Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger is credited with designing the Alien (née Xenomorph) from the iconic movies and…
The service you get at McDonald's in Japan is world class. The staff is polite and prompt, and there's still a focus…
The standout piece of cosplay this week is the StarCraft Ghost photo you see above, by Jessica Dru. If you think it…
Having stopped shipping in Japan last year, The Guardian has confirmed with Sony that PlayStation 2 production has…
Earlier this week, Metacritic bemoaned 2012 as a year of poorer review scores for video games than the one preceding…
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week's best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom…
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week's best content.

April 16, 2015
Location: Sapporo, Japan
Operation: Extraterrestrial Terrorism Response
Codename: Lost Spark
Mission…

Any serious gamer who was watching the Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival" show earlier this week may have…

Earlier today, our own Luke Plunkett nominated Crusader Kings II for Kotaku 2012 game of the year, writing that it's…

It's easy. Because it's the only game on this list that's about sex and politics.
These awesome robots and moody rooms? They're by Benoit Godde, a French concept artist at Quantic Dream who's worked…
I played a lot of games this year, and sadly, most of them were forgettable. It's just been one of those years.
I hate feeling like a cog in the machine—like my actions don't matter, like I'm wading through tedium before I can…
Start flipping open those cute puppy calendars your parents bought you, and pull out your Sharpies, because it's…

The first time I played Journey, I thought, "Okay."

Papo & Yo did something that too few games manage to do: it let me step into the life of another,…