Deadpool And X-Men Disney Infinity Figures Are The Stuff Of Broken Dreams

Disney Infinity’s demise didn’t just kill actual, planned projects, it also killed the dreams of millions. One of those affected is artist (and fan) Hector Moran, who came up with these awesome Deadpool and X-Men ideas for the game. They’d never have been made in a million years by Disney, but then I guess was…

Pokémon Go Is Sending Lots of Players To Church

The first thing I noticed after initially booting up Pokémon Go was that 70% of the landmarks near me were churches. Considering that I’m not a religious person, this has proven to be kiiiind of awkward. I am not alone in feeling this way. Actually, a lot of Pokémon Go players are being directed to…

Podcast: Building A PC Ain’t That Hard

Just how much of a pain is it to build your own PC? Is it worth the savings? And do you really need to use thermal paste? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk walks us through the process of ordering parts and building a gaming computer from scratch. He says it’s actually not so bad, despite…

Infamous Price Gouger Martin Shkreli Wants To Collect Rare Magic: The Gathering Cards

Infamous price gouger Martin Shkreli has found his next potential scheme, and it’s a little less glamorous than his shady pharmaceutical company: Magic: The Gathering. Shkreli posted on the MTG subreddit last night fishing for details about collecting rare Magic cards. He identifies as a “new and wealthy player” who collects “wine, art and other…

Evolve Goes Free-To-Play On PC

Evolve, the 4v1 multiplayer game that launched last year to tepid responses, is now free-to-play on PC. It’s also getting some major gameplay changes and an entirely new progression system. The developers at Turtle Rock announced the news in a heartfelt letter posted on the forums last night. Turtle Rock co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil…

A DIY Version of FFXIV In VR

While there are no plans for an official PlayStation VR version of Final Fantasy XIV, there are actually some pretty cool unofficial ones you can try. This week in the FFXIV subreddit, a fan named Donald Annis posted a 3Dvideo in which he rode his mount around the Lavender Beds zone. He made the video…

Why Speedrunners Use Glitches

Any time Kotaku writes about speedruns, we find that a good chunk of the community can’t understand why someone would willingly use glitches and cheats to play through a game. Doesn’t that make the playthrough less valid? Isn’t abusing glitches, you know, wrong? This piece originally ran 5/28/14. Let’s forget for a second that there…

Nvidia’s $250 Geforce GTX 1060 Brings Pascal Power To The Masses

Launching July 19 and priced for mass consumption, Nvidia’s Pascal-powered GTX 1060 promises power comparable to the company’s former flagship GTX 980 and twice the energy-efficiency in virtual reality. Now that Nvidia’s gotten the high-end GTX 1080 and mid-range GTX 1070 out of the way, it’s time for the mainstream event. The GTX 1060 is…

Japanese Products That Sound Awful in English

Japan has come up with some truly fantastic English product names. “PlayStation,” for example, is terrific. Then, there are some product names that are bad. Wonderfully so. This article was originally published on May 4, 2015. This isn’t really Japan’s fault. The country’s language, like English, borrows a bunch of foreign words and has done…

One Piece Isn’t Becoming A Monthly Manga, Says Publisher

One Piece is slated to miss the next issue of Weekly Jump magazine. It’s only a one-week break, and One Piece will be back on July 18. This has caused all sorts of speculation. Namely a rumor that One Piece will go from a weekly publication to a monthly one. A spokesperson for One Piece’s…

Leon’s Jacket From Resident Evil 4 Only Costs $1,200

Only! For that price, you can dress like Leon from RE4 with this replica bomber jacket. Capcom is asking 129,600 yen (US$1,286 with tax) for the leather jacket with wool lining. According to Famitsu, it’ll be out this November. This isn’t the only pricey Resident Evil jacket Capcom has released. Previously, we saw another $1,200…

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Hey, It’s Spiral Cats!

We’ve posted plenty of pics from Korean cosplay supersquad Spiral Cats, but they’ve usually been studio photos shot locally. This year, at Anime Expo 2016 in LA, they were there in person. Photographer Mineralbluhad the chance to do a shoot with Spiral Cats’ Tashaand Doremi, and these are some of the pics he took. More…

15 Pokémon Go Captures Made While Sitting On My Ass

In case you were worried about having to walk to capture anything in Pokémon Go, my phone’s been sitting at my desk since I downloaded the game this afternoon, and I’ve done alright. As much as I enjoyed wandering the streets of my neighborhood in the Pokémon Go beta, normally my workday movements are a…

Pokémon GO Is Now Out In The US

Americans, your long and torturous wait is over. Pokemon Go is now out on both iTunes and the Google Play Store. Don’t spend all your money at once That means the game is now out in America, Australia and New Zealand. Everywhere else? Nintendo says “The mobile game is also coming soon to Canada, Europe,…