Far Cry Primal Has A Roundabout Storyline Connection To Far Cry 4

There were no easy opportunities for any of the characters in today’s new Stone Age Far Cry Primal game to overlap with those of 2014’s modern-day Far Cry 4, but publisher Ubisoft has found a way to confirm they’re in the same universe. The connection—which isn’t a spoiler for the game, in case you’re wondering—holds…

After Six Years in Development, This Action RPG is Finally Coming Out

Crate Entertainment first announced Grim Dawn, a Diablo-like RPG using Titan Quest’s engine, in January 2010. Two years later, they collected over half a million dollars with a successful Kickstarter campaign, and later put the game on Early Access in 2013. Now, after half a dozen years, Grim Dawn is getting released. Mechanics-wise, Grim Dawn…

Damn it, Franklin! That could have ended much worse. Watch out next time.

LEGO Sushi Bar Has A Working Conveyor Belt

Here’s an awesome custom LEGO sushi-go-round restaurant by Japanese builder peisan, with a rotating conveyor belt, full of tiny plates (and BB-8), in the center. Very detailed and a good minifig selection, as you can see in the close-ups To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Conquest: The Kotaku Review

Fire Emblem Fates is a soap opera strategy game. You’ll spend as much time agonizing over battlefield tactics as you will wondering which characters should, like, totally hook up. Like 2013’s Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fates is a tactical role-playing game that allows players to control an army of fantasy chess pieces. Each piece has its…

IBM Is Making Sword Art Online for Real

You’ll be happy to know it won’t follow the Sword Art Online in-game rule that if you die in the virtual world, you die in real life. Phew. Dubbed “Sword Art Online The Beginning Project,” this IBM-sponsored concept is based on the popular virtual world anime in which people play a game by the same…

Hideo Kojima Hug Pillows Exist

I’m not sure what to say exactly. Okay. Let’s see. Recently, this tweet appeared online: That particular pillow is owned by Twitter user Drool Prince, who brought the pillow to this month’s MagFest. Drool Prince has a wonderful sense of humor about the Kojima hug pillow. Because, really, you’d have to. So, yes, this is…

When Minecraft Meets Dragon Quest

You know what’s popular in Japan? Minecraft. You know what else is popular? Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest Builders is what happens when you mix the two. Broken down to its essence, Dragon Quest Builders is Minecraft, but with direction. In Minecraft you are basically dropped into a world and sent off to do whatever you…

Japan’s Perverted Superhero Is Back

And this time, it looks like he’s coming to New York. Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. The follow up to 2013’s HK (short for “Hentai Kamen” or “Masked Pervert”) is slated to hit Japanese theaters this May. It’s getting released by a major Japanese studio (Toei) and is based on…

Itsukushima Shrine. Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. By Evany De Jesus. 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!

Shadow Of The Colossal Robot

Kait Kybar is an Estonian artist based in Sweden who works at Starbreeze. We actually featured a piece of Kait’s back in 2014, as part of the Into The Pixel showcase (when he worked on Killzone: Shadow Fall), so it’s about time we gave him his own feature. You can see more of Kait’s work…

Overwatch Player Gets Tackled Off A Cliff, Survives

Jellanders brings us this excellent Overwatch moment in which a Genji player makes a brilliant recovery after an attempted suicide kill by Reinhardt. Anybody else getting Smash Bros vibes from this one? Here’s the full thing: To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @vahn16

Xbox Live Is Down

We’ve been getting emails and tweets all week about this, in increasing volume, but this evening Xbox Live seems to have finally dropped out for pretty much everyone trying to access the paid service. This went out four hours ago (from time of posting): And this went out two hours ago (at time of posting):…

XCOM 2, Now With 100% More Bob Ross

XCOM 2 can be stressful as fuck. Thank goodness for Bob Ross and his soothing tones. Also his terrifying talent with a plasma rifle. With the help of an expansive voice pack and some in-game character tinkering, you can have renowned snake charmer of the demons of the human soul (also painter/Twitch star) Bob Ross…

Konami, This Is Sad DLC

PES 2016,last year’s best football game, is getting an update to help tie in with this Summer’s big international tournament, Euro 2016. It is one of the saddest pieces of sports DLC I have ever seen. Before we get into the details, you should know the Euro 2016 update is free. So there’s really nothing…

Palpatine Will Dab On Those Fools

Today on Highlight Reel we have a dabbing Palpatine, bad rocket aim, Rainbow 6 breaching failures, tasers, and much 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.…

Whoops, Looks Like Ubisoft Forgot To Give Far Cry Primal A Season Pass

Pop quiz: What makes Far Cry Primal different than all the other games Ubisoft has released over the past year? No, it’s not the mammoths. Not the fake language they made just for this game, either. Give up? The answer: There’s no season pass. It’s 2016, man. Big companies don’t just release games and then…

The Best Cosplay From MAGFest 2016

The 2016 edition of MAGFest, a big music games festival, went down in DC over the weekend, and there was a ton of cool cosplay on show. Photographer Devon Rowland was there, and she took these shots of the cosplayers in attendance. You can see more of Devon’s cosplay photography here If you recognise (or…