Lovely Planet Arcade‘s Cute Visuals Hide A Brutal Shooter

Lovely Planet Arcade’s bright world and cheery soundtrack are a trick. They’re simply delightful bells and whistles to lure you into the unforgiving, hardcore PC shooter that lurks within. A sequel to Quicktequila’s 2014 Lovely Planet, Lovely Planet Arcade tasks the player with shooting usually (but not always, the jerks!) stationary enemies while moving as…

Shiren The Wanderer Is A Mystery Dungeon Game Without Pokémon Or Chocobos, That’s All

We’ve run through Pokémon Mystery Dungeons, Chocobo Mystery Dungeons and even Gundam Mystery Dungeons. Released today for the PlayStation Vita, Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is just like those, only without the licensed characters. Spike Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon has been sending players off to die in roguelike fashion…

Twitch Streamer Swatted While Playing Pokémon Go Outside

Normally, parks are a great place to chill and capture lots of monsters within Pokémon Go. This particular excursion, however, ended with cops pointing guns at a Pokémon Go player instead. Summit1g, a Twitch streamer with 86 million views, was broadcasting a Pokémon Go playthrough at a park yesterday, only to have it interrupted by…

Exactly What Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Was Missing

The first two rounds of downloadable content for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens drop today, along with some apples from the slippery hands of that lovable scamp, Jar Jar Binks. About time we got some prequel action up in here, am I right? No, I am not right. Still, it’s nice to see some…

Man Admits To Crashing Car Into Game Company’s Offices 

At around 7am this past Sunday morning, a 33-year-old man drove a car into the first floor of PC and mobile game company Nexon. According to The Korea Herald, the car smashed through the company’s entry. After drinking and with his blood alcohol level over the legal limit, Mr. Lee then allegedly decided to drive…

Japan Is Obsessed With Pokémon Go‘s Professor Willow

Professor Willow sure is spawning a lot of Japanese fan art. Earlier this month, the character made waves in the West, where folks noticed his shoes and his, ahem, pick-up lines. But it’s been in Japan where Professor Willow’s fan art, much of it boys’ love influenced, has really been taking off. Some of the…

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Pokémon Go Players Robbed, Two Men Shot

A shootout took place in Las Vegas early yesterday morning when a man and a teenage accomplice tried to rob a group of people playing Pokémon Go AP reports that the pair, in a large SUV, drove to Gary Reese Freedom Park, which has become a popular Pokémon Go hotspot in the city. They approached…

Blame!, My Favorite Manga, Is Getting A Movie

Blame!, the story of a guy with a fancy gun wandering the wastes of a dystopian sci-fi future, is my favourite manga of all time. So it’s exciting to see Tsutomu Nihei’s tale finally get the movie treatment it’s long deserved. Having been teased as a TV commercial inside the world of the anime adaptationof…

Remember, Classic Box Art Was Marvellous

Fine Art is normally in the business of covering current video game artists, but today we’re going to wind back the clock and look at some stuff from one of the greats from the 80s and 90s. Tom Dubois did a lot of work for Konami in the earlier days of home console gaming. As…

Madden’s Greatest Highlight Player Retired From The NFL Today

In 2010, a guy by the name of Demetry James uploaded a video he made while he and some buddies were playing Madden. It went on to become the most famous highlight clip that video game series has ever seen. The clip featured a heroic effort by Green Bay receiver Greg Jennings, who went 99…

Tips For Getting Started In RimWorld

RimWorld is a phenomenal little game capable of generating stories equal parts hilarious and fucked up. The sci-fi colony sim is meant to be more accessible than inspirations like Dwarf Fortress, but it can still be kinda… obtuse. Here are some tips to help you get started. Don’t get too crazy with planet/crew generation (at…

It’s (Literally) High Noon

Today on Highlight Reel we have well-placed bombs, Ana teams, immolated characters, slams, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! NBA 2k16 –Bogut Amazing…

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