People Are Competing To Be The Fastest At Google’s Halloween Doodle

Is it any surprise that people are speedrunning the Halloween Google Doodle? Of course not—if a game exists, people will try to play it as fast as possible. The Doodle, which is still playable, is a simple game where you play as a cat witch who fights ghosts by drawing patterns on the screen. The…

Crash Bandicoot Has An Australian Accent In Netflix’s New Skylanders Show 

Former Sony mascot Crash Bandicoot hasn’t spoken much, if at all, in the video games he’s been in over the last two decades. He’s talking plenty in the new Skylanders Academy cartoonthat premiered on Neftlix last week. Above is a clip uploaded by YouTube user ARD that will allow you to hear Crash as you’ve…

Oh Hey, Cool Robots

Will Jinho Bik is a concept artist based in Los Angeles. You can see more of Will’s mechs, armour and weapons at his 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, showcasing…

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Update Adds Amiibo Support, Mini Games

If you’ve been collecting the many Animal Crossing amiibo figurines or cards released over the last year, good news: they’re more useful now. Using Amiibo, you can now invite more characters to your town, and some will come with special items as well. The Amiibo support goes beyond Animal Crossing specific toys, too: both Splatoon…

Dragonvale World Takes Obsessive Dragon Breeding To The Next Level

Several years ago I wrote about Dragonvale, a dragon breeding game that dominated my mobile gaming time for nearly two years. Through sheer force of will I was able to shake the compulsion to breed giant lizards. It’s sequel, Dragonvale World, arrives tomorrow, and I am already lost. The first Dragonvale was and remains to…

Final Fantasy Legends II Announced For iOS And Android

Final Fantasy Legends II has been announced in Japan, with game creator Takashi Tokita calls the title “rebirth.” The first Final Fantasy Legends, which localized in the West as Final Fantasy Dimensions, debuted in 2010. Currently, the game is running a pre-register campaign, and Square Enix is calling this latest mobile title “a new Final…

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, The Death Note Version

Here we have Ryuk from Death Note doing the “PPAP” dance. No, really. Obviously, this is a publicity stunt for the just released live-action film Death Note: Light Up the New World. But does this make you want to see the movie more? Or less? Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

Nintendo Denies Wii U Production Is Ending This Week

Yesterday, Eurogamer reported that the production of Wii U consoles was ending this week. Today, Nintendo says this is “not true.” Eurogamer reported that multiple sources confirmed to the site that the final Wii U would roll off the production line this Friday. “Nintendo declined to comment when contacted about this article,” states Eurogamer’s original…

An Enormous Godzilla Made Of Straw Appears In Japan 

Let’s just hope this Godzilla doesn’t fire a beam of radioactive heat from its mouth. That is, for its own sake. To make the fall harvest, over 150 volunteers built this rice straw Godzilla. From design to construction, the whole thing took about four months to finish. JCast reports that the statue measures 7 meters…

Takayama Autumn Festival. Takayama, Japan. By David Hidalgo 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! 

Bill Clinton’s Cat Starred In An Unreleased Video Game (That’s Coming Back)

Socks, Bill & Hillary Clinton’s actual cat, died in 2009. He’s never coming back. But a video game starring the lil’ guy, which was developed for the SNES, never released and assumed lost, might soon be making a comeback. As digboston reports, game collector Tom Curtin and retro publisher Adam Welch have managed to get…

Soldier 76 Makes It A Very Dad Halloween

Halloween isn’t about getting hold of candy. It’s about who is in control of the supply. And when it comes to Overwatch, only one character is in charge: the dad. Cajun Captain Cosplay dressed as Dad 76 for Halloween, and went all out, with t-shirt, dad shoes, dad pants and rocking chair (to match Soldier…

Facebook Stashes All Its Games In One App

One of the biggest problems with social games on Facebook is finding the damn things. Facebook Gameroom is a standalone app that gathers them all together in one place. Announced today during the Unity developers conference in Los Angeles, Gameroom acts as a hub for any game that’s playable on Facebook, from match three puzzlers…

Popular YouTuber’s Horror Game Sparks Lawsuit Between Creators

Beloved YouTuber Criken is being sued for allegedly backstabbing the co-creator of his upcoming horror game, I.C.U. The suit was filed last Friday, three days before the game closed out its successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised over $82,000. Keenan “Criken” Mosimann’s popular YouTube channel features funny moments from games like Left 4 Dead and Dark…

Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Says The Fandom Isn’t “Toxic”

Once a fandom gets big enough, it starts to develop a reputation. In the case of Five Nights at Freddy’s, the reputation isn’t necessarily a good one—and the creator of the series knows it. Yesterday, developer Scott Cawthon took to the Steam forums of Sister Location,and he explained why he takes umbrage with people who…

Steam Bans Misleading Store Page Screenshots

We’ve heard rumblings of a big Steam update on the horizon, and details are beginning to trickle in. Apparently it’s “a couple weeks away” and will, among other things, require developers to advertise their games with real screenshots, rather than art, CGI, or pictures of their spring break vacation to Cancun. A member of the…

The Weird Things Sims Players Do To Get The Perfect Baby

In real life, if you crave sweets during pregnancy, you’re supposedly due for a girl, but if you crave savory things it’ll be a boy. Another belief: carrying high leads to a girl, while carrying low is a boy. Surprisingly, superstitions like these can be found within games like The Sims, too. Sims players have…