KotakuUnreal Engine Counter-Strike's Iconic De_Dust 2, Remade In Unreal Engine 4Kotaku - Luke Plunkett Counter-Strike’s most famous map has changed a bit over the years, but it’s never looked as good as it does here in this remake of part of the level …
KotakuNintendo Japanese Man Arrested With Wario DrugsKotaku - Luke Plunkett A 27 year-old man has been arrested in Tokushima having been found with 50 MDMA/ecstacy tablets in his possession, most of them shaped like Wario. As …
KotakuLoneliness Elite Player Took Some Beautiful Screenshots Of His 18-Week Journey Into The UnknownKotaku - Luke Plunkett Earlier this year, a group of Elite: Dangerous players set out on an expedition that would take them across the entire Milky Way, all 130,000 light …
KotakuNintendo Modder Builds The Only Smash Controller You'll Ever NeedKotaku - Luke Plunkett There’s a lot of buttons in Smash, but really, there’s an argument that you only need one. Especially if you main with the spam-tastic Ness or …
KotakuCastlevania Bloodstained Is Goth Fun In An All-Too-Familiar PackageKotaku - Joshua Rivera Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a very good solution to a problem we haven’t really had for years: a dearth of side-scrolling exploration games …
Kotaku Final Fantasy XV's Lead Designer's New Game Is A Love Letter To Live MusicKotaku - Gita Jackson No Straight Roads is a rhythm game inspired by the strong visual storytelling of Psychonauts. Playing it feels like rocking out in front of a surreal, …
KotakuMinecraft Telltale's Minecraft Currently Costs $700 On Xbox 360 (But You're Not Supposed To Buy It)Kotaku - Nathan Grayson If you really think about it, all video games—dazzling feats of technical mastery assembled over the course of countless man hours—are priceless. But …
KotakuThe Legend of Zelda Breath Of The Wild Is Getting A Sequel Because The Team Had Too Many DLC Ideas (And Other Info From Zelda's Producer)Kotaku - Jason Schreier Breath of the Wild is getting a sequel because the team had too many ideas for downloadable content, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma told me last …
KotakuSuper Mario Astral Chain Director Says It Actually Can Be Two-Player, But It Makes The Game HarderKotaku - Maddy Myers Platinum Games’ upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive, Astral Chain, involves controlling two characters at the same time during combat. The game is not …
KotakuRetail The Most Comfortable Gaming Headset I’ve Ever WornKotaku - Mike Fahey Audio-Technica’s ATH-ADG1X open-air gaming headset has a lot going for it. It’s designed and built by one of the most respected brands in audio. It’s …
KotakuFortnite Fortnite Competition Hosts Help Deaf Teen Player Feel WelcomeKotaku - Riley MacLeod During last weekend’s Fortnite Summer Block Party, 13-year-old Deaf streamer Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler played in the event’s Celebrity Pro-Am and met some …
KotakuPokémon Sword and Shield Here Is What Happens When You Try To Create A 3D Pokémon In 5 MinutesKotaku - Natalie Degraffinried Here is the number of important things I can do in five minutes: zero. There are zero things that will truly matter to me or anyone else that I can …
KotakuGaming Consoles The Division 2's Developers Have A Plan For Overcoming The BacklashKotaku - Stephen Totilo The people making The Division 2 always expected that their fans would start grumbling about the game. “When we had the very positive feedback at …
KotakuFinal Fantasy Preparing For Final Fantasy XIV’s Upcoming Expansion Has Killed MeKotaku - Heather Alexandra Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion, Shadowbringers, is available for early access next Friday. In the short time left from now to then, I’ve been …
