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Here’s the new trailer for Resident Evil Revelations 2, which confirms the return of Barry Burton as a playable character. Makes sense, considering his daughter is also a playable character. RERe2’s four episodes will release weekly, starting on February 17/18 and ending on March 10/11, at a price of $6 per episode.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: PHC Reviews The November 2014 Arcade Block • The Oldest Post In Recorded HisTAYry (and Other Cool Stuff) • The Best of November’s Cards Against Ani-TAY TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Well of course there’s a Kerbal Space Program version of the new Star Wars trailer It’s a bit simplistic, yes, but keep in mind that this was done in a spaceship-building sandbox game. Considering that, it’s pretty impressive how similar it turned out. You can check out the video below. Jool Wars: The Farce Awakens…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire: The TAY Review • 5 New Things in Pokémon ORAS That I’m Thankful For • TAY Explores Comics: Ore Ga Heroine • If Final Fantasy VII Were a 2D Game, This Would Be It • Prismata: The Game I Can’t Stop…

Starbound turns one year old next week, and it’s just as beautiful as on day one. The game has been getting regular updates since summer in the form of nightly builds—in this screenshot, lead developer Tiyuri is showing off a boat that may or may not end up in the game eventually. That sunset and…

GTA V’s Franklin is a Lonely Man

All the guy wanted was a drink with a buddy. Trevor’s rejection was the last straw. This golden little moment of derpy GTA V AI behavior comes from YouTuber BustedHead who, playing as Trevor, came across Franklin by a gas station. After declining Franklin’s offer for a drink, things went a bit crazy. Take a…

The first game in Telltale’s Game of Thrones series will be out next week. The dates, confirmed by a pair of tweets, are: December 2 for PC and PS4, December 3 for Xbox One and 360, and December 4 for iOS. The PS3 will get Iron From Ice on December 9, and the Android version…

The Evil Within Turned into a Two-Hour Horror Flick

Short on time, but interested in The Evil Within? Gamebill Studio is here to help Like Gamebill’s other projects, The Evil Within: The Movie comes with a few improvements to help the game’s transition to moviehood. In the words of editor Nabil Ayari, these are: I captured the game in 60 frames per second thanks…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Halo: The Master Chief Collection: The TAY Review • Forgotten Cadences: A Hat in Time • The Smashiest of Bros! Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, and Pac-Man in Speed Painting Form! • The Winter 2015 Anime Sequel Lineup TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

This isn’t a Kingdom Hearts screenshot—it’s a 3D recreation of Maleficent’s throne room by environment artist Andy Hansen, with hand-painted textures inspired by Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. The project’s one-year journey is chronicled in this six-page Polycount forum thread, and the full image can be found below. Maleficent’s Throne Room [Polycount] Dayshot is an image-based feature…

Microsoft Sweden Rebuilds Its Award-Winning Offices in Minecraft

The build was created by Microsoft Sweden’s event manager, Daniel Steinholtz—and after finishing the map itself, he even took it upon himself to conduct a little virtual tour. The office building, which is found in the Akalla district of Stockholm, won the “best-looking office award” in a nationwide competition last year. This happened almost exactly…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dragon Age: Inquisition (for PC), the TAY Review • Stuff Yourself: Top 5 Games for a Thanksgiving Gaming Binge • Some Rambling about Serial Experiments Lain • Game of the Week — Hunting Metroids In Your Pocket [Metroid II: Return of Samus] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

Spyro the Dragon in adorable plushie form. Created by Chibi-pets, it measures 18 inches by 25 inches—it’s fairly big, as the two real-world photos show. Those are below, along with a hi-res image showing a couple more angles. There’s also a lot more plushies to check out at Chibi-pets’ deviantART and Facebook pages. Spyro Custom…

Famitsu reports that according to the Pokémon Company’s data, Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire sold a total of 3.04 million copies worldwide in three days. This is notable for two reasons: first, the figures exclude digital copies sold, and second, the game’s not out in Europe ’til Friday. Impressive.

Clearly, This is what Rock Simulator Should Have Been

In Rolling Sun, you’re a rock. Well, technically, you’re a god whose avatar is a rock. Point is, you control a rock and solve physics puzzles in some really fancy environments, all the while unlocking new skills. See? Already better than Rock Simulator The game’s been in development for PC since 2012 in one form…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Share The Load: Memorable Supporting Characters • Far Cry 4 and Exploitation Cinema’s Influence on Games • Final Fantasy Road Trip: Final Fantasy 3 • How Destiny Sucked Me Back in TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Assassin’s Creed Unity has some very pretty concept art. This GIF was made from a series of three drawings depicting the Café Théâtre, posted by Ubisoft’s David Alvarez to thePolycount forum’s Unity art dump thread. Check it out to see some more of the textures, models and concepts people have created for the game Art…

Reuters reports that Sony’s planning to focus on maximizing profits from its image sensor business and, more importantly to us, the PlayStation 4. To cut costs, they will limit their TV and smartphone lineup, hoping to boost profits for their video game division by at least 25%, to as much as $13.6 billion.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Great Controls Are Like Great Food: Simple and Satisfying • The Company They Keep: How Log Horizon Ruined Sword Art Online II • Smash Preorder Woes! • How Bioware turned Dragon Age from a ‘Dark European Fantasy’ into a High Fantasy Wonderland TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

RoboCop’s ED-209 stands proudly over a flaming wreckage in GTA IV Hopefully GTA V will have (at least) the same level of modding support on PC—giving up all this crazy cool stuff would be a real shame. This one was made veteran modder JulioNIB; there’s videos and screenies below, and you can download the mod…