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Activision Pulls Transformers Games From Steam And PlayStation Store

If you were planning on purchasing any Transformers video games on Steam or the PlayStation Network over the holidays, it’s too late. Activision’s pulled them all, along with 2014’s The Legend of Korra. The disappearance of War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, Rise of the Dark Spark and 2015’s excellent Transformers: Devastation was first noted…

How To Fix Hearthstone‘s Daily Quests Bug

Hearthstone’s new Kobolds and Catacombs expansion may have introduced an exciting way to enjoy the game without spending money, but it also introduced a new issue that has made it difficult for some players to earn in-game currency. While Blizzard has just rolled out some new ways to counteract the problem, it still poses a…

Quiz: Which Game Will Your Aunt Think You Wanted This Christmas?

Hey sweetheart! It’s me, your aunt. I know it’s last minute but I wanted to get you a game for Christmas, because I know you love video games. Can you explain to me which one you want? I know we don’t see each other much, but I do remember you like games! I don’t know…

The Best Toys Of 2017 

Not every toy in 2017 was a fidget spinner or a tiny piece of collectible plastic in an unmarked box. Beyond the whirling kid distractors and blind box collectibles there were some outstanding things to play with this year. Just ask Roarin’ Tyler. I had a lot of fun with Toy Time in 2017, kicking…

What’s that adorable little Inkling is posing with? Why, yes, it is a champagne gun that spews bursts of ink. Splatoon 2‘s latest weapon, in the style of our favorite holiday bubbly, shoots more pressurized ink after the player holds down ZR.

The Best Video Game Music Of 2017

The video games of 2017 were’t just fun to play; they were fun to listen to. As we do every year, it’s time to list the best video game music of 2017. (For a trip to the past, check out the lists from see: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.) These aren’t just my personal…

We’ve made a correction to yesterday’s piece about PUBG cheats. While Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene says that the majority of cheats are from China, the specific figure he cited was from Battleye, an anti-cheat provider, which we accidentally omitted from this story. We apologize for the error. 

Vs. Super Mario Bros. Is The Meanest Trick Nintendo Ever Played

Super Mario Bros. is available on the Switch! Well, a long-forgotten version of it, anyway, that’s probably not the one you were expecting. While Nintendo hasn’t yet begun to add its classic console games to Switch, we’re getting something else instead: Nintendo’s classic arcade games, courtesy the Arcade Archives series by the publisher Hamster. This…

Xenoblade 2 gets a patch today that tweaks a few small things. You’ll get an extra zoomed-in map overlay when you press L3, and hitting X will now open the fast travel menu right at the area you’re in. “Tiger Tiger” gets an easy mode and there are a bunch of bug fixes. Sadly, this…

I’m Late To Nioh And I’m Loving It

If I wrote a list of my favorite games of 2017, Nioh would not be on it, because I didn’t start playing Nioh until just two days ago. I just bought it for myself for Christmas, 10 months after its release. And I’ve made a video about what I think of it. I’ve been working…

Nintendo’s Arms Gets Its Last New Character

Nintendo’s carnivalesque boxing game Arms, released in June, just received what looks like its final content update. Arms 5.0 just dropped along with the new fighter Dr. Coyle, the “empress of the ARMS lab,” and was appended by an announcement that, from now on, Arms will only be receiving balance patches. “As a big update,…

Catherine Remake Is Already Causing Controversy

The debut trailer for Catherine: Full Body, the PS4 and PS Vita Catherine remake, is causing controversy for its portrayal of the game’s third romance option. You can watch the trailer below: The scenes causing controversy are towards the end. Here’s Kotaku UK’s Laura Kate Dale: Vincent, the protagonist, looks shocked and dismayed when looking…

Tsutsujigaoka Station at Sunset. Tokyo, Japan. By Justin Leeper. 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!   

Junkrat Thinks Overwatch Is A Stealth Game

Watch your back, Solid Snake. Seriously. Junkrat is about as far from a stealth character as you can get in Overwatch, or video games in general, for that matter. He makes things go boom. Also, himself. But there is a certain subtle art to deploying his ult, the explosive riptire. I’ve just never seen anybody…

Luke’s Top 10 Games Of 2017

It’s absolutely insane to think that 2017 was so good to me that The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, a game made in close consultation with my wildest fantasies, was somehow still not my favourite game for the year. Instead, that honour goes to a game about my magical teenage friends, who wear…

Civilization VI Is Out On iPad, And It’s $60

Hahahah, a $60 iPad game, in 2017, would you get a look at that. Only in this case, it’s not as insane as it sounds. With the series having endured a half-assed history on mobile devices, Aspyr (long-time porters of Firaxis’ series to Apple computers) has surprisingly dropped Civilization VI on the App Store for…

Gwent Players Aren’t Happy With The Game’s Big New Update

This week the Midwinter Update for Gwent, CD Projeckt Red’s card game based off The Witcher 3, finally went live. Gwent, which is still in beta, gets patched pretty regularly, but not like this. Popular cards have seen their abilities simplified and weakened, and text descriptions that added flavor to the game have now been…

Tiny Metal Is The Modern Successor To Advance Wars

Nintendo used to have a big strategy series called Advance Wars. It’s dead now, crushed beneath Fire Emblem’s growing popularity, but those hoping for a return to the days of cute lil’ tanks should definitely check out Tiny Metal It doesn’t take long with Tiny Metal to realise this isn’t inspired by Advance Wars so…

The World’s Top Tetris Player’s Secret To Success Is Learning To Embrace Chaos

Of the eight Classic Tetris World Championships that have ever been held, Jonas Neubauer has won seven. The 36-year-old Neubauer, a microbrewery manager from Redondo Beach outside LA, bought the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Tetris after seeing it on the front cover of Nintendo Power magazine in November 1990 when he was eight, and…

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s Gardening Is Cute, If You Have The Time

Gardening has come to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp today, and with it more things to spend Leaf Tickets on. I never really got into planting flowers in the console versions of Animal Crossing. I’d always forget where I planted them, not water them, and then they’d wilt and die. Pocket Camp makes gardening easier. Instead…