This Might Be The Biggest PlayStation 4 Controller In The World 

No, you are not looking at a tiny human! This playable, jumbo-sized DualShock 4 is at the Sony Interactive Entertainment building in Tokyo. The face buttons and the D-pad work as do the shoulder buttons. The thumbsticks can move around, but aren’t playable. (I’m guessing the TouchPad isn’t either, because creating a giant version seems…

Man Believes His Divorce Was Caused By Dragon Quest 

Recently on Japanese television, a 43 year-old systems engineer talked about his love of Dragon Quest and how it came between him and his family. TV show Ie, Tsuite Itte Ii Desuka? (“Is It Okay If We Follow You Home?”) stops random people on the street, asking to peek inside their abodes. On the most…

Life-Sized Anime Girl In A Bikini For $25,000

Lala Satalin Deviluke is the main character of To Love-Ru. A life-sized version of her is going on sale for a mere twenty-five grand.  Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable. This statue of the devil-tailed alien princess is 5.6 feet tall and weighs 99 pounds. Priced at 2.8 million yen (US$25,647),…

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Persona 5’s Sexual Relationships Can Get Complicated

Most of the women available for romance in Persona 5 are your fellow high school students. But not all of them. PERSONA 5 STORY & RELATIONSHIP SPOILERS AHEAD Taking the role of a kid in his second year of high school—which in Japan would put the player at roughly 16-17 years old—Persona 5 surrounds you…

Snooker Champion Says Video Game Addiction Hurt His Career

Australian snooker player Neil Robertson (Americans: snooker is kinda like pool, but more British), a former world champion, has admitted that his form has dipped recently after he became addicted to playing games like League of Legends and FIFA Speaking with Eurosport, Robertson—who also won the UK championship in 2013 and 2015—says that despite recently…

Dishonored 2’s Kills, Illustrated

Nicolas Petrimaux is one of the artists who worked on Dishonored 2, on everything from loading screens to storyboards depicting how the character’s special powers would play out. You can see more of Nicolas’ work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Battle Simulator Is Chickens vs Penguins vs Dwarves vs Chuck Norris

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is not a game that lets you fight battles. It’s a game that asks you to set them up to the man, then press a button, sit back and watch the chaos unfold. Currently in Early Access on Steam, I’ve been messing around with it a bit lately so thought I’d…

A Case Of Distrust is a stylized detective adventure influenced by games like Phoenix Wright and 80 Days. It’s set in San Francisco, in the year 1924. You’ll play as a woman private investigator who has to navigate mysteries, deception, and the issues of the time. The game isn’t done yet, but you can read…

Some Excellent Final Fantasy XV Cosplay

Narcisse, the master of Final Fantasy cosplay, returns with this Noctis outfit from Final Fantasy XV The costume was a joint effort between Narcisseand his girlfriend Lady Zero And in case you’re looking at this and thinking “well, it’s a dude in a lotta leather”, check out the detail work that went into making sure…

Popular Counter-Strike Streamer Redeems Himself After Humiliating Molotov Accident

One year ago, popular streamer Jaryd “Summit1g” Lazar dropped the proverbial ball off a cliff when, while subbing on a pro CSGO team, he managed to lose a round he’d basically won by walking into his own molotov. The moment became infamous overnight. Now, though, Summit has redeemed himself. With his face. This year, Summit…

New Anime Re:Creators Asks: What If Anime Was Real?

This season’s breakout anime is Re:Creators, a show that asks the question “Should we have empathy for our anime heroes?” Then it asks, “Are we responsible for our fantasies?” and “Why do magical girls love cheeseburgers so much?” Re:Creators is about an otaku high school boy named Sota. His thing is drawing. One day, when…

Video Game Hero Punches Cow Into Pieces

Today on Highlight Reel we have exploding cows, breakdancing gangsters, broken robots 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! Just Cause 3 – Viva…

Ranked Dota 2 Matches Will Soon Require A Phone Number

In an update to the Dota 2 matchmaking services today, Valve announced that players will have to register a unique phone number in order to compete in ranked matches. This move was made to combat players who use multiple accounts to ruin others’ ranked matches. The act of “smurfing,” or creating secondary accounts to play…

Battlegrounds’ Frying Pans Now Block Bullets, And Other Changes From The First Big Update

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just got its first big monthly update, making the game significantly more playable because frying pans block bullets now and also blah blah important performance improvements or something. The patch is focused on making the early access game, which has been dinged for instability and frame rate issues, more stable. PUBG’s developers added,…

Disabled Streamer Receives Hundreds In Donations After Bullies Kick Him From Match

On Monday, a legally blind and deaf Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player was bullied off a match. In response, the CSGO community rallied around him. Adam “Loop” Bahriz is a 17 year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who got hooked on the game in 2013 while he was with his Algerian family overseas. In 2015 he started…