Razer Blade 2016 Review: It Keeps Getting Better Every Time We Review It

Eschewing the unpopular and largely non-existent practice of releasing new versions of products that are worse than the previous ones, the latest version of Razer’s wafer-thin gaming laptop is better than the ones that came before it. Good call. I’ve been playing around with Razer’s gaming laptops since the first Blade arrived back in 2012.…

UFC 199 Was The UFC At Its Best And Worst

UFC 199 was stacked with moments that reminded me why I love MMA. Michael Bisping’s championship win. Dan Henderson’s age-defying comeback KO of Hector Lombard. The last ten seconds of Max Holloway vs Ricardo Lamas. Shame the UFC had to mar it by being a petty wreck of an organization. It’s a storybook event whose…

The Overwatch Equivalent Of Liking Your Own Facebook Post

There’s nothing more frustrating than being called out in Overwatch’s post-match results screen and having nobody give a thumbs up. When that happens, I resort to extreme measures: I give myself a thumbs up. NO. SHAME. There are two different ways that Overwatch tries to make players feel cool when the match is over, win…

Chat With The Kotaku Staff About E3 And More

People, it’s less than a week until the big E3 press conferences begin and you just might be in the mood to talk about the big show. Or maybe you just want to talk about games that are out now or about Kotaku. Got questions? We’ll do our best to answer! Fire away in the…

The Making Of A Popular Counter-Strike Map

Santorini is one of Counter-Strike’s most well-regarded recent maps. It’s attractive, well-balanced, and compact enough to create tense showdowns. How do you make a map that stands out in a Dust2-obsessed CSGO landscape? Like this. Santorini creator Shawn “FMPONE” Snelling teamed up with Max Reiger to create a slick video of Santorini’s methodical evolution over…

Ubisoft Announces Watch Dogs 2 Announcement

And now it’s time for an annual Ubisoft tradition: the announcement of an announcement. Per this lame teaser, Watch Dogs 2 will be officially unveiled on Wednesday at 12pm Eastern. Fortunately, Kotaku has already learned most of the important details about Watch Dogs 2: It’s set in San Francisco, it stars a black hacker named…

Overwatch Fans Have Turned DVA Into A Dorito-Eating Gremlin

According to Overwatch’s story, Hana Song used to be a professional StarCraft 2 player. That’s DVA’s entire schtick, really: she’s a big gamer. Fans have run with that premise, and taken it to its logical (and somehow adorable) conclusion. You know what the stereotype about gamers is by now, right? That we like to eat…

Horizon Zero Dawn Delayed To February 2017

Hunting robot dinosaurs in the post-apocalypse will have to wait until February 28, but for now, there’s a new Horizon Zero Dawn trailer Rumors of a delay for the PS4 exclusive have been kicking around, and it’s not a surprise Sony wanted to get it out of the way before E3. “It wasn’t an easy…

Saints Row Creators Announce New Game, Agents of Mayhem

Saints Row developer Volition Studios today announced Agents of Mayhem, a new game that sure seems a lot like Saints Row. Publisher Deep Silver announced the game through IGN this morning. There’s a cinematic trailer (above) but not much else yet. IGN describes it as “an exclusively single-player open-world action game featuring characters with cool…

Yooka-Laylee Looks Like So Much Fun

The bad news: Yooka-Laylee is delayed to 2017. The good news: It looks wonderful. New trailer above. Originally pitched last year on Kickstarter as a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee raised over $2 million. The independent studio Playtonic, made up mostly of ex-Rare developers, is making the game.

Dishonored 2’s Star Needs A Hug

James Cain is a freelance sculptor and illustrator from the UK. Shame these aren’t available for sale as physical items. I’d murder for some of those Dishonored and Banner Saga busts to be sitting nice and heavy on my desk. (Note: Cain has had some of them 3D-printed, and they look awesome) You can see…

A Remastered Final Fantasy XII Is Coming In 2017 [UPDATE: Confirmed For West]

Square Enix is calling it Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age. Here’s the debut trailer. FFXII was originally released for the PS2 in 2006. Famitsu reports that the HD version, however, will be based on Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System. Besides revamped character models and cutscenes, the game will feature auto-save, shorter load…

The Enduring Legacy Of Pikachu’s Butt

As far as Pokémon rears go, Pikachu has one of the most beloved butts around. While there has been a line of Pocket Monster butt merch that feature other tushes, more than any other character’s, Pikachu’s rear has garnered the most interest in Japan, with fans continuing to point out how “adorable” it is. The…

Tokyo Looks Haunting At Night

Photographer Franck Bohbot has done a beautiful job of capturing how beautifully eerie the Tokyo streets can look once the sun goes down. Major Japanese sites like Livedoor News have recently been featuring Bohbot’s work. These photos are part of a series Bohbot did in 2015 called “Tokyo Murmurings.” You can see more in said…

Overwatch Isn’t Very Good At Picking Kanji Characters

Blizzard released a short animation to explain the rivalry between bow-wielding mercenary Hanzo and cybernetic ninja Genji. The animation is neat and all, but people online in Japan have been pointing out that the kanji sure is odd. Japanese has a rather complex writing system that features kanji characters from China. There are also native…

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