Dragonvale World Takes Obsessive Dragon Breeding To The Next Level

Several years ago I wrote about Dragonvale, a dragon breeding game that dominated my mobile gaming time for nearly two years. Through sheer force of will I was able to shake the compulsion to breed giant lizards. It’s sequel, Dragonvale World, arrives tomorrow, and I am already lost. The first Dragonvale was and remains to…

Final Fantasy Legends II Announced For iOS And Android

Final Fantasy Legends II has been announced in Japan, with game creator Takashi Tokita calls the title “rebirth.” The first Final Fantasy Legends, which localized in the West as Final Fantasy Dimensions, debuted in 2010. Currently, the game is running a pre-register campaign, and Square Enix is calling this latest mobile title “a new Final…

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, The Death Note Version

Here we have Ryuk from Death Note doing the “PPAP” dance. No, really. Obviously, this is a publicity stunt for the just released live-action film Death Note: Light Up the New World. But does this make you want to see the movie more? Or less? Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

Nintendo Denies Wii U Production Is Ending This Week

Yesterday, Eurogamer reported that the production of Wii U consoles was ending this week. Today, Nintendo says this is “not true.” Eurogamer reported that multiple sources confirmed to the site that the final Wii U would roll off the production line this Friday. “Nintendo declined to comment when contacted about this article,” states Eurogamer’s original…

An Enormous Godzilla Made Of Straw Appears In Japan 

Let’s just hope this Godzilla doesn’t fire a beam of radioactive heat from its mouth. That is, for its own sake. To make the fall harvest, over 150 volunteers built this rice straw Godzilla. From design to construction, the whole thing took about four months to finish. JCast reports that the statue measures 7 meters…

Takayama Autumn Festival. Takayama, Japan. By David Hidalgo 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! 

Bill Clinton’s Cat Starred In An Unreleased Video Game (That’s Coming Back)

Socks, Bill & Hillary Clinton’s actual cat, died in 2009. He’s never coming back. But a video game starring the lil’ guy, which was developed for the SNES, never released and assumed lost, might soon be making a comeback. As digboston reports, game collector Tom Curtin and retro publisher Adam Welch have managed to get…

Soldier 76 Makes It A Very Dad Halloween

Halloween isn’t about getting hold of candy. It’s about who is in control of the supply. And when it comes to Overwatch, only one character is in charge: the dad. Cajun Captain Cosplay dressed as Dad 76 for Halloween, and went all out, with t-shirt, dad shoes, dad pants and rocking chair (to match Soldier…

Facebook Stashes All Its Games In One App

One of the biggest problems with social games on Facebook is finding the damn things. Facebook Gameroom is a standalone app that gathers them all together in one place. Announced today during the Unity developers conference in Los Angeles, Gameroom acts as a hub for any game that’s playable on Facebook, from match three puzzlers…

Popular YouTuber’s Horror Game Sparks Lawsuit Between Creators

Beloved YouTuber Criken is being sued for allegedly backstabbing the co-creator of his upcoming horror game, I.C.U. The suit was filed last Friday, three days before the game closed out its successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised over $82,000. Keenan “Criken” Mosimann’s popular YouTube channel features funny moments from games like Left 4 Dead and Dark…

Five Nights At Freddy’s Creator Says The Fandom Isn’t “Toxic”

Once a fandom gets big enough, it starts to develop a reputation. In the case of Five Nights at Freddy’s, the reputation isn’t necessarily a good one—and the creator of the series knows it. Yesterday, developer Scott Cawthon took to the Steam forums of Sister Location,and he explained why he takes umbrage with people who…

Steam Bans Misleading Store Page Screenshots

We’ve heard rumblings of a big Steam update on the horizon, and details are beginning to trickle in. Apparently it’s “a couple weeks away” and will, among other things, require developers to advertise their games with real screenshots, rather than art, CGI, or pictures of their spring break vacation to Cancun. A member of the…

The Weird Things Sims Players Do To Get The Perfect Baby

In real life, if you crave sweets during pregnancy, you’re supposedly due for a girl, but if you crave savory things it’ll be a boy. Another belief: carrying high leads to a girl, while carrying low is a boy. Surprisingly, superstitions like these can be found within games like The Sims, too. Sims players have…

Standalone Gwent Makes Some Big Changes To The Witcher 3 Version

My Gwent awakening has taken place entirely within the last couple of months. In that time I went from never playing, to becoming mildly obsessed with the Witcher 3 minigame version, to playing and enjoying the beta of the standalone game. It’s been a lot to digest. The closed beta for Gwent: The Witcher Card…

I Can’t Stop Watching This Destiny Player Wreck Trials All By Himself

Each weekend, Destiny’s Trials of Osiris gives competitive players a chance to team up with two friends and take on the toughest PvP competition out there. Or, if you’re extremely good at Destiny, you can skip the teaming up part and play solo. I chatted some with Destiny streamer/YouTuber SirDimetrious last week for a story…

Overwatch Pharah Cosplay Is Fully Operational

Czech cosplayer Germia describes her cosplay of Overwatch rocket queen Pharah as “the most challenging costume I’ve ever done.” It’s not hard to see why. Over the course of many months, Germia crafted a costume of Pharah’s Anubis skin that’s fully operational. Well, minus real rockets (I hope). Among other neat tricks, the propulsion wings…

Four years after the release of Journey, thatgamecompany has begun taking the wraps off their next project. On Twitter, creative director Jenova Chen revealed that thatgamecompany’s next game—which they’re currently calling “thatnextgame”—will be “a game about giving.” It will involve candles, unless it doesn’t.