You Can Now Battle Kefka In Final Fantasy XIV

Everyone’s favorite demonic clown is now a boss in Final Fantasy XIV, a hodgepodge of Final Fantasy fanfiction that also substitutes as an MMO. Today’s patch 4.2 adds a bunch of new content to the game, including our lord and savior Kefka. Of course, people have already found and defeated FFXIV’s version of Final Fantasy…

1985’s Premier Insect-Based Toy Line Is Staging A Comeback

Released by Coleco in 1985, Sectaurs: Warriors of Symbion was a children’s toy line about a planet where giant insects and arachnids roam free and humans mutated with bug DNA wage war over control of a mysterious “ultimate power.” Toys included action figures and giant ride-able spider hand puppets. They were terrifying. Now Zica Toys…

First Images Of The Detective Pikachu Movie Set

Production has started for the Detective Pikachu movie. If you are wondering what the final film will look like, we don’t yet know. These set photos, however, might be hints at what to expect. They’re currently shooting the movie in London, and these set pics show the Ryme City Police Department. Ryme City is the…

Real-Life Dragon Ball Hair Is Impractical 

In manga and anime, Super Saiyans look cool, but in real-life? Cool, too, but absurd. Pop group Kinki Kids donned Super Saiyan hair for mobile game Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle. While the hair looks like in the anime, it makes the duo appear stiff and awkward when they turn their heads. Maybe they don’t…

Persona 5 Statue Is Maybe Also A Desk Lamp

There are two versions of this Futaba statue by Hobby Japan x Amanuki. One will just sit on your desk, the other will light up. You can see the effect in this clip: And below are some shots of the statue. It’s out later this year, and will cost around $180 for the regular version,…

Dirt Slide

Jon Kuo is an artist at DICE, where he’s worked on games like Battlefield 1 You can see more of Jon’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of…

Deceiver is a shooter about scrounging up enough cash to escape from a “pre-apocalyptic” cyberpunk earth before it ends. You’ll parkour around the city, meet weird characters, and challenge other players to spiderbot battles. You’ll also silently curse at wealthy people, who’ve already evacuated to an off-world colony. It’ll be out next year.

HG Wells Practically Invented Modern Tabletop Wargaming

For his work on novels like War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau, British author HG Wells is rightly lauded as a visionary. What often gets lost amongst the applause for his ideas on science fiction, though, is another area he was a pioneer: the field of tabletop wargaming. Which, at least…

After $120,000 Crowdfunding Campaign, Mini Switch Dock Has A Rough Launch

After multiple delays, backers for a third party portable Switch dock finally got what they helped crowdfund. Unfortunately, backers claim that what they’re getting is very different from what they paid for. In June 2017, a company called SFanslaunched an IndieGoGo campaign for a small, portable Switch dock. They touted it as being “oreo sized,”…

Resident Evil Cosplay Is Not Messing Around

This is Russian cosplayer Nargaas Jill Valentine, trying here to make the most of a bad day at the office. Photos by Kira. The zombies are Aoki, Misha and Lady Neba. The make-up work involved in this shoot is absolutely A++ stuff.

How Esports Broadcasters Decide What You See

Gunfire, spells, commentators talking a mile a minute, momentum shifts, plays you can literally miss by blinking: there’s so much going on during esports events that there’s hardly any time to spare a thought for what’s going on behind the scenes, let alone what’s happening right in front of your eyes. Observers aren’t as immediately…

Our Favorite Weapons In Monster Hunter: World

One of the toughest choices you’ll face early in Monster Hunter: World is which weapon to pick. There are so many options, and anything can be viable if you know what you’re doing. Decisions, decisions… I am fully obsessed with World, but my limited time with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on 3DS hadn’t really prepared…

I Think I Understand Sports Fans Now

Two winters ago, a high school pal whom I hadn’t seen in several years while he served in Afghanistan was back in New York, and, en route to a night of reconnecting over bowls of warm ramen, he abruptly ruined everything with a suggestion: Let’s go to a sports bar around the corner and watch…

Genital Jousting’s New Story Mode Lets You Play As A Penis With Problems

By now you may have seen Genital Jousting’s party mode, where players compete to penetrate their friends (with consent, of course). The game finally came out of early access this month, and the full release includes a story mode that works way better than it should. It’s kind of like The Stanley Parable, but with…

Few Things In Gaming Are As Satisfying As A New Room Game

The Room video games are among the most satisfying things you can play. They’re all about figuring out how to unlock intricately-locked boxes—or locked stoves or locked model submarines or some other beautifully intricate piece of old-fashioned gadgetry. The newest one, The Room: Old Sins, came out last week for iOS. It’s great. Kotaku senior…

Hub Worlds Can Be Games’ Greatest Pleasure

Video game hub worlds are towns and hamlets that the player returns to between gameplay to restock and reflect. In games like Monster Hunter World or Splatoon 2, they offer a sense of security and community that ground the player in the world and make them feel truly at ease. Monster Hunter World’s central hub…