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How The UFC’s Best Fighter Thinks He’d Beat Batman, Thor, And Goku

It’s been a good year for Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. But could he beat Goku? Johnson cemented his claim to the title of best fighter in the world by turning in two flawless defenses of his flyweight title, breaking the record for most consecutive title defenses in the UFC, and pulling off one of the…

Lego Worlds‘ Monster Pack Is Creepy And Kooky

Just in time for everything to be getting all spooky, Lego Worlds releases its new Monster DLC pack, featuring the creepiest people, places and things made from colorful plastic brick. Let’s take a spin around Monster World. The Monster pack contains a whole lot of spooky new stuff, from magnificient haunted houses to the most…

Help, There’s Too Much Stuff This Weekend

It’s finally Friday, and there are three huge video game releases and the new season of Stranger Things to possibly check out. Here are some tips to help you decide how to spend your weekend. Be Overwhelmed You know that by choosing something, you’ll also implicitly be making the choice to miss out on something…

The Collapse Of Visceral’s Ambitious Star Wars Game 

It seemed like a surefire hit: a Star Wars take on Uncharted, published by Electronic Arts and developed by the longrunning studio Visceral Games. But nothing is sure in the video game industry, and on October 17, 2017, when employees of Visceral were told that the company would be closing, some who had worked for…

There’s More To Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus‘ Opening Than Sheer Brutality

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus opens with a nightmare. This deep descent into BJ Blazkowicz’ personal hell highlights the personal costs of violence in the home and shows how oppression and hate repeat themselves. This post discusses topics of domestic abuse, animal abuse, and racism At the end of Wolfenstein: The New Order, protagonist BJ…

The Only Girl At The LAN Party: A Ghost Story

This story didn’t happen to me. Not really. But some nights, it felt like it could have. Right before I started college in 2004, my parents gave me my first laptop, a Dell Inspiron 600M. It could run Counter-Strike, including Condition Zero. At last, I could play the games that I had watched over the…

A patch for Friday the 13th rolled out earlier this week that fixes bugs and adds new content, including playable survivor Fox, the feisty biker from Part III. Changes have been made to Tommy Jarvis “to emphasize [his] hero attributes and goals” and encourage players returning as Tommy to help counselors in need.

RPG About Writing Myths Is Now On Switch

Moon Hunters, out this week for Switch, is a short, fun game about creating your own mythology. The point of Moon Hunters is to make up a lot of stories. The game takes place over the course of three days, during which a culture that worships the moon is threatened by a cult of the…

Munchkin is coming to “digital platforms” next year, according to Asmodee Ditigal. They say the upcoming adaptation “will put everything players love about Munchkin at their fingertips.” In the meantime, I’m sure your friends who love boardgames are ready to fill you in.

Hellboy Beats The You-Know-What Out Of His Opponents In Injustice 2

The inclusion of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy as a guest character in the second wave of Injustice 2 DLC fighters was one of this year’s nicest surprises. What’s no surprise is how much ass the stone-fisted hellspawn is going to kick when he arrives on November 14. Check out our boy in action. It’s fitting that…

Man Says He Spent 100 Hours Making This D.Va Case Mod

First modder P_Goon designed the case and the stickers. And then he says he spent a very long time making the thing. As tipster Sang points out, the Seongnam, South Korea resident uploaded photos of the build to his Facebook. I think it turned out great. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture,…

Metal Max Xeno, the latest entry in the Metal Max series, has been announced for the PS Vita and PS4. It’s scheduled for a spring release in Japan. No word yet about an international one.

The Spooky Theory About Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo And Death 

If you thought that My Neighbor Totoro was the only Studio Ghibli film with a dark fan theory, then you were wrong. There’s also one for Ponyo That’s right, Ponyo. You know, Studio Ghibli’s kiddy film with a catchy theme song. Warning: This article is filled with spoilers. In Japan, the movie is yet another…

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EA Asks Fans To Stop Keeping Old Battlefield Games Alive

The Revive team, a group of Battlefield devotees who have worked hard for over three years to let fans keep playing older games in the series (like 2142 and Battlefield 2), have been asked by Electronic Arts to “stop distributing and using their intellectual property”. “We will get right to the point: Electronic Arts Inc.’…

Bungie Lists A Bunch Of Endgame Improvements Coming To Destiny 2

Today in Bungie’s weekly Destiny 2 blog update, they laid out a number of endgame improvements they’re working on. It sounds like rewards and incentives will be improved along with weapon mods, exotics, and the emote interface. Crucible PvP will also be getting private matches in early 2018. Here’s the list of what they say…

Zelda: Breath of The Wild’s Second Expansion Is Still On Track For This Year, Nintendo Says

Despite Nintendo’s recent, conspicuous quiet on the topic, the second expansion for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is still coming soon, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told me this afternoon during a quick chat in midtown Manhattan. We talked about that and a host of other topics, including the demise of…

Here’s 5 Soothing Minutes Of Mario Dancing

It’s been a long week, but the weekend is coming up and we’ve got a bounty of new games to help you unwind. For your enjoyment, here’s 5 calming minutes of Mario dancing from Super Mario Odyssey, complete with waterfall.

Four Years, Three Xbox Ones

Xbone, Xbones, Xbonex. Three iterations of the same console, each with slightly different specs, released within a four-year window. The Xbox One X has arrived in Kotaku’s Southeastern office, and while we can’t talk about how it performs yet, we can at least show you how it stacks up to the Xbox Ones that came…

Destiny 2 PC Impressions: It’s Good

Say you have a friend who’s always had a mustache. He’s the mustache guy. You’ve known him for like, ten years, and then one day, he shows up with no mustache. That’s kinda what it’s like playing Destiny 2 on PC after three years and hundreds of hours with the console version and its predecessor.…