Aperture Tag, the Portal 2 mod where you wield a Paint Gun instead of a Portal Gun, will be officially released on Steam this month. According to the developer’s announcement, Aperture Tag will cost $7, and will be sold at a 30% discount during its first week.

A New Robotech Series Is Coming

Today at Anime Expo 2014, Harmony Gold announced their plans to bring back classic 80s anime Robotech via Kickstarter In 2008, Robotech creator Carl Macek (i.e., the man who took three completely unrelated anime and turned them into a single, coherent, multi-generational sci-fi epic) came up with the idea for a new Robotech animated series:…

Hey JRPG fans: don’t forget we’re playing Chrono Trigger this week for the Summer of Old JRPGs. See you next Friday to talk about it!

Nothing Is True, Everything Is Patooties

Artist SHARK-E goes where Ubisoft could only dream.

If Dark Souls II Were An eSport

Those parries would be much more dramatic. YouTuber Green Toast mixed up some Dark Souls II gameplay and Koreans casting a Dota 2 match (hoping we don’t understand a word) to make it look like it’s the real deal. If Dark Souls II Became an Esport [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write…

See, it’s funny because it’s also a metaphor for how difficult it was to unite these States of America. From Mike Meade’s Twitter.

Pokémon Wonder If We Actually Love Them, You Know

When a Pokémon takes one of our available six slots in a game, it’s not always an inclusion born out of love. Maybe we just need a specific type of Pokémon to deal with a threat. Maybe it’s just a temporary inclusion, the best Pokémon we can find at that point in the game. Maybe…

The Samurai Robot Isn’t Racist, He’s The Best Part Of Transformers 4

I’m the rare kind of person who unabashedly adores Michael Bay’s much-maligned treatment of Transformers. Everybody else I know hates these movies, so much so that none of them have even bothered to see the new one. If this is purely a matter of taste, I’m totally fine being the lone Transformers fan. But one…

Roccat Ryos MK Pro: The Kotaku Review

Last year, I reviewed a Roccat keyboard and it wasn’t the greatest. Let’s see if this year things get any better. I’m taking a look at the Ryos MK Pro, which doesn’t appear to be brand new, but is still the company’s “flagship” gaming keyboard. After a couple of days of constant use, for both…

Track: Xxplosive Artist: Dr. Dre, Kurupt, Hittman, Six-Two, Nate Dogg Album: The Chronic 2001 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Agitha & Her Vicious Butterfly Horde Take On Zelda: Hyrule Warriors

Beware the nice ones. In Zelda: Twilight Princess, Agitha is a sweet ten-year-old girl who sends you on a quest to collect some shiny Golden Bugs for her. In Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, Agitha is a sweet ten-year-old girl who mercilessly crushes her foes with her Parasol of Doom and an array of bug-based magical spells.…

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In GTA Online, Today Is Basically ‘America, F*** Yeah’ Day

In many places in the United States today, the Independence Day holiday will be marked by solemn speeches and somber remembrances about what it means to be American. Not in Los Santos. Folks in GTA Online have already started driving monster trucks, shooting guns and firing off their fireworks. Looks like fun! Rockstar dropped their…

The Internet’s Most “Terrible” Cosplay Is Still the Most Amusing

Remember Anucha “Cha” Saengchart? He’s the fellow that runs Lowcost Cosplay, a Facebook site centered around super cheap, ramshackle cosplay made from whatever is laying around the house. It’s so “bad,” it’s good. Lowcost Cosplay is incredibly creative and done with an incredibly dry sense of humor. I love it. Back in March, Kotaku first…

You Can Now Buy 3D-Printed Figurines Of League of Legends Pros

Pretty surprising way to promote an eSports team, but here they are: Team Dignitas‘ North American League of Legends team got unique 3D-printed figurines, and they are all available for $40 each. Here’s Kiwi, Shiphtur, Crumbzz, Zion, QT, and Scarra. Sadly they won’t say random LoL-related things if you squeeze them. via Cubify and Team-Dignitas.net…