Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: This Is A Job For Torbjorn

Just because Overwatch’s resident turret-banger is getting toned down on consoles doesn’t mean Torbjorn can’t still be a productive member of society. There are plenty of employment opportunities for dwarf with a robotic arm, like whatever you guys come up with this week. Originally published 6/26/2016—just three days left to get Torbjorn’s job applications in!…

A Cosplayer Is Running For Political Office

This is Cara Nicole Trujillo. For the past few years, she’s been active on the Arizona cosplay scene. Now, she’s also active on the political one. Phoenix New Times report that Trujillo is officially running for the Arizona Legislature as a Green Party candidate, appearing on this November’s ballot. On her official site, Trujillo mentions…

Ghostbuster Hamburgers Are Just As Ridiculous As You’d Hope

Once again, Japan is raising the bar with hamburgers. This time, it’s turned its skills to Ghostbusters. Entabe reports that J.S. Burgers Cafe is rolling out Ghostbusters themed food at its restaurants. There’s the G.B. Burger (above), which comes with burgers slathered in black olive and anchovy paste, “bloody hot ketchup,” and cream on black…

Report: Nintendo Is Researching VR

From the sound of it, add Nintendo to the list of companies that are interested in VR. Japanese Twitter user NStyles was at today’s Nintendo shareholders meeting in Kyoto and live-tweeted what was apparently said. Keep in mind that Nintendo has yet to release an official transcript, so Kotaku hasn’t yet been able to confirm.…

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Fans Discover FIFA Glitch That May Have Been Ripping Them Off

FIFA fans, fed up with what they felt was a “handicap glitch” affecting their play, have diagnosed and likely uncovered a problem that may have been undermining the game’s “Ultimate Team” mode for years. Which is a big deal, since that mode costs real money. Ever since FIFA 09, the game has included a separate…

The Crushing Design Of World Of Warcraft’s Big Raids

Hardcore raiding schedules in World of Warcraft can turn an otherwise unproductive “leisure” activity into a competitive sport. At the extreme end, it can become a stressful obligation rife with social dependencies and pressure. This is an excerpt from World of Warcraft, by Boss Fight Books, which you can get here In his 1961 book…

System Shock‘s Remaster Already Has A Playable Demo (And It’s Great)

Night Dive Studios is asking for $900,000 on Kickstarterto fund its proposed remaster of the first-person sci-fi classic, System Shock. Better yet, they’ve released a playable demo that nicely demonstrates how they might do it. If there’s one lesson that Kickstarter backers are learning the hard way, thanks to projects like Mighty No. 9, it’s…

Brexit Ousts Donald Trump As The Most Deadly Disease In Plague Inc

The people have spoken. According to players of global extinction disease game Plague Inc, Brexit is now deadlier than Donald Trump and his distant third place rival, Death. In Plague Inc, you name a disease and then spread it across the planet. You win when nobody’s left standing. It’s pretty grim, but you can do…

Overwatch Players Stage A McCree Shootout For The Ages

Today on Highlight Reel we have shootouts, flesh-eating horses, Dark Souls nopes, Mei denial, 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! Rainbow Six Siege…

My, What Big Tanks You Have

Nenad Gojkovic is a freelance artist from Serbia. You can see more of Nenad’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…

Umbrella Corps Is An Interesting Experiment That’s Not Much Fun To Play

Resident Evil 7‘s first-person take on the franchise is a bold experiment that holds tons of promise. The same could be said for Umbrella Corps, a new attempt by Capcom to graft multiplayer onto Resident Evil. Sadly, it doesn’t really work. Umbrella Corps sports mercenary groups of three facing off in constrained maps, both fighting…

Get A Load Of This Official Game Of Thones Xbox One Console

Xbox could have gone so many ways with this limited edition giveaway. Model it on a castle, or a sigil, or a city. Perhaps just a custom colour scheme with some nice graphics on them. But no, they had to do more So here we have one of a handful of limited edition Game of…