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In Which You Pilot A Steam-Powered Victorian Spaceship To Mars

Two Victorian gentlemen take to the stars in this interesting-looking puzzle-adventure called 39 Days To Mars The game, which popped up recently on Steam Greenlight and is slated for a 2015 release on Wii U and PC, features two 19th century explorers—”Sir Albert Wickes and The Right Honourable Clarence Baxter”—on their quest to reach planet…

Zelda’s Quite The Warrior Princess In Hyrule Warriors

Yesterday we got to see Impa in action. Today, it’s Princess Zelda’s turn to show off her ass-kicking ability in the upcoming Zelda hack & slash game, Hyrule Warriors In one minute, we get to see the Hylian princess take on a small army using quick, acrobatic swordfighting and devastating magic alike. Really, lose the…

Listen up, composers and music lovers: Following last year’s KORG M01D, Detune will be bringing the new KORG DSN-12 synthesizer to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in September. Check out the official website for some specifications, and give the trailer a watch above to see the new 3D oscilloscope in action.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior: The Ani-TAY Review • The Obvious (And Not So Obvious) Problem With Licensed Games • Battle Princess of Arcadias: The TAY Review • Back in The TAY Review: Gundam Wing: Endless Duel TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To…

ICE Is The Insane Unofficial Sequel to Half-Life 2

In the crazy alternate universe where this mod comes from, Half-Life has snow zombies. Also, instead of Alyx, there’s a trash-talking robot buddy who looks like a dustbin with wheels on it. And there’s penguins! You can see one in the screenshot. I think you’re aiming a harpoon gun at it. The mod is called…

Retro platformer Shovel Knight is out on 3DS, PC and Wii U on Thursday. It had quite the journey—first slated for 2013 September, the game’s release date was then moved to the following Winter, then to March 2014, and finally to June 26. Now, Shovel Knight is here, and so is its release trailer. Watch…

Be Careful: Major Witcher 3 Spoilers Have Leaked

A major Witcher 3 leak has left spoilers all over the web, and the leaked material “may heavily impact and spoil your future gaming experience,” according to the RPG’s developer, CD Projekt Red. The files, as Eurogamer reports, originate from the hacked Google Drive of a CD Projekt Red employee, and are currently making rounds…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Mushi-Shi Zoku Shou: The Ani-TAY Review • TAY Explores Comics: Magical Exam Student • Nanana’s Buried Treasure: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review • That Time When Digital Domain Made A LEGO Game TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Civilization Revolution Is Getting A Sequel On iOS

Way, way back in 2008, Sid Meier’s strategy game, Civilization Revolution, was released for consoles. It had some rough edges, but ultimately, it was a good Civilization game. Then, in 2009, an iPhone port of the game was released. And now, five years later, iOS is where the sequel makes its debut. Civ Rev 2…

It’s Still ‘Minecraft In Space,’ But It Looks So Much Better

About a year ago, an indie sandbox space sim named Xeno Galaxies tried to gather some development money for itself. Sadly, it didn’t work out. Now, it’s back, and it looks like that year off did it a lot of good. Check out the trailer from 2013. As you can see, the game was literally…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Sinner’s Sandwich: The TAY Review • Daisy Deserves Better • State of Video Games 2014 • Back in the TAY Review: Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers • What Game Can You Always Depend On? • No Man’s Sky Just Broke My Heart TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…

Phantasy Star Online 2 is currently unavailable to play in Japan due to an ongoing DDoS attack, according to an official statement released by Sega (translated by PSUBlog here). Sega plans to compensate players for the downtime, and promises to release a follow-up report on Monday.

Let This Man Entertain You With His Giant Ring

Isaac Hou is a Taiwanese-American street performer hailing from Taipei City in Taiwan, where he lives for one thing: dazzling people with his amazing skills. Hou was recently the subject of a clip done by Kuma Films, a group of YouTubers who travel around the world to record and share all sorts of unique and…

New Kratos Figure Has One Hell Of A Scowl

And he’s wielding the Blades of Chaos, to boot. You wouldn’t want to mess with this one. Gaming Heads’ rendition of the God of War series protagonist comes in two flavors: regular, costing $330 and limited to 1250 pieces, and exclusive, limited to 500 pieces and priced at $350. The difference? For an extra $20,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Tomodachi Life: The TAY Review • Game Of The Week—Dynasty Warriors Is Better With Dragons • Laziness, Ragequitting, And The Quest for Love • Why Do We Care For True Mature Games All Of A Sudden? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

New LEGO Sets Put Your Buildings In The Virtual World

They’re called LEGO Fusion, and their big new feature is the ability to digitize your structures—to put them on your tablet or phone, basically, where you can then play around with them in various ways. To facilitate this, each Fusion set includes (apart from a set of bricks, of course) a Fusion capture plate. What…

How To Sell A Fighting Game – Step One: Offer Peanuts.

Pre-order DLC? Pfft. Who needs that when you can get delicious nuts with your purchase. The game is the Xbox One version of EA Sports’ UFC, a fighting game out for new-gen consoles this Tuesday. The location is Target, the American retail chain, which is offering two six-ounce cans of Planters brand peanuts with every…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Gayme History: Part One • Gayme History: Part Two • Space/Spawn: Saints Row The Third (Part 1) • Space/Spawn: Saints Row The Third (Part 2) • Good People Are What’s Wrong With Games Journalism • Ryse: Son of Rome is Worth Your Time TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut: The TAY Review • TAY Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Minor Spoilers) • On Nintendo Superfans • Opinion—Why I’m Getting Battlefield: Hardline • DOTA Diaries: One Step Forward… TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Real-Life Sword Art Online Blade Cuts Watermelons, Not Bosses

Sword Art Online is a smart anime about people trapped in an MMORPG. Now, MMORPGs have swords. Elaborate, pretty, deadly swords. Like the Elucidator, which blacksmith Tony Swatton was kind enough to bring into our world. Kirito’s unique obsidian blade was then, as it is customary, used to slash apart all kinds of items from…