Harsh Life Lesson From Kirby

Some stats in life matter. Some don’t. In the kill-or-be-killed world of Team Kirby Clash, the co-op mini-game in the upcoming 3DS side-scroller Kirby: Planet Robobot, your stamina, attack, recovery and team meteor stats matter. But the game’s got jokes and/or hidden profundity. When you level up in the mini-game, the game mentioned upgrades to…

The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine: The Kotaku Review

I’ve spent more than 100 hours in The Witcher 3 over the past year. It’s become the background of my gaming life, a boundless, monster-ridden home I can always return to. As the last Witcher (for now), The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is a grand goodbye, a final series of stories that sends Geralt…

I Got Death Threats For Reporting On A Video Game Delay [UPDATES]

Last Wednesday, I reported that No Man’s Sky had been delayed. For two days, up until the game’s developers confirmed the news, I received a stream of nasty messages, angry tweets, and, as has become a standard part of gaming culture, threats against me and my family. Apparently I’m not the only one. No Man’s…

Just Cause 3‘s Mech Land Assault DLC arrives June 3 for season pass owners, June 10 for folks that would rather pay piecemeal. The barrage of videos depicting gravity gun-based carnage will follow immediately after.

Track: Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- | Artist: Utada Hikaru | Album: Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version- (Single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Gran Turismo Sport won’t have dynamic weather and time changes. Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi told GTPlanet, “We opted to not have the transitions in the race this time in order to raise the framerate and the quality of the image during the race.”

Making VR people with Unreal Engine 4. This is Project M from South Korea’s Evr Studio. The teaser clip shows they’ve done a good job with facial expressions; however, the hair isn’t quite there yet. Below is a making of clip. (Thanks Sang for the tip!)

Power Pole. Asahikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ByAlex Naef 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!

You know those enormous space stations you can build in EVE Online now? PC Gamer has a cool story about the quest to build the first one packing a superweapon. A bootleg Death Star, if you will.