Black Ops III‘s Solo Experience Is Surprisingly Deep

There are certain things I’ve come to expect from a single player Call of Duty experience—bombastic set pieces, an in-your-face message, some sort of betrayal and a slow motion enemy take down. Black Ops III delivers three out of four, plus a whole lot more. The latest installment of Activision’s biggest franchise that doesn’t involve…

This Year’s Most Insane Anime Episode Won’t Get a DVD or Blu-ray Release

The first episode of the new Mr. Osomatsu anime is hilarious, trippy as hell, and won’t be getting a re-release. In case you missed it, here are Kotaku’s impressions of that episode. Even for a gag anime, it was totally bonkers. This, basically: Of course, the most suitable reaction to this is “What the fuck…

South Korea Is Building a Giant Monument to… ‘Gangnam Style’

The Seoul district of Gangnam has announced a proposal to build a huge bronze sculpture of the horsey dance. No, really. Well, with 2.4 billion views, it is the most watched video on YouTube. The Korean media (via tipster Sang) are reporting that the district set a budget of 418,320,000 won (US$366,301) and are currently…

Old Nintendo Instruction Manuals Are Truly Wonderful

Don’t you miss instruction manuals? Or even just paper? I know I do. And these photos make me miss them even more. Over on 2ch, Japan’s biggest online forum, a series of Famicom-era instruction manuals were recently posted. [via 2ch] Like the Famicom instruction manual, for example. This dates from 1983. [via 2ch] A look…

No One-Punch Man Cosplay Will Ever Top This

It’s impossible. This is the best that there ever will be. Promise. Here, we have cosplayer Sly Kucing as Saitama, the bald-headed hero of One-Punch Man. He’s joined by a host of talented cosplayers that includes Hara Takumi, Soo Hon Pong, Tony Liew, andRei Chan. Wonderful work, everyone! The above photo was taken by Le…

Over The Garden Wall Cosplay!

Haha, it’s so good. Wirt by Daishota, photo by Nuwanda Cosplay

Duke Nukem, Being Duke Nukem

Kurt Miller is an American artist who has done work for companies like Nintendo, Activision, EA, Take-Two and Hasbro. You can see more of Kurt’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), click…

Great, Another Promising Star Wars Board Game

Fantasy Flight has a pretty good track record with its Star Wars tabletop games, with two of them—X-Wing and Imperial Assault—in my crew’s regular rotation. They might soon be joined by a third. Star Wars: Rebellion is a new game just announced by the company, and while the name and basic look may remind of…

Get This Game Of Thrones Mod, PC Gamers

The perfect Game of Thrones video game—a lot more perfect than Telltale’s one, which ate my save game—is a mod I’ve been writing about for years. So it’s awesome to see that it’s finally out of beta and wearing v1.0 after its title! You can get it from the mod’s official site here. It’ll turn…

Actual Cosplayers Are The Stars Of A New Zombie Game

Cosplayers being around video games, that’s pretty normal. But cosplayers in a game? Z. Year One is a “roguelike card game” that’s looking to come to PC, mobile and as an actual card game. I haven’t played it, so I have no idea how good it is, but what they’ve done for their card art…

Overwatch Player Steamrolls Entire Team With Kamikaze Strike

Overwatch’s giant hammer-wielding tank of a man Reinhardt has a powerful charge move that rockets him forward, catching any enemies caught in his path and dragging them along with him. Overwatch also has a lot maps with dangerous precipices to fall off of. You probably see where this is going. In a recent match (via…

The Witcher 3’s Quests Keep Getting Weirder (And Darker)

The Witcher 3’s first expansion, Heart of Stone, contains three main quests. The first involves getting a ghost laid at a wedding. The second is a heist that goes wrong. The third is, well. The third is going to stay with me for a very long time. USE YOUR WITCHER SENSES TO AVOID THE SPOILERS…

New Steampunk Outfits For Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Are Nearly 1GB Each To Download

Here’s a modern day video game mystery we haven’t been able to solve: Why are the download files for new Assassin’s Creed Syndicate outfits so enormous? A new free download that gives players a single Steampunk outfit for Syndicate’s twin protagonist Evie Frye is an 820MB download on Xbox One. The PS4 lists it at…

I think this qualifies as a pretty good easter egg. It’s a hidden message in the PC version of Trails in the Sky SC, which came out last week after four and a half years of localization hell. Poor guys.

Age Of Ultron’s Android Savior Tries To Be Human, Fails

The Vision has always wanted to be human. It’s kind of his whole “thing.” This week, he tries again—harder than he ever has before—by setting up shop out in the suburbs with a synthezoid wife and children. “Even an android can cry.” It’s the signature line from the classic Avengers issue when the Vision is…

How A Video Game Glitch Became A Full-Blown Conspiracy Theory

The Binding of Isaac community lost their minds yesterday, in search of items missing from the game. Teases from designer Edmund McMillen suggested it was an elaborate, totally ridiculous mystery for players to solve. The reality is far more mundane: it was a joke, while the developer worked on a patch. Image Credit: TehHolyPancake If…