The New Sword Art Online Game Lets You Play as All Your Favorites

As well as some new faces. Previous games Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment and Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment required you to play as series protagonist Kirito—though you could customize his avatar in the latter. All the other popular characters were relegated to AI-controlled party members. However, in the new game, Sword Art Online: Lost…

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Dinosaurs > Camels

Lloyd Allan is a concept artist at Guerilla Games, the developers of the Killzone series. He’s also worked at Atomhawk, who we’ve featuredhere previously. You can see more of Lloyd’s work at his ArtStation page and Facebook page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…

A Sad Comic About The Star Wars Pilot Who Blows Up The Executor

It’s an act of suicidal heroism that helps tip the entire Battle of Endor in the Alliance’s favour, but the pilot responsible for the Executor’s destruction—Arvel Crynyd, aka Green Leader—is basically an unknown. A random face attached to a giant explosion, whose actor wasn’t even credited in Return of the Jedi. This comic looks to…

A Very Special Edition Of Return Of The Jedi

Slave Leia is such an overplayed subject for cosplay that these days it takes a lot to get people to notice it. Or, if not a lot, then a beard and some balloons. Cosplay by Bearded Leia Cosplay, via fashionably geek

Reddit’s ‘The Button’ Game Is Over

On April 1st, Reddit launched a new page: The Button. It was paired with a countdown timer. 60 seconds. If anyone anywhere on Earth pressed it, the timer would reset. For two months, the timer never hit zero. So, what happened? Simple: nobody pressed The Button for a full 60 seconds. And then… ? Nothing. It…

Watch Me Play Lego Worlds, Minecraft’s New Challenger [Over!]

Even in its unfinished state, Lego Worldsis a game that inspires wonder. What sorts of marvelous things might we find in its universe today? I encourage you to join me as I stream a playthrough of a new Lego Worlds seed—judging from my time with the game, I have a feeling that it won’t be…

The ‘Spiritual Successor’ To DJMax Is On Its Way To North America

The folks behind my favorite rhythm game franchise might not be making DJMax games anymore, but the series’ spirit lives on in Superbeat: Xonic, coming this fall to the PlayStation Vita. Developed for Korea by Nurijoy, a company founded by the creators of DJMax upon leaving Pentavision, Superbeat: Xonic comes to North America via a…

That’s One Hot Facepalm, Witcher 3

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have good dodges in Bloodborne, extreme facepalming in The Witcher 3, easy rescues and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Bloodborne –…

Competitive Pokémon Website Trolls Sad Pokémon

Cute as they can be, some Pokémon just aren’t meant to be on a serious team. The leading competitive Pokémon website out there knows this, and it’s not afraid to take some hilarious shots at some pocket monsters because of it. Smogon is a website where competitive Pokemon players convene, and talk strategy. If you…

Our First Taste of The Darkest Justice League Cartoon Ever

Always thought Harley Quinn was disturbing because of her twisted love affair with the Joker? Here’s a version of the supervillain that’s even more unhinged. And the Batman who takes her down in this alternate universe does something… harsh. Superman isn’t Clark Kent in this version of the Justice League. Wonder Woman isn’t from a…

Zelda Fan Film Is Three Minutes of Link Being A Hilarious Jerk

Link will do anything for some extra rupees—even if it means screwing everyone else over. You’ve gotta watch this short by Callegos-Y. It’s one of the best Source Film Maker fan films out there. In it, Link finds that he can’t quite afford purchasing a new shield, so he takes matters into his own hands.…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

The official announcement of Fallout 4 was a huge deal for millions of readers last week, spiking traffic to heights we hadn’t seen since January. But were our Fallout stories my favorite Kotaku pieces of last week? Nope. They were good, mind you. Our initial announcement ones were fine, pretty much by-the-numbers with the added…

Here’s the first look at the re-mastered Resident Evil Zero in action, right before E3 next week. Contact the author at [email protected]

Attack on Titan, Explained

One of the most depressing shows I have watched is also one of the greatest. Attack on Titan is many things at once: an anime, a look at human nature, a horrifying tale of defeat. From the outside, it might just seem like any other anime show centering around kids with cool skills. But if…

GTA V Recreated in Real Life Los Angeles Is Pretty Great

The only thing missing is Soulwax FM. People have been making filmed real-world tributes to the Grand Theft Auto games for years now. But this one from the folks at Corridor Digital is eerily spot-on in how it mimics the camera movement and angles from Rockstar’s hit open-world game. The fact that it uses the…