Mattel’s Doing All The Halo Toys Now, And They Look Killer

No offense to McFarlane Toys, who’ve done a great job with the various franchise figure lines over the years, but Halo is much too big a property for a relatively niche company to handle. Now Mattel’s got the master license, and they’re putting it to good use. Mattel and Halo aren’t exactly strangers. Mattel subsidiary…

The Five Nights At Freddy’s RPG Is Now Free (But It’s Still Pretty Bad)

After being pulled from Steam due to poor reviews, FNAF World is back on Game Jolt for free. You can play it here. But, maybe you shouldn’t? This version of FNAF World does have improvements. Hovering over an attack actually tells you what that attack does NOW, for example. But tweaks like that really can’t…

Mario Maker’s New  Pokémon Costumes Are Perfect

The original starters from Pokémon Red and Blue are now available in Mario Maker, and I think it’s safe to say Nintendo nailed them. Look at the cute sprites. The on-point animations. THE SOUND. When you get the appropriate mystery mushroom, that distinctive Pokémon jingle plays. Nevermind the usage of the original Red & Blue…

Final Fantasy IV‘s Creepiest Enemy Pops Up In FFXIV

Hey, look, it’s Calcabrina. To quote Kotaku’s Mike Fahey: “NOOO, STOP, GET IT AWAY FROM ME.” For quite some time now, the folks at Square Enix have been stuffing Final Fantasy XIV with references to other Final Fantasy games, and this new patch is no exception. With patch 3.2, it looks like they’ll be adding…

Kanye West Is Really Proud Of His New Video Game 

Last year, Kanye told the world he was working on a video game. Yesterday, the world was treated to a trailer for that video game. Last night, Kanye livestreamed a big performance showing off both his new album, The Life of Pablo, along with his newest clothing line. Unexpectedly, he also showed off his game…

New World of Warcraft: Legion Dungeon Is A Ride On A Giant Ghost Ship

The instance is called Maw of Souls, and was added recently to the forthcoming expansion’s alpha build. It’s one of the nine five-man dungeons coming with Legion and it looks really impressive! The setting is Vyrkul-themed (basically it’s Norse mythology) with appropriate misty, rocky shores and shipwrecks. Players are transported into Vyrkul hell where they…

A Minecraft X-Wing, On Its Way to Blow Up the Death Star

Held together by Slime Blocks and Redstone, the Minecraft X-Wing blazes through the trench, heading towards the Death Star’s thermal exhaust port. This is the video the GIF’s from: As you can see, in real-time, the X-Wing actually moves a lot more slowly. The video showcases a Command Block-based X-Wing made by MythicalSnowman, on Adrian…

Choose Wisely

This is some excellent Pokémon fan-art by digital artist Orioto. It would be cool to play a version with graphics and colors like this. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Persona 3‘s Final Film Takes the Series Out on a High Note

It’s taken over three years, but Persona 3‘s excellent big screen adaptation has finally reached its end. [Note: As this is the fourth movie in a series, pretty much everything in this article is a spoiler for not only this film, but the film series as a whole. For a non-spoiler look at the Persona…

What a Time To Be Alive

These are amazing days in which we live. [Images via Cherio199] 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, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.

Donald Trump’s Advisor Looks Exactly Like a Manga Character

This is Sam Clovis. He is Donald Trump’s political advisor. Forget what you think of Trump or his politics, this guy totally looks like the coach from iconic Japanese manga Slam Dunk That coach, of course, being Mitsuyoshi Anzai, who is widely respected as one of the best coaches in Japan. [Image via 2ch] “You…

Miss Chun-Li Contest Has an Unlikely Winner

During a recent Street Fighter event in Japan, a handful of Chun-Li cosplayers were assembled for the Miss Chun-Li Contest. And the winner? The dude who was dressed like Zangief. Because if you are going to have a Miss Chun-Li Contest, you might as well give it to the muscle-bound entrant in tight, red underpants.…

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The Top 10 Games On Twitch For 2015 Were…

Twitch released their look back on 2015tonight, and amongst all the “total hours viewed” stuff was something genuinely interesting: the top ten games streamed on the service for the year. Number one will shock you! (OK no it won’t). 1. League of Legends 2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. 3. DOTA 2 4. Hearthstone 5. Minecraft 6.…

Real Talk At A Dinner Party For The Sims

This had all the makings of a memorable dinner party. Good friends, good food, some wine…if only these were real people, and not Sims.

Eastshade is so pretty that I want to paint it. Fortunately, that’s exactly what I’ll be doing in the game. You play as a traveling painter on a massive Morrowind-looking island where you can compose paintings anywhere. Characters will give you items and secrets in exchange for them. I’m intrigued.

Aliens vs Dude Who Is About To Get Eaten

Rostyslav Zagornov is an artist who works at 4A games, the studio behind the Metro series. You can see more of Zagornov’s workat 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…