I’ve Found The Perfect Competitive Online Game For Me

Years of Puzzle Quest, Candy Crush Saga and Bejeweled have all been preparing me for this moment. Now is my time to dominate. To stand over the battered and broken gems of my enemies in Force of Elements. Just released on Steam Early Access from developer Wicked Fun, Force of Elements could easily be mistaken…

The Revolt 2 Gaming PC Wears Its Graphics Card Like A Pretty Hat

Every part of your gaming PC is precious, working in harmony with other parts to make your games smooth and pretty. But the graphics card is the crown jewel, so iBuyPower’s small form factor Revolt 2 puts it in the appropriate spot. Doesn’t it look pretty? Normally we get a side view of our graphics…

Valve Apologizes For Steam’s Christmas Malfunction, Says It Affected 34,000 Users

Valve has finally apologized for last week’s Steam Christmas disaster, explaining in a lengthy statement today that the issues stemmed from a Denial of Service attack and wound up exposing the information of around 34,000 users. Valve said they’re still working to identify the affected users and will contact them once the process is complete.…

Someone’s Building Mario Maker For PC

That might look like Super Mario Maker—but it’s not. It’s Super Mario ReMaker, a fan-made project that hopes to bring Nintendo’s creation tool over to the PC with a bunch of new additions. Nintendo is a company in the business of selling its own hardware. They haven’t released Super Mario Maker for 3DS, let alone…

Phantasy Star Online 2 Is Still MIA In The West, But Hey Look Anime

Nearly four years ago, Sega announced Phantasy Star Online 2 for western release. That still hasn’t happened. But at least we’re getting the anime? Sentai Filmworks, a North American anime distributor, announced last night that they’ve licensed the animated version of Sega’s wayward MMORPG and that it’ll be out next year. Meanwhile, Sega still won’t…

Grim Fandango, Dragon Age: Origins Headline January’s PS Plus Lineup

Sony’s finally announced its PlayStation Plus lineup for next month, and it’s coming with some pretty great games. Though these games are often touted as “free,” remember that PlayStation Plus is a subscription service that you pay for every month. Here are the games coming next Tuesday: PlayStation 4 Grim Fandango Remastered Hardware: Rivals PlayStation…

Artist Meiura-Venn drew a pretty cool mash-up of Papyrus and Sans from Undertale and Dark Souls’ Solitaire and Siegmeyer. Pretty sure Papyrus is saying “You can’t spell ‘prepared’ without several letters from his name.” Here’s some more Papyrus and Sans with another Dark Souls boss, Nito. To contact the author of this post, write to:…

There’s a PC Hiding Inside This Huge Star Destroyer

What looks like a Venator-class Star Destroyer replica at first is in fact an incredibly well-made case for a gaming PC. We have to take a closer look to see all the hardware, hidden by modder Sander van der Velden, functioning as the engines and other parts of the massive ship. The frame was made…

In 2015, Konami Had A Very Strange Year

Throughout 2015, just when you thought things couldn’t get any more bizarre for Konami, they did. Let’s take a look back at the weirdness that was Konami in 2015. I’ve been working at Kotaku for a long, long time. I’ve never seen a company have a year like Konami just had. While publishing one of…

Grand Theft Auto Taiwan Needs To Happen

There is no such thing as Grand Theft Auto Taiwan. However, as this live action clip shows, there should be. Sure, you might say, we already have Sleeping Dogs. But Sleeping Dogs is set in Hong Kong, not Taiwan. C’mon on Rockstar, make Grand Theft Auto Taiwan, if anything, so we can call it G-TAT!…

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