Ronin: The Basics

What is it? Ronin, a turn-based action/platformer hybrid where you play as a teenage ninja girl who needs to plan her moves very carefully. Who is making it? One-man dev studio Tomasz Waclawek Here’s a trailer… Did we play it? Nope, but we took in a live demo at PAX East in Boston two weeks…

​Welp, I’ve Spent More Than $250 On League Of Legends

Hello. My name is Yannick, and I have a problem. It’s called spending money in League of Legends. It started out innocently enough a few weeks back. I wanted to purchase Shyvana, a tanky fighter I’d grown accustomed to using when she was on League’s free champion rotation the week prior. Unlocking her as a…

Five Nights at Freddy’s, Built In Halo

This isn’t your typical Five Nights at Freddy’s clone game. Built entirely in Halo 2, this take on Five Nights at Freddy’s makes the horror game a hell of a lot more combat-oriented. As this video by RecklessRiley shows, the mini-game starts out with a phone call, just like the actual FNAF games do. And…

GTA Players Beat All of The Heists Without Ever Dying

GTA Online’s “Heists” update has a special challenge that most players will find impossible to pull off. Called the “Mastermind Challenge,” the task requires players to complete every heist in order, with the same team members, on hard, with no deaths. At all. No pressure! This weekend, the challenge was completed for the first time…

In Portland, Cosplayers Fit Right In

It makes sense that the guy who played a Real Nerd Guyon Portlandia is into cosplay. But he isn’t the only one. Apparently, people love dressing up as nerd icons out there. The newest episode of Cosplay Boom focuses producer Todd Kenreck’s home city, which appears to be a very convenient place for a dude…

What’s Your Favorite World of Warcraft Moment?

Don’t say Leroy Jenkins. Personally? The first time I picked up World of Warcraft about six or so years ago, I ended up spending hours with two friends leveling our characters up to 10 in one sitting. We were stuck—addicted to the grind and to seeing what new abilities we could learn and what new…

Even if you don’t care for Five Nights at Freddy‘s, everyone can get behind creator Scott Cawthon donating nearly $250,000 to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital over the weekend. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Zelda Was A Badass In This Classic Nintendo Comic

There was a Zelda animated series, and it was terrible. Let’s not dwell on it. But if you ever wondered what would happen if the same art style ditched the excuuuuuuuuuuuse me’s and played things a little straighter, you should know that such a thing actually exists. It’s The Legend of Zelda comic, released in…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

One week ends, another begins and here I return with another five (or so) Kotaku stories to praise. If You Die In This Game, You Can Never Play Again. Ever. | This story by reporter Nathan Grayson was an unexpectedly huge hit with our readers and with people on Facebook. There’s no great digging here.…

Giant Robot Roommate Refuses to Pay Rent, So It’s Time to Kick His Ass

Lots of RPGs put players in the shoes of a plucky young person out to embrace their special destiny and save the world. Not this one. In YIIK, you’re just trying to chase down a cat who stole your grocery list. Ok, fine: you need to navigate a room that contains all of time and…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Indie HYPE: Apotheon • Nisekoi Vol. 1 – Quick Review • How My Mom Became A Gamer at 52 Years Old TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Millennium Falcon Papercraft Is A Work Of Art

The attention to small details is just incredible in Polish enthusiast Bernard Szukiel‘s paper replica of the Millennium Falcon. The model is 38″ long and 99% made of paper and, according to the creator, it took 4 years to build using photos found on the web. It’s only 99% paper and not 100% because the…

Lego Jurassic World: The Basics

What is it? Lego Jurassic World, another of those Lego games we’re always getting, this time covering the four Jurassic Park movies (including this summer’s Jurassic World). Who is making it? TT Fusion, who previously made the superb Lego Movie Videogame. Here’s a trailer… Did we play it? Yes, briefly during a demo session at…

Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s 3DS action-RPG about a pirate penguin, Kaio: King of Pirates, has been cancelled due to internal development-related difficulties and “sudden changes in the marketplace,” reports Siliconera. Kaio was announced in late 2011, and was slated to come out, after a delay, in 2014.