Jigglypuff’s Famous Rest Attack Put To The Test

One of the key things that makes Jigglypuff an absolute terror in the Smash Bros. ring is her “rest” move. If you’ve ever gone against the Puff, you know what I’m talking about: it’s when she falls asleep and then beats you into a pulp. But just how powerful is it, exactly? Numbers to the…

You Should Be Level 20 For Dragon Age‘s Surprise 1.5GB DLC

The surprise Jaws of Hakkon downloadable expansion for Dragon Age Inquisition appears to be designed for people who’ve played a fair amount of the game. Out today for PC and Xbox One, it advises players to be level 20. On Xbox One, the DLC costs $15, unless you have EA Access, which gets you a…

The conclusion of Juli Kidman’s story in The Evil Within, The Consequence, drops on April 21, Bethesda announced today. It’s the follow-up to the game’s stealth-focused DLC, The Assignment. I played it a few weeks ago and appreciated the change in gameplay scenery. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on…

Lots of big changes are coming to Heroes of the Storm today. Blizzard’s list of patch notes detail dramatic gameplay adjustments alongside the addition of a new hero, map, and ranked mode known as “Team League.” The hero tweaks seem particularly interesting—Uther is basically being rebuilt with five new talents.

The Talos Principle, last year’s terrific puzzler from the developers of Serious Sam, is getting an expansion called The Road to Gehenna. Following a different character, it’ll launch on PC this spring, and come to PS4 and Nvidia Shield later this year. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Darker than Black: Ascendant’s Ani-TAY Review • The Flawed Women of Welcome to NHK • The 10th Anniversary of Aquarion Sounds Deliciously Crazy • Indie HYPE: Children of Morta, Ephemerid, Upsilon Circuit TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection: The Kotaku Collection

You can play Borderlands 2 and its associated DLC and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and its DLC today, just like you could yesterday. But this time, it’s all packaged together for the new-gen consoles in a definitive collection with some new features, like four-player splitscreen. In celebration—or, really, mostly for pure research sake if you’re looking…

Massive Pirate LEGO Build Is Full Of Secrets

It wouldn’t be a proper pirate LEGO without secret passages and long-lost treasure. Kinggregus’ giant, pirate-themed build has it all, well-hidden in a massive fort. The front side looks peaceful, as the builder described in this Eurobricks Forum post: I figured that it would be fun to do cliffs in another color than grey. I…

Dude Fights His Dragon Ball Figures In A Cool Stop-Motion Rumble

Taiwanese animator Jordan Tseng is not a guy whose figure collection is collecting dust on a shelf. Their purpose is to fight their owner in stop-motion videos. Broly and Goku from Dragon Ball Z come to life in his recent, amazing clip Both characters use their signature moves, but still, this fight doesn’t end well…

Beard Growth Comes to Video Games

Finally! As anyone with facial hair will tell you, it grows. Except in video games, where beards seem suspended in time. Not anymore. In Witcher 3, the beard of series protagonist Geralt grows in real time. According to Eurogamer, the game’s developer, CD Projekt, said that the beard grows “as time passes” and when the…

First Look at the New Astro Boy Reboot

Never mind that there was already an Astro Boy reboot in 2009. Or that the previous reboot was not so good. They’re giving it another shot, calling it, wait for it, Astro Boy Reboot. It looks very green. As reported last year in Variety (via IT Media), the series is from Monaco’s Shibuya Productions and…

I Bought the Final Fantasy XV Demo for $18

Final Fantasy Type-0 was released in Japan this past Thursday—two days later than in America. But like many of you, I was more interested in the Final Fantasy XV demo than Type-0 itself. I didn’t exactly enjoy the Type-0 experience when the game was originally released, to say the least—though there were more than a…

Watch Me Play Bloodborne, Live [UPDATE: Stream Over]

Our impressions of the new PS4 game Bloodborne are now live, but this is a game that makes a strong impression when you actually see it in motion. To demonstrate, I’m going to spend some time streaming it! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek