Will it make you feel bad about flinging/toppling/portaling all those turrets to their deaths? Probably not,…
Will it make you feel bad about flinging/toppling/portaling all those turrets to their deaths? Probably not,…
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune's 3DS action-RPG about a pirate penguin, Kaio: King of Pirates, has been cancelled due to internal development-related difficulties and "sudden changes in the marketplace," reports Siliconera. Kaio was announced in late 2011, and was slated to come out, after a delay, in 2014. Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: The Video Games That Made Me An Otaku • Multiplayer is More Fun When Your Friends Act Like Idiots Together • The Horrible Sounds of Lurking Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day, Series 2: Slowking, Misdreavus, 50 Straight Illustrations! Unown + Announcement! • Naka-kon 2015: The First Day • Interview with Indiana Comic Con: Past Problems Acknowledged, Optimistic for Future in Indy Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Shonen Jump Round Up: Bleach 617 and One Piece 778, Bleach 618 & 619 and One Piece 779 • Why Doesn't This Game Exist: The Zelda Initiative • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 17 Read more
"This is what I think Wind Waker would look like on the SNES," writes gilamasan, the guy behind this piece of Zelda fanart. "I imagined the sailing would be done with Mode 7 graphics like in Super Mario Kart and F-Zero." Looks about right to me. Head over here to see more of gilamasan's artwork. Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Game of the Week—I Call Do-Over! [Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time] • House (1977) [Movie Review] • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 16 Read more
Well, there was a rocket crossed with a helicopter in real life, kind of: the Roton, which is the inspiration…
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Kirby and The Rainbow Curse: The TAY Review • Masterwork Mondays: Shaman King • Pokémon One a Day, Series 2: Espeon, Umbreon, Murkrow Read more
Shovel Knight in Smash? Maybe someday. The eponymous hero of Shovel Knight was drawn by DeviantArt's hextupleyoodot, AKA Artsy Omni, the guy behind the Rayman "leak," as part of his Smashified series. You can find more of his art in his DeviantArt gallery here. Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Criminal Girls: Invite Only: The TAY Review • The Many Blessings of Hotline Miami • Anime Opening/Ending Song Roundup by Ani-TAY - Week 10 • Interview with Ben Penrod, President of Awesome Conventions Read more
Space Harrier. Out Run. Thunder Blade. Apart from being Sega arcade games from the eighties, what do they have in…
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Rockmandash Rambles: My Personal Biases in Reviewing • Where's My Transformers Game? • How Do You Deal with Video Game Overload? • There are good English anime song covers? Yes, yes there are. Read more
Here's an oil painting of Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series, based on this well-known piece of official concept art, done by artist Raman Singh. Look below for the HD pics, and check out Singh's portfolio for more, albeit non-gaming-themed, paintings in this style (I particularly like his portraits). Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Bricks Ahoy! The Best of Classic Pirate LEGO • [Final Fantasy] Distant Worlds III: Track Review • 8 1/2 [Movie Review] • Elihu's Four in February 2015: Ancient Myths and Crazy People [Tomb Raider 2013] • "This Is Dream!": Dreaming Up The Sequels We Need Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: The Spring 2015 Anime Sequel Guide • Gaming Fantasy Dinner Party - Guest Number One • Hand of Fate: It's All in the Cards • How LA Noire Changed the Meaning of 'Story-Driven' Gameplay • Parasyte Has Reached an All-New Level Read more
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: The Real Impact of Source 2 • Where to Start with Anime: An Overly Specific Guide • What I Finished in February • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 14, Chapter 15 • Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Yanma, Wooper, Quagsire Read more
While it might by slightly awkwardly named, Los Angelcraft, based on Los Angeles, is one good-looking Minecraft…
Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Games Destiny Could Learn From • Fruity Grapevine Chatter: Life • Game of the Week—Of Faerys, Folk, and Light Motion Controls [Folklore] • What Are Modern AAA Games Desperately Lacking? Brevity. Read more
That's a good way to show off a spaceship. Edge Case Games, the folks behind the multiplayer space combat game Fractured Space, uploaded a Sketchfab model of one of their in-game ships, the stealth-based Assassin. It has a lot of little crevices you can get lost in—see for yourself in the model viewer below. Read more