Nintendo has denied a recent Nikkei report that their new NX console will use Android as an operating system. Of course, Nintendo has a habit of denying Nikkei reports that later turn out to be true. On the other hand, Nikkei’s track recordisn’t 100%. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Heroes Of The Storm Is Changing Its Competitive Ranked Modes

The good news is that it sounds like Blizzard is changing most everything for the better. The frustrating news is that everyone’s current ranking is going to be reset. Just in time for its exodus from beta, Blizzard announced a bunch of adjustments the developer will be making to its new MOBA Heroes of the…

Infinite Crisis Is Shutting Down

It had a nice long run, but—wait, no it didn’t. Having officially launched in March of this year, DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis will be shutting its doors on August 14, some six months later. The news was delivered via a forum post on the game’s official website from community manager Celestrata. After much deliberation,…

Years Later, Players Are Finding New Secrets About Dark Souls’ Endings

There are two endings in Dark Souls. It’s not clear whether one is good or bad—they’re just endings. Or maybe not! According to a player who’d dug around in the code, From Software actually knows which ending is the “good” one.” Warning: There are spoilers for Dark Souls ahead, obviously! An unused value called ClearState…

New League Of Legends Skin Turns The Game’s Notorious Monk Into A Boxer

I can’t look at this adorable little pugilist getup without thinking of Little Mac fromSmash Bros. Which is sort of fitting, considering that a League of Legends designer admitted that Lee Sin is a “problem” earlier this year. Problem or not, at least the new “Knockout Lee Sin” skin that Riot released for League of…

The Fallout 4 Announcement Has Begun [UPDATE: Announced]

UPDATE (10am): On Wednesday morning, Bethesda announced Fallout 4 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. You can watch the trailer right here Original post follows: It’s official: Fallout 4 is coming. Bethesda just put up a countdown timer leading up to the announcement, which will apparently take place tomorrow. It’s curious to see Bethesda announce…

One of the designers behind Turok has launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor—except it’s a comic, not a game. Designer Tim Lewinson—who also worked on the ill-fated Turok 2—tells Kotaku he hopes to eventually turn this into a game in the future.

Sorry Hot Topic, GameStop Is The Proud New Owner Of ThinkGeek

In the face of a purchase agreement from GameStop Corp. valued at $140 million, ThinkGeek parent company Geeknet terminated the $122 million deal with Hot Topic it announced last week. From the official announcement: GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, and Geeknet,…

So That’s How LEGO Dimensions Will Keep Players Rebuilding

I was a little worried that LEGO Dimension’s gadgets and vehicles would be one-time builds, toys you assemble once and then never touch again. As it turns out, every vehicle and gadget in the game has three different builds. Phew. While I wouldn’t mind a game that treated LEGO minifigures like Skylanders, bringing them to…

It Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World

I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…

Developer Gets Testy with Konami, Ends His Beloved Game Series

Game creator Akira Sakuma says his popular train-themed series Momotaro Dentetsu is “officially finished.” He names one Konami employee in particular for allegedly crushing the franchise. Oh man. 6/03/15 8:33 Update: Konami has issued a statement, stating that that it wanted to continue the series. “Concerning what form the next entry will take, we are…

A Beautiful Anime Makes for Beautiful Gifs

Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works’ second season is the most beautiful anime on TV right now—if not the most beautiful of all time. So it’s time to present this visual feast in the best way I know how: (bandwidth-gobbling) animated gifs. *Note: gifs contain spoilers—like who fights who, etc. If you’re looking for more awesome…

Monster Strike Is The Free-To-Play Conquering Japan

Monster Strike is one of Japan’s biggest mobile games—currently raking in $3.7 million per day. And since I’ve already covered no less than two of its clones, let’s take a look at the original. Like the Danganronpa and Tokyo Ghoul smartphone games, Monster Strike is based on the game of billards—where you bounce balls on…