It’s Not Every Decade A New Surfing Video Game Is Announced

In honor of today’s announcement of Climax Studios’ Surf World Series, coming to the Xbox One, PC and PS4 next year, I decided to explore the history of surfing video games, starting with the nine listed on Wikipedia. This won’t take long. I suppose they’ll be adding Surf World Series to the list soon enough,…

League of Legends Lands Seven-Year, $300 Million Streaming Deal

Today, League of Legends publisher Riot announced an unprecedented $300 million deal with Major League Baseball spin-off streaming company BAMTech, who will handle LoL broadcasting. Among other things, BAMTech will releasea streaming app for the esport and oversee tournament streams on Twitch, the Wall Street Journal reports BAMTech, in which Disneyrecently bought a $1 billion…

Why Arby’s Twitter Is All Over Gaming Right Now

With many popular brands struggling to find a voice on social media, Arby’s spent 2016 charming an entirely new audience via gaming and pop culture papercraft creations. I spoke to Arby’s senior director of social and digital media about how they went from pictures of curly fries to cardboard chocobos. I follow a lot of…

Farewell, Weird-Faced Assassin’s Creed NPC

Last month, this dear precious boy appeared in Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection and immediately became an Internet sensation. It is with great and terrible regret that I now inform you of his passing. A patch (spotted by Eurogamer) did the deed. Have a look: The NPC could show up in Sequence 1, Memory 1 of…

New, Witchy Film From Studio Ghibli Veterans Looks Just As Magical As Miyazaki’s

Starved Studio Ghibli fans now have something new to look forward to. Yesterday, Ghibli veterans, under the auspices of Studio Ponoc, released a trailer for a fantastical, Ghibliesque movie called Mary and the Witch’s Flower, slated for Summer, 2017. Based on Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick, in which a girl discovers a magical broomstick in the…

Final Fantasy XV Gets New Game Plus Next Week

Square Enix will add a New Game Plus mode to Final Fantasy XV via patch on December 22 alongside a “Holiday Pack” DLC that will contain a bunch of goodies, the publisher announced today. Naturally, you’ll get more if you pay. The New Game Plus mode is free and will be available to everyone, although…

Here’s Where You Can Play The Nintendo Switch Starting Next Month

Nintendo will let the public gets hands on time with its next console/handheld starting in January as part of a multi-city tour, the company announced today. It sounds like space will be limited, so be prepared to wait on line if you want to play the Switch. The world’s most acclaimed maker of iPhone games…

A Pac-Man Rickshaw Is Coming To Tokyo

This holiday season, a lucky few can ride around one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist spots in a Pac-Man shaped rickshaw. Because nothing quite says Christmas like this? According to Famitsu, the ricksaw will only be in operation from December 23 to December 25. It will take folks on rides around Asakusa, an area of…

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Fallout 4 Cosplay Always Gets The Scoop

This is Verisaas Fallout 4’s very own press sneak fuck, Piper. The weathering effects she’s done on the jacket and pants are so good I’m starting to wonder whether she actually just dug them out of the dirt somewhere. Photos by KIRA

When Super Mario Run Doesn’t Launch On Android

Please hurry, Nintendo.

Civilization’s Giant AI Battle Royale Died, Returns Way Better

Early last year, something beautiful happened:a single game of Civ V was started up, with 61 civs all controlled by the AI, then left to run. It was chaos, there was bloodshed, but sadly, it all kinda fell apart thanks to technical woes. Not to matter! It’s starting up again, and for curious spectators looks…

Planet Coaster Just Got A Huge Free Update

Planet Coaster, a very good video game, just got a lot better thanks to a big “Winter Update” that’s both a patch and a upgrade, adding new stuff for your parks. It’s a Paradox-style update, then, in that it combines what you expect to get fixed with what you’d expect other companies to charge for.…

Of Course Batman Loves Pop Punk

Today on Highlight Reel we have mopey piano solos, merciful titans, Let It Die boss battles, great Halo 5 shots 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…