Katana Restaurant Opens In Tokyo

At Touken Saryou in Akihabara, you can eat, drink, and look at beautiful, yet deadly, cold steel. Perhaps hoping to capitalize on thekatana mania among some Japanese women, Touken Saryou has a variety of swords on display at its establishment. The swords have all been certified by The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords.…

Seinfeld’s Apartment Recreated in Doom 2

You think you’ve seen everything now? So has John Romero For years now, Doom modders have been doing all sorts of amazing things. (Case in point, Sailor Moon mods.) More recently, they’ve been remaking the new Doom in old Doom games. The latest interesting Doom mod comes from Doug Keener, who has created, well, recreated…

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That’s A Fluffy Titan

Txtbook specialises in armoured sci-fi cosplay. Think Mass Effect or, as you can see here, Destiny You can see more of his work at his Facebook page

Aww, We’ll Never Get This Benedict Cumberbatch Disney Infinity Figure

Disney Infinity is toast, because Disney manufactured way too many figures nobody wanted and not enough of the ones people did. Which means, sadly, we will never get to pay over the odds on eBay for this excellent Benedict Cumberbatch figure. Well, technically it’s a Doc Strange figure, but I’ve never seen an Infinity figure…

Cold-Blooded, Sonic

So much for love and respect among peers To recap,Mighty No. 9 has not had the smoothest launch. But as was quickly pointed out:

Very Good Boyfriend Mods His Fiancée Into Stardew Valley

In Stardew Valley, you can date in-game characters and get married. In a move that critics (me) are already calling The Sweetest Gosh-Darn Thing, one guy modded the game so that his real-life fiancée was a marriage option. TimothyBBurns decided to recreate his fiancée in Stardew Valley to brighten up her day while she slew…

Giant Pile Of Bastions Meets Satisfying End

Today on Highlight Reel we have bastion deaths, awkward apple moments, technical difficulties, powerful spells and much 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! Watch Dogs…

The Best Games Jason Played At E3 2016

I played a lot of games at E3, an annual whirlwind of demos and announcements that can be as exhausting as it is exciting. Let’s talk about some of them, shall we? Here are brief impressions of the best games I played—not just saw, but actually played—on the show floor in Los Angeles last week.…

Dad Quest is a game about hurling your child at all of your problems. See an enemy? Aim and throw. Kids have classes like scholar and jock and, like real children, can be upgraded with elemental powers. If you die, your kid grows up to be The Next Dad. Dad Quest is on Steam Greenlight,…

Fallout 4 Players Are Torturing Preston Garvey With The Contraptions DLC

The new Fallout 4 Contraptions Workshop DLC just dropped today, and people have been quick to put it to good use. And by “good” I mean “kiiiind of evil.” Contraptions gives players a variety of different tools that allow for the building of complex machines and gadgets. In the GIF above, for example, Father trapped…

Steam Game Offers $35 DLC That’s Just A Certificate

Hadean Lands is a text adventure renowned for being good but tough. It’s been around for a couple years, and it just got a Steam release. Steam, of course, supports DLC. Hadean Lands’ developer decided to take advantage of that feature in an… unusual way. Hadean Lands itself is only $12, but if you want,…

The Reasons Behind God of War‘s Bold New Direction

Sony Santa Monica has big plans to shake up God of War. “We looked at every aspect of this game differently,” creative director Cory Barlog told me at E3, “all centered around the concept of ‘Why? Why am I doing this? Why am I here? Why am I making these decisions?’” Barlog was the lead…

Game of Thrones’ Battle of The Bastards, As Told By Overwatch And World of Warcraft

After Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, I think it is safe to say that Jon Snow got the play of the game, eh? (Spoilers ahead.) Or at least, YouTuber Node points to Jon as the match highlight: Arguably, Jon might have gotten the glory, but it was Littlefinger who truly saved the day, as…

Bungie Answers (And Dodges) Our Destiny: Rise of Iron Questions

As has become annual tradition, I sat down with Bungie at E3 last week for a frank discussion about the state of Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space trying to convince internet commenters that yes, people still play Destiny As has also become annual tradition, the folks behind Destiny didn’t want…