Damn Great

Super Mario Run is surprisingly challenging, which is one of the reasons I like it more than I thought I would. Let’s discuss—on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen On today’s show we talk about Mario’s first foray into mobile gaming and fantasize a bit about what Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem iOS games might look like. We…

Secretlab Brings Its Comfy Gaming Chairs Stateside

After taking a tour of Australia last year, Singaporean company Secretlab is making its line of premium gaming chairs available in the U.S. This includes the Titan, a bigger gaming chair for larger-than-man-sized people. As a half-giant, I am pretty excited. Being a largish person (6’6″ and upwards of 300 pounds), I do horrible things…

A Close Look At A Prototype Nintendo DS

You may not know Evan Amos by name, but you’ve certainly seen his work: he’s responsible for many of the clean product shots of video game consoles that you see on Wikipedia (and by extension everywhere else). Today, he’s shared something very cool for fans of old Nintendo hardware These are nice, clear shots of…

Razer Blade Pro 2016 Review: The Top Of The Thin Line

Since the 2011 debut of its first super-skinny gaming laptop, Razer has supplemented the Blade line with models either smaller or less expensive than original. Starting at $3,699, the new Blade Pro bucks that trend, resulting in Razer’s the most impressive desktop replacement yet. PC gamers laughed when the original 17 inch Razer Blade debuted…

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Darth Vader vs Aliens

Guillem H. Pongiluppi is a Spanish artist who has worked on stuff like the Warcraft movie. What we’re looking at today though is his series of images depicting Vader and some Stormtroopers meeting, shooting and being eaten by Aliens. Which look like the covers to comic books I would have held very dear in 1994.…