VISCERAL: felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep visceral conviction> not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy visceral novel> of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic January 9: The recipient of multiple industry accolades, including “Best PC Game” and “Best MMO”…
This is the new Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. It’s amazing and I can’t stop watching it. Diehard Zelda fans will of course know that this is a throwback to the old Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the spiritual predecessor to Link…
Congratulations, Final Fantasy—you made it! The big 2-6. You were born on December 18, 1987, and now you’re here. Good work. Last year I wrote about how you need to get your act together, Final Fantasy, and you seem to have listened. Final Fantasy XIV‘s remake was a resounding success, Lightning Returns is looking promising,…
Designer Christopher Behr says he spent a year on this project, which might be the most spectacular thing you’ll see today: a three-dimensional recreation of Earthbound‘s opening city, Onett. Just look: Imagine if this were an actual game? (Thanks, William!)
Man. This game. MAN. This new trailer for the role-playing game Bravely Default—out for 3DS on February 7—shows off some of the game’s features and side-modes, and lord I am excited to play this game. LORD.
Space princess Rosalina is joining the cast of Smash Bros. for the new game, to be released on 3DS and Wii U next year. Trailer right here:
Ever wanted to play as Link in Donkey Kong? This is the game for you. It’s out on the eShop today for $15. Trailer above.
The year of Luigi NEVER ENDS. Now Mario’s lanky brother has a PHD and will be popping pills on the Wii U soon in the game that we’ve all been waiting for: Dr. Luigi. It’s out on December 31 for $15.
Nintendo released this new Cranky Kong trailer during their Nintendo Direct this morning. Looks fantastic. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is out for Wii U on February 21.
Well this is a surprise: Nintendo just announced a new Zelda game, tentatively titled Hyrule Warriors, for Wii U in 2014. It’s developed by Tecmo Koei, and it looks just like a Dynasty Warriors game. Trailer right here: Guess Nintendo needed a stopgap between Link Between Worlds and the eventual real Wii U Zelda game,…
There’s a new Nintendo Direct streaming at 9am Eastern—you can watch it right here. They’re going to talk about what’s coming to Wii U and 3DS over the next few weeks/months. As always, we’ll have all the news live on Kotaku as it happens.
Quick, what do you think were the biggest games on Google this year? Grand Theft Auto? Call of Duty? League of Legends? Google has released their annual top-ten search lists for 2013, and the video game results are a little bit odd. GTA V is up there, sure, and so are a few other big…
You’ve seen Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme—now, thanks to LEGO The Last of Us creator Brian Anderson, here’s a video of Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme as a LEGO. Good work, Antonio
Video game publisher Electronic Arts might have the rights to make real Star Wars games, but Disney is still milking that social/mobile/free-to-play online cow. Today they officially announced Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, an online space game set in the iconic sci-fi universe. To quote Disney: “Star Wars : Attack Squadrons is a free-to-play online space…
It’s hard to watch videos from Westeroscraft—the stunningly ambitious project to re-create the entire world of Game of Thrones in Minecraft—and not be impressed. This one is Gulltown. It’s tremendous. You can log in and explore the full map via the team’s website, or just watch and drool and wish you lived in Minecraft world…
The long-in-development standalone version of zombie sim DayZ is now out in the open. Creator Dean Hall just released an early version of the game on Steam’s Early Access program, and it’s availableon his website, too, although right now that’s getting hammered. This is the first official release of DayZ in non-mod form. Originally designed…
Some days, as I’m combing through the Internet and catching up on news, something interesting gets my attention. An article about video games. A catchy headline. “PLAYING VIDEO GAMES COULD LEAD TO LIFE-THREATENING BLOOD CLOTS.” Holy shit. Is this real? I open up the New York Daily News link to check. Nope—it’s just one of…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Boy, I love video game consoles—I just wish they were more expensive, ostentatious, and tacky”? Today is the day for you, lucky shopper. British dream factory Harrods is selling this 24-carat-gold-plated Xbox One for just £6,000, or $9778.80, or the price of approximately 19 normal (peasant) Xbox Ones, but…
The National Liberty Foundation is a Florida-based group of radical conservatives associated with the right-wing group that calls themselves the Tea Party. They use their Facebook to post lots of right-wing meme images and racist links Yesterday, they posted the above image, which looks a whole lot like an anti-immigrant cartoon. Well, it is an…
Microsoft hopes to start running their original TV shows on Xbox in early 2014, Variety reports today. The details are still hazy.
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