6 Games We Saw in Action That Never Came Out

It’s frankly ridiculous how close some games are to finished when they are cancelled – or, conversely, how vaporous they can be when they’re first shown. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK, on April 21, 2015. At trade shows, you see maybe 50 games in the space of 4 or 5 days, and a…

A Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Trailer, In The Style of The Force Awakens

Here’s proof from YouTuber Max Nicholson that some good music and editing can even make Episode I, II and III look good. One thing that always bugged me about the prequels — including the marketing — was how they gave away the big twist from Empire. So, I decided to make a video that reinforced…

Students Remake Metal Gear Solid’s Heliport in Unreal Engine 4

A nine-week class project carried out by four people, resulting in some cool Metal Gear Solid fanart. The heliport was one of the first areas Snake entered on Shadow Moses Island in MGS. It’s also revisited much later, in a dream sequence, during MGS4. As far as Metal Gear locations go, it’s fairly iconic—which is…

Like Horror Games? Here’s a Creepy One for PlayStation VR

This is Whiteday. And if you’re into scares, this might be for you. As Destructoid points out, this looks to be a remake of the 2001 survival horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Whiteday will be out in 2016 for PlayStation VR in South Korea. It’s also apprently coming to iOS and Android.…

New Dragon Ball Z Figures Look Cel-Shaded 

Damn, it’s like he stepped right out of the Dragon Ball Z anime. According to website Non Solo Hobby, these Master Stars Piece Manga Dimension DBZ figures were revealed at this year’s Lucca Comics & Games in Italy. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] Let’s get a closer look. [Photo: Non Solo Hobby] [Photo: Non Solo Hobby]…

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French cosplayer Konitransforms from human into Death Knight. Photo by Shudan

Final Fantasy, You Sure Look Different

WAIT THIS ISN’T A “DISNEY PRINCESSES AS TKTK” POST. Nor is it a Kingdom Hearts post, so sorry. I think it’s something cooler than either of those things. These illustrations are by David Adhinarya Lojaya, an artist from Indonesia who works in games, film, animation and books. They take Final Fantasy characters from across the…

Sony Releasing Fancy New PS4 Headset

The good news: these headphones look neat! The bad news: if you’re in North America, you’re not getting them (yet, anyway). Announced overnight by Sony Europe, the “In-ear Stereo Headset for PS4” are basically a fancy set of in-ear headphones, with a “woven fabric cable” and a noise-reducing mode called “AudioShield”. Because they plug into…

Exotic Destiny Weapon Still Exotic As LEGO

Sleeper Simulant is one of Destiny’s coolest—and most elusive—weapons. If you missed out on getting one last time they were available, building your own (out of LEGO, not in the game) might be an easier way to get hold of it. LEGO gunsmith ZaziNombies—who we’ve featured here before—has done a great job, not just copying…

League Of Legends Is Changing Everything In 2016

Riot just put out its 2016 Season Update for League of Legends and…I don’t even know where to begin. They’re changing everything, and then adding even more new stuff. I’ve never seen an update this big for the world’s most popular game. You can read about all the tweaks, fixes, and new content releases coming…

Steam Curators Need A Revamp

Steam is a howling vortex of games both brilliant and terrible. Steam curators were supposed to be part of an effort to cut down on the chaos. I can’t help but feel like the system failed. For those who don’t really pay attention to Steam curators (I get the impression that’s a fair number of…

Everything* In Destiny, Ranked

Here at Kotaku, we like ranking things. Some of us also like playing Destiny. Let’s put those two things together and see what happens! I’ve played enough year-two Destiny to have a pretty solid set of opinions about which things are better than other comparable things. I have enough of those opinions that I’ve set…

The LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who Pack Is Brilliant

The LEGO Dimensions Doctor Who level pack plays out like a television episode, and like any television episode it starts with opening credits—what might be the best Doctor Who opening credits sequence ever. Well, technically it begins with a prologue involving a large fleet of Dalek ships descending on the Earth and one of the…

Overwatch Makes A Great First Impression

I can’t remember the last time I felt as excited about a new video game as I feel right now about Overwatch, Blizzard’s unprecedented stab at making a multiplayer shooter. I’ve been playing it for three days and see so much potential. The one game that came close was Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s similar-but-also-totally-different…