Our Favorite Games from November

Game releases slow down as we near the end of the year—this is evident if you look at how short this list is compared to last month’s. Although that could also be attributed to the release of Fallout 4. In any case, there were still plenty of games we liked, such as… Call of Duty:…

GTA V Mod Adds 4K Textures, Game Looks Utterly Ridiculous

Earlier this year, Martin Bergman was working on a GTA V graphics mod that looked positively unreal. It’s still not out—he’s been keeping busy with Battlefront—but another modder (Josh Romito) has stepped in and done pretty much the same thing. Only his mod is available right now. Via Mixed Digital, the mod—called The Pinnacle of…

Portal 2 Wheatley Replica Comes Complete With Movement And Sound

It’s probably the perfect item to scare off guests from the living room. Modder Evie Bee built a replica of Portal 2’s AI companion that moves and sounds just as annoying as the original one. Her project is well documented with WIP pics over here (via Hackaday). Pretty cool how the LEDs that light the…

World of Warcraft Hotfix Makes Shipyard Missions Less Painful

One of the big features of WoW’s patch 6.2 was the Garrison Shipyard, a place where we can send our crew on various daily missions and build up our fleet. It was supposed to be one of the many activities people can do till the next expansion drops. But because of weak rewards, no one’s…

This must be an alternate Sonic whose MO is to make enemies keel over from his cuteness. He was doodled by kawacy, who otherwise specializes in anime-style art—his gallery is right here, if you want to check him out, and below’s a timelapse video depicting the painting process. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

This Could Be Japan’s Best Ramen Restaurant

It might even be the best on Earth, if you believe the Michelin restaurant guide, which awarded a single star to Tokyo ramen establishment Tsuta. This is a world’s first. This is a big deal—especially if you are into ramen. The announcement made the evening news in Japan. No other ramen restaurant anywhere in the…

Japanese-Style Star Wars Art Shown at Buddhist Temple 

One of Kyoto’s most famous temples Kiyomizu-dera is a must see if you visit Japan. But if you’re in Japan this December, you can check out something rather unique at this World Heritage site: Star Wars art. Like the Mario and Luigi painting unveiled earlier this year, this is a Rimpa-style Force Awakens screen painting…

Scrappy Jedi Have Seen Better Days

French artist Tonton Revolver works at CodinGame, a site that tries to teach people programming skills by having them play video games. You can see more of Tonton’s stuff at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Well, That’s One Way To Use A Steam Controller

Want a truly immersive first-person shooting experience? Want it to feel like your body is really in a video game? Try attaching a Steam controller to your head. This creative proto-VR solution comes to us by way of Plasma Quark. He’s set the Steam controller’s gyroscopic controls to always-on and attached it to his headphones.…

Tick Tock Isle, a “cute game about a guy who fixes clocks” that we first saw in 2012, is now out! It’s $3 on Steam

Just Cause 3: The Kotaku Review

Just Cause 3 does one thing really well, and a lot of other things poorly. The thing it does well can be extremely cool. Shame about all those other things, though. If you’re wondering what that good thing is, check this out: The new open-world game from Avalanche Studios captures the thrill of flight in…

Stormtrooper Gives In To His Anger

Today on Highlight Reel we have Force-sensitive Strormtroopers, horrible leg movements, lucky knives, blind kills and much more! Watch the video above, 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. Rainbow Six Siege – Seeing nothing…still two kills…