New Detective Game Has You Edit Your Computer’s Files To Solve Puzzles

In the new indie game File://maniac, there’s a killer on the loose. Your job is to hunt them down. But instead of sneaking through dialog trees or picking up clues, you’re opening folders and deleting files on your PC. File://maniac, which came out last weekend for PC, Mac, and Linux, was created by Italian developers…

Starlink‘s Latest Update Confirms Star Fox Is Still The Best Part Of The Game

Ubisoft’s once-toy-powered adventure, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, is a very pretty spaceship game with short bursts of excitement padded with an endless array of repetitive tasks. The game is only consistently enjoyable when the Star Fox crew are winging their way through the Nintendo Switch-exclusive adventures. This week’s new Star Fox downloadable content is no…

A Throwback Detective Adventure Game Set In A Cyberpunk Future

Tales Of the Neon Sea, a new game on Steam, is a throwback to old-school 2D adventure games that takes place on the waterfront of a polluted, neon-lit city. Once I got past the obvious cyberpunk clichés and horny dorm room posters and signs, I realized the game is set in a captivating world that…

Behold, Chun-Li Themed Sneakers

Japanese shoe brand Onitsuka Tiger is releasing two pairs of Chun-Li inspired sneakers. Both are based on Onitsuka’s iconic Mexico 66 SD with Chun-Li themed color patterns and dragon designs. The Tiger and Street Fighter logos are emblazoned on the heel flap. The sneakers come with a download code for players to dress Chun-Li in…

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Look At These Pikachu Air Jordans

For his walk down the yellow carpetat the Detective Pikachu premiere earlier today, Hollywood director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island, Metal Gear) skipped the whole nice suit thing and instead went for this amazing pair of custom Pikachu-themed AJ1s. Vogt-Roberts worked with Stomping Ground Customs to design and build the shoes, which feature a huge…

The Mighty Grand Piton Is A Very Cool Anime-Inspired Short

The Line—who you may remember from that amazing Blizzard anime video from last year—are back with this incredible animated short that basically asks: what if Iron Giant was set in the Caribbean, and was anime as hell? The answer is The Mighty Grand Piton, which is presented in the form of a trailer/pitch. I love…

Shrekiro

It’s Shrek. In Sekiro. Finally, we can all die. This mod for the PC version of the game, hotly anticipated by the whole of mankind since the dawn of time, comes to us by way of modders Dropoff and Katalash. It replaces the Chained Ogre miniboss with Shrek, an ogre forced into a quest to…

No, Pig, I Am Not Putting A Second Bathroom Downstairs

Ala Kapustka is a concept artist and illustrator who works for CD Projekt Red, the developers of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077 You can see more of Ala’s stuff at her ArtStation page

Dungeons & Dragons & Cats

Following on from their very successful Kickstarter for Dungeons and Doggies, Animal Adventures are back with a new line of miniature companions for your D&D adventures. Only this time they’re cats. Cats and Catacombs is a set that includes 13 fantasy cat miniatures, plus “a bespoke set of fifth edition compatible rules” so they can…

Guild Wars Gets An Update For Its 14th Birthday

Guild Wars might have a more modern sequel, but the 2005 original is still around and kicking, and for the game’s 14th birthday developers ArenaNet have given the game a little update. Via Massivelyop, it’s nothing major, but long-time fans might appreciate some of the tweaks. They include the return of The Augur of Kormir…

Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Design To Be Changed Following Criticism

The internet, you might have heard, did not love Sonic’s recently revealed design for the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog movie. Now, thank the furry, blue heavens, it’s going to change. Today, director Jeff Fowler responded to all the criticism on Twitter “The message is loud and clear,” he said. “You aren’t happy with the design…

ROM Hacking Website Removes Volunteer Staffer Who Took Down LGBT-Friendly Pokémon Hack

Last Sunday, the popular ROM hacking resource website Romhacking.net rejected one fan’s Pokémon Crystal hack. While rejected hacks aren’t unusual, what was unusual was the reasoning. This fan hacked the game so that the Pokémon move “attract” worked on all genders, and it was rejected for being a “political statement” that would attract “SJWs” (social…

Roleplayers Create Elaborate Magazine In Final Fantasy XIV

In March of 2018, a group of role-players from Final Fantasy XIV’s Balmung world published the first issue of Wark!, an in-character magazine that explores the world of Eorzea through news, interviews and articles. Now 12 issues in, Wark! is a cute and clever chronicle of a year of online adventures. One of the problems…

The Comic Moments We Loved Most In Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame was three hours of wonderful fanservice in what was ultimately the first TV series finale we’ve seen in a movie theater. This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. First, Kirk, Maddy, and I talk about the games we’ve been playing, like Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and Danganronpa. Then…