Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Coat For Max: Winners!

When Kotaku’s editor-in-chief voiced his dissatisfaction with a jacket worn by the title character of the Mad Max video game, our image-manipulating community sprung into action. Now he’s got plenty to choose from. Should he go with popular opinion however, only one suit of clothing shall do. In so far as our commenters are concerned,…

Sunday Comics: Epically Tea-Bagged

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich, with the annual 24-hour comic! Published October 3. Read more of Awkward…

What A Bargain!

As Redditor zwgmu7321 says, that’s only $0.00002137142 per game! Beat that, Steam.

Gary Oldman Headlines Star-Studded Star Citizen Story Mode Cast

A space senate speech by a virtual Gary Oldman establishes the tone of Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 single-player story mode, featuring the voices of Mark Hamil, Andy Serkis, Gillian Anderson and many, many more. It’s like Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts is picking up where Wing Commander left off, gathering a massive cast to tell another…

10 Priceless Fails From The Star Wars Battlefront Beta

We know there’s been a lot of ass-kicking during the Battlefront beta. But there is a flip-side to that, too—and it is hilarious to watch. Here are my picks for the best misfires, deaths, and fails that people have seen or experienced during the Battlefront beta. The Luke Skywalker Who Got Teabagged By An Entire…

The Week In Games: Gaming Ain’t Easy

QUOTE | “Some of those sharp edges are sometimes the very thing that makes the game compelling. Games aren’t really supposed to be easy at all times.” – Former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo, talking about how to get the right balance of frustration and reward in games Elsewhere in the business of gaming…

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UFC Fighter’s Twitch Shit-Stirring May Lead To Actual Fight

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson isn’t letting a silly legal battle stop him from getting into fights. He’s calling out people while streaming video games on Twitch, and it’s working. Former UFC light heavyweight champion (and before that, Pride FC legend, and after that, Mr T in the A-Team movie) Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has been stuck on…

What To Watch Out For This Weekend At The League Of Legends Championships

The League of Legends World Championship games are back in full swing. The past two days of the group stage haven’t been super exciting, since most everything ended up going the way people thought it would (i.e., the strongest teams won). The next two days, however, should be positively juicey. Here are the top teams…

The Justice League Says Goodbye to Bruce Wayne and Hello to the New Batman

When he was Batman, Bruce Wayne was the master strategist of the Justice League. No one on DC’s premier superhero team was smarter than him. But Bruce Wayne can’t be the Dark Knight anymore. The World’s Greatest Superheroes want to make sure. A little magic lasso won’t hurt him, right? Things have changed in the…

We Talk Uncharted Collection And Destiny Raids

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re talking about the pros and cons of Kickstarter. We also talk Uncharted Collection on PS4, the big new raid in Destiny, and what makes for the best JRPGs. As always, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes right here. Or if you’re not an iTunes person, here’s a direct…

Minecraft Streamer Buys Swank Mansion For $4.5M 

Turns out, playing video games can pay off quite handsomely—at least for some people. Variety reportsthat big-timeMinecraft streamerJordan “CaptainSparklez” Maron recently purchased a 3 bedroom/5 bathroom mansion that overlooks L.A.’s Sunset Strip. It’s a really nice place—I mean, that picture up top? That’s just a segment of the overall house. Look at this! Damn. Here…

Ironside Malphite Skin Turns League Of Legends’ Rock Monster Into A Pirate Ship

League of Legends’ stone golem creature Malphite is known as a rock monster, an animate mountain, and an “earth elemental.” Now with the power of premium skins, he’s become what looks like a Transformer that can turn into…a pirate ship? Well, he can’t actually switch back and forth between pirate ship and anthropomorphized autobot-esque warrior.…

That Time Final Fantasy Ditched Nintendo For Sony

Final Fantasy shows up on every platform under the sun these days, making it hard to remember the RPG juggernaut used to be one of gaming’s biggest exclusives. But over the course of Final Fantasy’s more than 30 years of video games, it’s twice shifted alliances in ways that had huge rippling effects. That Actually…

Steam Users Form ‘Scam Report’ To Watch For Shady Games

Steam is kind of a minefield. Sometimes mid-development projects get abandoned. Other times, developers try to bury legitimate questions or criticism. The majority of the time, those things do not happen. Games launch, they’re either solid or shitty, and life goes on. But there have been enough instances of sketchy games and abrasive developers on…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I Can’t Get Off

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to be stranded on a hellish island with only one goal—to improve social skills. This week we’re talking about habits, and how to get used to doing the things we need to do. One reader has trained his body to only respond to certain…

A Horror Game About Losing Your Kid In A Haunted Theme Park

Here’s a horror game that wants to tap into every parent’s worst nightmare: losing a child. It’s called The Park, and it’s a psychological horror game about a mother who has lost her kid in a theme park. In some ways, it seems like almost a large-scale Five Nights at Freddys: carnival-like entertainment gone wrong.…