Why ‘Day-One Patches’ Are So Common

This blog post, by game developer Rami Ismail, was originally published on his website. We’ve republished it here with his permission. No Man’s Sky didn’t send out review builds because the game wasn’t done. No Man’s Sky gets leaked by resellers breaking street date. Polygon, Kotaku, and numerous streamers obtain a copy before release date…

Pikachu lights up a Ferris Wheel in Japan. To help celebrate the now seemingly annual “Pikachu Outbreak” event, everybody’s favorite electric rodent is appearing on Cosmo Clock 21 wheel in Yokohama.

The 2020 Olympics Could Change Tattooing In Japan Forever

The 2016 Rio Olympics are underway, and athletes from around the globe are competing for gold. Many of those Olympians are inked, as are those spectators who have flocked to the games. All are giving hope to those who want Japan, host of the next Summer Games, to become more open-minded about tattooing. Numerous Olympic…

The Best Resident Evil Cosplay Of 2016

Nothing will top this. Nothing. That is, unless cosplayer Gaidoes another outfit, then maybe it will be surpassed. If not, this cosplay of William Birkin’s Stage 1 transformation will safely secure the top spot. If this looks familiar, that’s because Gai previously did Birkin’s Stage 2 transformation. Japanese website Gigazine took the above images. Ditto…

Senso-ji. Tokyo, Japan. By Facundo F. Lleventon. 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!

The Power Of Cosplay Make-Up

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve posted some quality cosplay here and some commenter has wailed “oh that’s PHOTOSHOP” when, in reality, most of the visual sorcery is actually taking place thanks to some amazing make-up work. This shot above is a good example of how that work is done. Alyson Tabbitha,…

Look At This Amazing D&D Diorama

Suddenly a nice table and some beers just doesn’t seem good enough. This incredible tabletop setup was posted by Amazing Tabletop Terrain over the weekend. It belongs to (and was built by) Ryan Devoto, featuring the detailed and almost lifelike ocean work of Micheal Tiskus from Terranscapes The scale of it all just crushes the…

“Pay To Win” Protests Hit The Streets Of Black Desert Online

Korean MMO Black Desert Online—yes, the pretty one—recently made a change to the game’s economy. To say players are pissed would be to sell it a little short. The change, which lets players buy items using real money then turn around and sell them for in-game currency, has caused literal in-game protests. Like, characters marching…

Iran Becomes First Country To Ban Pokémon Go

Iran’s Supreme Council of Virtual Spaces, which is a real thing and not the dystopian government from a sci-fi TV show, has announced that Pokémon Go has been banned in the country. As the BBC reports, the ban is related to “unspecified security concerns”, and comes following a short deliberation where the Council “were waiting…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario And Sonic At The Real Olympic Games

With the real Olympic games going on, there’s no reason Mario and Sonic need to remain trapped inside their colorful fantasy land. Let’s send them to Rio, and hope they survive. What I’m looking for in this week’s contest, which might be my last for awhile, is Sonic and Mario characters inserted into real images…

More A-Mei-Zing Overwatch Cosplay

Still not sorry Cosplay by Henchwench, photos by R.A Photography Like…this is absolutely perfect. From the fur to the quality of the props and accessories, I cannot see how you can do Mei better than this. UPDATE: It can’t get better, but it can get just as good. Cosplay by Bananzers, photo by Mojo

The Week In Games: Gimme Back That Sky

No Man’s Sky? Bullshit. I’ve got a deed and everything, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from failed science fiction television show theme songs, it’s that you can’t take it from me. It seems like a challenge, this No Man’s Sky. Everybody’s Sky would have been a much nicer title. Or maybe Sky For…

Rocket League‘s Rumble Mode Brings The Goofy Power-Ups Next Month 

Giving players the ability to kick away other cars with giant boots or disrupt their driving ability are too silly for standard competitive Rocket League play, That’s serious business. Next month’s newly-announced Rumble mode looks to be anything but. Announced during the finale of the Rocket League Championship Series in Hollywood, California today, Rocket League…

AMD Radeon RX 470 Review: Almost The Next Best Thing

Looking to swipe some market share away from Nvidia before the arrival of its GeForce GTX 1060, AMD launched the Radeon RX 480 at the end of June. Codenamed Polaris 10, the company’s first fourth-generation GCN GPU appeared to have everyone rooting for it leading up to its release, and although we were largely satisfied…

A Bro In The Life Of A Steam Greenlight Developer

German independent developer Roman Uhlig recently had his excellent local multiplayer game 12 Orbits added to Steam Greenlight. He’s posted a lengthy, bro-packed conversation demonstrating the sort of attention such a move brings. 12 Orbits is a local multiplayer game for 2 to 12 players, currently available for free on iOS and Android. It’s good…

No Man’s Sky‘s Day-One Patch Will Make Some Huge Changes

If you’ve been playing or watching streams of No Man’s Sky over the past few days, you should know that things are about to get very different. Today on the No Man’s Sky website, director Sean Murray posted a list of the changes that will hit the game when the day-one patch goes live on…