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New Nintendo Direct incoming! The upcoming stream, which hits on Tuesday, April 8, at 6PM Eastern, will focus on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Will they finally reveal Yoshi? We shall find out. Above is today’s Smash Bros. picture of the day, featuring Isabelle from Animal Crossing

This is Popup Dungeon, a promising-looking, heavily customizable fantasy roguelike with a papercraft-esque aesthetic. It’s currently trying to raise $80,000 on Kickstarter over a 45-day period, having already passed the $2,000 mark on its first day. Looks like it could turn into a real fun turn-based RPG!

Space Action-RPG Plays Like Freelancer’s Top-Down Little Brother

Pew pew pew. Recently, a small four-man studio by the name of AtomicTorch released the alpha version of their first game, VoidExpanse, to the internet. Much like with Freelancer, playing VoidExpanse involves you becoming an interplanetary badass as you hop between star systems, becoming friends with factions and blowing pirates to smithereens. A space action-RPG,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why Skyward Sword is The Best Zelda • Ignorance is Bliss: The Immersion Factor in Video Games • TPS versus FPS: The Battle of The Islands • Why is Innovation Not Selling Games? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, the first expansion to Blizzard’s action-RPG, has sold 2.7 million copies on PC since its last week launch. According to Blizzard, the expansion’s final boss has been slain 1.5 million times so far—a small number, considering you get to kill him over and over in Adventure Mode

Here’s Pikachu conjuring a legit thunderstorm in the Wii U version of the next Super Smash Bros. As director Masahiro Sakurai put it, “Foes can dodge, of course, so the attack won’t hit consistently, but when it does, it sure feels good!” Looking at the badass visuals, I can certainly believe that. Pic of the…

“Free-to-play is the way that gamers should want their MMOs to be. If we don’t do a really good job, we don’t make a dime… it’s entirely our responsibility to make sure you’re entertained.” Everquest Next director David Georgeson explains to IGN why he considers free-to-play superior to other, pay-up-front models.

Daylight, the procedurally generated horror game, has a new release date—April 29 The date was revealed in the above trailer, released by Atlus yesterday. Hope that phone’s got one of those extended batteries. In any case, nota bene, horror fans: Daylight, PS4, PC, April 29.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Ani-TAY: Golden Time Review and Discussion • Games: A medium for thinking outside the box • Molten-Hot Magmar! Pokemon One a Day! • On: What is a Game • Hearthstone: The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

I like modern houses in Minecraft They give a good contrast to the fantasy setting, and motivate me to build something more complex than the tried and true crappy cubical wooden plank hut. The simple yet pleasant home above, by redditor KiltedCobra, is a prime example. Check out theImgur album for more screenshots. “Braced” –…

The 3DS is getting a new Tales of the World RPG in Japan, reports Weekly Shonen Jump (via ANN). The game, called Tales of the World: Reve Unitia, will star several characters from past Tales games, and takes place on Revaria, “a dream world linking the Tales franchise together.”

Two Minutes’ Worth of Gameplay from the Adventure Game of the Future

Tossing a wineglass on the ground has never looked so fun The developers behind Loading Human have released a short clip showcasing some VR gameplay from their upcoming first-person adventure. It’s above, give it a watch. Looks like a perfect fit for motion controls and VR—I especially dig the somewhat System Shock-esque virtual segments. Loading…

“[Virtual Reality] is a technology that I think will completely change the world. I think it’s going to be a bigger phenomenon than smartphones.” Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney to Polygon, in an interview about the future of VR, the Unreal Engine, and game development in general. Read it in its entirety here

Skyrim Rendition of Game of Thrones Intro is Suitably Amazing

My inner fanboy is just about going crazy right now. The video, titled simply “Thrones,” takes the iconic Game of Thrones show intro and puts it in the context of Bethesda’s RPG, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Its creator, Brady Wold, worked on the animation for over two years, adding to it here and there in…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Digital: A Love Story – An Appraisal of The Messiah • The Pilot’s Love Song: The Ani-TAY Review • Gamer Logic: Why walk when I can… • Loving and Hating the Same Story: The Objective and Subjective • Pupa: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

This spectacular, Kirby-branded Game Boy Color would have been treasured by any self-respecting gamer of the nineties. The artist behind the custom handheld is French illustrator Oskunk—you can find more photos of his projects over at his blog Custom Game Boy Color “KIRBY” [Oskunk’s Blog, via Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every…

Caffeine’s latest teaser brings us even more ghostly abandoned spaceship-porn, and it’s looking pretty great. The first-person sci-fi horror game recently hit IndieGoGo, where its creator is asking for $80,000 to finish it in time for a 2015 release on PC.

Longest Journey Creator’s Next Game is “Gone Home Meets Amnesia“

More specifically, it is a survival horror-adventure game. Inspired by fairy tales and legends. It is called Draugen—a name taken from a certain undead creaturefrom Norse mythology. It was first presented by developer Red Thread Games last October, and it takes place in a small Norwegian fishing village in 1923. There’s also… actually, let me…

Remember Gero Blaster, the new frog-platformer from Cave Story’s creator? It’s now called Kero Blaster, and it’s coming out on PC and iOS on May 11. There’s a nice pixelly trailer for you above, in case you wanna have a closer look.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Kill la Kill: The Ani-TAY Review • Escaping Reality: Confessions of a Ragnarok Online Ex-Player • A Comprehensive Look at the DLC of Bioshock Infinite • The Four Kinds of Anime Adaptations • Defining the Divide: How Price Hampers Popular Games Criticism TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…