Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Monster Garbage Delivery

Earlier this week, Monster Gamingtweeted out a picture of energy beverage with the question “Where should we deliver these to?” Red Bull Esports responded with a picture of a dumpster. Cute, but we can do better. I must admit that when it comes to Energy Drinks, Monster Energy is my go-to. Their zero-calorie Ultra line…

Sunday Comics: Unkillable Space Wizards

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published December 10. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 7. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Now That We’ve Got Yakuza 5, Time To Start Drooling Over Yakuza 6

Released in 2012 in Japan, Yakuza 5 finallymade it to North American PlayStation 3 consoles last week, just in time for Sega to release this jaw-dropping trailer for the PlayStation 4 exclusive Yakuza 6 The general sense I got from fans of the series between the release date announcement post and Luke Plunkett’s completely true…

Snacktaku Decks Its Mouth With Peppermint Oreos

When you’re a massive international snack company, there’s no better way to celebrate the holidays than pumping your signature cookie filling with red food coloring and peppermint oil. Let’s eat some of that. The holidays are upon us, and the stores are packed with festive versions of regular products that we normally wouldn’t buy but…

Fallout 4 Nuka Cola Quantum returns to Target next week! After rapidly selling out last month, the post-apocalyptic beverage isgetting an encore release. Target employees and their scalper friends can buy it, or get it free with purchase of Fallout 4 or an Xbox season pass purchase.

The Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic Is Surprisingly Good

I told myself I wasn’t going to read the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic that came out this week. I also told myself I wasn’t going to enjoy it at all. I was wrong about both of those things. Thankfully, the crossover between the Heroes in a Half-Shell and the Dark Knight doesn’t try to…

Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 Launches As Crowdfunding Approaches $100 Million

Fans of Chris Roberts’ space everything simulator get their first significant slice of gameplay with the launch of Star Citizen alpha 2.0, which should push the world’s most crowdfunded anything past the $100 million mark. A bunch of little playable things becomes several massive playable things in Star Citizen alpha 2.0. Players basically get a…

Tekken 7 Arcade Update Adds A Street Fighter X-Over

While it doesn’t feel like Tekken X Street Fighter is coming any time soon, fighting fans will be getting a little Akuma-flavored taste of those two worlds colliding again in Tekken 7’s upcoming “Fated Retribution” arcade update. Announced at the end of the 2015 King of Iron Fist Tekken 7 Tournament (via Shoryuken), Tekken 7…

This Week In The Business: Rose-Colored VR Glasses

STAT | $70 billion– The size of the VR market by 2020, as projected by research firm TrendForce. For comparison, Superdata this year estimated the current worldwide gaming industry—console, PC, mobile, social, eSports, VR, digital and physical— at $74.2 billion Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… STAT | $1.4 billion – The amount…

Shouldn’t that be cleverer? Oh, I’m probably overthinking it. I’m playing more Dying Light this weekend, because it’s fun and I never finished. How about you? Anything new going? Sound off below.

Meet the person that has guns for hands and likes to clean trapped in Rainbow Six Siege. PC Gamer associate editor James Davenport decided to try and be a (peaceful) cleaner in Rainbow Six Siege. The resulting faux-interview with his character, Cleany Gunhands, is comedy gold.

The UFC’s Conor McGregor Has Already Won

Saturday night, one of the most anticipated fights in UFC history is finally happening. Conor McGregor, the organization’s current big hope for mainstream success, takes on Brazilian phenom Jose Aldo. McGregor—with his shit-talking antics and “movement” mumbo-jumbo—sure will be screwed if he loses, right? Wrong. First, a little background: Conor McGregor is the UFC’s current…

Star Wars Battlefront‘s Matchmaking Is A Mess

While playing the PC version of Star Wars Battlefront, I’ve experienced all sorts of ridiculous matchmaking mishaps. It seems like I’m far from alone. Since I posted my review, I’ve encountered some seriously mind-boggling matchmaking moments. Usually, this involves lopsided teams (high-level players with snazzy gear vs lowbies who aim worse than your average Stormtrooper),…

My First Steam Refund Request Is Tetris

Yesterday, Tetris Ultimate, the latest official version of the classic puzzle game, was released on Steam for $14.99. Today, I asked for a refund. I haven’t gotten it yet, but I did fill out the forms: It wasn’t technical issues, or anything like that. While the console versions of Tetris Ultimate were known to have…

Nintendo Sent A Game Out To Die Today

Today, Nintendo released the video game Devil’s Third for Wii U, although you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that. Nintendo’s been doing their best to keep it secret. (We apologize for ruining their surprise.) Devil’s Third, a gruff action game designed by Tomonobu Itagaki of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive fame, was critically…

A Linguist Explains Why Popular YouTubers Sound The Same

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for Worth Reading, our weekly guide to the best games writing that doesn’t show up here at Kotaku Hey, You Should Read These “Open World Games Are Changing the Way We Play” by Jake Muncy Fallout 3 finally made open world games click for me. I’d previously looked at…

Let’s Think Of The Final Fantasy VII Remake As A Totally New Game

It’s been a strange week for the Final Fantasy VII remake, a prospect that once seemed like a nostalgic 20-something’s wet dream but is now, after a whirlwind few months, unexpectedly real. In June, when Square announced the remake with a CGI trailer, it seemed impossibly far away. Then, after a surprise appearance at PlayStation…