Custom Thomas the Tank Engine Toy Is A Nightmare From Hell

A custom-built Thomas the Tank Engine toy that can “walk” on walls or ceilings and its eyes glow in the dark? Just perfect to give us nightmares. Y Nakajima and his friends built something that crushes everything in the “scary Thomas the Tank Engine things” category by a mile. And the secret behind it? Luckily…

Dying Light: The Following: The Kotaku Review

I am pleased to report that in Dying Light: The Following, you can still dropkick a zombie off a cliff and into the sea. You also get to drive a car. Iliked last year’s Dying Light, so I was predisposed to like The Following. And I do like The Following; I like it even more…

Cookie Clicker Gets Its Biggest Update Yet

As of yesterday, the super addictive Cookie Clicker’s 2.0 update, titled “Legacy” and in beta testing since mid-2014, has hit the internet. In other news, I’ve got a browser tab I can’t seem to close. In case you missed it the first time it reared its head, Cookie Clicker is a nearly three-years-old idle game…

Detective Pikachu Is a Simple Point-and-Click Adventure for Pokémon Fans

Three things you need to know going in about Detective Pikachu: 1) It’s not hard. 2) It’s not long. 3) Detective Pikachu himself makes the whole thing worth playing. Detective Pikachu is the story of Tim Goodman, a young man who heads to Rhyme City in search of his missing father. Shortly after his arrival,…

Robot Is So Good at Puzzle & Dragons, It’s Frightening

Nowhere is safe from the unflinching skill and processing power of robots. Not even Puzzle & Dragons. Oh shit. In Japan, YouTube user Junya Sakamoto created a robot that can unleash combo after combo after combo. The robot, of course, is hooked up to a laptop, which analyzes the best moves to score the most…

Amazon Releases Its Own Game Engine For Free

Amazon’s releasing their very own game engine. Lumberyard, as they call it, is based on Crytek’s famous CryEngine, and can be used to develop games for both PC and consoles. It’s also free to download, and comes with “no seat fees, subscription fees, or requirements to share revenue.” Fees come in only, as Lumberyard’s official…

Last Night in Japan. Osaka Prefecture, Japan. By Pavel Buga. 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!

Video Game Website GameTrailers Closes After 13 Years

Gametrailers, a site that was once the internet’s go-to place for…game trailers, today announced that after 13 years it was ceasing operations. This is Brandon Jones, founder and boss of the site: In the mid-00s, as video game marketing moved on from magazine previews to flashy video trailers, Gametrailers (and to a lesser extent 1UP’s…

An Adventure Game About Stopping Hitler

Sebastian Frank: The Beer Hall Putsch is a video game about stopping HItler. Fertile ground for a video game setting if ever there was one Set in Germany in the 1920s, you play as Frank, an old acquaintance of Hitler from before the First World War. Because he knows the budding dictator better than most,…

XCOM 2 Bebop. I’m not sure why ion bomb decided to mash-up XCOM 2 and sci-fi anime classic Cowboy Bebop, but you know what? It works weirdly well. (Warning: this video will give you glimpses of a few later-game alien types. Also “Tank” will be stuck in your head forever.)

Guild Wars 2 Cosplay Includes 9-Foot-Tall Golem

Guild Wars fan Enayla has outdone herself here. Not only has she gone and made a fantastic Asura costume, but she built the accompanying Golem as well. A Golem that’s nine-feet-tall. The Golem can’t walk (at least not yet, anyway), but it has been wired so that its gems light up. Enayla can also clamber…

That Time A Horse Became Empress Of Rome

Only in Crusader Kings II could a horse rise to power and, after decades of war and conquest, restore the might of the Roman Empire. Normally CKII is a very serious game, as much a simulation of blooodthirsty medieval politics as it is a strategy game, but developers Paradox aren’t without a sense of humour.…

The New Version of Jughead Isn’t Into Girls Or Boys

Jughead likes to eat. This we know. Getting physical with members of the opposite or same sex? Not so much. Jughead #4 comes out this week and, via preview at Comic Book Resources, it’s got a little detail that nudges along the modern-day re-inventionof the classic high-school characters even further. Mild spoilers follow. In an…

XCOM Snake Alien Can Bust A Move

Today on Highlight Reel we have rhythmic snake monsters, loafing Assassin’s Creed workers, Black Ops 3 mistakes, and much more. Watch the video above or on our Youtube page, 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. Fallout…

That Time Xbox 360’s Uno Game Was Flooded With Dick Pics

Uno was one of Xbox Live Arcade’s best games in the early years, a fact that’s been somewhat forgotten because all anyone can remember are endless penises. Besides being an excellent online multiplayer game, lots of people owned Uno on Xbox 360 because it came bundled with the then-novel Xbox 360 Vision Camera accessory. Unfortunately,…

Endciv Is Like A Fallout Version Of SimCity

Endciv is a post-apocalyptic city builder with a focus on, you know, surviving. Think Banished meets SimCity meets Fallout The game recently popped up on Steam Greenlight, and though it’s fairly early, it’s already looking pretty solid: Here’s what it’s about: “In a world where civilization suffered from weather phenomena and collapsed financial markets, a…