One Of The Best Skyrim Mods Got Started With A Punch To The Face

The Forgotten City is a mod available today for the PC and Xbox One versions of Skyrim: Special Edition (and regular ol’ Skyrim). But it wouldn’t have ever been made if its creator, Nick Pearce, hadn’t been randomly punched in the face by a stranger. “I got started writing when I got punched in the…

Skyrim Never Changes

The fancy re-release of Skyrim is out on PC today! It’s got new visuals. Still the same ol’ Skyrim under the hood, though, by the looks of it. Here’s PC Gamer’s Chris Livingstone getting…well, not even past the intro before Skyrim gonna Skyrim Can’t wait to see a dragon fight.

Of Course There Is Halloween Overwatch Cosplay

Tina-Kinz is ready for Halloween in the most Halloween way possible: by cosplaying as Mercy’s festive witch skin The graveyard is a nice touch. And that book is great! 2016 may have been the worst of times (and it’s not done yet), but at least we’ve had Overwatch and it’s awesome cosplay scene to get…

Our Sci-Fi Future Has No Trees, But Plenty Of Ads

Aurelien Fournier is a freelance concept artist from France. You can see more of Fournier’s work 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 video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…

Undertale action figures are out now, and they got one heck of a trailer. It’s very, um, Undertale, is the best way I can think to put it. Also, I’m pretty sure I need Lesser Dog with karate neck action in my life.

The First Tree looks like Journey: Fox Edition. It’s about the intertwining stories of a fox searching for her missing family and a young couple dealing with tragedy. According to its creator, it will be short, but bittersweet. It’s on Steam Greenlight right now and will be out early next year.

Battlefield 1 Grenade Blows Up A Lotta Dudes

Today on Highlight Reel we have tons of Battlefield 1, legendary medics, Overwatch clowning 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! RIGS: Mechanized Combat…

One Year Later, Those Two Perma-Permadeath Games Aren’t Doing So Great [UPDATE]

Last year, I covered two different games with an awesome (and also terrifying) central conceit: if you die, you can never play again. Upsilon Circuit and One Life both touted forms of perma-permadeath. People loved the idea. My two posts were viewed nearly 1.5 million times. Unfortunately, those games have hit some nasty bumps on…

Titanfall 2 Takes Shot At Other Shooters, Won’t Have A Season Pass

Outlining future plans for Titanfall 2, developers Respawn Entertainment made a blog post talking about what sets their game apart from other shooters. A big one? No paid multiplayer DLC or season pass. “All maps & modes will be free in Titanfall 2 Multiplayer,” the post reads. “This means no splitting up the community.” The…

Someone Hacked Missingno Into A Modern Pokémon Game

Missingno was never supposed to exist; it was a glitch monster that could appear in Red and Blue only under special circumstances. Despite being a mishap, even now, twenty years later, fans still love and remember Missingno. While Game Freak may never bring Missingno back, VGMoose went ahead and modded Missingno into Pokémon Omega Ruby…

My Summer Car, As Told By Steam Reviews

My Summer Car might sound like a game about the fine art of crafting jank-ass automobiles, and to an extent, it is. But it’s also an open-world conduit for stories. Many of those stories involve beer and pee. My Summer Car is far more than just a car game. As I discovered while playing it…

Initial impressions of The Division’s game-overhauling 1.4 patch: So, I bumped the new “world tier” global difficulty level up to three (of four), and the second grunt I killed dropped an orange item. Not bad.

Podcast: We’re Psyched For Nintendo Switch

This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I tackle the biggest gaming question of the next five months: What happened to that dude’s dog in the Nintendo Switch commercial? We also theorize about the Switch more generally, answer some reader mail, and talk Civilization VI, Battlefield 1, Mafia 3, and the worrying learning capabilities of…