Massive Virtual Reality Theme Park Opens In China

This weekend, a VR-only theme park opened in Guizhou, China. One of the park’s centerpieces, however, is not virtual but a towering Transformers-style robot statue. Just look at it! Clocking in at 53 meters and weighing 700 tons, the thing is huge Featuring 35 virtual reality attractions, Oriental Science Fiction Valley opened on April 29.…

After Mass Fan Outcry, Epic Adds ‘Orange Shirt Kid’ Dance To Fortnite

Back in March, Epic Games announced a “Boogie Down” contest where players submitted dance videos for a chance to have their moves added to the game as an emote. Winners were announced, and a champion was crowned. The community seemingly hated the results, though. In first place came Twitter user @Populotus: Per contest rules, Populotus…

Springtime In Japan Means Great Cosplay  

NicoNico, Japan’s video sharing platform, holds a big party every year called Chokaigi at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, outside Tokyo. It’s a huge otaku event and the cosplayers show up in droves. Here are some of the best cosplayers from this year’s Chokaigi.

Fortnite Comet Hits Dusty Depot, Altering Map and Gravity For New Season

After weeks of build-up, Fortnite’s comet has finally smashed the map. Tilted Towers still stands, but Dusty Depot? There’s a crater there now. (It’s also called Dusty DIVOT now.) Better yet, the point of impact is surrounded by rocks that will let players mess around in low gravity. Epic really went all out for this.…

Another Tourist Crashes Real-Life (And Totally Unofficial) Mario Kart In Tokyo

Last night in Tokyo, a 30-something-year-old tourist from Singapore made a wrong turn, driving a rental MariCar (the go-kart company that Nintendo is suing for copyright infringement) up on the sidewalk and crashing it into a restaurant sign. This is not a first. Previously, Kotaku reported that another tourist crashed a MariCar into a police…

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EA’s FIFA 18 World Cup Patch Is A Surprise

Electronic Arts takes a lot of shit from a lot of people for many of its business practices. So its decision to just give away a big FIFA 18 World Cup update—something they used to charge for—is a pleasant surprise. Announced earlier today, the World Cup update will add a ton of new stuff to…

BOY…And Girl

Ilya Golitsyn is a senior concept artist at Guerilla, where he’s most recently worked on Horizon Zero Dawn You can see more of Ilya’s art at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of…

Hopefully The Witcher’s TV Show Looks As Good As This Cosplay

Here’s Dutch cosplayer Rick Boer with one heck of a Geralt of Rivia. Rick made all costumes and props himself, and as with so much of Rick’s cosplay, the real star is his make-up work. You can see more of Rick’s cosplay at his Instagram page

Elite: Dangerous Player Spends A Month Drawing Game’s Logo In Space

Imagine if you could explore the universe at your leisure. Where would you go? How would you leave your mark? One Elite: Dangerous player decided to draw the game’s logo across the infinite night. It took him a month. Elite: Dangerous is massive. Thanks to procedural generation rooted in actual scientific principles, the multiplayer space…

God Of War Sure Has Been Getting A Lot Of Patches

God of War is a very good game that has been getting an unprecedented number of title updates. The PS4 exclusive launched on April 20 and in its first 11 days of release has been updated eight times. The most recent patch, which upgraded the game to version 1.17, was released on Friday, ending a…

Geguri Holds No Grudges

In 2016, Jae-mo “Xepher” Koo was part of the Korean Overwatch team that wrongfully accused Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon of cheating. Just two years later, Xepher is a flex tank player for the Overwatch League’s Seoul Dynasty, while Geguri is the league’s first woman According to the manager for the Korean team, Dizziness, the accusing players…

Monster Hunter Player Nails it

Today on Highlight Reel we have stylish moves, God of War dad advice, Far Cry 5 glitches, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…

What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel actually did it. The reigning king of planet blockbuster crammed 30-plus superheroes into a single sardine tin of a movie. Did it work, though? Was it any good? Compete staff writer Maddy Myers, Kotaku social media editor Seung Park, and I sat down to discuss the lengthy punchfest’s ample highs and lows. Nathan Grayson:…

Draw Your Own Date In Doodle Date, Then Regret Not Having Art Skills

Doodle Date, a game that has been out on Steam for a week, and can be bought for the low, low price of two dollars, is not at all what I expected. I expected a dating sim with more player input than usual. What I got was a surreal journey of attempted murder, identity crisis,…

A Tabletop RPG For Storytellers Who Want To Be Infamous Criminals

If the industrial, supernatural world of Blades in the Dark was the backdrop for anything other than a tabletop role-playing game, I’d have written daily letters to its creator asking them to make it into one. Blades in the Dark’s world is so full of noir curiosities that it begs players to insert themselves in,…