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How To Destroy Watchtowers In Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Who needs stealth or cardboard boxes, when you can launch a military jeep directly into one of Camp Omega’s watchtowers. AttilaJP’s clip turns Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes into Just Cause for a few seconds. Snake, standing stock-still like a maniac, makes it even better. To contact the author of this post, write to:…

A Haunting Look at Tokyo and Japan

Over the years, I’ve seen loads of travelogue style videos filmed in Japan. Some have been good. This one is great. Sure, some of the locations might seem a bit obvious, but many aren’t. The photographic and editing skills that went into pulling this off are truly impressive. And that spoken verse by Tom O’Bedlam,…

Ice Caves. Vatnajökull, Iceland. By Piyush Bedi 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!

Windows 10 Will Be Out Next Month

Microsoft just announcedthat Windows 10 will be out late next month. July 29 is the big day (at least for PC and tablets), with the OS available both digitally and in stores. Remember: in a break from the company’s previous launches, existing users of Windows 7 (SP1) and 8.1 will be able to upgrade for…

Busted PS4 Version Of Ultra Street Fighter IV Dumped From Evo 2015

Ultra Street Fighter IV is kinda janky on PlayStation 4. Which was making competitors nervous ahead of this year’s big EVO fighting game tournament, so instead of taking their chances with Sony’s promised fixes, organisers are taking a safer route with the game’s appearance, deciding instead to switch the platform it’s appearing on. As SRK…

Another Gorgeous Animal Crossing 3DS

To this day, my favourite 3DS design is the Animal Crossing one. That place in my heart is being challenged today, however, by a new Animal Crossing 3DS design. This one’s a 3DS XL, and is being released to tie-in with the upcoming Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, a version of the game which lets…

How Mad Max’s Explosive Visual Effects Were Made

One of the things that really grabs you about Mad Max: Fury Road is just how much of the action is made up of practical effects. Those are real cars exploding and rolling around, which always looks cooler than the floaty vehicles CGI puts on the screen. That doesn’t mean the movie was free of…

New Fire Emblem Has Private Castles, Sexy Bathhouses

There was a new trailer for Fire Emblem if this morning, and it ran for nearly ten minutes. Nearly that entire time was spent showing players that they’ll now have their own castle, which they can expand, explore and hang out in between missions. You can also build a bathhouse. If you’ve played enough JRPGs,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Wild Junk

Earlier this week we learned the shocking news: Witcher series star Geralt of Riviahas no penis. We can fix this. I know we can. I believe in us. Geralt may not have access to the rod from which spurts eternal damnation, but don’t look at the as a negative thing. An artist doesn’t curse the…

Wildstar Goes Free-To-Play In The Fall

Carbine Studios’ sci-fi MMORPG Wildstar launched in June of 2014,bravely opting for a paid subscription model while more high-profile games were going free-to-play. They made it a year! Announced by publisher NCsoft earlier this year, Wildstar will be stripping away its $15 monthly subscription fee in favor of a free-to-play model that will hopefully drum…

The Moaning Cowgirl And Other Fun Sonic Adventure Facts

Did you know the original Japanese release of Sonic Adventure included a massive mechanical cowgirl billboard that moaned when you approached it? DidYouKnowGaming? knows, and give us a glimpse of the magnificent monstrosity in the latest in the third installment of their Sonic video series. They don’t show off much of the board and omit…

Our first look at Bandai Namco’s Project Treasure, a free-to-play four-player third-person adventure game for the Wii U. Shown during this morning’s Japanese Nintendo Direct, it looks to be some sort of supernatural treasure hunting game with four-player co-op. Expect more info later in the summer.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bowser’s Big Interview: Winners!

When Nintendo of Americahired Doug Bowser to be its new VP of sales, the world had one question—how did he dress for the interview? Question answered. The question was answered in many different ways, some silly, some sexy and some a little of both. Cartoonivore’s ‘shop this week was almost too subtle—it took me a…

Chibi-Robo! Returns, Bringing An Adorable Amiibo With Him

This morning’s Japanese Nintendo Direct revealed a new side-scrolling platformer Chibi-Robo! game, along with a super-empowering Amiibo companion. Guru-Guru! Chibi-Robo! (I’m guessing that’s Go-Go Chibi-Robo!) looks like it takes everyone’s favorite helper robot and transforms him into a more practical sort of Bionic Commando, using his plug and cord as a grappling hook, as you…

A New Monster Hunter Was Just Announced, Looks Amazing

In a Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation today, Capcom announced a new Monster Hunter for 3DS: Monster Hunter X. It debuted with a pretty incredible trailer: There’s a lot for Monster Hunter fans to get excited about here. There appear to be new special moves for pretty much every weapon shown, and they are EXTREMELY flashy.…

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Aw, Look At The Littlest Heroes Of The Storm

I’d managed to resist the allure of Funco’s Mystery Minis series up until I saw boxes with the Heroes of the Storm logo on them this weekend at Momocon. Curse you, tiny Queen of Blades. Retailing for around $7.99, Funco’s Mystery Minis are blind boxed figures based on popular entertainment properties like Frozen (which my…

The Latest LEGO Ideas Set Is A Gaming Classic

I swear every house I visited while growing up in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s had a wooden Labyrinth Marble Maze game. Thanks to the LEGO Ideas program and creator JK Brickworks, it’ll be making a comeback later this year. Rather than moving the marble through the maze, the classic Labyrinth Marble Maze features a…

And Now Persona‘s Dancing Bear

The alternative headline for this post was “Hot Blond Dancing In A Teddie,” but that would have confused our Japanese readers who know Persona 4’s mascot as Kuma. Stupid regional differences, ruining a perfectly bad headline. Stupid localization process, making us wait until fall for Persona 4: Dancing All Night, which releases in Japan in…

Weekend Listening: I went on Kat Bailey’s US Gamer podcast to talk about The Witcher 3 and Destiny, AKA the only two games I ever seem to play these days. We had a good time; you can listen to the whole thing here.