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Korean Companies Fined $950,000 Over Loot Boxes

Three game companies—including online giants Nexon—have been fined almost one million dollars by Korea’s Fair Trade Commission over deceptive loot box practices. NextFloor ($4,600) and Netmarble ($55,000) were also ordered to pay small fines, but the bulk of that judgement ($875,000) was reserved for Nexon, particularly for its handling of the game Sudden Attack The…

The Nintendo Switch’s Parental Controls Are Amazing

Pretty much every games platform in the market today, from phones to tablets to consoles, has some form of system that lets parents lock kids out of bad stuff. But none of them do it as well, or as elegantly, as the Nintendo Switch. As adults, we tend to give Nintendo shit for their tentative…

Twitch Streamer’s Community Revolts After He Plays Fortnite With Jake Paul

Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that streamer Summit1g is one of the most enduringly popular personalities on Twitch. Even his fanbase, however, has its limits. By streaming a few Fortnite matches with YouTube pariah Jake Paul over the weekend, Summit tested them in a big way. The stream, which took place on…

I Have Questions About The New Horse Girl Anime

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether an anime premise was lovingly crafted by humans or assembled by a robot with a list of popular Google search terms. Uma Musume Pretty Derby, one of the most popular anime of the new season, might break the anime Turing test. Uma Musume Pretty Derby, which is real despite…

BlizzCon is returning to Anaheim, California in November. It’s sticking with its usual spot at the Anaheim Convention Center and will run from Nov 2-3. There’ll be two different ticket sales on May 9 and 12. Will this be the year Blizzard finally cancels all of its current projects to bring back Blackthorne?

The Western Version Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Has Less Body-Shaming

Clyde Mandelin is best known for his fan translation of Mother 3 and maintains the website Legends of Localization, where he looks at games’ original scripts and how they changed in the localization process. He applied his expertise to examine how localizers got rid of some body shaming in The Legend of Zelda: A Link…

Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Ending Was A Letdown

An old family friend used a phrase when he’d burnt out on something. He called it “Mallomar-ing.” When he was younger, a relative of his used to love Mallomar cookies. They are sickly sweet chocolate covered marshmallows, and he’d eat them at every opportunity. Eventually, they started making him sick, and soon after that he…

Fan-Made Prequel To Fallout: New Vegas Goes Into Beta After Nine Years In Development

Fallout: New California is a prequel mod to Fallout: New Vegas that fans of the early Fallout games began working on back in 20o9. Now, in the project’s most recent update, the makers say the game is finally playable from start to finish. Originally planned as a mod for Fallout 3 called Fallout: Project Brazil,…

The People Behind Lawbreakers Are Looking To Rebound With A Battle Royale Game

Just days after publishing a blog post announcing a shift away from its struggling first-person shooter, LawBreakers, Cliff Bleszinski’s studio Boss Key Productions has announced a new Battle Royale-style game called Radical Heights. In Early Access starting tomorrow, April 10, the free-to-play online shooter looks like a mashup of The Running Man and an 80s…

Decades After I Last Turned It On, My Atari Lynx Still Works

I was cleaning out my childhood bedroom yesterday and discovered my first handheld gaming system, the Atari Lynx. I plugged it in and, to my surprise, was immediately playing California Games again. I selected California Games’s BMX challenge but had forgotten how to backflip. Oh, yeah, press B. This morning I tried some surfing and…

The Simpsons Pokes Fun At Documentary That Criticized Apu

On last night’s Simpsons, the show’s creators poked fun at comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary, The Problem With Apu, which critiqued the show’s portrayal of its primary Indian character. The Problem With Apu, which aired on TruTV in November of last year, explored Kondabolu’s relationship to The Simpsons, a show he loves, as well as the…

Legendary Tokyo Game Shop Closes 

On April 8, legendary video game retailer Games Maya closed, bringing to a close a 35-year history. Some of the biggest names in Japanese gaming paid their respects. Games Maya wasn’t a mega-corporate chain retailer, but a mom and pop operation. Frequented by game industry types, the shop was known for its impressive stock, fair…

YouTube Trend In Japan: Let’s Study And Do Homework Clips 

A Japanese morning show recently did a report on how some kids are doing their homework while playing clips of YouTubers studying. The show featured a clip by Hajime Shacho, one of Japan’s most famous YouTubers. The clip dates from fall 2016 and has racked up over three million views. While this wasn’t a first,…

How To Make Super Cheap Cosplay

Last year, Kotaku profiled Japanese cosplayer Takaya. His creations aren’t only clever, but also super cheap. He’s been showing off his creative process. Each tweet begins with the character Takaya hopes to bring to life. That’s followed by household items, snacks and cheap creativity. Takaya is a low-cost cosplay genius. For more, follow him on…

Night Pink. Hinokicho Park, Tokyo, Japan. By Ernst de Jong. 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! 

Overwatch Characters, Only They’re Cars

There’s a line of Rocket League car toys, but reader Kim has decided to branch them out a little and customise them into cars based on everything from Breath of the Wild to Overwatch to Spyro Most of them are Overwatch, and what’s cool about these is that despite them being based on existing models,…

Soul Reaver‘s Intro Still Holds Up Almost 20 Years Later

Although it was released almost 20 years ago, the opening cinematic of The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is still some of the most exciting weird fantasy storytelling in games. I missed the Legacy of Kain games when they originally released. Other than a playthrough of Blood Omen back on release, I haven’t ever touched…

A Fan-Made Trailer Perfectly Captures Why I Love PUBG

I’ve been playing Battlegrounds longer and with more consistency that I have played any other multiplayer game, and this cinematic fan-made trailer helps express why. PUBG has been a game that I haven’t burned out on, and I’m always down to play a couple fast games. If I’m not playing it, it’s because I’m pressed…

Seek The Golden Hot Dog In This Dreamlike Game

We all have weird dreams, but have you ever had a dream about a naked fella who’s looking for a golden hot dog in a dreamlike world? Well then you might enjoy Hot Dog Dreamer Hot Dog Dreamer is a short exploration and platforming game made in 72 hours for the Hot Dog Jam back…