Battleborn Fans’ Revival Event Helped, But Not Much

Battleborn Day, the fan-led event aimed at drumming up more players for Gearbox’s troubled hero shooter, managed to drastically increase the number of players in the game over the November 12 weekend, but the numbers were still low and the spike didn’t last. The spike in concurrent users during the special event, during which veteran…

Persona 5 Delayed To April

The fifth Persona is delayed yet again, this time to April 4, 2017, Atlus announced today on a stream. To make up for this delay, the publisher says they’re adding dual audio, so you’ll be able to play with either Japanese or English voices. Still a bummer. This marks the 193120392103192nd delay of Persona 5,…

Video Games Most People Won’t Ask For This Holiday Season, But That You Should Give Them

If you are giving a video game gift later this year, there’s a chance you’ll be wrapping up a copy of Call of Duty or Nintendo’s NES Classic. You may be dutifully satisfying a request for Overwatch or doling out for PlayStation VR. This is what people will ask for. Maybe you’d like to toss…

A Closer Look At Battlefield 1‘s Historical Accuracy

Fans curious about the history behind Battlefield 1’s stories are in for a treat. YouTube channel Games of History released a longform video essay discussing the game in full. They talk about the truth and lies found throughout the game’s exciting campaign. Griffiths is pretty quick to take the game to task for various historical…

Inside The Taboo World Of Teen Pregnancy In The Sims

Normally, teens can’t WooHoo or get pregnant in The Sims. To “fix” that, some players use mods that allow teen sim romance. Surprisingly, these mods are popular with real teen girls who roleplay fictional pregnancies, ultrasounds and all, on social media for hundreds of thousands of people. ForeignSimmer, a YouTuber with an ongoing series about…

The Immortal God Emperor Sure Knows How To Throw A Party

Richard Wright is an artist based in the UK who has worked on a ton of video game commercials and cinematics. You can see more of Richard’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…

Watch Dogs 2 Marriage Proposal Takes A Tragic Turn

Non player characters can lead pretty dramatic lives. One couple from Watch Dogs 2 manages to go from being the happiest people ever to raging fisticuffs in record time. Brandon C captured the moment on YouTube. A young man proposes to his lover in a very picturesque scene. It’s so heartwarming that protagonist Marcus just…

Thanks For The Shoutout, Dishonored 2

As Ubisoft did for Watch Dogs 2, the developers at Arkane snuck a little Kotaku-themed Easter Egg into the second Dishonored game. We got a kick out of this one. This screenshot is, of course, a reference to the now-iconic email that Arkane creative director Raphael Colantonio sent out to staff after we broke the news…

New Google Experiment Tries To Guess What Your Crappy Drawings Are

The idea behind Google Experiments’ Quick, Draw! is to teach a neural network to recognize everyday objects based on the rushed scribbles of flawed humans. If it can figure out what I’m drawing, it can do anything. Quick, Draw! players are tasked with sketching out six different objects per game using mouse to touchscreen. The…

Players Who Pirated Pokémon Sun and Moon Say Nintendo Is Banning Them [UPDATE]

Given the amount of information that’s floating around, seemingly the entire internet downloaded Pokémon Sun and Moon before release. Well, it seems that the ban hammer is finally coming down on those pirates. Earlier this month, links containing files for Pokémon Sun and Moon started circulating the web. Not only did these files allow full…

Nintendo Is Doing A Zelda Escape Room

If you’ve ever had the urge to hug a Goron or explore a real-life version of the Water Temple, you may be in luck—Nintendo announced today plans to do a series of escape rooms centering on The Legend of Zelda, as part of a limited tour that will be traveling across the United States this…

Katamari Damacy Statues Are The Start Of Something Big

There’s nothing like a fresh katamari. First 4 Figures is kicking off a new line of Katamari Damacy statues the same way most Katamari Damacy games begin. Just a prince, his ball and endless growth potential. Remember when Katamari Damacy was something new and wonderful, filled with strange music and quirky goodness? Before they turned…

The Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist‘s Debut Trailer

As previously reported, shooting wrapped up on the Fullmetal Alchemist feature film And now, here’s the flick’s very first 30-second trailer. The movie will be directed by Fumihiko Sori, who is best known for the 2002 film Ping Pong, while boy band singer Ryosuke Yamada stars as Edward Elric. “I want to depict something that…

Godzilla Origami Looks Difficult 

There is difficult origami, and then, there’s this. Twitter user Ori2ga3mi designed this Godzilla origami, after doing studies of the kaiju.  Here is the final folding blueprint Ori2ga3mi created. Making this origami Godzilla seems fiddly as hell. And here is the final result. There is not a single cut in this origami. Every part is…

New MMORPG Ends Service, Folks Think They Know Why 

Yesterday, free-to-play MMORPG Chaos Saga launched in Japan. Today, less than 24 hours later, the game’s service suddenly ended. Some wonder if the reason was that Chaos Saga’s characters look very familiar. Chaos Saga is from DMM.com, a major Japanese streaming and online video rental service. It also has released adult games as well as…

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He Is Kratos, The Cosplay God Of War

This is Troy Schram, dressed as Kratos as he appears in the upcoming PS4 edition of the series. And yes, the beard is real. Almost everything you’re seeing here was made by hand, including the weaved leather shoulder pads, which Troy tells me was “a massive, time-consuming pain in the ass.” All photos by Damon…