Offworld Trading Company: The Kotaku Review

I have never played a game like Offworld Trading Company If you go to buy it from a store, it’ll be listed as a strategy game. If you read up on it, you’ll know that it was designed by Civilization IV’s Soren Johnson. If you look at a screenshot, you’ll see lots of little buildings…

120-Sided Dice, For Your Most Hardcore RPG Sessions

There’s now a d120 out there, made by the folks over at The Dice Lab, and while it’d be interesting to see what it could be used for during an RPG session, it certainly looks like a fun gimmick. The d120 is based on a polyhedron known as the disdyakis triacontahedron. Each face is an…

World of Warcraft‘s Duskwood is Chilling in Unreal Engine 4

Duskwood, a World of Warcraft zone almost all Alliance players visit while leveling, got the Unreal Engine treatment by Daniel L, who’s slowly recreating all the classic Eastern Kingdoms zones. It’s a cursed, foggy realm of horror, inhabited by ghouls, ghosts and skeletal warriors. Even with 2006 graphics, it’s a chilling zone, and it just…

Thank God Minecraft Doesn’t Really Have Physics

In Minecraft, a few block types like sand, gravel, or water are affected by gravity, and that’s mostly it for the in-game physics. In this animation, however, it takes very little for a painstakingly built mansion to totally and utterly collapse. The animation, “Home Sweet Home,” was made by Poland-based 3D artist Michał Mroszczak (via…

Yokai Watch Is Coming to Final Fantasy XIV

In a somewhat unexpected move, Yokai Watch characters are coming to Final Fantasy XIV in a future update. According to Famitsu, further details are to come, but footage released today at a Nico Nico event outside Tokyo show popular Yokai Watch characters like Jibanyan, Komasan, and Whisper. Here’s a full list of all the characters:…

Chinese TV Show Criticized for Allegedly Copying Meme Character

You know Kumamon? That bear has spawned memes in the West and is incredibly popular in Japan. One of these bear characters is not Kumamon. As reported on News 47 and NM Plus (via Afternoon News), starting April 9, a character called “Lucky Bear” began popping up on Lucky! Make a Profit! Make a Profit!…

LEGO Turned into Delicious-Looking Food

Builder Tary is a genius at turning unappetizing LEGO bricks into yummy-looking treats. Based in Tokyo, for the past few years, Tary has been producing an array of excellent custom LEGO sculptures, but his food work, in particular, is quite brilliant. For example, here is his LEGO ten don (天丼), which is tempura on rice.…

Angkor Wat. Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. By Peter Schmidt. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Drawing Dicks on Conan’s Face When He Loses at Mario Kart

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron race Conan O’Brien in Mario Kart 8, with the loser getting covered in weenies. Conan is terrible at Mario Kart, meaning he got covered in dong doodles, including a teardrop drawing for the dick he killed in prison. Rest in peace, prison penis.

Sweet Iron Man Cosplay, Guy Who Is Not Tony Stark

Looks like metal, doesn’t it? Iron Mark Props’ suit is actually painted EVA foam, cut to perfection to give that real nice “fitted” look. We’ve seen some good Iron Man cosplay here before, some of it downright spectacular, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one fit as perfectly as Robert Downey’s CG. If you…

The Mystery Of The Unknown Neo Geo Game Has Been Solved

Hey, remember that unfinished Neo Geo fighting game that was discovered lurking on an arcade board? And how nobody knew what the hell it was? The man behind the game has been found, and he’s been able to reveal all kinds of stuff about it. Having seen the footage of the unfinished game, Japanese site…

Meet Hollywood’s New Lara Croft

There are new Tomb Raider movies coming, which means a new cinematic Lara Croft. And while Camilla Luddington did a fantastic job in the last two games, the big screen role has gone to Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander. Vikander (who I loved in Man From U.N.C.L.E.) is going to be playing a similar Croft to…

WWE Fan Holds Up ‘Localize Mother 3‘ Sign At Recent Show

People bring all kinds of ridiculous signs to WWE events, but a demand to translate Mother 3? That’s a new one. Twitter user @5of6 discovered the sign while watching the most recent episode of WWE Smackdown: And here’s a clip from the episode: Maybe this will be one of the surprises Nintendo has for E3?…

Sega Lets Modders Get Freaky With Its Classic Games

The secret biggest surprise of 2016 so far? Sega has added official mod/ROM hack support to the Steam version of Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. It’s a bold new world. Also a very, very strange one. Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics now has its own Steam Workshop (and a cool new nostalgia-tastic hub…

Dark Souls Players Nuke Invader Death Star Style

Today on Highlight Reel we have vaporized invaders, powerful kicks, rocket punches and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, 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 Dying Light – “you monsters are…

One Overwatch Character Has Been Around For More Than A Decade

Overwatch was announced at BlizzCon in 2014. It rose from the ashes of a longtime Blizzard MMO project called Titan, which had been in development for years and years only to meet the reaping scythe of cancellation. But Overwatch character Soldier 76 even predates that. Soldier 76 is Overwatch’s trusty Shoot Man. He’s a gruff…

What We Like (And Don’t Like) About The Second Hitman Episode

This week IO Interactive released the second episode for their new Hitman game, full title Hitman 6: So You Want To Be A Hitman? After some costume changes and a few grisly murders, we decided to put our heads together to talk it out. This new mission takes place in the Italian coastal villa Sapienza…