The Sexy Brutale Is A Game About Stopping Murders With Time Travel

Everything about The Sexy Brutale is great. Well, aside from maybe its name. The game centers around a pocketwatch that lets you travel back to the beginning of the same day at will. You’re tasked with preventing a series of gruesome murders carried out by the staff of a ritzy casino mansion called… The Sexy…

What Are You Playing This Weekend? 

The weekend is for having a friend stay with you and debating between actually cleaning the house/buying food or just kicking your dirty laundry under the bed/ordering pizza. Also, video games. I have an upcoming game to play, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time for more Witcher 3. I’ve definitely been taking my time…

Horizon Zero Dawn’s Best Armor Makes The Game Even More Fun

One set of armor in Horizon Zero Dawn stands above the others: The shield-weaver armor. It’s really good, and pretty hard to get. It’s also totally worth it. Most of the armor in Horizon has a specific application. This armor protects against fire, this armor against melee attacks. This armor gives you a stealth bonus.…

Storage Wars Buyer Finds $45,000 Worth of Classic Games

One of the stars of A&E’s Storage Wars, a reality show about storage locker auctions, just landed an incredible deal on a locker stuffed full to bursting with vintage video game hardware and cartridges. It’s a small fortune in games, over $50,000 worth, enough for the buyer to call it one of his “best ever”…

Everyone Is Apparently Playing A Game Called ‘Ballz‘

One of the hottest new mobile games going is a clever take on the brick-busting genre called Ballz. Go ahead, get it out of your system. I still haven’t. Available as a free download oniTunesand Google Play from the folks at Ketchapp, Ballz is one of those quick and dirty (shush) games that’s easy to…

The Gentleman Thief Who Inspired Persona 5‘s Killer Look

Persona 5 stars a group of Phantom Thieves who go on heists to steal the twisted desires of targets in the land of Tokyo’s collective unconscious, the Metaverse. The main characters also get a costume change in these heists. Persona 5’s protagonist doesn’t talk in the game, but they say everything you need to know…

A Very Anime Love Story

The anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is full of perfect moments. And buried in it is a very, very anime love story. Protagonist Edward’s martial arts trainer is a woman named Izumi. She’s tough as nails. And how she got that way is revealed in the bonus episode “Tales of the Master.” When she was 18,…

Pokémon Hunter Gets Rare Shiny On First Try, Freaks The Hell Out

In modern Pokémon games, there is only a 1 in 4,096 chance you’ll find a monster in a special coloring. People can spend hours, days, weeks, sometimes even years searching for shiny Pokémon to no avail, just resetting a game over and over again. Here’s what happens when you find a legendary shiny on your…

Here’s The First Trailer For Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Straight out of the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida today, here’s the first trailer for the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, which comes out on December 15. It’s an excellent teaser, one that will no doubt be endlessly dissected for the next eight months. It hints at, among other things, some Rey…

Bayonetta, As Told By Steam Reviews

Bayonetta is on Steam, and Steam users have absolutely no chill about it. Following an April Fool’s joke and a mysterious countdown clock, the beloved action game Bayonetta finally landed on Steam. If you’ve never played the game, it’s like Devil May Cry, but instead of a very pretty man you’re a witch with guns…

Mr. Shifty: The Kotaku Review

Just going by the title “Mr Shifty,” you might expect something cute. Little Mr. Shifty. He sounds adorable, right? He isn’t. He’s a thief, he can teleport through walls, and he beats the hell out of a lot of dudes. Mr. Shifty is a violent action game for computers and Switch set across the many…

How Deus Ex Predicted the Future

Warning: If you haven’t played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you’re absolutely going to play one day, this article will drive a twelve-car train of spoilers through that dream like you’re Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception This post originally appeared 8/5/14 on Kotaku UK A piece of driftwood…

Toy Time Takes The Fate Of The Furious Into Its Own Hands

In honor of today’s release of the eighth installment of The Fast and the Furious, Toy Time launches Ludacris, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson from the hoods of Mattel’s Stunt Stars vehicles. I’ve not seen many of the Fast and the Furious films, but I am a huge fan of Vin Diesel and people riding…

Anime Cosplay Made Easy In Tokyo 

Starting April 21, visitors to J-World Tokyo, the indoor amusement park, can dress up as One Piece, Dragon Ball, Gintama, and Naruto characters.  J-World is calling this J-Cos, and is renting out “official” costumes and wigs. For example, Gunosy reports that one costume with a wig is 3,500 yen (US$32) for 90 minutes, while the…

Nintendo Also Discontinues The Mini Famicom For Japan, But Only Temporarily 

Just as Nintendo has decided to end NES Classic production, it’s doing the same in Japan for the miniature Famicom. Yet, the decision does not sound permanent. As Famitsu notes, the official site for the Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom states, “Production of this product is ending temporarily. When manufacturing resumes, we will provide information at…

Dragon Ball VR Set Coming To Japan

Look, if VR is a thing, then you better believe that VR Kamehameha is one, too. Japanese toy maker Mega House is releasing a Capsule Corporation branded VR headset able house a smartphone as this Dragon Ball Z VR experience comes via downloadable mobile app. The set also comes with hand sensors and a VR mat. …

Attack On Titan Overruns Tokyo Skytree

The tallest structure in Japan is under siege by a 1,148-foot Titan. As you can see in these terrific photos from Ryutsuu News, there’s a big Attack on Titan exhibit at Tokyo Skytree with original art, life-sized Survey Corps. statues, Attack on Titan food, and merch. Attack on Skytree, as they’re calling it, runs from…

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Hoo Boy Look At This Zelda Shield Parry

This is some anime superweapon-ass shit. Shot, parry and video by GirKart64. Today, I have learned many things about Breath of the Wild’s draw distance and enemy AI, and they are all good.