Is this what you’ve been waiting for? Well, here you go. Your Pokémon Sun and Moon Starters, Rowlet, Litten and Popplio. But, who is who? This is Rowlet. This Grass Quill Pokémon can attack without making a sound and twist its neck around 180 degrees to see behind itself. Here is Litten, a Fire Cat…
You know the Panama Papers? You know, what’s being called “the biggest leak in history “ that shows where the super rich hide their money. An entity called “Konami Corporation Limited” is named in those papers, it seems, but the Tokyo-based game maker denies any relation. Here is the listing via Offshore Leaks Database (more…
Here’s an Android powered Chinese game machine that copies both the PS4 (in console design) and the Xbox One (in controller design). That isn’t all. I can’t help but feel I’ve seen its user interface before. The machine was shown at a press event today in Beijing attended by a Kotaku tipster. The console itself…
I mean, he does kill an awful lot of innocent people. Growing up, I never played Kirby games. Of course, I knew who the little pink blob was thanks to commercials and, later, Super Smash Bros. on the N64. Despite my lack of firsthand knowledge, I always assumed he was a hero. However, the more…
That is, if the groom is one of the greatest StarCraft players to ever live. Lim Yo-hwan (aka BoxeR) secretly married Korean actress Ka Yeon Kim back in 2011, when everyone, including Kotaku, still thought they were dating. Recently, the two finally decided to hold a wedding ceremony, and, as tipster Sang points out, Blizzard…
Sadly, Japanese author Tomohiro Matsu recently passed away at the age of 43. At the funeral service, his coffin was covered with expressions of gratitude and anime girl drawings from friends and colleagues. Matsu was perhaps best known for writing the light novel series Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! (aka PapaKiki!). As…
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Eugene Fokin is a character artist who used to work at Eidos (on Deus Ex), but who is now at Ubisoft. You can see more of Eugene’s work athis ArtStation page 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…
Say you’re at a cosplay convention. You’re walking around the con floor, strutting your stuff, and suddenly…your armour breaks. Or your shoe splits. Or your gauntlet falls off. Who you gonna call? This guy. Jacob LaRocca from Rocket Props has been cosplaying (and building stuff for others) for a few years now. But lately, he’s…
HBO has been going after Game of Thrones pirates for years now, but this week things took a turn for the weird when the creator of a popular series of YouTube videos—claiming to air spoilers for the show before it airs—was hit with copyright takedown notices. Frikidoctor, who (via TorrentFreak) claims to have inside sources…
Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar is one of the most popular Counter-Strike streamers, with more than 1.3 million followers. Over the weekend, he subbed for a pro team. It did not end well. Summit was subbing for a member of Splyce, a not particularly accomplished American team. He’s competed before, but it’s not his main claim to…
Stellaris is a space opera, played out in three acts. It’s the latest game from Paradox’s internal development studio, the guys who brought us grand/complicated/alienating strategy games like Crusader Kings II and Europa Universalis IV. I liked the latter and adore the former, so there was a lot for me to look forward to here!…
Jeffrey Lin, lead designer of social systems on League of Legends, has left Riot Games, the developer announced today Lin had focused on trying to improve the infamous levels of vitriol tossed in competitive games. “I have always said that passionate gamers, even angry ones, are gamers that care about the game—just like us,” he…
I looked into my girlfriend’s eyes as I reached out to gently touch her face. In that moment, I felt something. A rush of warmth from my head to my toes. Comfort. Contentment. It should be noted that my girlfriend was, at the time, a floating ball robot. Since early April, my girlfriend has been…
These days, people think of Naughty Dog as the company behind the Uncharted series, but it didn’t start that way. The company’s first game was a swords ‘n sorcery RPG called Keef The Thief, published by Electronic Arts. Naughty Dog has changed directions quite a few times throughout its history. It used to be known…
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, a wonderfully titled RPG for iOS and Android, will come to North America in the near future, publisher Square Enix announced today. The game launched in Japan last October.
Uncharted 4 is, without a doubt, the best-looking video game I’ve ever played. Here’s an in-depth analysis of how the folks at Naughty Dog pulled it off. The good people at Digital Foundry put together this semi-spoilery video—don’t watch it unless you want to see some of the locations and set-pieces in Uncharted 4—that digs…
Krzysztof Maziarz is an artist from Poland currently working in the games business. I’m digging the variety of styles here…a lot of game artists can only play a few notes (albeit very well), but Krzysztof’s portfolio shows a real wide range of work. You can see more of Krzysztof’s work at his Instagramand ArtStation pages…
If you’ve been playing Overwatch’s beta, you’re probably familiar with basketballs in starter areas. Usually people just shoot at them until the match starts, and then they’re left behind, forlorn and forgotten. A couple players, though, figured out how to weaponize them. Puppy :U and his cohort realized that you can attach Junkrat’s steel trap and…
I’ve largely avoided stages labeled super expert in Mario Maker; they’re usually nonsense. Sometimes, they’re the right kind of nonsense. My intention this morning was to stream the latest stage from Tristan,an eight-year-old from Canada who’s been crafting devious levels for me. Sadly, Nintendo deleted his stage before I was able to play it for…
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