Heroes Of The Storm Finally Gets A Gnome, Sort Of

How can a game that celebrates the greatest characters across all Blizzard properties have three dwarves and not one gnome? It can’t, so Heroes of the Storm now has a gnome, though technically she’s a dragon. It’s complicated. Chromie is now available in Blizzard’s MOBA, bringing the measured adorability of the gnome race to the…

First Two Batman Arkham Games Coming To PS4, Xbox One In July

Visually enhanced versions of the last-gen single player hits Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City are getting bundled and sold for $50 as Batman Return To Arkham, according to the game’s publisher, Warner Brothers. Warner is promising “improved graphics, as well as upgraded models, environments, lighting, effects and shaders” as well as all of…

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Looks To Be PS4 Only in Japan [Update]

This year, we’re getting a new Dragon Ball Xenoverse game. In the West, it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. In Japan, it currently appears to be PS4 only. Update – May 20 4:26am: A Namco Bandai spokesperson told Kotaku, “The game will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive in Japan. It will be available…

No Further Lupin The Third Cosplay Is Necessary

Because cosplayer Aokage nailed the character. Not gonna get any better than this! Via her Twitter account, Aokage shows how cosplay isn’t only about the outfit or the photography, but how posing and subtle makeup can also help sell the whole thing. This is just about perfect. You can follow her on Twitter, and do…

China Has Its Own WoW Movie [Update]

Not to be confused with the Hollywood Warcraft film, this is My WoW. As website The Nanfang points out, its Chinese title is 我的魔兽世界, which literally means “My World of Warcraft.” Oh. Okay. Pretty sure that should be “Blizzard’s World of Warcraft,” but it doesn’t seem like Blizzard is involved, so… May 18 1:45am Update:…

There’s an Anime Underwear Trope for Male Characters, Too

One of the most famous (infamous?) anime underwear tropes for female characters is light blue and white striped underpants. Male characters, it seems, have a similar trope. For the female characters, the stripes are horizontal, but for the male characters, they are vertical. As you can see below in this Twitter by Japanese Twitter user…

Kojima Productions’ Logo Gets a Body 

Hideo Kojima showed off the full body for his studio’s logo, which he previously described as “very cool.” He was right. It is! Doesn’t look like Kojima Productions looked toKotaku readers for inspiration, but as this tweet shows, the battle dress does look familiar:

Japanese Cosplayers Can Buy Fake Tears

Don’t be sad! Be happy, because you can now buy tubes of faux tears in Japan just for cosplay. As pointed out on GameOver, this is Namida Gel AS. “Namida” means “tear,” and this clear gel can be used to simulate, well, tears as well as sweat for sad or gruelling cosplay. Apparently, the gel…

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Do Not Fear The Walking Dead

This is Dutch cosplayer Sylvester Majoor as The Walking Dead’s Daryl Dixon (with a little help from some undead friends). Photos by Cynthia Veekens

Blizzard Vows To Improve Twitch Chat After Hearthstone Racism Fiasco

During the recent Dreamhack Austin event, Hearthstone pro Terrence “TerrenceM” Miller came in second. It was quite a moment, a breakout performance for a relative unknown. And while many viewers were impressed, others in the thousands-strong Twitch chat refused to stop pointing out the obvious: Miller is black. You can probably guess which slurs were…

DOOM‘s Approach To Collectibles Is Smart, Fun, And Satisfying

DOOM levels are pretty straightforward: kill demons, find the exit. But there’s a lot hiding beneath the surface, and though it’s optional, I’ve become obsessed with finding everything before moving on. I don’t usually do this in games! Collectibles are usually bullshit, time wasters meant as padding. I’m not against collectibles as a concept, though—they’re…

Valkyria Chronicles Holds Up Pretty Well

Today, Valkyria Chronicles comes to PS4, and if you’re looking for a new strategy-RPG, you could do far, far worse. Although the folks at Sega haven’t added anything to this new remastered version of the 2008 PS3 game, they didn’t really need to. Thanks to some fantastic art direction and a really cool battle system,…

First-Person Dark Souls III Looks Like Nope

First-person mods in this third-person series are nothing new, but they’ve previously been fairly janky affairs. This one looks good enough to trick you into thinking it’s meant to be in the game. It’s not, of course, since playing the game like this is for lunatics and those not up to speed on the the…