Ubisoft Resurrects Prince Of Persia… As A VR Escape Room

It’s been nearly a decade since Ubisoft released a triple-A Prince of Persia game. But if you’d like to jump back into the dusty tombs and elaborate palaces of the once-popular series, you can do that in the company’s latest virtual reality escape room: Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time Dagger of Time tasks…

Activision Blizzard Pulls Its Games From Nvidia’s Streaming Service

Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service only came out of beta last week, and it’s already lost some major games. This week, Activision Blizzard pulled its entire catalog, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Overwatch, from the monthly subscription service. “Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the…

Need For Speed Series Returns To Criterion As EA Repurposes Ghost Games Studio

Following a four-game run with Swedish developer Ghost Games starting with 2013’s Rivals, the Need for Speed series is back in the hands of Burnout developer Criterion Games. According to a Games Industry report, Ghost Games, the subsidiary formerly known as EA Gothenburg, is reverting to its original name and being repurposed as an engineering…

‘Art’s Dream’ Is A Stunning Showcase Of What’s Possible In Dreams For PS4

“Art’s Dream,” which was created by Media Molecule to demonstrate the versatility of PlayStation 4 creation tool Dreams, is a two-hour point-and-click adventure, platform puzzler, brawler, side-scrolling shooter, vehicle shooter, and more. All that, plus it’s got four musical numbers. Early adopters of Dreams have been putting Media Molecule’s robust set of creation tools to…

Our Favorite Cosplay Of This Winter’s Wonder Festival

Actually, it’s always time to cosplay. But sometimes, it’s good to have an excuse to dress. This past weekend’s Wonder Festival figure expo provided just that. Cosplayers gathered in Chiba, Japan to show off their cosplaying skills:

The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Home‘s New Professor Oak

Pokémon Home launched on the Nintendo eShop last night, surprising players with a new character named Grand Oak. He joins the likes of Professor Oak and his cousin Samson Oak from Sun and Moon as the last addition. In Japanese, the character’s name is Dai Ookido (ダイオーキド), which means “great” or “grand” Ookido. In Japanese,…

This Month Shows Off Excellent New Anime And Video Game Figures

Over the weekend, the Wonder Festival figure expo got underway in Chiba, Japan. There were lots of cool figurines and statues on display. Some were mass-produced, some were prototypes, and some were fan-made. Many of them looked fantastic. Let’s check out some highlights!

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Pokémon Home App Includes Bonus, Uh, Gif

The Pokémon Home app that’s now outhas a little surprise tucked away inside its files (at least on Android): this very good gif. If you open up the app’s APK, there’s a folder for gifs, which includes five Pikachu animations related to the program, and one that’s not. The gif was originally made by nippori way…

When You Were Partying She Studied The Blade

Fengli Lee is an artist from China. You can see more of Lee’s work at their ArtStation page

Pokémon Home, Nintendo’s new online pocket monster storage service for both Switch and mobile, is now live on the eShop in the USA.

Every Marvel vs. Capcom Character, Together At Last

Artist Chris Cayco, who we’ve featured a few times before on Kotaku, grew up playing Marvel vs. Capcom (and Marvel vs. Street Fighter) games. His tribute to this, which took him over 175 hours, was to combine every single character to ever appear in Capcom’s crossover series in the one enormous image You can see…

Red Dead Timelapse Is Just The Cutest Lil’ Thing

The world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is vast and realistic, but with a few camera tricks it can be made to look like a tiny little model railway set. This timelapse, tilt-shifted video was made by Red Dead Online Guides, and like so many other videos about Red Dead is great to watch just…

Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is Being Demade To Look More Like Older Games

Know what I loved about Three Houses? Almost everything! Know what I didn’t love? A lot of the game’s 3D visuals, from the monastery to the battle mode, looked like ass—something this ambitious mod project is looking to fix. FE: Three Houses GBA Demake is an attempt to entirely remake the game with retro pixel…