The Master Chief Collection Is What Happens When A Studio Doesn’t Give Up On A Game

It’s now taken as gospel that the future of a game isn’t written in stone when it first comes out. Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege rebounded from a lackluster launch, hampered in large part by its grinding, fragmented progression system, into one of the most successful shooters on PC right now. No Man’s Sky released bereft…

I Hate Deciding Where To Land In Fortnite

Lately, I’ve been playing squads in Fortnite, instead of my usual short-lived solo runs. I mostly play with strangers and keep voice chat off. Playing squads has definitely helped me get better at the game, but there’s one thing I still can’t master: choosing where to land. Because I’m not playing with voice chat, there’s…

Anime Movies Are Finally Getting The U.S. Theatrical Releases They Deserve

Just a couple decades ago, anime fans would pore over Japanese dictionaries to hand-translate subtitles for their favorite anime films, which they’d disseminate over IRCs and password-protected forums. Over the last couple of years, those same fans to see marquee displays for “SPIRITED AWAY” and “YOUR NAME” hanging above their local brick-and-mortar movie theater. More…

The Week In Games: Return To Raccoon City

Zombies! This week the long awaited Resident Evil 2 remake is finally released on consoles and PC. Plus a bunch of games are getting ported to Switch and other platforms after appearing elsewhere. Which is nice! Who doesn’t want more games for their favorite platforms?! Actually, I already have a huge back catalog and feel…

How To Make Ace Combat VR Even More Immersive

This is Taka. He’s really into fighter planes and has figured out how to up the immersion factor in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Taka turned his PS Vita headset into a Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System and mounted it on a helmet Brilliant! According to Taka, he spent around 200,000 yen ($1,825) ordering the gear…

Detective Pikachu Trailer Just Dealt A Fart Joke 

Since 1996, when Pokémon debuted, I have not once wondered whether or not a Pikachu can fart. Then I watched the latest Detective Pikachu trailer. The film is the first live-action Hollywood adaptation of the world of Pokémon, fart jokes and all. Is this movie canon? I’m not anti-fart joke! Not at all This trailer…

A Small Town With An Old Canal. Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. By Christian Amthor. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Brawl Stars Mixes Battle Royale & Dota 2 Into A Fun Mobile Game

I was being chased. I couldn’t get away. I ran into a nearby bush and yet I wasn’t safe. I was almost dead. I yelled out to a friend nearby to help, but I didn’t need to say anything. They had seen the chase and ran in to to save me, pushing my pursuer away…

Watch Darth Maul Play Beat Saber 

Ray Park was the actor who portrayed Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I. While not the best Star Wars film, many fans love Park’s Darth Maul and have been wanting the former Sith Master to try out the VR game Beat Saber. Sadly, PSVR doesn’t support a staff saber. But regardless, Ray Park seems to…

The Big Daddies Are The Best Part Of BioShock

There’s a lot to love about BioShock. Released in 2007, the game was praised by critics and seen by many as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. The city of Rapture, the underwater dystopia where BioShock is set, is filled with fantastic world building and some gorgeous water. One of the big reasons BioShock…

Watch This Relaxing And Informative Let’s Play Of Jurassic Park Trespasser 

Jurassic Park Trespasser isn’t a very good game, but it is a perfect game for a let’s play. Shadefyre’s excellent 10 part series is one of the best let’s play of Trespasser and one of my favorite let’s play on all of YouTube. Shadefyre has a very relaxing and calming voice. All of his Trespasser…

There Are A Lot Of Beds In Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII is big JRPG with classic enemies, a shocking death and powerful gods. But the game also has a surprising amount of beds spread around the world. Dedicated fan Signal over on the ResetEra forums spent some time putting together a large collection of every bed that appears in Final Fantasy VII. I…

Sunday Comics: Giant Ball Of Junk

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published January 19. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

This Mod Recreates The Pre-Release Version Of GTA 3

Grand Theft Auto 3D is a mod for GTA IIIthat aims to recreate what the game looked like before it was released. Using early screenshots, alpha content, and pre-release gameplay the team of modders spent over four years creating this early version of GTA III. After this long development cycle the mod was finally released…

Red Dead Online and GTA Online’s Battle Royale Modes Aren’t Great

Rockstar keeps trying to make battle royale modes work in their online games. Grand Theft Auto Online has had a few modes that feel inspired by popular battle royale games like Fortnite or PUBG. Now Rockstar is adding more battle royale modes to their newest multiplayer game, Red Dead Online. But overall these attempts at…

Sega’s Holographic Arcade Game Was Pretty Strange

Holograms. The word immediately makes me think of cool sci-fi movies and not so cool real world tech, like reviving a dead musician and making them dance around a stage. But back in 1991 Sega was using holograms for a more noble purpose: Creating an arcade game about a time traveling cowboy. Simply titled Time…

Entire Machinima YouTube Channel Set To Private [UPDATE]

With no public announcement or advanced warning to many creators, the entire Machinima Youtube channel was effectively wiped from the internet recently. All videos on the channel are now private, making them unable to view. The news quickly spread across social media, with fans and creators sharing their stories and information about the shutdown using…