The Level That Proves How Special Alan Wake Was

Horror games have one simple purpose: scaring you. They’re fueled by long moments of tension which erupt in a brief explosion of fright, before it recedes and the terror sets in again. My favorite horror game ever, 2010’s Alan Wake, does things differently. It throws fright out the window, gives you every gun imaginable, and…

Star Wars: Armada: The Kotaku Review

If there’s one thing you do more than anything else while playing Star Wars: Armada, it’s shout INTENSIFY FORWARD FIREPOWER The last of Fantasy Flight’s major Star Wars board games thatI haven’t got aroundto reviewing yet on this site (it was released in 2015), Armada is a game primarily concerned with capital ship combat. So…

When One Teammate Takes The Division Too Seriously

Role-playing as a tough military officer in The Division, while the other players have no idea what’s going on? That could end up really badly, or it could be a fun run. It’s the latter in StoneMountain64‘s video. He’s really good at using military slang and his tone fits the scenario well, so no one…

Nintendo Characters As Football Players

A pretty great concept. SyBro imagined an American football game with Super Mario characters and made some 3D renders for it. Too bad it’s just fan-art. The Mushroom Kingdom and arcade-y gameplay (NFL Blitz style!) could indeed spice up a football game, and both the sideline and the character selection screen look awesome. To contact…

Doom with Mechs, Tanks and Helicopters Looks Like a Fun Time

SGtMarkIV, the creator of the Brutal Doom mod, has posted a new video where he demos another Doom mod of his. It features vehicular (and mecha) combat. This is the video. You might wanna lower your volume a bit ‘cause it’s super loud: There sure is a lot you can still do with the nearly…

The First Trailer for Jason Bourne

After a hiatus, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are again teaming up on a new Bourne film. It’s titled Jason Bourne, features Tommy Lee Jones, and will be out this summer.

Cardboard Samurai Armor, Now for Adults

Brave warrior, the only thing that can defeat you now are sharp pointy things like pencils. And rough-housing. And sitting on the sofa funny. And rain. But behold, here is genuine made-in-Japan cardboard samurai armor. The dark armor is patterned after Date Masamune’s, while the red is designed after Sanada Yukimura’s armor. According to IT…

Report: Platinum Games’ President Steps Down

According to Japanese game industry site Game Business, the president of PlatinumGames, Tatsuya Minami, has stepped down. This comes as PlatinumGames began celebrating its tenth anniversary earlier this year. Platinum is the developer of games like Vanquish and Metal Gear Rising. Their most recent title, Star Fox Zero, launched in Japan for the Wii U…

The World’s First Snoopy Museum Is Opening in Tokyo

This is it. The first museum in the world dedicated to the cartoon beagle. And it’s opening this weekend. Located in Tokyo’s Roppongi, the museum features original and unpublished works from Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, rare memorabilia, as well as new, rotating exhibits. The only other Peanuts museum is the Charles M. Schulz Museum…

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She Cosplays Both The Darkness And The Light

Annie Ragnarek, from Belarus, is a cosplayer with a speciality: dressing up as Jedi/Sith from the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games (and beyond).

Prince Lorian, I Presume?

Ömer Tunç is a freelance artist from Turkey. You can see more of Ömer’s work at his 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 “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…

Peter Parker This Ain’t

Cosplayer Pierre Demery is looking good here as Miles Morales, aka the new Spider-Man

Bring Me The Heads Of Street Fighter II’s Defeated Characters

Not the most obvious choice for some collectible statues, these, but then sometimes the best ideas are the ones that take 25 years to come about. These little toys come random-packed, so you don’t know who you’re getting, but when they look this good who cares which one you get. You can pick them up…

Happy 10th Birthday, Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006

On April 20, 2006, artist Paul Robertson released a video. It was like nothing any of us had ever seen before. Inspired by the frantic energy of retro video games, the clip’s style was…well, I dunno, like someone injected an old SNK game with anime and then took a load of acid. If you’ve never…