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Rocky. Cappadocia, Turkey. By Duncan Gidney. 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! 

NeoGAF Reopens, Users Revolt

Following a weekend of strife that led to mass mod resignations and the forums going offline for days, popular gaming community NeoGAF has reopened this evening. And it’s a mess. Much of the turmoil has centered around an allegation of sexual misconduct against NeoGAF’s owner, Tyler “Evilore” Malka, who upon getting the site back online…

The Story Behind TwitchCon’s Giant Bob Ross

During this year’s TwitchCon, Twitch patron saint Bob Ross was watching over everyone, literally, in the form of a towering bead painting that took 24 people six months to assemble. That colossal Bob Ross is made of Perler Beads, which people assemble into images and then melt together with an iron. If all goes according…

FIFA 18’s Worst-Rated Player Isn’t Even A Pro Athlete

The lowest possible rating a FIFA 18 player can have is 46, and there are ten players plumbing these depths. Nine of them, like Grimsby Town’s Max Wright and Scunthorpe United’s Leslie Sackey, are professional athletes. The tenth is a former youth goalkeeper roped in to get around an administrative loophole. Tommy Käßemodel, listed in…

At TwitchCon, IRL Streamers Cause Problems By Streaming IRL

On Friday, the first night of TwitchCon 2017 in Long Beach, California, I was standing on a street corner, waiting for a stoplight to change. A roving pack of streamers walked up behind me. “Are you streaming right now?” one asked another. “Of course!” an IRL streamer replied. “If you’re here and you’re not streaming,…

Blizzard service Battle.net’s new social features are now live. Now players can customize their profiles, voice or text chat in groups and more.

Rockstar Explains Why GTA V Never Got Single-Player DLC

Players have clamored for single-player GTA V DLC since its release, and four years later, none has arrived. Often, fans rationalized that the success of GTA Online was too immense for Rockstar to develop single-player DLC, and that doom and gloom around single-player games has only deepened this year. Rockstar, however, says it is not…

Yesterday, we reported that sexual misconduct allegations against NeoGAF’s owner helped lead to the big gaming forum’s weekend outage. Today, Tyler Malka responded to those allegations, telling Vice Waypoint that the reported harassment incident was “totally harmonious and consensual,” which the alleged victim described as “delusional.” Malka went on to say that the allegations against…

Life is Strange: Before The Storm Ep. Two Captures The Recklessness of Teenage Crushes

In the second episode of Life is Strange: Before the Storm, teenage protagonist Chloe Price can no longer act as if nobody gets her. Someone does, and she’s into Chloe. Episode two’s biggest strength is capturing the electricity of a new crush. Together, Chloe and Rachel Amber create a force of nature, not unlike the…

Lego Dimensions Is Officially Over

After two years spent bringing together characters from 30 different cartoon, television and movie properties in one massive virtual playground, Lego Dimensions is officially done. While TT Games will continue to provide server and customer support for the expansive Lego toys-to-life game, no further expansion sets will be produced for Lego Dimensions. Official word was…

Our Readers’ Spookiest Gaming Stories

Haunted houses are passe. It’s 2017. We have haunted video games now. Kotaku is celebrating all things ghostly and gaming this week with Spooky Week. All week, look forward to ghoulish blogs on the unlikely games that scared us most, the real tales behind some of gaming’s most legendary scary stories and what specific mechanics…

The Deluxe Edition Zelda Encyclopedia Looks Like An NES Cart

Due out in April from Dark Horse, The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia is a 320-page tome covering the characters, places and things from the first 30 years of Nintendo’s RPG series. The newly-revealed $80 deluxe edition looks very familiar. Covered in gold foil paper with embossed, debossed and textured features, the deluxe hardcover edition of…

The Steven Universe RPG Introduces An All-New Evil Gem

Steven Universe: Save the Light is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next week, and a brand-new baddie is coming with it. Meet pompous Homeworld commander Hessonite. The follow-up to Grumpyface’s outstnading mobile RPG Attack the Light, Steven Universe: Save the Light is a console RPG featuring an original story developed with series creator…

There’ll be a Nintendo Direct on October 24 at 11pm Eastern, this time for the Animal Crossing mobile game. “There will be no updates on any other topics including other mobile, Nintendo Switch or Nintendo 3DS software,” says Nintendo.

Leaked on Friday and now confirmed by Microsoft through IGN, these are the first original Xbox games that will be available through Xbox One backwards compatibility on October 24. Not pictured but also due tomorrow is Black, bringing the total to 13. Which games do you want to see added to the list? 

The most eagerly anticipated Dragon Ball game in ages now has a release date. Dragon Ball FighterZ is coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One on January 26 in North America.

Shin Megami Tensei V Revealed With A Trailer

Today in a livestream, Atlus has announced Shin Megami Tensei V, the latest entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series. The game was teased this past January. Slated for the Switch, Shin Megami Tensei V is set in present day Tokyo, and you can watch the trailer below: This year marks the 25th anniversary of…

Japanese Rock Star Performs In Hunter X Hunter Cosplay

During a concert in Kobe, rockstar Hyde dressed as Hunter X Hunter villain Chrollo Lucilfer. What makes this so interesting is that the singer reportedly inspired the character. So, of course, Hyde nails it! Compare for yourself: Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea,…

Headphones in Shibuya. Tokyo, Japan. By Victor Cuesta. 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! 

New Aquaman Toy Is A Little Jason Momoa Clone

With the movie due soon, Hot Toys are working on getting the whole Justice League turned into eerily lifelike action figures. Next up is Jason Momoa’s Aquaman. I don’t know if I like the hair; Hot Toys have used “real hair” on figures before and it looked great, and if anyone was going to benefit…