I Wish I Could Wear This Wee Arkham Asylum Batman Cowl

When I heard that DC Collectibles was making a replica of the distinctive cowl the Dark Knight wore during Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum video game, I imagined skulking about my house as a masked vigilante, striking fear into children and cats alike. The final product is lovely, but not the wearable cowl I’d imagined. The Batman:…

The Week In Games: Avengers And Everyone Else, Assemble!

The Avengers, their friends and some of their foes are hitting the Switch this week with the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. Pick your favorite hero and argue with your friends who is getting stuck playing with the right Joycon. I really loved that first Ultimate Alliance game. Played a lot of it back…

Makers Of Horror Game That Was Removed From Steam Say It’s Not Coming Back Anytime Soon

When it released in February, Devotion received thousands of positive reviews on Steam and was becoming popular with viewers on Twitch. But it was taken down after only a couple weeks when fans discovered art in the game that appeared to make fun of China’s president. Five months later, the studio behind the game says…

Fan-Made Smash Bros. Ultimate Level Features Dueling Snakes

Snake’s remote-controlled missiles are some of Smash Bros.’ most entertaining projectiles, and one player recently decided to make a Smash Bros. Ultimate stage that focuses entirely on guiding them through tiny labyrinths of death. Created by user xzAsiankidzx and shared on the game’s subreddit over the weekend, the stage is named Nikita Weave War, and…

Parents Name Their Baby ‘Google’ After…Google

Baby names are important. If you need suggestions, you can always try Google. Or, as one Indonesian family did, you can skip the looking on Google and just name your kid after it. The Jakarta Post (via AsiaOne) reports that parents Ella Karina and Andi Cahya Saputra decided to name their son “Google.” Ella was…

This Huge Godzilla Collectible Is Only $600

Fans of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, listen up! Here is a new Godzilla statue, based on the King of the Monsters design, that measures 18.5 inches high and 38 inches long. According to Figsoku, the figure is slated for a November release in Japan. The highly detailed PVC statue lists for 66,000 yen ($611)…

Japan’s Bubble Tea Boom Is Creating Long Lines And Lots of Trash

You might call it bubble tea. You might call it boba tea. In Japan, it’s known as tapioca drink, or simply tapioca. And it’s taking over. Originally created in Taiwan, bubble tea first hit it big during the 1980s. According to TV show Matsuko no Shiranai Sekai SP, the drink first became popular in Japan…

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Survival Game Cosplay Won’t Last The Night

This is Finnish cosplayer Hapsu as Will Mackenzie, one of the two stars of The Long Dark’s story mode. If you’re going to cosplay as someone destined to freeze to death in an icy wilderness, Finland is as good a place as any to start. All photos by Neiti

Introducing The Spring/Summer 2039 Collection

Daniel Matthews is a concept artist at Trixter, and has worked on games like EVE Online and The Division You can see more of Daniel’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Here’s Your Sekiro Easy Mod(e)

If you wereintrigued by the world ofSekiro but put off by the game’s difficulty, this mod by the appropriately-named Tender Box is exactly what you need. While we’ve seen a few “easy” mods for the game already, most of them have been weird workarounds, like this speed-related tweak. This one (via Twisted Voxel) is a…

Gears Of War 5 Is Going To “Avoid Highlighting Or Glorifying Smoking”

In 2019, because we’ve already seen a shift away from it in a lot of movies and TV shows, it’s not the biggest deal if a major video game decides to not show any of its characters smoking. It is interesting, though, if the game is making a point of it. The Coalition, developers of…

Mountain Dew Amp Game Fuel Is Terrible

I was at the grocery store this week with my girlfriend. We were buying some food and drinks for the upcoming week. I also was feeling sick and was in a fuzzy state of mind. When we got to the self-checkout I noticed something in the fridges near the checkout area. Inside was all the…

‘Shop Contest: Switch Lites For Everyone

The Switch Mini Lite was revealed and it looks sooooo good. I already own a Switch and never play it in portable mode, but I still want one of these brightly colored mini consoles. And I bet others do too. So… Your challenge this week: Send some Switch Lite consoles to various folks. They could…

Everything We Know About The Viruses In Dr. Mario World, Including Their Lethality

Dr. Mario World was released recently and I’ve been playing a lot of it. The latest game in the series, Dr. Mario World is the first built for mobile phones and features new and old viruses. But how deadly are these differently colored viruses and where did they come from? And how many different types…

Sunday Comics: My Finger Slipped!

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 11. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…