Chocolate Pumpkin French Fries Coming To McDonald’s In Japan

The regular chocolate fries were not disgusting, so maybe these will be good? To mark Halloween, which is now very much a thing in Japan, McDonald’s is putting out fries with chocolate and pumpkin sauce. They’ll be available from September 28*. Maybe we’ll get a Halloween burger, too? *Jack-o’-lantern not included. Kotaku East is your…

Time For A Pit Stop

Woonyoung Jung is a Korean artist based in LA. You can see more of Jung’s work at his Tumblrand ArtStationpage. 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 the best of both their…

Valve Changes Steam Reviews Again

Last week, Valve made some big changes to Steam reviews. Developers, especially, didn’t love them Developers were worried by the part where Steam would default to not showing reviews by people who received game keys from places like Kickstarter, as opposed to directly purchasing from Steam. Valve made the change to counter fraudulent reviews and…

EA Sports, It’s Outside The Game

Welcome to 2016, an age in which Nike and EA Sports collaborate on an actual pair of FIFA series football boots (soccer cleats, Americans). Weirdest part is: in a world where crazy/garish boot design is now the norm in this sport, these are really good. The idea with the pixels on one side and a…

Hi, The Witcher’s Triss Merigold 

A day may come when I stop posting The Witcher cosplay on this blog. An hour of wolves and shattered shields. But it is not this day. This is Madame Skunk in Triss’ Witcher 2 getup, who along with her partner Weasel cosplays in Germany as everything from Metal Gear to Borderlands to Dragon Age…

Yono is a game in the style of classic, top-down Legend of Zeldas, but also it stars an elephant. It’s got combat, puzzles, and treasure hunts, as well as “delicate cultural and political situations” among humans, zombies, and robots. It’ll be out on PC at… some point. Definitely worth keeping an eye on until then.

The New Death Star DLC Makes Star Wars Battlefront More Interesting

The new paid Death Star expansion for Star Wars Battlefront won’t significantly alter the game’s reputation as a fairly casual shooter designed for quick, chaotic fun. But it does add an interesting three-stage mode that culminates with the possible destruction of the Death Star. That new mode at least makes a session with the game…

Stunning New GTA V Mod Beset With Claim That Some Of Its Code Was Stolen

A few days ago, we covered GTA 5 Redux. It is an intense overhaul mod that rebuilds Los Santos with new textures and effects. It is the work of modder Josh Romito but now the makers of another mod are claiming it uses stolen files and code. The issue in question rests around the files…

Mod Turns RimWorld Into A Lovecraftian Nightmare

In Steam sci-fi colony-building hit RimWorld, sanity is precious. Colonists have to deal with a lot of shit—from deceased loved ones to rampaging space turkeys—and they sometimes snap. H.P. Lovecraft also knows a thing or two about driving people to madness. Modder Jecrell added one of the more influential storytellers of the past century to…

1989 Sega Game Was A Racing Monstrosity

Let’s all go back in time. Before Sonic Boom, before the Dreamcast, before the Saturn. To a time when Sega was awesome, and as famous for their killer arcade games as their console efforts. This piece originally appeared 9/3/15. Specifically, we’re going to 1989, and the release of Sega Super Circuit, a game that you…

Awesome X-Wing Miniatures Game Now Has A Campaign

The X-Wing miniatures game is very, very good. If there’s a complaint I have about it, though, it’s that there isn’t a campaign mode for more long-term play and…oh, wait, thanks to a very dedicated fan, now there is. Wonderful. First released in 2015, and created by Josh Derksen, Heroes of the Aturi Cluster is…

Video Games Are Better The Second Time You Play Them

Everyone remembers the first time they played a really good video game. The constant surprises of Half-Life, or the drama of Final Fantasy VI, or the stress and catharsis of Far Cry 2. As good as those games were the first time around, they’d almost certainly be better the second. Or the third. Or the…

Rez Infinite’s Area X Is An Incredible Japanese VR Experience 

To be honest, I wasn’t that excited when I showed up at Enhance Games’ office in Tokyo’s Aoyama to play Area X, a new area in Rez Infinite for PlayStation VR. I’d played Rez and Rez HD, so I thought Rez in VR would be no big deal. Besides, VR usually makes me sick, and…

Mob Psycho 100 Finally Gets Its Own Dank Meme

Mob Psycho 100 is definitively the shit. It’s true. One tablespoon psychic kid, a quarter cup charlatan exorcist, strained, pressurized and mixed by One-Punch Man creator ONE is the recipe for an irresistible manga. But when baked by Studio BONES, it’s essential sustenance for your anime diet. It’s also the perfect set of ingredients for…