Battlefield 1 Grenade Blows Up A Lotta Dudes

Today on Highlight Reel we have tons of Battlefield 1, legendary medics, Overwatch clowning 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! RIGS: Mechanized Combat…

One Year Later, Those Two Perma-Permadeath Games Aren’t Doing So Great [UPDATE]

Last year, I covered two different games with an awesome (and also terrifying) central conceit: if you die, you can never play again. Upsilon Circuit and One Life both touted forms of perma-permadeath. People loved the idea. My two posts were viewed nearly 1.5 million times. Unfortunately, those games have hit some nasty bumps on…

Titanfall 2 Takes Shot At Other Shooters, Won’t Have A Season Pass

Outlining future plans for Titanfall 2, developers Respawn Entertainment made a blog post talking about what sets their game apart from other shooters. A big one? No paid multiplayer DLC or season pass. “All maps & modes will be free in Titanfall 2 Multiplayer,” the post reads. “This means no splitting up the community.” The…

Someone Hacked Missingno Into A Modern Pokémon Game

Missingno was never supposed to exist; it was a glitch monster that could appear in Red and Blue only under special circumstances. Despite being a mishap, even now, twenty years later, fans still love and remember Missingno. While Game Freak may never bring Missingno back, VGMoose went ahead and modded Missingno into Pokémon Omega Ruby…

My Summer Car, As Told By Steam Reviews

My Summer Car might sound like a game about the fine art of crafting jank-ass automobiles, and to an extent, it is. But it’s also an open-world conduit for stories. Many of those stories involve beer and pee. My Summer Car is far more than just a car game. As I discovered while playing it…

Initial impressions of The Division’s game-overhauling 1.4 patch: So, I bumped the new “world tier” global difficulty level up to three (of four), and the second grunt I killed dropped an orange item. Not bad.

Podcast: We’re Psyched For Nintendo Switch

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I tackle the biggest gaming question of the next five months: What happened to that dude’s dog in the Nintendo Switch commercial? We also theorize about the Switch more generally, answer some reader mail, and talk Civilization VI, Battlefield 1, Mafia 3, and the worrying learning capabilities of…

Battleborn‘s Latest Hero Has A Cool Origin Story

There’s a very good reason Battleborn’s latest hero, Kid Ultra, looks like a children’s toy. He technically is. According to his profile on the Battleborn website, Kid Ultra wasn’t created for combat, but rather for childcare. The first of a new line of robotic servants, Kid Ultra was created with a host of family-friendly features,…

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Made Horror Personal

When I first heard the original Silent Hill was getting a “reimagining” from Climax Studios, I groaned, thinking it was an attempt at a cash grab. I initially didn’t bother playing Silent Hill: Shattered Memories because no Silent Hill had been up to the quality of the first three (and, to a lesser extent, the…

Lego Star Wars Siege Of Takodana Lets You Play As The Bad Guys

Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows us another side of one of the movie’s pivotal moments in the new Siege of Takodana DLC. Join Kylo Ren and his Stormtrooper pals as they blow up a perfectly good sci-fi theme restaurant. While there’s a much better mission involving Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma included in…

Final Fantasy XV Reveals DLC Plan, Including Online Co-Op

Final Fantasy XV will have an online multiplayer mode, the game’s teamannouncedtoday at Paris Games Week. Co-op multiplayer DLC will be available for the game after its November 29th release. The mode is a part of FFXV’s season pass, announced in August, which will cost $25 and offer six DLC packs total. The three other…

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Is Free On Xbox One Right Now

Though we’ve seen nothing from Microsoft, Gearbox or 2K mentioning any sort of special offer, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is now available for free in the Microsoft Store. Weird. Update: It’s a gift from Microsoft! Reader Nick sent in a tip letting us know that the two game bundle, which includes both remastered versions of…