To people who like 4x space strategy games: here is Falling Stars: War of Empires, a new 4x space strategy game that’s got some surprisingly nice art for a genre in which you don’t get to say that too often. And also a name that’ll play nice with certain Steam searches, I bet.

Fanmade Mother 4​ Still Looks Incredible

Here is a new trailer for Mother 4, the upcoming fan sequel to the much-beloved Mother trilogy that, incredibly, looks worthy of the name. The folks behind the game say it’ll be out this summer. Think it’ll live up to expectations?

Cancelled Sonic Game Brought Back To Life After 18 Years

Sonic X-treme should have been Sonic the Hedgehog‘s 3D debut on the Saturn, except it was cancelled in 1997. Diehard fans haven’t given up on the game, though, and someone recently ported Sonic X-Treme onto modern PCs. The dream of Sonic X-treme will never die, it seems! The news was announced on the Sonic Retro…

The Bard Is League Of Legends’ Newest Champion

After lots of cryptic teasing League of Legends developer Riot has finally pulled the curtain backfor its new champion: “The Bard.” He has a big beard, some crazy-sounding teleportation powers, and can summon special little spirit-monsters known as “Meeps.” I love him already! Riot’s described the new Bard fellow in its announcement Tuesday afternoon as…

The Colder It Is Outside, The Less This Game Will Cost

Most people don’t hope the temperature drops, but in the case of A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, the colder it is outside, the less you’ll have to pay to start playing this charming puzzler. A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build launches on Steam and other places tomorrow. Eventually, it’ll cost $12 to…

Vita Gets a Birthday Sale, Titanfall Falls to $6, and More Deals

Starting today, Vita owners can save on nearly 40 digital games during Sony’s Vita Birthday Sale. Check out the full list here I’m not sure how many people are still playing Titanfall, but for $6, it’s definitely worth checking out. [Titanfall (Origin), $6] Wolfenstein was one of 2014’s best gaming surprises, and you can get…

A Guided Tour Of Final Fantasy XIV‘s Gold Saucer

The Manderville Gold Saucer is now live in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and it’s every bit as joyful as I imagined. Join me as I participate in mini-game gambling, Chocobo races, the Triple Triad card game and some impromptu beatboxing. Join me as I transport myself via semi-feline avatar to the happiest place…

Wanna know when a Steam game you can’t afford is on sale? Steam Alerts lets you pick a game, set a price, and wait until the stars align—at which point you’ll receive an email. It’s a handy tool for people who don’t have time to incessantly scour Steam with their own eyeballs, which is everybody.

The product page for the fake ‘Darkest Dungeon‘ being offered by a scam seller on the Windows Store has been pulled. You can see Microsoft’s statement on the matter in the original post

News that the next Batman Arkham game will be the first to get an M rating isn’t a huge surprise, given the series’ propensity to push the limits of T ratings. In 2012, the ESRB ratings group was surprisingly forthcoming with us about the oddness of Arkham games getting T’s while Halos got M’s. [UPDATE]

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Order: 1886: The TAY Review • Tokyo Ghoul √A Concerns Me Slightly • My Ex-Boyfriend: The Space Tyrant! Gayme Time! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

GTA V Delayed Again On PC; Heists Coming March 10

Sorry, PC gamers—Rockstar just announced that they’ve delayed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V yet again, this time to April 14. At least heists are coming sooner. Let’s start with the good news: online heists, which were promised around the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online in late 2013, are finally coming out…

Power Rangers Get a Mighty Gritty Reboot

Massive intergalactic warfare. Tons of cussin’. Lethal force up the wazoo. Threesomes. Yup, you’ve probably never seen Power Rangers look like this. This short film directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Adi Shankar (Dredd) re-imagines the Saturday-morning staple as something a lot closer to Mortal Kombat. Casting James Van Der Beek as a traitorous…

There’s a new Guitar Hero game coming this year, say our friends at Kotaku UK. Rumor (or, in this case, rumour) suggests it’ll be more “realistic” than previous games in the series, with new guitar peripherals and a scheduled release for PS4 and Xbox One by the end of 2015.