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Image: Mineralblu / Kotaku The hollowed halls of the Javits Center in New York City are accustomed to ferrying cosplayers around conventions. Whether it’s New York Comic-Con in October or Anime NYC in August, the Manhattan meetups always bring us some incredible costumes and fabulous fits. This year, Anime NYC was no exception, and as always, we had Mineralblu on the ground photographing some great cosplay for us to peruse (check out our faves from...

It’s October, which means the season of spooks has arrived! You’re probably already seeing all kinds of creepy creatures, from black cats to ghosts, in your everyday life, and why should video games be any different? Thank goodness they’re not, especially if you’re a Final Fantasy XIV player. Square Enix’s MMO offers the Black Coeurl (a black cat) and Mama Automaton (basically a ghost) for players to acquire when joining in the scary festivities. I...

Screenshot: Blizzard / Kotaku Diablo IV is zero for two when it comes to smooth launches. While the new expansion, Vessel of Hatred, seemed like it had all the kinks ironed out, a last-minute delay upended those plans. Worse, however, is a bizarre licensing bug that’s locking some players out of the new content, including its Spiritborn class. Comments like “Help, I own the game and expansion it says I don’t?” immediately started flooding the...

Photo: WWE/Getty Images (Getty Images) Last Month’s Ranking: No. 9 Last Month’s Segments: At times, the former world champion may come off as annoying to fans who have grown tired of his same old story of being screwed out of the title, for which he deliberately blames CM Punk. In the lead-up to Bad Blood, McIntyre told us he would end Punk for good. We’ve heard him make similar claims many times in the past,...

With Diablo IV’s expansion, Vessel of Hatred, comes a new array of features, among them the new NPC buddy system, the Mercenary. Starting with Raheir, who you meet early on in your adventure into Nahantu, you’ll be able to travel with CPU-controlled allies, each with skill trees of their own. They’re here to help you through the dangers of Sanctuary! Here’s everything you need to know about Mercenaries. Dragon’s Dogma 2’s New Class Is A...

Image: PlayStation / Kotaku PlayStation announced earlier today that Little Big Planet 3, as well as all LBP DLC, will be removed from the PSN Store on October 31. If you’ve ever wanted to own LBP3 digitally, you only have three weeks left to purchase it before it’s gone. What’s Coming Out Beyond The Day Before | The Week In Games Little Big Planet 3 launched in 2014 on PS3 and PS4. Like the previous...

Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming fantasy political drama RPG from Atlus, is only a few days away from its October 11 release date. Broadly, the game takes the social sim and time management mechanics of the Persona series and fine-tunes them to make a truly exceptional RPG that represents a step forward for the studio in a lot of ways. Still, having played both it and Persona 3 Reload earlier this year, I’ve got one nitpick:...

Cooking is a vital part of Throne and Liberty, so you’ll want to be sure you’re keeping up to date on your culinary skills. This is because various foods you make can grant extremely beneficial buffs for a limited time, that will aid you in both PVE and PVP. This is especially as you reach endgame content, where every little boost helps. Thing is, good food needs flavor, and T&L makes finding salt strangely difficult....

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero officially comes out later this week, but thanks to an early access period, a slew of players have been jumping into the game ahead of time. From the sounds of it, the newest DBZ title, which returns to the long-dormant Budokai Tenkaichi sub-series of arena fighters, is a (ki-)blast. It turns out that folks have missed letting loose on huge destructible stages and fully embodying the fantasy of being one of...

Though the new HBO Max series The Penguin is obviously a hyper-gritty take on DC’s Batman universe set in a world created by Matt Reeves, I can’t stop laughing at it. Iconic Director And Proud Nerd Kevin Smith On Sneaking Into Movies, Mallrats, And More Not because it’s bad (it’s very good), but because there are so many disarmingly hilarious moments in this show that happen so fast you might miss them, fired off like...