Three Very Different Upcoming Games That Impressed Me In Los Angeles

As I look over my notes from the big E3 show in L.A. earlier this month, three games stand out that I wanted to be sure to praise. I’m eager to play more of all of them. Chibi Robo: Zip Lash This one is for the Nintendo 3DS and comes out in early October. It’s…

Motivational Shia LaBeouf Cosplay Just Does It

Spotted by Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne over the weekend, I feel suddenly motivated If anyone knows who this gentleman is, let us know! UPDATE: Cosplayer is General Honeyrock!

Fighting Game Player Does Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Full Entrance

Now this is how you tear a room up with an entrance. This amazing, over-the-top scene comes from CEO 2015, a fighting game tournament held last weekend in Orlando, Florida. The player making the wrestling entrance is none other than Kenneth Bradley, a Marvel vs Capcom entrant who gave fans a little show before the…

Pretty Sure Batman Just Killed This Guy

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have a Batman crushing, a drunk Batmobile, Destiny double kills, last-second finishes and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. iRacing – Mazda…

When you call the Batmobile, you get the Batmobile. Maybe you parked on the roof? No problem. The Batmobile will make it work.

17 Years Later, StarCraft‘s Story Is Finally Coming To An End

It’s been 17 years since the original launch of StarCraft, the seminal real-time strategy game that both revolutionized competitive gaming and went on to spawn some of the world’s most popular games, like Dota and League of Legends. In the next few months, or maybe years—this is Blizzard, after all—that long journey will finally be…

Players Turn Team Fortress 2 Into Splatoon

I suppose it was inevitable, wasn’t it? Pretty much since day one, comparisons between Wii U-exclusive Splatoon and early Team Fortress 2 have run thick, like wet paint or a rotting bucket of squid chum. Both are fast, fun team-based shooters that eschew grimdark trappings in favor of cartoon whimsy. This mash-up TF2 mod by…

Splatoon Is Hiding Some Creepy Secrets

It’s pretty easy to miss Splatoon’s creepiest moments. Had someone not pointed it out to me, I never would have noticed! For the most part, Splatoon is a bright, happy game. But YouTuber Siertes has discovered that, if you happen to linger too long on boss levels, you can hear some surprisingly hellish sounds inside…

Marvel Comics Has Turned Thor Into The Wire And It’s Awesome

Marvel’s current mega-crossover has put one of its biggest villains in charge of everything. And the law enforcement officers making sure that Doctor Doom’s will gets obeyed are all Thor. All of them Thor; all of them cops. Thors #1—by Jason Aaron and Chris Sprouse—is a comic that digs deeper into one of Secret Wars’…

Let’s Compare Old Darksiders 2 To The ‘Deathinitive’ Edition

Death rides one more time in the upcoming Darksiders 2 Deathinative Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Let’s see the difference a rewritten renderer and enhanced lighting can make. Gunfire Games is handling the move to new-gen, and it’s a much more involved process than simply upping the resolution. Design director John Pearl explains.…

How To Make Your Own Crappy Arcade Stick Out Of Old Junk

Redditor Gioppi wanted an arcade fight stick, so he built one out of an old keyboard, some cardboard and a broken pencil. It’s not very good. Here is Gioppi’s Dell keyboard from 2003, from his project gallery. Here is Gioppi’s keyboard upside-down with many of the keys taken off. He remapped the number keys and…

Neopets Community Melts Down: “Eat My Ho Butt.” [Update]

This weekend, the Neopets forums got very active. Perhaps, the most active in a long time. 7:22pm – Update: Neopets PR team have issued statements to Kotaku (see below). Neopets is a virtual pet web game. Kids play it. It’s probably the least vulgar thing you can imagine. But, if you’ve ventured into ventured into…