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Here’s Another Wonderful Map to Play Minecraft on

So, how about36 more square kilometers of hand-crafted fun? Yes, this is another map from Darastlix, the creator of Meiva, but the landscape we’re dealing with here is more natural than magical. This is because one of Darastlix’s inspirations for the map was a real-life location, namely the delta of the Siberian river Lena. The…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Ani-TAY’s Top 15 Anime Openings of 2014 • The Perfect Time to Watch One of My Favorite Anime Movies • The Best Part in Space Age • Is it okay to nitpick Smash Bros. yet? • Pre-Cult: Tropico 4 • Return to (Castle) Wolfenstein: The New Order…

Link faces Gyorg in a 19th century-era Termina. The painting, called “Majora’s Mask Remix,” is the work of VFX artist Valdis Matas, who posted the pic to the Polycount forums’ 2D section last week. It’s quite amazing. Majora’s Mask Remix [Polycount] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…

Evolve’s open beta will be running between January 15-19 on the Xbox One, accessible to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Two monsters, the Goliath and the Kraken, and eight hunters will be available to play across 12 maps. There will also be smaller, invite-only closed tests on the PC and PS4 around that time.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Game of the Week—Dawn of the QTE [Shenmue] • Fire Emblem Hit Percentages, Ranked • Con Men: NYCC Two Months Later and Gender Differences for Cosplayers • Project Hydra – Corpse Party: Tortured Souls EP2 & EP 3 • A Sad Tale of the Video Game Industry…

Cuboid hedgehogs are the cutest hedgehogs. This GIF is from a “preview of a biome’s artistic development” from Planets³, the Kickstarter-funded Minecraftlike that’s going pre-alpha in January. The full video is below, showing off the whole (rather gorgeous) scene, with the hedgehog squeaking adorably. Last news of the year [Planets³ Blog] Dayshot is an image-based…

GTA V Spreads Holiday Cheer with Mines and Homing Rockets [Update]

A new update is bringing Christmas goodies to Los Santos and its surroundings, and yes, those goodies include explosives. The patch only seems to be live on the PS4 for now, per user reports posted to the relevant thread at GTAForums. Apart from upping the property limit to three, the patch also adds new content,…

Enhanced Version of PC Cult Classic Suddenly Pops Up on Steam

Outcast came out in 1999. It was pretty great. Then, this year, its original creators launched a Kickstarter campaign for a HD remake of the game, which, sadly, failed to meet its goal. And now, it looks like they are settling for the next best thing: releasing the original game, with new features, on Steam.…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Project Hydra—Corpse Party: Tortured Souls Episode 1 • How Bungie Can Solve Destiny’s Leveling And Loot Issues • Spacemon—A Pokémon Tabletop Story [Concluded] • The Amazing Music of Soul Blade TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

This shot of an alien alpaca in a car has little do with Starbound’s big upcoming Winter update, but it’s still amusing. Speaking of the update, it’s scheduled to come out in January, packed with content like tons of new items, a new playable race, ship upgrades, and more biomes. There’s a trailer for it…

DayZ Celebrates First Birthday, Updates Plans for 2015

While DayZ itself will be turning three years old in about a month (the ARMA 2 mod came out in January 2012), its standalone release celebrated its first birthday just yesterday. To honor the anniversary, the dev team released a retrospective video and updated DayZ’s development roadmap for 2015. The clip clocks in at four…

The Year in Kotaku East

Kotaku East is about one thing: bringing the weird, the cool, the silly, and the fascinating from the far east to you, the audience. There’s been plenty of that this year: the New 3DS. Link, as a girl called Linkle. Batman on a Japanese highway. Cosplay and memes galore. And more. Lots more. From January…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Akame ga Kill!: The Ani-TAY Review • Ayakashibito: The TAY Review • Indie Delve: Tower of Guns with Joe Mirabello • A Look Back At [The Video Games of] 2014 • 2014 – A Year in Spending TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Ghosts ‘n Goblins sure looks grim as a current-gen game The shots are from a seven-week, eight-person student project where the goal was to “recreate the classic game with a next-gen look in Unreal Engine 4.” Well, they succeeded. The fruits of their labors, a two-minute video and five HD shots, are below. UE4 –…

With its latest update, Kerbal Space Program has entered beta, inching ever closer to a full release. 0.90.0 augments progression by including a level-up system for both Kerbals and buildings, and adds some new content like extra biomes and spaceship parts. You can watch a walkthrough of 0.90.0’s contents above.

If Ico Were a Beautiful PC Side-Scroller

The inspirations for Fossil Echo include not just Ico, but also Shadow of the Colossus, the Oddworld series, and Studio Ghibli’s work. With influences like that, really, the beauty is pretty much a given. The game is an indie platformer for PC, slated to come out in 2015. It’s being worked on by two guys…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Redesigning the Smash Bros Menu! • Better Late Than Never: Me Playing Mass Effect for the First Time • TAY Explores Light Novels: Mushoku Tensei • Karen Senki: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

A metaphor for the struggle of the common man, or perhaps a reference to the mythical tale of Sisyphus? Nah. YouTuber BetaTheData’s machine is merely a tribute to a skit found in the 2012 clip Bite-Sized Minecraft, itself likely a variation on your average Useless Box. 15-second video with a humorous ending below. I recreated…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Animal Weapons — Video Games vs History • Half-Life 2: Episode 2 — The End? • An Open Letter to Bandai Namco TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

A serene view from Just Cause 3. Of course, Rico will likely take over the chopper in the next minute or so and drop it on the heads of several panicking soldiers. All in a day’s work. The picture’s part of a batch of 21 new screenshots recently sent out by Square Enix—you can find…