KotakuPlay buttonCastlevania It’s '90s Nostalgia Week With Toy Story, Crash Bandicoot, And A Spiritual Successor To CastlevaniaKotaku - Paul Tamayo This week we’re taking simulated vacations, making new friends, and reconnecting with old friends too. Here’s your heads up for the things making …
Kotaku How One Large Game Studio Avoids CrunchKotaku - Jason Schreier How does the Chicago-based studio Iron Galaxy maintain a healthy work-life balance for all of its employees? On Kotaku Splitscreen, we talk to …
KotakuEnvironment In Planet Zoo, You Can Only Get Good By Learning Facts About AnimalsKotaku - Gita Jackson Planet Zoo is the latest simulator from Frontier Developments, the creators of Roller Coaster Tycoon and the recent Planet Coaster. In this one, you’re …
KotakuBernie Sanders Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has thoughts on the video game industry: “The video game indusKotaku - Jason Schreier Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has thoughts on the video game industry: “The video game industry made $43 billion in revenue last year. The …
KotakuGeek Shark Role-Playing Game Maneater Is Like Grand Theft Auto, Of All ThingsKotaku - Stephen Totilo “Picture Grand Theft Auto, but as a shark,” game designer Bill Munk said near the end of a demonstration of Maneater at E3 in Los Angeles last …
KotakuJapan Perhaps The Best Bread Art In JapanKotaku - Brian Ashcraft We’ve previously seen made-in-Japan latte art and banana art. Both are great. Now let’s marvel at the art bread of Twitter user Izuyo. All the …
KotakuChina Chinese Resident Evil Fans Think This Biotech Company's Logo Looks FamiliarKotaku - Brian Ashcraft In Resident Evil, the Umbrella Corporation is an evil biotechnology and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Shanghai Ruilan Bao Hu San Biotech Limited is …
KotakuTokyo Tokyo In Ruins Makes For Hauntingly Beautiful ArtKotaku - Brian Ashcraft Artist Tokyo Genso imagines what Tokyo, the world’s biggest city, would look like in ruins. The results are beautiful and haunting. Via Spoon & Tamago, …
KotakuGameCube Look At This Tiny Little GameCube/WiiKotaku - Luke Plunkett By trimming down a full-size Wii motherboard, modder David Barscheski has been able to cram everything you need to play both Wii and GameCube games …
KotakuColor Schemes Six Official Gundam Sneakers ReleasedKotaku - Luke Plunkett Gundam has a long history of inspiring sneakers and sneaker colourways, but these three shoes from Chinese company 361 Degrees are the result of an …
KotakuBlade Runner Classic Blade Runner Game Is About To Get A Lot Easier To PlayKotaku - Luke Plunkett Westwood’s Blade Runner point-and-click adventure from 1997 isn’t just a fantastic game in its own right, it’s also one of—if not the—finest …
KotakuPlay buttonSnacks We Ate Lots Of Snacks At Fortnite's E3 2019 BoothKotaku - Riley MacLeod E3 might be over on paper, but not in our hearts. In the video above, Tim Rogers checks out the Fortnite booth, eats a lot of free food, and …
KotakuNintendo Direct Mana Series Producer: We Want To Bring The Glory BackKotaku - Jason Schreier One of the most surprising announcements at E3 last week was Trials of Mana, a remake of an older entry in Square Enix’s once-popular series of …
Kotaku Dr Disrespect Doesn't Seem To Be Taking His Twitch Ban Very SeriouslyKotaku - Nathan Grayson Last week, Dr Disrespect, a popular streamer who parodies toxic gamers by just straight up being one (except in a wig), got banned from Twitch and …
KotakuBandai We Went To Bandai Namco's E3 Booth And Gushed About GokuKotaku - Heather Alexandra Tim Rogers is, according to Tim Rogers, a man who “lives to be correct in as weird a fashion as possible.” He checked out Bandai-Namco’s E3 booth to …
KotakuPokémon Sword and Shield Pokémon Sword And Shield Director Says It's About 'Growing And Evolving'—For The Trainer, TooKotaku - Gita Jackson For Pokémon producer Junichi Masuda and Pokémon Sword and Shield director Shigeru Ohmori, the spirit of Pokémon is all about metamorphosis. I have played …
