Why Remakes, Like Shadow of the Colossus, Are Awesome

After spending a little bit of time with the PlayStation 4 version of Shadow of the Colossus, I have to say that I’m really into the idea of game remakes. Yesterday, following its Paris Game Week announcements, Sony held a small event in San Francisco for those of us not lucky enough to be visiting…

Players Are Taking Amazing Super Mario Odyssey Photos

Super Mario Odyssey has tons of worlds and memorable sights. Thankfully, the game’s snapshot mode allows players to take pictures of their favorite memories or create bizarre pieces of modern art. This post will contain light location, enemy, and costume spoilers. A simple press down on the D-pad brings up Super Mario Odyssey’s snapshot mode,…

Which Assassin’s Creed Origins Glitch Is More Nightmare-Inducing?

Which would you rather avoid in the latest Assassin’s Creed game, animals twisted into human shapes, or humans with no faces? It’s a tough call. The glitch that makes animals spawn in seemingly humanoid poses that their textures cannot handle,as demonstrated by Eurogamer’s Tom Phillips on Twitter, definitely has an evil air about it. I’m…

Nintendo Is Having A Very Good Year

This week’s Nintendo financial briefings revealed one undeniable fact: the company is having a killer 2017. Between Mario, Zelda, and the red-hot Switch, Nintendo hasn’t had a year this good in a very long time. A few stats: Nintendo sold over two million copies of Super Mario Odyssey in just three days, which is remarkable.…

The cutest Final Fantasy adventure ever comes to Steam on November 21. World of Final Fantasy hits PC with all the bonus creatures from the PS4 version, plus keyboard and mouse support. Folks who purchase the $39.99 game prior to November 28 get a mini-soundtrack and wallpaper. Oooo.

How Anime Art Has Changed Since 2010

Previously, Kotaku showed how anime art changed from the 1990s to the 2010s. Now, let’s see see how anime art has evolved since the year 2010 in comparison to today. That’s only seven years! The changes are there, but subtle. You might have noticed them, but maybe not. The comparisons originally appeared on 2ch, Japan’s…

This Little Kid Does An Excellent Death Note

Last year, you might remember a kid named Meng Meng who dressed up as No-Facefrom Studio Ghibli anime Spirited Away. This year, she’s Ryukfrom Death Note, and her costume is excellent. As website Curazy points out, Meng Meng’s little joined the festivities this year, dressing as the character L. It appears she knows about Ryuk’s “PPAP”…

If You Like Mecha Anime And Booze, This Tokyo Pub Is For You

This is “Robot Kichi” or “Robot Base.” Openning November 1, this Tokyo tavern is aimed at fans of iconic anime like Macross The izakaya (Japanese pub) is covered with mecha and robot anime images, all of which were licensed from Bandai and Banpresto. You can also watch anime while you dine. Which you should be…

Spring Panorama From 13 Years Ago. Kawagoe, Japan. By François Gibon. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Lovecraftian Terror, Sculpted For A Video Game

Frogwares are working on a Lovecraftian adventure game calledThe Sinking City, and as part of the monster/character design process artist Marina Orlova sculpted these terrifying little guys out of clay. Actual clay, not a 3D render that simply looks like it. We don’t get to feature tangible, real-world stuff on Fine Art very often, so…

Nintendo’s First Electronic Toy Was Very, Very Cool

We all know Nintendo is a company with a long history. In over 100 years they’ve made everything from playing cards to LEGO sets to video games. But as important as some of those products were (or still are!), few are as important as the Nintendo Companion. Why? Because it marks Nintendo’s first foray into…

Here’s A Good Pokémon Figure

Good Smile is releasing a Figma next year based on Sun & Moon trainer Selene. The figure itself is great, but even better is that she comes with all three of Sun & Moon’s starter Pokémon: Rowlet, Litten and Popplio. Selene is out in April 2018.

A Great Match From Korea’s First All-Women Overwatch Tournament

Over the weekend, a Korean company called Inven broadcast the finals of Korea’s first amateur all-women Overwatch tournament. It was a damn good match. The “All For Ladies” tournament actually took place earlier this month, but the finals weren’t broadcast until this weekend. Two teams, Pandora Ladies and 1st.Lady, went toe-to-toe in a best-of-five match,…

Remapping Destiny 2‘s PC Controls Can Make A Big Difference

Destiny has long had one of the best first-person shooter control schemes on consoles. On PC, getting there requires a little more work. When I reviewed the first Destiny back in 2014, I said that Bungie had created the most physically satisfying shooter control scheme since Gears of War. I still feel that way, though…

Assassin’s Creed Cosplay May As Well Be A Screenshot

Here’s cosplay superstar Leon Chiro as Bayek from Assassin’s Creed Origins, on a shoot that took him to an actual desert in Kuwait. The costume was a collaboration between Chiro himself and Cosplay Annart. There are some more shots—some of them actually taken outside on the sand—below:

Eve Developer CCP Stops Making VR Games, Drops Two Studios

In 2013, Eve Online developer CCP Games introduced Eve: Valkyrie, one of the current crop of virtual reality hardware’s flagship titles. Today the company announced it is halting VR development, closing, selling and streamlining studios, letting go of “around 100″ employees in the process. CCP’s restructuring, prompted by “reduced investments in virtual reality and an…

A Streaming Marathon Made It Easy To Treat My Body Like Garbage

Of the past 72 hours, I spent nearly 24 of them streaming Wolfenstein games. I am very tired, which makes it slightly ironic when I say that the whole thing was an eye-opening experience for me. Much digital ink has been spilled over the blood, sweat, tears, and (sometimes) drugs that go into lengthy marathon…

Fighting Game Tournament Pool Goes To Shit After Loser Keeps Playing Under Friend’s Name [Update]

While fighting game events allow everyone an opportunity to compete thanks to their traditional, open-bracket format, they have one explicit rule: you only get one shot at winning. A competitor boldly broke this rule at this weekend’s Canada Cup in Toronto, Ontario when he decided his first chance wasn’t enough and participated under an assumed…