Five Years Ago, Jonathan Blow Knew Just What The Witness Would Be

The Witness was in development for a long time. You might think that part of the reason things took so long was that some of the game’s core design ideas mutated along the way. But a video I shot in 2010 shows that Jonathan Blow’s focus was firmly locked into place even then. The video…

New Barbie Makes Video Games For A Living

Earlier today Mattel debuted a bunch of new Barbie dolls for the coming year. Among them: Game Developer Barbie, with her cool glasses and nifty headphones andergonomically sound standing desk Game Developer Barbie is coming out this summer and joins a few other new lines, a couple of which seem geared toward modernizing and freshening…

Heroes of the Storm Cosplay May Smash A Flail In Your Face

This is Glamazonian Rage, with one badass take on Diablo’s badass Johanna. For anyone wondering about the colour scheme, this is Johanna’s Heroes of the Storm look (note she even got the side-shave!). Photos by Photosnxs

Steam Could Learn A Thing Or Two From GOG’s New Early Access Program

DRM-free gaming service GOG is introducing its own take on Early Access. Thanks to things like strict curation, a version rollback feature, and generous refunds, I’m super into it. I hope Valve is taking notes. The three pillars of GOG’s Early Access program (functionally but not-so-creatively titled “Games In Development”) sound like a brilliant way…

Peter Molyneux’s Twitter Apparently Hacked, Posts Fake Retirement Message

Earlier today, it looked like British game developer Peter Molyneux, famous for his work on games like Fable and Populous, had announced on Twitter his retirement from video games. Those first two tweets were sad reading. That last one though…looks a little weird. Especially since, as recently as 2014, Molyneux told us “I’m not retiring—I’m…

Leave The Division’s Poor Dog Alone

If you’re playing The Division’s beta this weekend, you may come across this dog. The dog can die, if you happen to shoot it. So…maybe don’t? Unless you want to see a sad dog death, I guess! Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo (and Eurogamer) have verified that, indeed, the dog is mortal and can be slain by…

New Vita Update Is Causing All Sorts Of Problems

A newly released Vita update is preventing some users from accessing the PlayStation Store on Sony’s spunky little handheld. It’s also draining some people’s batteries. Good times all around. Vita users first started reporting problems with update 3.57 earlier this week on forums like Reddit and NeoGAF, and I confirmed them for myself last night:…

The Surprising Story Behind Mario Maker‘s ‘Emergency Maintenance’

When Nintendo turned off the Super Mario Maker servers this week, it didn’t explain why. Would you have guessed that LinkedIn was involved? The company merely cited “emergency maintenance” related to a glitch in the creation tool…and didn’t elaborate. But based on my reporting, a major exploit was discovered that would have quickly wrecked the…

One of Steam’s Hottest Games Right Now Costs 90 Bucks

Maybe you’ve heard of Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13—not only has the historical strategy series been around for a while, it also has several spin-offs, such as Dynasty Warriors. Well, now Romance of the Kingdoms is tearing up the Steam charts. Based on the 14th century Chinese historical novel, the first Romance of the…

Two Classic JRPGs Are Coming Back On Modern Platforms

Two old role-playing games—Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Breath of Fire III—are coming to modern consoles in the very near future, their respective publishers announced this week. It’s a good time for old JRPGs. Today, Nintendo’s bringing FFTA to Wii U on the Virtual Console. It’ll cost you $8, and although it isn’t as stellar…

Set in the universe of Robert. E. Howard’s famous adventurer, Conan Exiles is an upcoming open-world survival game being developed for PC and consoles by Funcom. It’s hitting Steam Early Access this summer. Get ready for weeping and lamentation. Contact the author at [email protected]

What The Heck Is DC Comics Doing to Scooby-Doo?

Shaggy looks like he lives in Bushwick now and works at an artisanal clam chowder pop-up. Zoinks, Scoob! Corporate synergy is afoot. Warner Bros. owns both DC Comics and Hanna-Barbera; for years, the former company has published comfortingly, familiar comics based on the latter’s baby-boomer cartoon properties. Now, as announced today in an Entertainment Weekly…

Star Wars: Episode VII‘s Niima Outpost, In LEGO Form

That’s a huge Star Wars diorama! But a giant Millennium Falcon like this deserves an extended diorama. In this case, the extension is the junkyard settlement Niima Outpost on Jakku, a quite important location in Episode VII It’s an Incredibly cool display, made by Wookiewarrior. Here’s a closeup of the market area, with the ruthless…

Fan Makes Cool Paper Versions of Classic Game Scenes

The very first stage of the original NES Castlevania, the spooky Ghost House from Super Mario World, our first battle with Bowser in Super Mario Bros. Scenes we probably all remember and encountered one way or another, from the NES days, that Mark Green resurrected with brilliant dioramas. His pieces are basically 3D papercraft versions…