The official Vive Deluxe Audio Strap goes on sale June 6. The $99.99 peripheral adds integrated audio to HTC’s virtual reality headset, so users no longer have to fumble around for their headphones before jacking in. More info is availableat the Vive blog.

Code Vein Looks Like Anime Vampire Souls In Action

Last month Bandai Namco announced Code Vein, an action role-playing game about blood-drinking revenants at the end of the world. Now we’ve got the first gameplay trailer, and aside from the dynamic transformations, it’s got a very Souls series vibe. Just because the Dark Souls series is over doesn’t mean we’ll never dodge in and…

Pretending To Be Yoko Taro Is Hard Work 

Is Yoko Taro really going to take off that mask and reveal his face? Nope! That isn’t the mysterious Yoko under the Nier mask, but Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya. Yoko helmed Nier: Automata, of course, with Platinum developing the game. Kamiya agreed to appear on the title’s most recent live stream at Square Enix Cafe.…

Nintendo Switch Owners In Japan Polled About How Satisfied They Are 

Wonder about what folks in Japan think about the Switch? Why they bought it? How they feel so far? Weekly Famitsu polled readers, and here are the results. Via Gamekana, here are some of the poll’s results. The reason you decided to buy the Nintendo Switch Because there was a game I wanted to play…

Darksiders III Apparently Leaked Via Amazon [UPDATE: Confirmed]

A new Amazon listing seems to reveal Darksiders III for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Still unconfirmed officially, it appears as a THQ Nordic listing, and its product page is filled with screenshots and info about the game. UPDATE (12:10pm): And now it’s confirmed for a 2018 release thanks to an IGN First reveal. Original…

New Trailer For The New Code Geass

Dubbed Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection, this marks the third entry in the Code Geass franchise. Last fall, it was announced that the Code Geass series was getting a new instalment. Details are scant, but it’s apparently set after several years after the second season, namely in the wake of Lelouch vi Britannia’s “Zero…

You Can Now Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild With Japanese Vocals

In addition to the big DLC news, Nintendo also released a patch for Zelda: Breath of the Wild today that added something fans have been asking for since the last big trailer: the option for owners of the Western version of the game to play with a Japanese vocal track. That’s now possible with a…

UNIQLO Got Some Real Nice Nintendo Shirts

In May, UNIQLO are going to be selling a whole ton of new Nintendo-themed t-shirts, some of which are hot as hell. Each one was designed by a fan, and the overall winners—judged by Shigeru Miyamoto—were awarded prizes like cash and signed Switch consoles. The overall winner was a red shirt with a giant Mario…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild’s First DLC Adds Some Very Cool Stuff

First announced back in February, Nintendo has just detailed what exactly we’ll be getting with the first batch of DLC that’s being offered for Breath of the Wild in the Summer. From new armour to a fancy “smart map”, it all sounds pretty great. First, and coolest of all, is the addition of a mode…

A group of fans made a seriously elaborate live-action Overwatch short film. Created by Lupin Productions, it tells a dramatized version of Mercy’s backstory. While the grimdark tone and writing don’t quite land (in my opinion), it’s still an impressive production.

Project Wingman, An Indie Jet Combat Game For The PC

Project Wingman is a PC game that’s looking to scratch an Ace Combat-sized itch for arcade jet combat. The game is still in development, but you can grab progress builds over on its site and check it out now. There’s not much available at the moment, just a single skirmish mission using one fighter, but…

Counter-Strike Pros Refuse To Play After Former Cheater Joins Team

Back in 2014, Hovik “KQLY” Tovmassian was cut from a major CSGO team called Titan after he got VAC banned for using a cheat program out of competition. The team collapsed not long after. At the time, he remorsefully declared his career “over.” Now he’s back, and people aren’t happy about that. Recently, an organization…

There Sure Are A Lotta Soda Machines In Video Games

Reader Jess should know, he’s been cataloguing them and putting them all on a website This story was originally published in August 2016. The Video Game Soda Machine Project is his attempt to archive the appearance of the trusty beverage vending machine in our digital entertainment. From Monkey Island to Batman, he’s now catalogued 1000…

Metroid Fans, You Should Read This Comic

I was in a “catch up on a bunch of comics I’ve missed” mood over the weekend, so I set aside time for some reading. One of the books I picked up, Corey Lewis’ Sun Bakery, had a very nice surprise inside. I’d grabbed it because it promised a Shonen Jump-style run of highlighting a…

Kiev Major Concludes With Weird Montage Of Women; Production Company Later Deletes Video

Last weekend’s Kiev Major crowned OG as a four-time Majors winner and celebrated the CIS region’s Dota 2 history. After the closing ceremony, however, the last thing viewers saw was an unexplained montage of women simply watching the matches. Since then, that footage has been critiqued by some of the community for making women feel like…

Notorious Elite: Dangerous Troll Ruins Historic In-Game Event

Over the weekend, Elite: Dangerous’ years-long Formidine Rift mystery transformed from a pseudo-ARG into a full-blown event. A character named Salomé, carrying precious info, was set to traverse a treacherous route. Players could protect her ship or try to blow it up. A notorious troll decided to do both. As outlined by Ars Technica, a…

Battlefield 1 Player Just Trying To Reload

Today on Highlight Reel we have nutsmiths, Battlefield 1 reloads, Titanfall Spiderman, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 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! Dishonored…

Thimbleweed Park‘s Plot Hole Problem

Thimbleweed Park, a great new adventure game by some of the key talent behind Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island, sets up several mysteries that are never quite resolved. Does that matter? Director Ron Gilbert argues not. WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THIMBLEWEED PARK Thimbleweed Park starts off with a dead man in a river,…