Ocarina of Time’s Zora Cave Gets a Next-Gen Facelift

Yeah, this is the same guy who also did The Temple of Time and yes, it is similarly pretty. That’s Unreal Engine 4 for ya. Oh, and talent. Don’t forget talent. Crafted by environment artist Michael Eurek (via DSOGaming), the map depicts Zora’s Domain from Zelda: Ocarina of Time, lovingly re-interpreted in UE4. There’s a…

My Love/Hate Relationship With Destiny

Compared to a whole lot of people on the Internet, I have not played much of Destiny at all. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK In fact, according to an online calculator, I have spent 12 hours playing it (although it doesn’t count idle time spent in orbit or in the Tower, so it’s…

The Real-World Nationalities of One Piece Characters

Sadly, One Piece doesn’t take place in the real world. But if it did, have you ever wondered where the Straw Hat Pirates would be from? A while ago, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda was asked this. Long time fans might know the answer, but a scan of Oda’s reply has recently been floating around…

The Official Hello Kitty New Nintendo 3DS

Since Hello Kitty is put on just about anything, a Hello Kitty New Nintendo 3DS was only a matter of time. The Kitty-chan 3DS is outfitted with Hello Kitty faceplates (which are also sold separately for 2,000 yen or US$17) and is priced at 17,000 yen ($143). It goes on sale on November 28 in…

The Bloody Phantom Pain Scene That Got Censored in Japan

Back in August, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima tweeted that the violence in “only one scene” differed between The Phantom Pain’s Japanese version and the international release. This, it seems, could be that scene. Note: This article might contain spoilers! Yes, spoilers! Via Censored Gaming (and Kotaku reader Kazami), check out the differences in…

Destiny’s concept art is just…ungh. There’s so much quality, and in such volume, that for fans of this kind of stuff it’s easily one of the best games in recent years. For those fans: you can now buy $280 “high end” prints of images done by Jesse van Dijk, Jaime Jones, Dorje Bellbrook, Ryan deMita,…

The Cost Of Attending Every Big Anime Con In America

Ever wonder how much it would cost you to attend every big anime convention in the United States in a single year? No, me neither, but the numbers are still interesting! Constructing a hypothetical anime super-fan who lived in Chicago, Rae Votta at The Daily Dot decided to find out, and tallied all the major…

How Random Dungeons Are Made

Games that build their own dungeons don’t just throw a bunch of rooms together. This Gamasutra post by Starlight Academy developer Adonaac (featuring animations by TinyKeep developer Phi Dinh) explainsone way that a game can not just procedurally-generate rooms, but more importantly, have it actually work The short version: it’s magic. The longer version: it…

Marvel vs DC Cosplay Extravaganza

Photographer Jason Laboy and a whole bunch of cosplayers took to the streets of New York recently for a shoot that featured everyone from Batman to Daredevil to Spider-Man. You can see more of Jason’s photos at his website The cosplayers involved were *deep breath*: Nightwing Daredevil Spider-Man Batman Armor Batman Spider-Gwen Deadstroke Batwoman Scarecrow

Khajiit Has Cosplay If You Have Coin…

So fluffy, so excellent. This is Chelsea Mills, aka Talaaya Cosplay, beneath the M’aiq The Liar suit. We’ve featured her amazing work before, but that was armour; with winter getting closer this looks much more practical. Like the Metroid costume, there was some 3D printing involved here, with M’aiq’s face made of plastic before being…

Hobbiton, Via Minecraft, Is Just Beautiful

Just when I thought I was sick to death of seeing these kind of things, along comes a Tolkien tribute to blow my socks off. This is Tolkien’s Hobbiton, recreated in Minecraft. It’s at 1:58 scale, on a map that’s 3500×2500 blocks in size, and is terrifyingly “accurate” not just in how it sticks to…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Loopin’ Chewie’s Fault

Force Fridayturned out to be a bust for many hopeful collectors, so we’re going to take out our frustration on an innocent. Sorry, Loopin’ Chewie. Reader and frequent ‘shop contest contributor sciteach directed me to Hasbro’s Star Wars version of board game classic Loopin’ Louie, and my own disappointment with the way collectors were shafted…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Don’t Need A Game To Make Mario Levels: Winner!

You can’t make this stage in Super Mario Maker. In honor of this week’s release of Nintendo Wii U Mario creation tool, last week I tasked our image-manipulation experts to demonstrate what sort of Mario we could make without a $60 game. They certainly rose to the occasion. And while the brave and valorous Hundredgunner…