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I Don’t Know How Many Digital Games I Own

I collect games like I do books: stacking them on shelves or in boxes, never quite finding the time to finish them but always enjoying simply having them around. Owning physical games provides a sense of history and future possibility and makes me feel like I have some sort of handle on this unwieldy hobby…

So, You’ve Seen The Captain America Twitter Joke

So, everyone’s making this joke on Twitter right now. I’m not sure why it started, but it’s cracking me up. This image of Captain America sitting backwards in a chair comes from a scene in Spider-Man: Homecoming, where Peter has to watch a PSA video in detention starring the Captain himself. “So,” Steve Rogers (a.k.a Captain…

Players Discover That One Road In GTA Online Makes Every NPC Crash

There are countless turns and intersections in GTA Online, most of them unremarkable in every way. One specific sharp turn north of Los Santos, however, literally throws every single NPC driver for a loop. For some reason, the citizens of GTA Online seem to always crash or lose control while taking on this turn. Originally…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is Getting A Battle Royale Mode

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is getting a battle royale mode, developer Treyarch said today, following in the footsteps of PUBG and Fortnite with a mode called Blackout. It confirms Kotaku’s report from last month that Activision will be the first major publisher to join the battle royale craze. Treyarch did not say how…

Everything We Know About Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Today at an event in Los Angeles, developer Treyarch put on a show to reveal new info about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, which will be out October 12 for PC (on Battle.net), PS4, and Xbox One. Seems like this will be a break from traditional Call of Duty in a whole lot of…

If you’re curious about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, check out a livestream of the big reveal event right here. We’ll also be covering all the news on Kotaku as it happens.

Battlefront II Developers Answer Fan Pleas To Change Some Holograms

Sometimes it’s the little things that bug players. And sometimes those little things are worth fixing. That’s the case with Battlefront II, a game with a playerbase that’s been frustrated by microtransactions and a lack of new content but at least has had their call answered to get rid of the holograms in the game’s…

Persona 5 Fans Are Freaking Out About Akechi Dancing

Goro Akechi was just revealed for Persona 5 Dancing Star Night, and Persona 5 are losing their minds over it. Akechi has been a fan favorite among Persona 5 fans for a while. He’s a teenage detective that’s called the “Second Advent of the Detective Prince” in the game, and he eventually joins the Phantom Thieves…

Ubisoft’s pirate game Skull & Bones is delayed to next fiscal year, the publisher said today—it’ll now come out somewhere between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020. “Ubisoft has decided to give itself more time to develop Skull & Bones to offer players an even more engaging experience,” the company said in a press release.

If You Have A 3DS, You Should Play This New JRPG

Thank god for Atlus, which continues to give me reasons to use my 3DS. Lately I’ve been obsessively playing Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, a remake of the 2010 dungeon crawler that is kinda what would happen if you combined the sci-fi mystery Annihilation with a ton of demons. The game is a great…

God Of War Gets The Stress Of Parenthood Right

Video games’ version of paternalism is usually reductive: parents and children rarely stray from the roles of protector and charge. You, the player, are almost always the parent (and always a father), chaperoning a character who is vulnerable. Occasional games like The Last of Us screw around with the traditional setup of those roles, reversing…

Retired League of Legends Pro: Don’t Go Play In Japan

Earlier this spring, Kotaku reported that Jeon “Dara” Jeong-hoon announced he was retiring from professional gaming after “truly frightening” incidents that allegedly happened while in Japan. In a new interview, he recounts his experiences on the Japanese esports scene. Dara most recently played for SCARZ Burning Core, but before that, he was a member of…

Nier Creator: Stop Complaining About Fan Art And Cosplay 

Yoko Taro wants folks to knock it off with the fan art and cosplay complaints, saying one of the reasons he doesn’t actively retweet fan art or cosplay is because he doesn’t want to broadcast them to “strange people.” “However, if they are done by people for work, then I’ll post them,” he recently wrote…

The First Evo Japan Lost Over A Million Dollars 

This January, Japan hosted its first Evo tournament. It lost over one million dollars. If you know how the event was set up, that shouldn’t be a surprise. According to financial reports from Evo’s organizers (via MMCafe), the tournament posted a 124 million yen ($1.13 million) loss. There was considerable interest, with Evo Japan drawing…

Snowy Shinjuku. Tokyo, Japan. By Zachary Heines. 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! 

Microsoft Announces New Controller For Gamers With Disabilities

Microsoft has a new control system on the way designed specifically for those with limited mobility, which through a base unit and add-ons will make playing Xbox One games a lot easier for those who might struggle with the current controller. The Xbox Adaptive Controller features a large white base unit, which has a few…

This beautiful thing is a hand-made remake of the classic board game Cathedral, put together by fanSqueazle   .

Wild Homebrew Console Looks Straight Out Of Fallout

The Ocelot is one of the most bizarre homemade consoles I’ve ever seen. It looks more like a piece of scientific equipment than something you’d play video games on. In all honesty there’s no reason for it to exist at all, but thanks to its determined builder, console modder Matthew Carr, it does. The machine,…

This Camera Turning Into George Lucas Will Haunt Me Until I Die

Some context: I love looking up old advertisement compilations on YouTube. There’s a million of them, they all have like 6000 views each and they’re fantastic to put on in the background. For a good time, just search “CM” followed by any year from like 1981-1992. That process led me to find, clip and tweet…

Fans Have A Lack Of Faith In Battlefront II‘s Han Solo Season

Star Wars: Battlefront II is working to overcome its image problem following a controversial release. A new season of content, related to Han Solo, hit the game today. Its smattering of character skins and a map lifted from 2015’s Star Wars Battlefront provide little for those hoping the game will bounce back from its rocky…