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Leon’s Jacket From Resident Evil 4 Only Costs $1,200
Only! For that price, you can dress like Leon from RE4 with this replica bomber jacket. Capcom is asking 129,600 yen (US$1,286 with tax) for the leather jacket with wool lining. According to Famitsu, it’ll be out this November. This isn’t the only pricey Resident Evil jacket Capcom has released. Previously, we saw another $1,200…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Hey, It’s Spiral Cats!
We’ve posted plenty of pics from Korean cosplay supersquad Spiral Cats, but they’ve usually been studio photos shot locally. This year, at Anime Expo 2016 in LA, they were there in person. Photographer Mineralbluhad the chance to do a shoot with Spiral Cats’ Tashaand Doremi, and these are some of the pics he took. More…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2016 - Uncategorized
15 Pokémon Go Captures Made While Sitting On My Ass
In case you were worried about having to walk to capture anything in Pokémon Go, my phone’s been sitting at my desk since I downloaded the game this afternoon, and I’ve done alright. As much as I enjoyed wandering the streets of my neighborhood in the Pokémon Go beta, normally my workday movements are a…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon GO Is Now Out In The US
Americans, your long and torturous wait is over. Pokemon Go is now out on both iTunes and the Google Play Store. Don’t spend all your money at once That means the game is now out in America, Australia and New Zealand. Everywhere else? Nintendo says “The mobile game is also coming soon to Canada, Europe,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Modders, What Hell Hath You Wrought On This Very Serious Strategy Game
Hearts of Iron IV is a very serious video game. Or, it was, until modders got their hands on it. The game, like most of Paradox’s titles,is very mod-friendly. And, like most of Paradox’s titles,there’s a strong historical slant to it, which means you would expect users to create boring, accurate things like improved divisional…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2016 -
CultureXCOM 2‘s Last DLC Is Also Its Best
XCOM 2 is a phenomenal strategy game. The DLC Firaxis has released in its wake, on the other hand, has mostly been middling. Thankfully, Shen’s Last Gift is straight-up good. It lets you improve the shit out of your squad. With mechs. Like Alien Hunters before it, Shen’s Last Gift is comprised of two portions.…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 6, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Mass Effect Cosplay Is Almost Perfect
Blackwater Cosplay and photographer Paul Hillier have teamed up to basically bring Mass Effect’s EDI to life. The photos, shot in a studio, are incredible. As is the outfit itself, a collaboration between Blackwater and Kink Engineering (who have worked on Hollywood movies), which involved many layers of latex glued and layered atop one another…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2016 -
CultureYouTuber Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin has issued an “apology” over the CSGO Lotto scandal. In it, he claims his connection to the site was always a matter of public record and says he’s sorry that some people “felt like that was not made clear enough.” Check out my now updated story on the scandal for more…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 6, 2016 -
CultureStreet Fighter Mods Are Getting A Little Too Nude
Today on Highlight Reel we have good bones and calcium, Mei bullfights, gravity deflects, smooth operators, and 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! AC: Revelations…
By Chris Person Published July 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedMeet The Developers Who Are Still Making A Kinect Game
When Microsoft unbundled Kinect from the Xbox One in 2014, it was the beginning of the end. Unfortunately for the developers of Fru, the game they were building required Kinect. They were more than two years away from shipping. “We were shattered,” designer Mattia Traverso told me. When Microsoft announced Xbox One in 2013, Kinect…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 6, 2016 -
ReviewsBoxBoxBoy: The Kotaku Review
How to improve a game like BoxBoy? How to create a sequel to a game that was simply perfect, flawless in both idea and execution? Easy: you add another box. Meet BoxBoxBoy, the wonderful successor to last year’s surprise 3DS gem. It’s got the same core concept as BoxBoy and it reuses many of the…
By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go Players Love Catching Monsters On Their Toilets
Pokémon Go is a game that dares you to go outside and explore the world, and yet some of the most popular screenshots of the app in use is people literally pooping while capturing Pokémon. This should be no surprise: people love using their phones while in the bathroom. But in this particular case, playing…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 6, 2016 -
UncategorizedWhat Makes Shigeru Miyamoto Tick
Shigeru Miyamoto, esteemed creator of Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda, usually does interviews to hype big new Nintendo game releases. A new Mario game is coming out? He’ll talk about that. New Star Fox? He’s down to talk Star Fox. But when most of Nintendo’s games upcoming games are secret? That was the situation last…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2016 -
CultureTeam Fortress 2 Finally Getting Competitive Mode Update
Team Fortress 2‘s last big update came in December, but now, finally, Valve is about to shake things up again. Much like TF2’s biggest inspiration, Blizzard’s Overwatch, Valve’s undying team shooter is adding a competitive mode. The Meet Your Match update, which will likely launch sometime this week, adds a ranked competitive mode to the…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Throws Temporal Physics Out The Airlock
Sending players on a mission to save the future by killing the past, or saving the past in the future? Days of future past? It’s all very confusing, but that’s what happened when Star Trek Online released its Agents of Yesterday expansion seven years ago. Or today. Stupid time. Bringing elements of The Original Series…
By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2016 - Uncategorized
The First Five PC Games I Use To Test A New Graphics Card
First, you spend too much on a new graphics card. Then, you fire up your chewiest, toughest PC games and make them beg for mercy. For one brief moment, your exorbitant purchase feels completely reasonable. Last week I bought a new top-of-the-line GTX 1080, a purchase I rationalized by telling myself I should get it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 6, 2016