No, Steam Isn’t Offering ‘Special Exemptions’ For No Man’s Sky Refunds

No Man’s Sky is not the game a lot of people wanted it to be. Over the weekend, people sought refunds en masse, and many reported that retailers like Amazon, Steam, and PSN offered unconditional or nearly unconditional refunds. That’s not entirely true. No Man’s Sky refunds became the discussion topic du jour on sites…

Mobile Game Gemini Wants You To Get A Little Bit Closer

Gemini is a mobile title that encourages you to go on a galactic journey. But it’s more than just lovely visuals and rousing music; this game wants you to get intimate with a partner as you dance around the stars. In some ways, quite literally. Developed by Echostone Games, Gemini is an iOS title where…

Project Diva X Makes Up For Its Short Song List With Story And Substance

With fans anxiously awaiting word on whether Sega plans to bring the 224 song monster that is Project Diva Future Tone to the West, why should they bother with the measly 30 tracks in Hatsune Miku Project Diva X? Because this one’s got more actual game in it. The rhythm games we’ve seen featuring Japan’s…

Snapchat’s First Multi-Level Game Stars Serena Williams’ Outfits

Today, Snapchat is featuring its first multi-level video game, a retro tennis title based on Serena Williams’ 22 major tennis victories, each with its own level. And, for an 8-bit Gatorade-sponsored ad buried beneath ESPN’s Snapchat Discover stories (baseball player Carlos Gomez running into a wall and a stack of kids sliding down a hill…

Guy Pulls Off Pokémon Permadeath Run Only Using A Rattata

Rattata are found near the start of Pokémon games for a reason: they’re not very good fighters. Eventually, most players cycle out a Rattata on their team for something bigger, better, stronger. Not this particular Pokémon fan, though. Pokémon Challenges is a Twitch channel chronicling one German player’s grueling adventures. Earlier this year, the channel…

Pan-Pan: The Kotaku Review

Indie game Pan-Pan offers players a world they desperately want to be in and then hampers their ability to enjoy it. The game’s take on exploration kept me pushing through frustrating puzzles. By the end of my journey, I’d worked through confusion all for the purpose of remaining in a fantasy paradise. Pan-Pan is an…

Hearts, Moons & Mice

Svetlana Tigai is a CG artist and illustrator from Kyrgyzstan. You can see more of Tiagi’s work at her Deviantart page, Patreonand ArtStation page 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 of video game artists, showcasing the…

The Evil Raider Factions You Can Join In Fallout 4’s Nuka World DLC

Everyone knows that Fallout 4’s last big DLC will let you be a jerk, but now we finally have a sense of what kind of dick you can be. Judging by Bethesda’s description, the possibilities are exciting. In the video above, Bethesda walks you through some of the big things you should know about Nuka…

Making Friends In GTA V Is Hard

Poor Limmy. All he wanted to do was make a friend. Someone who would look out at the sea together with him. Limmy is wonderful

My Daily Dose Of Bullet Hell Shooter

Sometime I just need to dodge some bullets and blow up some spaceships. Lately sometime has been every moment I’ve had alone with my iPhone, thanks to Firi Games’ bite-sized shooter Phoenix II. A free-to-play bullet hell shooter that’s obviously the sequel to something, I picked up Phoenix II when it popped up on the…

The Floor Is Lava In Klei’s First 3D Game

Chances are you’ve already played Hot Lava, the first 3D game from Klei Entertainment of Don’t Starve and Invisible, Inc. fame. It’s the video game version of the perennial children’s imagination game with only one rule: don’t touch the floor. Having been a precocious young lad with little regard for my parents’ furniture, I played…

One of the Most Ridiculous Anime Cosplay You’ll See This Year 

Even though it’s similar to one you might have seen last year, this cosplay will still be hard to top. That’s right, here’s another Hunter x Hunter Gon cosplay. This cosplay depicts Gon after he transformed into an older version of himself, and it appeared at this year’s Fancy Frontier manga and anime events in…

Dead Or Alive VR Is…Yup

Pretty much what you’d expect, really. Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is already out, but when the PlayStation VR is released on October 13, the game will get a PS VR update. Japanese sites Famitsu and Gamer recently checked out the game’s VR function. Which went something like this. And this. You can…

Hatsune Miku And Her Virtual Hair Are Selling Shampoo In Japan 

Hatsune Miku might be virtual, but that isn’t stopping her and her blue-green hair from appearing in a shampoo spot with the very real Scarlett Johansson. Lux released a web teaser in which Miku announces that she will be starring in her first shampoo commercial. She also says it’s the first time she’s worked with…

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