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Meet The Comedian Who Has A Problem With Apu

In the middle of talking to me about his upcoming documentary on The Simpsons, comic Hari Kondabolu described watching the show with his brother. It was a Treehouse of Horror episode, a Halloween-themed series of vignettes that The Simpsons does every year. In this episode, parodying The Most Dangerous Game, Mr. Burns hunts humans and…

CD Projekt Red Says Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be ‘No Bullshit’ Story-Driven RPG

The Polish game studio tweeted earlier today that its upcoming scifi game would be “nothing less than” The Witcher 3. The statement was aimed at quelling fears Cyberpunk 2077 might include microtransactions after studio CEO Adam Kicinski said “there will be a certain online element related to Cyberpunk” in an interview earlier in the week…

It’s Time For A New Aquaman Game 

The Justice League movie might not be great, but it potentially sets up DC’s characters for some better stand-alone movies. One of those is the Aquaman movie, due out next December, and given the renewed excitement surrounding the guardian of the Earth’s oceans, it’s probably time for a new Aquaman video game as well. Thanks…

Assassin’s Creed Origins Player Tries To Kill A War Elephant With Their Bare Hands

The ancient Egypt of the latest Assassin’s Creed game is a sprawling expanse of lush vegetation and vibrant wildlife. Some players apparently are satisfied with simply taking in the beauty though and instead keep hunting for bigger, and bigger challenges to overcome, like punching an elephant to death. The battle elephant is one of the…

Minecraft’s Super Duper Graphics Pack Gets Delayed, Newest Enemy Type Will Be Flying Manta Rays

Minecraft fans got the chance to vote on what would become the game’s next enemy type during MineCon Earth 2017 this weekend. They chose the one that tries to kill you if you don’t get enough sleep. In addition to having fans vote on the latest enemy to be introduced into the game, Mojang announced…

We’re jumping back into Dead Space right now on Twitch Necromorphs? More like Nec-NO-morphs!

We’re at Anime NYC! Kotaku reporters are out and about on the floor to mingle with fans, animators, voice actors and other convention food enthusiasts.

Staff Writer Heather Alexandra’s decided to celebrate the weekend by ripping and tearing up some demons in Doom right now on Twitch.

Psychological horror game SOMA is coming to Xbox One on Dec 1 with a new mode that removes the monsters. The idea behind “safe mode” is to let players experience “the atmosphere and story of SOMA free of harm.” Last year, a Steam user released a mod for the PC version that did the same…

The World of Pokémon Sun and Moon Is Kinda Bullshit

Playing through Ultra Pokémon Sun and Moon over the last couple of weeks gave me a chance to reconsider the major characters and story beats, and I’ve walked away believing one thing: the world of Alola failed Guzma. (Get the MP3 here.) In the latest episode of the Favecast, embedded above, Gita Jackson and I…

Shouldn’t your keyboard match your Gundam? Designed by Hidden Lab, the officially-licensed Gundam RX-78-2 double shot keyset is a stunning way to turn a keyboard into a Newtype (sorry). The $130 set is being offered as a group buy, shipping in May.

I Love This Unrealistic Assassin’s Creed Origins Boat

I play a lot of video games, but I don’t see many great glitches. Say what you will about modern gaming’s abundance of patches, but major glitches are still fairly rare. I fall through the floor of a third-person action game maybe once every two years. I played all of Red Dead Redemption and never…

Skyrim VR Actually Made Me Throw Up, Yet I Want To Play More

Skyrim released today on Playstation VR. The VR version manages to capture the game’s scale and beauty in astounding new ways, but you might need to equip a barf bag alongside your ancient nordic axe. Leaping into Skyrim with a VR headset on feels a bit like placing an LSD sweetart under your tongue before…

Warcraft Fans Are Warring Over What WoW Classic Should Be

When World of Warcraft first came out, it meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Now that WoW Classic’s been announced, that’s become a problem—one that’s forced Blizzard to step in and pry people’s figurative hands off other people’s figurative throats. The central argument centers around how much current WoW…

Ghost Recon PvP Gets The Update It Sorely Needed

This week, Ubisoft gave Wildlands’ Ghost War mode a much-needed update, detailed the future of PvP, and doled out a harsh penalty for quitters. Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ free Ghost War PvP mode arrived in October as a promising tactical multiplayer experience hindered by long load times, ridiculous glitches, and lack of hype. The November 15…

Superflight Is Super Great, And Cheaper Than A Cup Of Coffee

Superflight is a simple game about a complicated action—wingsuit flight. You score points for almost touching obstacles. If you touch anything, it’s game over. The playground mountain levels are procedurally assembled. It’s beautiful and endlessly entertaining. I made a video about it. You can watch it here in this post—or on our YouTube channel! After…

Don’t Preorder Video Games Unless You’re An Alternate Dimension Pony-Person

In the first episode of Hasbro’s My Little Pony: Equestria Girls animated series, a pony who transformed into a human after passing through a dimensional portal waits in line for a new video game. What happens next challenges the notion that preordering video games is bad If you’re still stuck on the “pony transformed into…

Eleven-year-old Titan Quest just got a new expansion pack. Titan Quest Ragnarok, available now on Steam for $14.99, is a Norse-themed expansion for last year’s anniversary edition of the classic action RPG, adding a new story chapter, the Runemaster mastery class, weapons, items and more.

Hearthstone Player Tries To Showboat, Screws Up, Loses

In Hearthstone, there’s a near-infinite number of ways to kick your opponents while they’re down, and we’ve all had them done to us. But every so often, the righteous card gods descend from the green felt heavens to smite asshole opponents in a way that’s so unsuspected, so wholly satisfying, it makes us feel like…

Marvel Heroes Players Are Demanding Refunds For In-Game Purchases [UPDATE]

A Marvel Heroes player who goes by EITTurtle bought the game on Xbox in July. Since then, he says he’s sunk $400 in microtransactions, unlocking characters like Spider Man, Storm, and Captain America. Earlier this week, Marvel announced that the game’s servers will be shut down in December. And EITTurtle, like many other players, is…