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Wonder Woman Had A Very Good Toy Fair

One of the highlights of last year’s Batman V. Superman, Gal Godot’s Amazonian warrior has her own movie in June, Justice League in November and a whole slew of toys, statues and collectibles shown at the 2017 New York Toy Fair to fill the space between. Wonder Woman is one of DC’s central figures, and…

After Months Of Investigation, Battlefield 1 Easter Egg Only Turns Up A Dog Tag

Battlefield 1 players looking to solve the depths of the game’s most elusive puzzlehave hit pay-dirt. Translated morse code and a hunt to find hidden symbols yielded an underwhelming reward: a measly dog tag. The key to the puzzle was time. When a series of morse code messages appeared in Battlefield 1 in October, attempts…

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DeMarcus Cousins’ Trade Was So Shitty NBA 2K17 Won’t Let You Do It

NBA superstar DeMarcus Cousins has been traded from the Kings to the Pelicans, and everybody outside Sacramento’s front office knows it’s a bad deal. It’s so bad that, if you try and do it in NBA 2K17, the game won’t let you, because it actually knows things about basketball and business. Pastapadre’s Bryan Wiedey tried…

This gif by Simon Bachmann, currently working on Pathway, marriesthe sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag with a Lucasarts adventure game. There’s an alternate timeline out there where this is one of the best games of the 90s.

Sorry Dude, Just Trying To Show Off These Rick & Morty Games, Bro

Because Rick & Morty’s third season won’t be here until the sun explodes, Cryptozoic are releasing a couple of games based on the series to tide people over. One is a board game set in Anatomy Park, the other a deck-building card game about Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind. A CTRL + F on…

Half-Life 2 On Super-Low Settings Looks Like Minecraft

LowSpecGamer, who we’ve previously seen destroying games like The Witcher 3, has done something very special to Half-Life 2, taking what it still a fairly decent-looking shooter and turning it into something that looks it came out of a 12-hour game jam. He’s gone well beyond just moving every setting to low, of course, digging…

Many people have pinged me asking what Hasbro is showing for Yo-Kai Watch at Toy Fair. We’ll have to wait until we’re closer to season three to see new toys, but they did have connectable Wibble Wobble figures, as mimicked here by the best demo guy ever, Eric. Eric Von Demoguy.

Claim Your Nintendo Switch Account ID

You can now claim your uniqueNintendo Account User IDforthe Switch. Users who already have Nintendo Accounts may not yet have Nintendo Account User IDs, which explains to rush to claim one. So far, there are a few Nintendo account types you can make: A Nintendo Account: The e-mail and password combination through which you access…

Watch Dogs 2 Players Discover A New Mystery Quest

After last week’s Watch Dogs 2 patch, players have unearthed a mystery quest hidden in the game. Players’ investigations have led them to turn over every rock, and even mine the game’s code, to hunt for more information on “The Shuffler.” Ubisoft added Patch 1.11 to prepare players for Watch Dogs 2‘s upcoming DLC, released…

Look What Mega Bloks Is Doing To Pokémon 

Announced last week in advance of the 2017 New York Toy Fair, Mega Brands has added Pokémon to its Mega Construx line, with sets coming this fall. I got a chance to snap some of them during Mattel’s Toy Fair event, and they aren’t too shabby. They’ve got basic Pokémon in plastic balls, which are…

Man Tamed By Toy Tiger

I swore I wouldn’t fall in love with an animatronic pet at Toy Fair this year. Dammit, Hasbro.

The creators of Rogue Legacy just announced their upcoming game, Full Metal Furies It’s a team-based brawler slated for an Xbox One and PC release later this year.

PS VR horror game Here They Lie is receiving a PS4 and PS4 Pro release tomorrow. On PS VR, Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo and editor-at-large Kirk Hamilton found it a little grainy, but scary.

The Most Memorable Presidential Cameos In Video Games

U.S. presidents—fictional or not—have had a major impact on video games. When a game has something to do with the United States, there’s a good chance the Commander-in-Chief is gonna show up. We gathered a few remarkable U.S. president cameos below. Most of them are goofy, but there are a few serious appearances, too. [An…

My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2017 Day Two

On the second day of Toy Fair 2017 my schedule gave to me a whole lot more time to shoot lovely pictures, plus appointments with Hasbro, McFarlane Toys and Playmobile. This one’s got everything from Breath of the Wild Link to tiny Dark Souls board game pieces. Toy classic Playmobile is finally getting big Here…

Final Fantasy XV’s PS4 Pro update just hit. Version 1.05 brings the game’s PS4 Pro frame rate up to 60 FPS. On the Xbox One and PS4, the update increased FFXV’s level cap to 120 and added more Camera Roll storage, a portal music player for chocobo rides and limited-time hunts.

This Is Not A Geek’s Room, But An Incredible Diorama

Looks like a real room, right? Nope. It’s a miniature. Taiwan-based model maker Hank Cheng created this 1/6 toy room diorama. The level of detail is staggering. Even the television works! Here’s how it looks in Cheng’s room. Cheng is able to work all sorts of magic in making his model-making, such as turning lip…

Nintendo Switch Game Cases Seem Like A Waste Of Plastic

Previously, we saw the Nintendo Switch game cases. They’re about as big as PSP game cases, but Switch game cards are certainly not as big as PSP UMDs. As website Press Start points out, these images appear to have surfaced in Australia. (Note: The Twitter user that originally posted them, however, has deleted his or…

Dick Bruna Has Died At Age 89

Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna passed away on February 16, his publisher announced late last week. CBC reports that Bruna’s longtime friend said the artist died “peacefully in his sleep.” Perhaps best known for Miffy (“Nijntje” in the original Dutch), Bruna wrote and illustrated 124 books. “For a book of 12 pictures I make…