Hayao Miyazaki Remembers His Friend Isao Takahata 

Last month, Isao Takahata passed away at the 82. Known for Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, among others, Takahata co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, who recently gave a eulogy for his deceased colleague and friend. As Mainichi reports, a farewell ceremony was held at the Studio Ghibli Museum yesterday…

Turn Your Kei-Car Into A Virtual Idol Mobile 

This isn’t a first. Daihatsu has already released a “Snow Miku” Cocoa kei-car a while back. Here is the latest Daihatsu to get a Miku makeover. Daihatsu’s Move Canbus has special Miku accessories that give the vehicles all sorts of Miku-theme accents that are based on the virtual idol’s character design. The Canbus with Miku…

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Dark Souls Cosplay That’s Good Enough To Die For

Here’s a pair of Russian cosplayers, zep-hindle & shion. They’ve not just made some incredible Dark Souls armour, but managed to include a very good and real Sif as well. shion is Ornstein, while zep-hindle is Artorias. Photos are by Nikolay Zharov

Sony Ends Production Of Physical Vita Games

Sony is ending physical production of Vita games, Kotaku has learned. Although the hardware manufacturer says digital distribution will continue, this move will mark the end of physical cards for the maligned portable game system. Sony’s American and European branches “plan to end all Vita GameCard production by close of fiscal year 2018,” the company…

Cliff Bleszinski Shares Some Scrapped Game Ideas

Boss Key Productions (Lawbreakers, Radical Heights) co-founder Cliff Bleszinski has been sharing some unfinished game ideas on Twitter today. We don’t normally get to see unrealised game pitches, but with Boss Key now out of business, I guess there was no point sitting on these any longer. Part of the pleasure of running our Fine…

LEGO’s Architecture Series Is Still So Good

I get it, there are lots of adults out there buying lots of LEGO, but for me, the best adult LEGO has always been the company’s fancy architecture series, which now has two very slick new additions. I’ve always loved them because, as much as I adored LEGO growing up, I feel like most of…

STALKER 2 Is Back, Now Aiming For A 2021 Release

STALKER 2 was first announced in 2010. It was practically cancelled in 2012. Now, in 2018, GSC Game World is trying all over again. GSC boss Sergiy Grygorovych has left a small note on his Facebook page saying “Today 15.05.2018 I officially declare: ‘GSC GAME WORLD DEVELOPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’”. There’s also a link to a…

Pillars Of Eternity II Player Beats Game In 26 Minutes

Pillars of Eternity II is a sprawling pirate RPG that, depending on how many side quests you choose to do, can last well over 50 hours. This guy found a way to beat it in 26 minutes, using a clever mix of sequence breaks and exploits to slice through it like butter. (Warning: this video…

Nintendo Hacker Is Trying To Make A Virtual Console For His Switch

Nintendo might not have plans to bring Virtual Console to Switch, but that doesn’t mean somebody else won’t. In light of new details about how Nintendo Switch Online will work and the company’s plans to bring NES games to the handheld via a subscription service, at least one hacker and longtime Nintendo fan is trying…

New Girl Characters That I Remember, Ranked

The New Girl series finale airs tonight, although the show should have ended at least a year ago. Here are some characters from that very good show, ranked from best to worst. Schmidt Aly Winston Outside Dave Nick Joan Day Bob Day Coach Principal Foster Fawn Moscato Robby Gavin Sadie Jess Furguson Abby Day Walt…

Why Overwatch League’s Regular Season Will End On A Wacky, Short-Lived Patch

Last week, the Overwatch League found itself encircled by controversy after pros and analysts hinted that stage 4 would run on an old version of the game that didn’t include Hanzo’s flashy new overhaul or a much-needed nerf to Brigitte. Today, the league finally confirmed that and explained its decision. For the past week, Overwatch…

Omensight Is A Clever But Repetitive Murder Mystery

Like many time travel stories, Omensight relies on repetition. In the spiritual successor to the studio’s previous game, Stories: The Path of Destinies, you replay the same day’s events over and over from different perspectives and with new information. These loops eventually yield answers to a murder mystery, a lost relic, and a possible means…

PUBG Apparently Has Mysterious Golden Treasure Chests Now

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still working the kinks out of its new map, Sanhok, adding more and details with each new test period. The most recent test opened the map to all players, who have discovered strange golden chests lurking around the island. Sanhok started as a test map called “Savage,” a 4×4 grid island much…

Inside The Wild New Mash-Up Of Link To The Past And Super Metroid

Imagine: You’re playing Link to the Past, the seminal Super Nintendo action-adventure game, and you walk into a fortune-teller’s house, where you’d expect to find a soothsayer taking rupees in exchange for hints. Instead, the screen goes black for a few seconds. Suddenly you’re on Zebes, fighting aliens as a suited bounty hunter. Whoops, you’ve…