Podcast: Final Fantasy Never Left

Lots of people are saying Final Fantasy is back. Those people should go play Final Fantasy XIV. Still, FFXV is pretty good, and we’re talking about it on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen On today’s show, we dig deep into the adventures of Noctis, Prompto, Ignis, and Richard. We talk about what we like about Final Fantasy…

Titanfall Online Is Coming To South Korea

Yes, yes. Titanfall already has online play, but this Nexon-released title is specifically an online game. Titanfall Online was announced for Asia as a collaboration between EA, Respawn and Nexon. So no word on an international release. It appears to be based more on the first game than its sequel. Here is some gameplay footage:…

Japan’s Giant Gundam Will Be Torn Down Next March 

On March 5, 2017, the giant Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba will be no more. So there’s still time to see it, but not much. This giant Gundam statue went up in 2012, and it’s not the first of its kind. Previously, a giant Gundam went up in Tokyo in 2009, and there was another…

The View Through Yasaka Shrine. Kyoto, Japan. By Daniel Spung 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! 

LoL Cosplay As Radiant As The Dawn

Well. This is impressive. This is Aoime as Leona (the Radiant Dawn) from League of Legends. It took her over a year to put this together, but its detail and heft looks 100% worth the trouble, especially when you see (below) how she had to move the thing around.

PC Company Accused Of Stealing Cosplay Image For Ad

On the left, a photo of cosplayer Lindze A’la Mode. On the right, an advertisement for PC and hardware company MSI. Aside from the crime that it’s a terrible photoshop job, MSI is being taken to court in Georgia because the cosplayer and photographer involved in the original shot say it was made (and used…

RIP Cities: Skylines, Everyone Is Dead, Everything Turned To Ash

Cities: Skylines, a game which until this week was all about building things, has a new expansion out. And will henceforth be a game about tearing shit down, burning it, shaking it loose then watching it sink under the waves. The new expansion is called Natural Disasters, and looks to bring a little of that…

Nearly 40% Of All Steam Games Were Released In 2016

2016 has been a hellscape. Everywhere. Even for those managing online video game marketplaces. Pub trivia and business development resource Steam Spy posted this chart earlier today, breaking down Steam’s catalogue by each game’s year of release. In 2012, for example, 379 games were released on Steam. In 2016, that number has leapt to 4207…

The Sheer Terror Of Introducing A Friend To Your Favorite Game

A few days ago, I was hanging out at some friends’ house. One of them, Ian, decided to buy a new PS4 game. “Get The Witcher 3!” I yapped, briefly outdoing his tiny dog, who looked on with a mix of curiosity and some other dog emotion. “Get it, get it, get it!” It was…

Well Played, Witcher 3 Cosplay

Just when you thought Witcher 3 cosplay couldn’t get any better, along comes a recreation of some of the game’s best fan art, Ástor Alexander’s noir take on Geralt and friends The photos were taken by Milligan. Toph is Ciri, Iris is Yennefer, Anna is Triss and Andrew as Geralt.

Top YouTubers Say They’re Being Screwed Yet Again By The Platform

Recently, top YouTubers are saying that, yet again, the behemoth video sharing network is fucking them over. This time, it’s about an alleged issue with subscribers—suddenly, they’re disappearing. And, no, it’s not because they unsubscribed. YouTube, for their part, denies that there’s a glitch. Regardless, several popular YouTubers are up in arms about shrinking subscriber…

Five Must-Watch Anime Of Fall 2016

Compared to the summer’s plush anime selection, Fall 2016’s offerings are a little slim. We had Berserk, Orange, Mob Psycho 100, ReLIFE, 91 Days and other high-impact titles scattered across shonen, fantasy, shoujo and historical fiction genres. This season’s a little different. My top pics for this season are more about girls and female audiences.…

Invisible, Inc., Stories: The Path Of Destinies Headline PlayStation Plus Lineup For December

There are some cool games available on PS Plus this month. We loved Invisible, Inc., and we had a great time with Stories: The Path of Destinies. Several games are available across platforms, too. As ever, the games aren’t “free”: an active PlayStation Plus subscription is required to download and play them. PlayStation 4 Invisible,…