One of the best creators of modern point-and-click adventures just released a new game. Wadjet Eye’s Shardlight is about a sick woman taking on government oddjobs to find a cure that will save her life. It’s a more grounded tale than you’ll find in a lot of post-apocalyptic games. You can get it on Steam…

Grab Incredibly Early Assassin’s Creed Movie Tickets And A $1,200 Crossbow

Production company New Regency is so sure about December’s Assassin’s Creed movie thatit’s already talking sequel. Might want to pick up a ticket early, along with . . . I dunno, a $1,200 replica of a 15th century crossbow. That sounds nice. Ubisoft has teamed up with the bundled experience vendors at Kernel to give…

This YouTube Channel Is Definitely The Best Place To Listen To Video Game Music

If you are looking for good, high-quality video game music from all of your favorite video games, hunt no further than GiIvaSunner, who has done us all a great service with these uploads of songs we all know and love. For example, who could forget the iconic Slider song from Super Mario 64 (above)? Or…

Hey, DC Comics, Give Us a Universe Where Batman and Superman Look Like This

Man, those are some very cool redesigns. There’s a lot of history folded into Rafael Grampa’s alternate cover of Detective Comics #50. While that armored Batman is heavily modeled on the one from The Dark Knight Returns, you can also see some small nods to the character’s Silver Age look, like how the utility belt…

NES Emulator Transforms Classic Games Into Awesome 3D Sprites 

Some of the most iconic NES games around have gotten a makeover—and you can experience it first-hand in your browser. If you’re running Firefox, that is. 3DNes Emulator is a curious experiment that transforms NES games into 3D landscapes. A beta was released yesterday, which you can play here, but if you’d like to watch…

The New Doom‘s Multiplayer Looks Just Like Unreal

Arena shooters are back, if the new DOOM is any indication. It looks pretty great, too—today’s new trailer showcases the shotguns, sniper rifles, and demon transformations that’ll take centerstage in DOOM’s multiplayer modes. The road to this new DOOM has been rocky, to put things mildly, so it’ll be fascinating to see how the game…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Pixel Farming The Real World

We’ve gone just a tad Stardew Valley crazy here at Kotaku, but that’s okay—so have plenty of other folks. So much so that the pixels have started bleeding into real life scenes of rural living. Or at least they will have once this week’s ‘Shop Contest is done. Update 3/9/3026: Whoa-oh, we’re halfway there. Some…

Real Life Hitman, Controlled By Remote Players

The folks over at Realm Pictures created quite an interesting interactive experience for Hitman, where players could control a real life Agent 47 in a huge mansion filled with human actors, items and objectives. The rules were the same as in the Hitman games. The main character could steal clothes, move objects and attack people…

Dragon Ball Short Story, Told With Paper Cups

Frieza and Goku clash in the most unusual way: Japanese artist Shinrashinge used three paper cups to draw a short Dragon Ball story. The story unfolds as we rotate the right cup with the right layers. Pretty cool panels! And it’s not just on the outside. There’s even some stuff drawn on the bottom and…

Surrounding Yourself with Computer Monitors Makes a Good Cockpit

Twitter user Chef decided to see how a cockpit style PC monitor enclosure would look. And? It looks awesome Top image via シェフ To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan,…

Let’s Play Stars Now Have A Talent Agency In Japan

Further proof that Let’s Play stars can go mainstream, even in Japan. Game Impress Watch reports that Watanabe Entertainment, one of Japan’s biggest talent agencies, is teaming up with Dwango, the company that owns NicoNico, to set up a new talent that specializes in Let’s Play streamers called “Watanabe Amaduction.” “Amaduction” is a combination of…

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If Attack on Titan Took Place in a Middle School  

Like many of you, I’m a big fan of Attack on Titan, be that the anime, the games, or the original manga. But even I got little in the way of enjoyment from last season’s Attack on Titan parody, Attack on Titan: Junior High Attack on Titan: Junior High is exactly what the title implies:…

Killzone’s New Art Book Is A Real Treat

Regardless of its reputation as an OK shooter (though I quite liked KZ3), the Killzone series has always looked fantastic, and a new artbook out that celebrates this is a very good read. I got a copy of Killzone Visual Design yesterday, and while it ticks all the boxes of what makes a good video…

In Beacon, Death Is A Small Victory

This is Beacon, a roguelike top-down shooter with a very interesting twist on death (and rebirth). You’re expected to die in a roguelike, but Beacon is trying something neat: When you inevitably die, the DNA of the enemies you’ve killed can be used to grant you different stats and potentially gameplay-altering physical mutations for your…

Amazon Japan Now Sells Games Internationally

Well, here’s a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Via some brave testers at NeoGAF, Amazon Japan has quietly begun allowing customers from outside the country to buy its video games. What does this mean for most of you? Not much! But it’s big news for importers and fans of games that haven’t seen a Western release…