Banner Saga Returns To Kickstarter To Finish Off The Trilogy

Nearly five years afterfunding the first installment of its hand-animated turn-based tactics game on Kickstarter, indie studio Stoic returns to the crowdfunding site to help finish the final game in the trilogy, The Banner Saga 3 Stoic wound up scoring more than seven times the $100,000 they were asking for the first Banner Saga game,…

Five Hours In, Resident Evil 7 Is A Bloody Nightmare

I’ve been sneaking and shooting my way through Resident Evil 7 for the last day and loving it. It’s a big breath of fresh air that’s pretty damn terrifying. Here are some early thoughts on what works and what doesn’t. There’s very minor spoilers below and at least one image of dismemberment. 1. This game…

I Went To Final Fantasy XV‘s Moogle Chocobo Carnival So You Don’t Have To

I don’t know if the Moogle Chocobo Carnival, a limited time special event in Final Fantasy XV, is good. I don’t even know if I enjoyed it. All I know was that last night, I was determined to win a prize, god dammit. The Moogle Chocobo Carnival is a lot like a county fair, and…

The Iron Giant Looks Right At Home In This Fallout 4 Mod

The star of 1999 animated classic The Iron Giant is a 50-foot-tall robot with a heart of gold, a taste for scrap metal and some serious hidden firepower. Sounds like perfect Fallout 4 material to me. 3D artist Matthew Swanton made it happen. Swanton’s mod, available at NexusMods, replaces Fallout 4’s Liberty Prime with a…

Here’s February’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

There’s a mix of newer and older games in Xbox Live’s Games with Gold this month. Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab these four games for “free”if they have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. February’s Games With Gold are: Xbox One Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (February 1-28) Project Cars Digital Edition (February 16-March…

Razer’s Most Popular Gaming Keyboard Gets A Wrist Rest And Fancy New Switches

If you’re into keyboard switches, you’ll appreciate news that the latest version of Razer’s BlackWidow gaming keyboard adds a third option—the silent, low-travel Razer Yellow switch. Me, I’m just excited about the magnetic wrist rest. Riding on the success of the dual mechanical/membrane Razer Ornata, the new BlackWidow V2 is sporting a padded wrist rest…

Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Gives Us A Taste of Kingdom Hearts III, And It’s Good

While the Dream Drop Distance HD remake is nice, and the extended cutscene for Kingdom Hearts χ is something you can watch, the real reason to pick up Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is the three hours we get to spend playing a big teaser for Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8…

You Will Never Look At The Resident Evil 7 Logo The Same

While the RE6 logo looked like a pink giraffe getting a blow job, the Resident Evil 7 logo looks like a confused bear. This was pointedout by Redditor SupJamChan, ruining yet another Resident Evil logo for all of us. Cannot unsee. Thanks, internet.

When A Professional Animator Illustrates His Sons’ Drawings

The result is, well, awesome. Tokyo-based animator Thomas Romain, whom Kotaku has profiled previously (hereand here), has been uploading pics, showing his take on character designs created by his two sons. Via Game Over, have a look at how Romain has been exploring their creativity. Romain has worked on an array of anime, including Space…

Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 VR Launches In Japan And Is What You’d Expect

After months of build up, the release day for Dead or Alive Xtreme 3‘s PlayStation VR content has finally come. If you’ve played any of the Dead or Alive Xtreme games, you should have a good idea of what the VR version will entail. If not, these possibly (maybe?) NSFW clips should clue you in:…

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Marco Plouffe is a veteran games artist who has done work for companies like Bioware, Capcom, Eidos and Blur. You can see more of Marco’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work…