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'Shop Contest: Game Of Thrones Finale, Winners!
Last week, I asked you wonderful Kotaku readers to celebrate the end of Game Of Thrones by adding video game characters into the world of the show. Well, the finale aired and now the contest is over.…
Upcoming Pupperazzi Is Like Pokemon Snap With Dogs
Pupperazzi was announced yesterday by indie studio Sundae Month and it looks to be a game where players will run around and just take photos of cute, cool and funny looking puppies. Sounds like we…
Modder Explains How He Created That Cool Bloodborne Mod That Lets You…
You might have recently seen a cool Bloodborne mod floating around Twitter early this week. The mod allows a player, using a modded copy of the game, to take control of enemies by locking on to them.…
"Gaming Disorder" Now A Recognized Illness According To World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has decided to add gaming disorder to its list of recognized illnesses. The 194 members of the group made the decision today at the 72nd World Health Assembly.
Warframe Players Love Their New Space Roombas
Warframe is an online game all about cool cyborg-ninjas, acrobatics, and weird aliens. However, something new was added in a recent update: Space Roombas. These small little cleaning-bots have quickly…
Linoone Loves Balls
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s…
This Robot Is Really Angry And Done Lifting Boxes
Hello! Today we get banned for buying too many games, watch a robot get angry, learn when the Sonic movie is actually coming out and talk about fake meat at McDonald’s. It’s Morning Checkpoint!
Overwatch League Commissioner Leaves Blizzard, Reportedly For Epic
The Overwatch League’s founding commissioner, Nate Nanzer, announced on Friday night that he is leaving one of the most-hyped pro esports leagues in the world. The news was first broken by ESPN, which…
These Rage 2 Characters Have Amazing Names But No Backstories, So I…
I’ve met some real characters during my time playing Rage 2. And by characters, I mean glorified quest dispensers. There’s old guy, cool lady, and of course—who could forget?—third main story person.…
Dauntless Struggled With Online Issues In Its First Week, But Things Are…
Dauntless, an online multiplayer game inspired by Monster Hunter that officially released earlier this week, has been slammed with matchmaking issues and server problems in its opening days, but its…
Our Gameplay Data Should Be Harder To Sell
Video game developers can collect our data, and for now, they can sell it to advertisers. But that may not be as easy in the future due to California’s new data privacy law. On this week’s Kotaku…
It's A Very Fighting Game Weekend
It’s Memorial Day weekend, which means either chaining hot dogs, hamburgers and handfuls of chips or jab, jab, uppercut, jab, throw, special. Or both.
Black Ops 4's Long-Promised Zombies 'Factions' Feature Is Still Missing
Black Ops 4’s Zombies still doesn’t have all the content that Activision promised prior to its launch last year. In fact, the undead survival mode hasn’t really seen a proper content flow or…
Adorable Little Discord Bot Is Actually A Devious Game In Disguise
When my Discord server first added Smilebot, everything seemed normal. It was a little widget that spewed emojis and told you what your mood was. When I returned to my Discord after a plane flight,…
Reigns: Game Of Thrones Is Giving Me New And Better Ways To…
After the end of Game of Thrones, I was mostly OK with how things went down. Like many fans, though, I still had complaints. After I’d run my course tweeting about them, I decided to open up Reigns:…
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for a three-day weekend, the best form of weekend. That’s so much time to do so many things and play video games.
Anti-Trump Resistance Scammers Who Got Banned From Twitter Were Also Big Ouya…
Yesterday, prolific tweeters Brian and Ed Krassenstein were banned for life from the platform for allegedly operating fake accounts and trying to buy clout. The two brothers then took to The Hill…
Missing Game Dead Island 2 Is Still In Development, Publisher Says
In the zombie apocalypse, no corpse is ever truly lifeless, and the same is apparently true of zombie video games. Dead Island 2, the long-missing sequel to Polish studio Techland’s 2011 zombie…
I Both Love And Feel Embarrassed About All The Video Game Music…
An eight-hour road trip I recently took with a friend quickly turned into a musical deep dive. As we flew through conversations about bachata, gospel, R&B, soul, house, and more, my friend mentioned…
The Next Call of Duty Is Called Modern Warfare (Yep, Really)
The first Modern Warfare was called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, so it’s only natural that the fourth Modern Warfare is called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Confused yet? That’s video games for…
Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Delayed To 2020 To Fix Sonic's Look
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been delayed from November 2019 to February 14, 2020 in order to tweak the design of the CG Sonic character, according to a tweet from director Jeff Fowler.
Watch Me Translate The Japanese Version of Judgment While I Play It
Judgment, the new game by the creators of the Yakuza series, came out in Japan on December 18 last year. On June 25, the English version of the game will swoop in with its subtitles and optional…
McDonald's Japan Fined For Its Fake Roast Beef Burgers
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has fined McDonald’s after breaking the law and misrepresenting the Tokyo Roast Beef Burger sold in summer 2017. According to NicoNico, the fine is 21.7 million yen…
Tiny Little GameCube Works, Is Asking To Get Its Cheeks Pinched
When Nintendo gets around to releasing a GameCube Mini—remember, all tiny console releases to this point have been mere preparation for what will be the greatest collection of 20-30 titles in video…