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The Call Of Duty: WWII Fiasco vs. The Star Wars: Battlefront II Mess: The Comparison We Had To Make

Call of Duty: WWII and Star Wars: Battlefront II are two giant games that have somehow both managed to spawn clusterfucks surrounding their release. It’s only natural that we try to do a thorough accounting of which one fucked up more. Activision’s WWII had massive server issues at launch leading the series’ most diehard fans…

That Time Square Enix Made A Shooter Sequel To Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII is one of the most influential roleplaying games of all time. Nine years after its release in 1997, Square Enix released a sequel that isn’t really talked about: the third person shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII By the end of the 90s, Sony had firmly established themselves as producers of…

Anime Fans Are Making Their Favorite Characters Out Of Emojis

This is art. Twitter has built in stickers that you can add to photos before you post them. It’s one of those things that I have seen people use—adding a crown to their selfie or something—but never really used myself. Over the past week, Twitter users have been recreating anime and video game characters out…

Lineage 2: Revolution Pretty Much Plays Itself

Released late last year in Asian territories to tremendous success, mobile massively multiplayer role-playing game Lineage 2: Revolution is now available oniOS and Android in North America. If the idea of a mobile MMO is daunting, do not fret—most of the game can be played on autopilot. The Lineage series has been around since 1998,…

Arms’ Newest Update Adds A Spirit Fighter And A Splatfest-Like Event

Arms’ latest update is a damn good one. Overnight, Nintendo added a new and seriously fun South American fighter, three pairs of arms, a great map and the game’s first community event, a competition in the style of Splatoon’s Splatfest. Guided by the power of temple spirits, the newest fighter Misango has a “mysterious entity”…

Super Hexagon Developer’s New Game Creates Surreal Worlds Through Typing

“Type stuff in, see what happens!” is Terry Cavanagh describes his latest game, Constellation. It’s a simple pitch that belies a mind-bending journey of free association. The free, browser-based PC game was commissioned and created for Now Play This 2017, a small alternative gaming festival hosted at the Somerset House in London. For an art…

When my older capture devices wouldn’t accept a 4K signal, I switched to Avermedia’s Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus. The $200 box records 1080p, 60 FPS video to a PC or SD card, while still displaying at 4K on my TV. Downside—it won’t pass an HDR signal. Upside—it’s shaped like a Toblerone.

The Unending Appeal of Minecraft

The first half of 2017 was crammed with exceptional games. That high tide ebbed in May, and I’ve spent the last couple of weeks going back and catching up on what I missed. I’ve also spent a lot of time playing Minecraft, a game that came out almost six years ago. This post originally appeared…

Comparing The Different Versions Of Skyrim

This week, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim comes to the Nintendo Switch. It will join previous releases on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One and PS4. Above are only three of the versions, but let’s see how all of them stack up. Which version do you think is the best? (Hint: PC.)

Kaiju Are Attacking, Time To Wear Silly Clothes

Kaiju are leveling a major Japanese city. What to do? Run, hide and dress up in costumes, that’s what. Recently, I’ve been playing City Shrouded in Shadow, a game I checked out at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. What I liked was that it was a Japanese monster game that you played from the perspective…

Here Are The Xbox One X’s Japanese Sellout Sales Figures

Last week, the Xbox One X sold out at launch in Japan. Since retailers were only filling pre-orders, it was hard to tell how the console did. Famitsu’s sale figures shed light on the situation. For a further explanation why the Xbox One X was sold out at launch, read Kotaku’s previous coverage: Below are…

Sunset in Ayabe. Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. By Jason Smith. 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! 

Is Toad wearing a hat? Or is that his head? Dorkly investigates

Which Video Game Character Would You Like To Be Your Dad?

True fact: 99 percent of video game characters in the year 2017 are dads, and anyone else can be a dad if they really put their mind to it. In that spirit, I decided to ask a bunch of people at Double Fine’s fifth Day of the Devs event in San Francisco which video game…

Hero-U is a new game from Lori & Corey Cole, the creators of the peerless Quest for Glory series. It’ll be out on Steam early next year.

Battlefront & Overwatch’s Loot Boxes Under Investigation In Belgium

Belgian website VTM is reporting that the country’s Gaming Commission is currently taking a look at loot boxes in video games, with particular focus on EA’s inclusion of them in Star Wars: Battlefront II and Blizzard’s use in Overwatch Peter Naessens, General Director of the commission, says that the practice of buying the add-on boxes—where…

Twitch Plays Pokémon’s Creator Says He Is Stepping Down Following Alleged Doxing

Over 3 years ago, one developer started a whole new genre of streaming with Twitch Plays Pokémon. In these streams, the chat took control and played the game, rather than the streamer. The resulting craze had views in the millions. Yesterday, the creator of Twitch Plays Pokémon, referred to as “Streamer” by the TPP community,…

Streamer’s Hateful Rant Revives Debate About Women On Twitch

Last week, streamer Trainwreck got handed a five-day suspension by Twitch after a video went viral featuring an incendiary rant against women streamers, in which he called them things like “god damn sluts” and accused them of stealing views from those who he viewed as more deserving streamers. This poured gasoline on a fire that’s…

Players Are Having A Lot Of Fun With Vaulting On The Battlegrounds Test Servers

A recent update to the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ test servers has added vaulting and climbing. The game’s island is now part morbid death trap and part playground for extras in an 80s buddy cop movie. I say that because vaulting in PUBG is almost exclusively about anxiously climbing over things the way you might if, like…

A Perfect Mario Odyssey Moment

One thing I love about Super Mario Odyssey is how often it anticipates me. Odyssey seeks to strike a balance between structured challenges and open-ended play. It achieves that balance with remarkable consistency. Each level is a toy-filled sandbox, loaded with springs, levers, and buttons for you to bounce, pull, and press. The game feels so…