Our pals at io9 have made a list of their 20 favorite comics and graphic novels of the year. We’re working on our own list as well. Stay tuned!

Minecraft update 1.8.8 goes live for consoles today, Microsoft just announced. It’ll come with a bunch of new biomes and monsters.

Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen released a new game this week. It’s called Swing Copters 2 and I don’t understand how to play it at all. But it’s free!

I’ve been looking forward to the space horror game Routine for, quite literally, years now, but the most recent update suggests 2016 might be when the game finally arrives. The trailer for Routine still gives me chills! If we all watch it again, maybe development will finish faster. Contact the author at [email protected]

Track: Xenogears – Light from the Netherworld | Artist: Yasunori Mitsuda | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Five Nights at Freddy’s novel, The Silver Eyes, has been released “early,” which has become a pattern for series creator Scott Cawthon. Cawthon likes to keep fans on their toes. The games are apparently over, though Cawthon’s putting the characters into an RPG called Five Nights at Freddy’s World

Chill Out With Some Looping ICO Music

ICO, a game that is as barren as they come, offers a small piece of solace when you reach a save point and a piece of music called Heal kicks in. Realising that there wasn’t a looping version of the very chill music available, reader Stephen Mlinarcik spliced on together. I’ve had it on in…