Podcast: What’s The Future For Hideo Kojima?

Former pachinko star Hideo “Big Boss” Kojima officially parted ways with Konami this week. Let’s talk about it! On today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, our friend and yours Evan Narcisse joins the crew to discuss what we want to see next from Hideo Kojima (and Konami). We also briefly talk about Star Wars: Wake Up,…

Guy Says He Was Hit By A Car While Playing Fallout 4

Ben Rose says he was sitting in his apartment last week playing Fallout 4 when he was hit by a runaway Hyundai Sonata and badly injured. Wait, what? As CBS’ local affiliate reports, the Irving man says he was in the middle of a Fallout 4 session on his Xbox One when the car, with…

Final Fantasy VII, Retold With Smash Bros. Trophies

Cloud and a bunch of Smash Bros. trophies. That’s one way to create a new gen Final Fantasy VII Adam Vian on Tumblr made some funny shots, which almost—almost!—resemble moments from Final Fantasy VII’s story. Barret? Cait Sith? Sephiroth?!? Aeris?!?!?! To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

D&D Player Falls Asleep, Dungeon Master Tries Everything To Wake Him Up 

Playing Dungeons & Dragons through Twitch has its advantages, but if one of the players falls asleep, there’s not much to do. In this case though, the Dungeon Master of PokeYourEyesOut didn’t give up so easily. He uses some voice modification to sound like a voice in the sleeping guy’s dream. And the other players…

Marcus Fenix, Lonely Guy

Andrew Porter is a concept artist who has worked on games like Batman: Arkham Origins, Gears of War Ultimate Edition and Dirty Bomb You can see more of Andrew’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save…

Steam’s Latest Hit Is Like A More Realistic Battlefield

“It just feels like we’re dying for nothing, trying to take this base,” lamented one of my teammates during a multiplayer match of Squad. “Well, that’s war,” replied another in a remarkably somber tone. “A whole lot of dying for nothing.” Squad is a large-scale (current max is 72 players in one match, but the…

Clustertruck Looks Like A, Well…

This is Clustertruck. It’s a game about not falling off trucks. An indie title in development at Landfall Games, it’s due around April 2016, and is planned to include both a “Hollywoodesque” campaign “where everything tries to kill” you, along with a level editor.

Someone Got Danny Trejo To Promote Their Counter-Strike Weapon Skins For Them

In Counter-Strike, players can submit their own weapon skins, which Valve will then consider for use in the actual game if they get enough upvotes. One player decided his self-promotion efforts weren’t enough, so he called in a little assistance. Yes, that’s Danny Trejo—of Desperado, Machete, and, er, Spy Kids fame—telling you to check out…

Dad Immortalized In His Favorite Game By Grieving Son

John Hathway’s father was a big fan of the Diablo-style action RPG Grim Dawn. He liked it so much that during an emergency room visit, he left the game running. In November, Lee Hathway died of lung cancer. Upon hearing the news, the developers of Grim Dawn decided to put Lee into the game. Diablo…

A New Way To Play Street Fighter With The Steam Controller

Street Fighter is a game of precise input and output—a delicate tightrope walk of fistic physicality. Hacked together Steam controller motion controls? Maybe not the best idea. And yet… On a whim, ConstableBento took a crack at a motion-centric Ultra Street Fighter IV control scheme that—among other things—replaces the joystick with movement of the controller,…

Well Here’s A Good Opportunity For Nintendo To Release Mother 3

Today, Mother 3 is out for Wii U Virtual Console in Japan. Now it’s time for America to have its day too. Granted, fans have been making this request of Nintendo of America for almost a decade now, but it feels more realistic now. Consider this: In 2013, Nintendo pulled off a surprise releaseof Earthbound—aka…

A grown man has never been so happy to finish a stage. I’ve finally beaten Doubleheader (E41C-0000-0117-BA72), which you can watch me play here. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

The Marvel Comics Prequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is Kinda Weird

The end of Star Wars: Episode VI made it seem like all that fighting between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire stopped once the credits rolled. Of course, wars don’t end quite like that. A Marvel Comics series that just ended this week features a few characters who will connect the old Star Wars movies…

Rocket League Has Made Nearly $50 Million

Rocket League has been one of 2015’s biggest surprises, and it’s paid off handsomely for the game’s developer, Psyonix. A Wall Street Journal profile of the company also revealed they spent roughly $2 million developing Rocket League. Game developers are notoriously tight-lipped about financials (see: the many ways Activision has avoided discussing Destiny sales), so…