When Your Starship Needs Fixin’

Eoghan Cowan is a concept artist based in Ireland who has done work for companies like Ubisoft and Square Enix. You can see more of Eoghan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the…

Nintendo’s Shareholder Q&A Is Always Good For A Laugh

Every year, Nintendo holds a meeting where investors can ask the company’s top executives whatever they’d like. And every year, the questions are pretty much priceless. In 2014, for example, one shareholder asked why Nintendo keeps talking about gaming. “I do not understand video games,” he lamented. In 2013 someone complained about the cafeteria. It’s…

The House of Sonic is now very much the House of Strategy. Sega, which already owns Total War studio Creative Assembly and Company of Heroes studio Relic has acquired Amplitude, the French studio behind the phenomenal Civ-rival Endless Legend and other terrific strategy games. Details here

Artist: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic | Track: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin | Album: N/A (1976 Performance) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Japanese indie mystery and survival horror game Back in 1995, which is already available on Steam, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS, reports Inside. The game takes it visual cues from PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn games and should evoke warm fuzzy nostalgia feelings for folks of a certain age.

When Your University Looks Like A Giant Toilet

Bet the students learn all kinds of shit there. ViaPeople’s Daily and ShanghaiIst, a new university building opened in Henan, China. People online were quick to note the obvious: It looks like a giant toilet! Even People’s Daily, the official news outlet of China’s ruling party, reported that the building looks like a huge potty.…