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3D printed wolf Amiibo are pretty adorable. BurninCoco made them using a filament with a high percentage of wood (yes you can 3D print things with what amounts to saw dust) and although they don’t actually serve any purpose, they’re still pretty cool looking. You can see a few more pictures of them over on…

Xenogears‘ Amazing Soundtrack Is Getting Remastered 

The PS1-era JRPG has remained a classic for a number of reasons, but chief among them was the beautiful score by composer Yasunori Mitsuda. According to a recent Facebook post, an “Original Soundtrack Revival Disc” for Xenogears is coming out in April. It’ll be on Blu-Ray and include work from ANÚNA, an Irish choral Mitsuda…

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II will come to PC on February 14. The game released on PS3 and Vita in 2016. Most notably, the PC version will have 50 percent more lines of English voice-over. If you haven’t kept up on the Trails series you’re missing out

The Weekend In Esports: Boston Counter-Strike Party

ELEAGUE’s Boston Major is almost over with only a few teams left while the Overwatch League continues to dish out some stellar matches. In addition, LCS continues into its second week of the 2018 spring season while DreamHack plays out in Europe, a Gears of War tournament continues in Mexico, and Dota 2 crowns a…

If Halo Weapons Found Their Way Into Destiny 

This is the Focus Rifle from Halo: Reach remade as a Destiny exotic and it looks right at home in elegant interface of Bungie’s loot shooter. The mashup was created by Reddit user LordTutTut who’s a fan of both games and, like many of us, wanted to see the glory of Bungie’s first sci-fi series…

Players Are Having Fun With Monster Hunter: World’s Character Creator

Monster Hunter: World’s character creator isn’t the most realistic or complex one out there, but that hasn’t stopped players from making all kinds of weird avatars. Using a combination of the game’s anime-looking facial presets and its rich shading system, players have made lookalikes of their favorite celebrities, video game characters, and even avatars that…

Longtime Players Feel Burned By Rainbow Six: Siege‘s Upcoming Loot Boxes [UPDATE]

Rainbow Six Siege players aren’t happy after Ubisoft announced the game’s next event, “Outbreak,” will include character items that can only be found in special new loot boxes. As you might imagine, longtime players are not thrilled. [Update – 1:30pm 1/27/18] In response to the backlash, Ubisoft will keep the $40 Standard Edition of Rainbow…

For Honor Finally Gets Dedicated Servers In Next Update

For Honor’s fifth “season” will arrive on February 15, Ubisoft said today. The update rebalances some classes, overhauls others, and most importantly implements the game’s new dedicated servers for what Ubisoft says will be more stable online play. Season Five, titled “Age of Wolves,” comes after a year of monthly patches and a few major…

Valve Makes ‘Exclusive’ Streaming Deals Like Facebook’s Incredibly Confusing [UPDATE]

An exclusive broadcasting deal between ESL, one of the largest esports organizations in the world, and Facebook, a malignant social media tumor too insinuated into daily life to safely remove, has shown the shortcomings of gaming company Valve’s hands-off approach after the first major Dota 2 tournament subject to the deal become a spectating nightmare.…

Atari Asks Random Internet People To Invest In Its Next Game [UPDATE]

For as low as $250, you too can become an investor in Atari Game Partners’ attempt to bring a Rollercoaster Tycoon game to the Nintendo Switch. Atari Game Partners is a subsidiary of Atari responsible for taking the brand’s library of classic IPs and somehow making money off of them. The company’s latest move is…

7 Billion Humans is a new game from Tomorrow Corporation, the studio behind Little Inferno. It’s a follow up to Human Resource Machine, its more recent game about people crammed into a massive office trying to solve weird puzzles while machines run the rest of the world. It doesn’t yet have a release date.

Guy Turns His Steam Link Into An Arcade Cabinet

The Steam Link is a nice way to play PC games when you’re not at your computer. Usually people set it up in their living room to so they can play on a TV while sitting on the couch, but the device can be turned into a nifty arcade machine as well. Inferno156 recently turned…

The Week In Games: Dragon Balls And Monster Hunters 

The release calandar is ramping up with two of 2018’s most anticipated games dropping this week: Dragon Ball FighterZ and Monster Hunter World. I honestly can’t even begin to explain why a ridiculous anime adapted from a manga that originated decades ago about alien ape-men beating the crap out of one another and other progressively…

Tight Controls Define This Retro Homage To Ninja Gaiden 

At first glance, The Messenger looks like any number of pixel-art projects trying to recreate the magic of decades-old games. Beneath the nostalgic presentation, however, lies an action platformer focused on not just reliving the past but also improving on it. Sabotage Studio, located in Quebec City, is developing it based on the Ninja Gaiden…

The Directors Of Monster Hunter World Try To Explain Why It’s Not Coming To The Nintendo Switch 

Monster Hunter World is due out January 26 on PS4 and Xbox One but not the Switch. According to the game’s directors that’s because it was in development well before Nintendo’s handheld had been revealed. The Monster Hunter series is a familiar sight on portable consoles, including Nintendo’s starting with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on…

So There Are Now PlayStation Figures Called ‘Totaku’

The PlayStation-licensed line of Amiibo-looking toys comes by way of ThinkGeek, the merchandise outfit owned by GameStop, and are due to launch on March 23. There are a total of seven different figures including God of War’s Kratos, Tekken’s Heihachi, Bloodborne’s hunter, Wipeout’s Feisar FX 350, LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy, PaRappa the Rapper and Crash Brandicoot. Called…

If The Rock’s Jumanji Were A Retro Beat ‘Em Up

It might look something like this. Created by artist Castpixel, the screenshots show what the recent movie might have looked like if it were translated into the style of a 90s arcade game. Destructoid, which spotted the lovely renders, pointed out that it wasn’t so long ago games like this would have actually been made…

Fans Are Still Working To Remaster Fallout 3 

The fan project titled “Fallout 4 : The Capital Wasteland” is still in development and continues to look stunning. According to the mod’s latest monthly update, the bulk of it’s nearly 40% complete. Capital Wasteland attempts to remaster Fallout 3 using Fallout 4’s engine. The results so far have been impressive and will leave anyone with…

Sunday Comics: A Cardboard Piano

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published January 20. Read more of Nerf NOW!!  Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 15. Read more…

Joy-Con Grips Are A Lot More Useful With Smartphones In Them

Ever since the Nintendo Switch released last March, people have been painting them, modding them, and 3D printing all manner of accessories for them. One of the latest is a Joy-Con grip that can fit your phone inside it. The creation belongs to Nathan Becker and comes by way of htxt. With slight alterations, the…