The Darkest Avengers Series Ever Ended This Week

Today, a big, bright Avengers movie filled with quips and heroics is lighting up screens all over the country. This week, one of the grimmest runs of Avengers comics comes to a close. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Not always. Technically, there was a book called Dark Avengers a few years back. It featured villains posing as…

League Of Legends’ ‘For Fun’ Mode Just Got A Lot More Fun

For now, at least. Who knows where things will go from here. League Legends is, generally speaking, a game about winning. You’re supposed to try your hardest at every possible moment—always be climbing up the next impossibly high mountain to hone your skill and, eventually, better your competitive ranking. There’s one main exception to this…

Pillars of Eternity: The Kotaku Review

I once heard a game designer say that anyone older than a teenager who plays video games isn’t actually enjoying them. Instead, the designer theorized, we’re all just endlessly trying to recreate the enjoyment we used to feel, years ago, back when we were young and the world was full of possibility. Can’t say I…

GTA V Secret-Hunters Still At It, Now Believe They Can Go Inside UFOs

The people chasing secrets in Grand Theft Auto think they’ve made a breakthrough. They say they’ve found evidence that suggests that maybe there’s a way to get abducted by aliens in-game…without the help of mods or cheats. So far, players have found four different UFOs inside of GTA V. The UFOs can light up and…

Banjo Kazooie Spiritual Successor Hits Kickstarter, Immediately Funded

If Rare won’t make a new 3D platformer, the folks at Playtonic Games are happy to. Players seem eager to help out, as Yooka-Laylee has already blown past its original goal of $270,000. Right now, Yooka-Laylee’s sitting at $354,000, but it’s likely to be past that when you read this. Up, up, up…clearly, Yooka-Laylee is…

Beer, Masturbation, And Twin Peaks: A Conversation With Swery65

When you have a chance to chat with eccentric D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die and Deadly Premonition designer Swery65, you could talk about video games. Or not. We were talking over email because D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, previously an Xbox One exclusive, is coming to the PC…eventually. There’s no release date yet, and the…

One Of The Craziest Starcraft II Endings We’ll Ever See

Overnight, we got a whole bunch of tips about one of the closest professional StarCraft II matches people had ever seen, played last night during a tournament in South Korea. And although all we can find online right now is a highlight clip from the end of the match (h/t Dallas), I must say, the…

When Cute Characters Are Too Damn Big for Japan

No doubt, you’ve see those photos of train station employees stuffing Tokyo commuters into crowded trains. This is something like that, but adorable. Meet Norurun. The character is a yuru kyara mascot for the Tokyu train lines. “Norurun” is a Japanese pun: “Noru” (乗る) means “to ride,” while “runrun” (ルンルン) can mean “bouncy” or “euphoric.”…

Square Enix’s Latest Tech Demo Looks Gorgeous

Square Enix teamed up with Microsoft to show what the upcoming DirectX 12 can do. How does 63 million polygons per scene sound? It sounds like a lot! Titled Witch Chapter 0 [cry], the demo was shown off at Microsoft Build and appears to feature Angi, the character who appeared in the previous tech demo…

Some Anime Characters Are Perfect for Cigarette Art 

Japan has already had bento art,latte art, toast art, banana art, and more. Looks like, cigarette art might be next the medium to bring anime and video game characters to life. Smoke if ya got ‘em! The cigarettes, that is, not the characters. As noted onGameOver, artist Shinrashinge uploaded photos of his “tobacco art,” which…

New Wii U Game Is Better as a Wii Game

Rodea the Sky Soldier is a Wii game that, despite being made a beloved game creators, looked like it would never see the light of day. But now, after being remade for Wii U, the game has finally been released in Japan with the original Wii version as a bonus. But one version is clearly…

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The Art Of Drawing JRPG Worlds

Becca Bair is an experienced artist and games developer who is currently working on Vidar, and RPG where…everyone dies. She’s also studied architecture and interior design at university and is classically trained in the art of figure drawing. You can see more of Becca’s work at her personal site To see the larger pics in…