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Switch Monopoly AI Refuses To Lose

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of being about to win a video game and then having your opponent disconnect to deny your proper victory. It’s been going on in games for so long that we even have a special name for it: rage quitting. As humans, our emotions can get the better of us,…

Started From The Bottom, Now We’re Here

Kotaku was my first job out of college. I lived and breathed this site for nearly six years. I grew up here. Kotaku changed my life. It all feels so happenstance when I look back on it. In 2011, I emailed Kotaku out of the blue asking if the site would like to republish something…

Far Cry 5‘s first DLC, Hours of Darkness, arrives June 5 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. You play as Wendell Redler back during the Vietnam War, tasked with saving his fellow squadmates. The two others, Lost On Mars and Dead Living Zombies, are set to release in July and August respectively.

The World’s Biggest Game Company Just Keeps Getting Bigger

Early this week, the studio behind Path of Exile received a majority investment from a Chinese corporation called Tencent. If that’s a name you don’t know, it’s worth learning, because Tencent is, without a question, the largest company in video games. Yet, many fans don’t even know it exists. Tencent has its hands in so…

A Simple Moral Quandary Stumped My D&D Group For Two Hours

My Dungeons & Dragons group is at the midpoint of our campaign, so we’ve been trying to do something new for a few sessions. We’ve had another player take over as DM for a little while. We’ve been telling him how much we want to do more roleplaying, so last night he let us roleplay…

Kids On YouTube Keep Making Videos About Scamming Fortnite V-Bucks From Their Parents

“Today’s video is very funny, guys,” says Tommy Ladd, 13, in a recent YouTube video. “I am on Fortnite Battle Royale right now, guys, and what I’m going to be doing is buying this massive bundle of 10,000 V-bucks,” the virtual in-game currency in Fortnite. He pauses for effect and laughs before adding, “—and I’m…

World of Tanks publisher Wargaming has shut down its Seattle office, laying off 150 people. “Wargaming will be assisting the current employees of the Redmond studio, if they decide to apply for open positions in other offices within the company,” the publisher said in a statement to Kotaku. “We would like to express our gratitude…

Manga Hikaru no Go will be turned into a live-action drama in China and will be streamed starting next summer on Chinese platform iQiyi. Hikaru no Go ran from 1998 to 2003 and got an anime adaptation.

Repairing Japanese Castles Looks Tricky

In April 2016, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Kumamoto, Japan. The region’s famed castle was badly damaged, but rebuilding is underway. It looks tricky. Kumamoto Castle, which was originally built in 1607, was attacked during an 1877 rebellion, with parts of it, including the keep, burned down. The 1889 Kumamoto Earthquake damaged what remained. In…

Here’s our first peek at the upcoming Yakuza 3 full-HD remaster, running at a smooth 60 frames-per-second. What do you think? Looks good! Like Yakuza 3 for the PS4.

Flying. Steinwenden, Germany. By Coury Wilson. 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! 

Leather Daddy Reinhardt Is Not An Official Overwatch Skin

Not yet, anyway. It’s a very good fit. This mock skin is the work of artist Brian Choi, has worked on stuff like FFXV Kingslaive and What Becomes Of Edith Finch It’s based on this piece of slightly fleshier art by Yvonne Chung. Which, in turn, looks a lot like that NSFW Overwatch cosplay showcase…

Oh No, There Are Women In Battlefield V

There are women in Battlefield V, a game set during the Second World War. They’re in the game, they’re in the trailer, they’re even on the posters! And a lot of people are very upset. Is this what their forefathers fought for? To recap, in case your job is blessed and does not require you…

Overwatch‘s New Map Isn’t The Problem, Deathmatch Is

Overwatch characters are like pieces on a chess board. Whether we’re talking about David Bowie reincarnated as a mad scientist or a hulking hook boy who’s probably never heard of David Bowie, everybody’s unique abilities are kept in check by the structure of the game. Now imagine if that structure—the lines on the board—didn’t exist.…

We Just Got A Good Star Trek: The Next Generation Video Game

This week Star Trek: Bridge Crew got a big expansion called The Next Generation DLC. As a diehard TNG fan, I love it. The base game did a good job simulating the duties associated with serving on a starship in the Trek universe, and The Next Generation DLC adds a few improvements. The Next Generation…

The Best Ever Call of Duty Zombies Map Is Getting Remade For Black Ops 4

The fan-favorite Call of Duty Zombies map Mob of the Dead is getting remastered treatment for Black Ops 4 and the Zombies community is losing their collective mind. The Black Ops 4 reveal on May 17 showed a brief teaser for a visually enhanced Mob of the Dead map, now titled Blood of the Dead,…

New Stardew Valley Mod Lets You Add Unlimited Players 

A new Stardew Valley mod removes the player limit for multiplayer, letting you farm with as many people as you want. I’m one step closer to running away with all my friends and living on a farm, provided all my friends are as obsessed with Stardew Valley as I am. When the multiplayer beta for…

Here’s Our First Look At Battlefield V, Which Goes Back To WWII

Battlefield is going back to World War II, developer DICE said during a livestream today, promising that the newly announced Battlefield V will tell “real stories about men and women who changed history” over the course of the second World War. Battlefield V will be out October 19 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Like…

We’re playing Dark Souls Remastered live on Facebook. Come watch!

Fortnite Players Are Showing Off With The New Jetpack

Fortnite’s new jetpack is blasting off. When players find it—and it’s not the easiest thing to find—it helps them pull off some pretty wild moves. If you’re thinking, “I’m but a humble dabbler who hasn’t yet tasted the sweet jetpack fuel of life,” here’s what finding a jetpack in Fortnite feels like: If you’re mediocre…