The Witcher 2 Can Now Run On Xbox One And Is Free Right Now

Got an Xbox One? Love The Witcher games? Well, you can now play the middle gamein CD Projekt’s beloved action-RPG franchise for free. UPDATE: This post has been updated to note that the free Witcher 2 download requires an Xbox Live Gold Account. The news of gratis Geralt came as part of Microsoft’s latest backwards…

Players Are Already Doing Crazy Things In Diablo III‘s Season 5

Only a few days have passed since Season 5 started (as part of patch 2.4) in Diablo III’s PC version, and some players are already grinding on difficulty levels that most of us will never reach. Season 5 will last three months and it’s enough time for an average player to level up a character…

Undertale Fan Animates One of the Game’s Best Boss Fights

This being the creator’s first attempt at serious animation, there’s lots of rough… animation, in the clip. And there’s also spoilers for Undertale’s Pacifist route, so if you haven’t beaten the game yet, beware. Otherwise, you’re in for a good time. The short was made by DeviantArt’s WalkingMelonsAAA, and it depicts her version of how…

Japan’s Getting Four Different Street Fighter V Limited Edition PS4s

Commemorating the game’s release in Japan, Sony’s announced a quartet of Street Fighter V-branded, limited edition PS4 consoles. Priced at 37,480 yen ($320) plus tax, each PS4 comes with an engraved HDD bay cover. The first of the two Glacier White ones is a simple logo design—the PS4 Street Fighter V Edition: Next is the…

The Massive World of Steins;Gate, Explained 

If you are into visual novels at all, you’ve probably already played Steins;Gate (and if you haven’t, you should). But Steins;Gate is only one in a series of games tied together by their excellent sci-fi tales—and improper semicolon use. But if I’m going to try to explain the Science Adventure series, I’m going to need…

Gotokuji Shrine. Tokyo, Japan. By Noah (Arkboy). 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!

Making The Peace

Rasmus Poulson is an artist who has previously worked at IO Interactive and Square Enix. He’s currently an art director at Ubisoft. You can see more of Rasmus’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Invisigun Heroes Is A Shooter Where Everyone’s Invisible, Even You

Invisigun Heroes is “a multiplayer, single-screen stealth battle arena game with a twist”. That twist being that every single player—even the one you’re controlling—is invisible on the screen. Which sounds like a nightmare! But while the player model is invisible, your effects on the game world aren’t, so any time you (or another player) run…

Bloodborne Cosplay Is Coming To Kick Your Ass

For all its critical acclaim, Bloodborne doesn’t seem to be a big hit on the cosplay scene. So nice job, Walrider, with this killer Gehrman the First Hunter outfit.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak: The Kotaku Review

“It’s Homeworld, but with sand” was my first thought when I saw Deserts of Kharak, a brand new prequel set in the same universe as Relic’s classic space strategy games. After actually playing it, that’s…about the gist of it. Homeworld, but with sand. The original Homeworld (and its two sequels) are beloved by many for…

Star Wars Battlefront III Prototype Apparently Leaks

A playable version of the old, cancelled Star Wars Battlefront III has apparently surfaced, popping up on Reddit this afternoon via a user who claims to “take interest in prototype games.” Reddit’s moderators quickly deleted the post, explaining that they need to remove links to pirated copyrighted material, which this apparently was. I say “apparently”…

A Game About Building Crazy Cars Is Tearing Up Steam’s Charts Right Now

Prediction time: for the next few months, you will see people make the wildest shit in Scrap Mechanic. Scrap Mechanic has been Steam’s best-selling game all day—pretty much since it came out—and it’s not too difficult to see why. It’s a game that lets you use a simple yet versatile toolset to build vehicles you…

The Best Silver Surfer Series Comes Back This Week

The Silver Surfer is one of those superheroes who’s always looked cooler than he actually was. The character’s visuals point to an ideal of unfettered freedom and navigating the cosmos with a slick, frictionless ease. But, in the main, the actual stories featuring the former herald of Galactus have had him weighed down by guilt…

Mobile Games Website Uses Patreon, Things Get Messy

It’s not easy to make money running a video game website. In June 2015, popular mobile outlet TouchArcade said it was having cash problems and asked for help, and lots of people did—including mobile developers. But recently, following a mixed game review, one developer decided to pull their funding. “We could load the site up…

Players Are Recreating The Entirety of GTA V In Minecraft

Los Santos has never looked so…blocky. What you’re looking at above is the creation of N11cK and friends, who have endeavored to created the latest ridiculous Minecraft construction: a 1:1 scale recreation of GTA V inside of Minecraft. Damn. The map is still a work-in-progress, and they estimate it will be 7,500 by 7,500 blocks…

Fans’ Intense Love For Fallout: New Vegas Must Be Weird For People At Bethesda

Picture this. You spend years putting together a massive, ambitious RPG. After countless hours of hard work, you release your baby out into the public. Curious to see what people think, you start looking around the internet…only to see a small but vocal chunk of your fanbase wishing someone else had made your game. That’s…