So, how about 36 more square kilometers of hand-crafted fun?
So, how about 36 more square kilometers of hand-crafted fun?
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 Read more
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. Read more
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 Read more
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.
A new update is bringing Christmas goodies to Los Santos and its surroundings, and yes, those goodies include…
Outcast came out in 1999. It was pretty great. Then, this year, its original creators launched a Kickstarter…
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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 below.
While DayZ itself will be turning three years old in about a month (the ARMA 2 mod came out in January 2012), its…
Kotaku East is about one thing: bringing the weird, the cool, the silly, and the fascinating from the far east to…
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 Read more
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.
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.
The inspirations for Fossil Echo include not just Ico, but also Shadow of the Colossus, the Oddworld series, and…
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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.
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 Read more
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 the other 20 below. Read more