Jako, The Angry Little Mako

Timothy Rodriguez is a freelance artist from France who has done work for companies like Bethesda, Warner Bros. and Applibot. You can see more of Timothy’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Darkest Dungeon‘s Harrowing Journey Through Steam Early Access

When Darkest Dungeon first launched on Steam Early Access in February 2015, it was almost universally beloved. A unique, polished, fleshed-out experience on Early Access? It was practically unheard of. So it was all happily ever after from there, right? Hardly. For a few months, things went according to plan. The punishingly difficult dungeon-crawler RPG/trauma…

Amazing Nathan Drake Cosplay Enters…Uncharted Waters

I mean, sure, you could just dress up as Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. Or you could become him, and spend a day running around waterfalls, climbing trees and abseiling with an AK-47 and flares. Italian cosplay superstar Leon Chiro opted for the latter, and ended up with these incredible shots taken by Alessio “Fotomania” Buzi

Geralt & Ciri Say Goodbye

There will come a day when I stop posting amazing Witcher 3 cosplay. But it is not this day. Ciri is Miranda Hedman, Geralt is Tim Filin

Over 250,000 People Have Pirated A Leaked Copy Of The Force Awakens

If you were wondering why you’ve suddenly started seeing lots of very high quality Force Awakens gifs over the last day or so, you’ve got your answer. As TorrentFreak report, the REPLiCA pirate group have gotten hold of a Force Awakens Blu-Ray a few weeks early and uploaded HD versions of the film on torrent…

Dark Souls 3 Can Be Played Right Now On Xbox One (Using A Region Trick)

Dark Souls 3 is out in Japan, but it doesn’t arrive in the United States until April 12. If you’re an Xbox One owner, however, there’s a way to start playing it right now, so long as you’re willing to jump through a few hoops. In short, if you buy the Japanese version, you can…

Somebody Made An Entire Game About Trying To Get Into The Overwatch Beta

Overwatch finally has a release date, but the closed beta is still humming along, with frequent updates tweaking balance and adding new maps and modes. Everybody wants in. Some, uh, more than others. Darkust#6214‘s Overwatch Beta: The RPG is a surprisingly robust text game about the process of watching, waiting, and hoping beyond hope for…

Game Studios Enter Legal Battle Over The Making Of Ark: Survival Evolved

Who really designed Ark: Survival Evolved? A lawsuit, filed late last year, alleges that there’s a messy story behind the development of one of Steam’s biggest hits. The players involved are Trendy Entertainment, the company behind Dungeon Defenders, and Studio Wildcard, the start-up game dev behind Ark, which launched in Early Access last year on…

Nintendo Finally Fixed Mario Maker‘s 100 Mario Challenge

I’ve been trying to beat Mario Maker’s 100 Mario Challenge on Expert ever since the game came out last September. It’s brutal. But only today was I able to pull it off, and there’s a reason for that: Nintendo’s made it easier. Starting with the most recent patch, Nintendo introduced super expert, another difficulty tier…

Destiny‘s New Update Bumps The Light Cap To 335

This spring’s big Destiny update will offer new bounties, quests, and a new mission set after the fall of Oryx. It’ll also take us all back for a ride on the Light treadmill, bumping the level cap up to 335. On a Twitch stream today, reps for Bungie talked about the new update, which goes…

Rumored NX Photos Show A Controller Without Buttons [UPDATE: It’s Fake]

A series of new photos, posted two different places and purporting to show the controller for Nintendo’s next console, reveal a controller without buttons, one that’s shaped like a football. Update – 10:39am, March 25: It was a hoax, as we noted it might have been. Sorry for wasting your time. Original story follows. I…

We Wrote Two Kick-Ass Avengers Movies in Slack Last Night

Last night, a member of Kotaku’s editorial team grappled with the fact that Avengers: Infinity War is supposedly going to be stuffed to the gills with, like, 67 characters. This is what happened next. Superhero movies are now a staple of Hollywood’s output, with Marvel’s franchise success leading the way. They keep churning out blockbusters,…

Drama Ensues As Fire Emblem Fates Fan Translation Gets Canceled, Then Uncanceled

The team behind a nine-month-old fan translation of Fire Emblem Fates disbanded yesterday, appearing to cancel their project in the process. That decision prompted disappointment and anger, but there are reports a new team has picked up the project. I profiled this translation group a little while back, a group of fans both interested in…

Infinite Arms Takes Toys-To-Life To A Whole New Level

With a game by developers who’ve worked on Elite Beat Agents and Gears of War and toys—real articulated action figures—from one of Transformers’ most prolific designers, Infinite Arms is exactly where I wanted the toys-to-life genre to go. Infinite Arms is the creation Jumo, Inc., a new entertainment company run by familiar faces. CEO and…

Pokken Tournament‘s Shadow Mewtwo Has An Infinite Blockstun Problem

The simple two-move combination being performed is this GIF? Shadow Mewtwo can do that all day in Pokken Tournament. That’s bad. Demonstratedon Twitter and captured on video by YouTube’s Shofu, the one-two punch of Shadow Mewtwo’s backward-Y ranged attack and the transformative power of its Miracle Eye move combine to form an endless attack combo…

Not sure yet how you feel about Battleborn? Folks all around the world can start figuring out what they think when it launches an open beta next month. The beta starts on April 8 for PS4, followed by an April 13 debut for PC and Xbox One.