Square Enix has trademarked “Square Soft” and “Enix” in Japan. It’s unclear if this is to prevent other companies from using them (highly likely!) or if Square Enix will use them for branding (perhaps!).
Hrm. I see a Naruto eye. A Dragon Ball eye. An eye from Evangelion. Another from One Piece. This is tricky! Actually, it’s not that tricky, because the anime each eye belongs to is written next to it in Japanese. But, ignore that! Do it! Try to see how many anime eyes you can spot…
Stan Poltavsky is an artist who has worked for studios like Redsteam, on properties like Brothers In Arms. You can see more of Stan’s work at his Tumblr(NSFW content) and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…
Remember, not every “fantasy” world has to have knights and castles. Aurion, legacy of the Kori-Odan is a new game from a developer based in Cameroon that explores “a wonderful African Fantasy world”. That’s the kind of setting I’ll admit I haven’t played much of; the last I can remember off the top of my…
Angela Bermudez made sure this cosplay of Metal Gear’s Quiet wasn’t as straight-up as others, thanks to some amazing body paint work. Body paint by Sagot, photos by rocha86
Track: E| Artist: tricot | Album: 『E』 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
In an ideal world, Steam Greenlight would’ve opened the floodgates on an endless cascade of great games. In reality, it’s led to a service stuffed with trash. Game makers scramble to get noticed, sometimes with underhanded tactics. Valve’s introduced a new rule to curb this, but it doesn’t solve the underlying problem. It’s become a…
Shadow of the Colossus first came out in 2005. Since then, millions of people have played the beloved PS2 game, driven by its lonesome charm, moved by its mysterious ending. But one man never stopped playing, as a result, he’s found stuff that the game’s creators never intended anyone to see. [Note: Lambert got in…
SimCity was a disaster. Cities XXL is a scam. But there is still hope, fans of building cities on your personal computer: there is still Cities: Skylines. Due next month on PC (and Mac, and Linux), this trailer is showing features and little touches (overpasses!) that are making my urban planning glands pulse with excitement.…
According to reports on social media (via The AV Club) from people in the audience at the taping of his latest episode, Jon Stewart has announced he’ll be leaving The Daily Show. UPDATE: Comedy Central has since confirmed the news. He’ll be stepping down “later this year”. Stewart has been hosting the show since 1999,…
Vice City was a time machine powered chiefly by its incredible sountrack
The twist at the end of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire doesn’t just make the Pokémon timeline bonkers. It might explain some of the stuff that Pokémon fans have been wondering about for years. For those of you that don’t know, in the extra chapter included in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, players are…
In the near future, Atari will be launching one hell of a reinvention of the arcade classic Asteroids. The company just announced Asteroids: Outpost will be a multiplayer-focused survival game for PC that’s launched through Steam’s Early Access program. That’s a surprise. Here’s how Atari describes Asteroids: Outpost in its press release: “Set in the…
Here’s a cool new way to try playing The Sims 4: the creator of one of popular “legacy challenges” recently came up with an idea for another custom mode he’s calling the “moments challenge.” It adds neat short-term objectives and funny punishments (like grounding your Sims). Check out the rules here and give it a…
Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux, creator of the god game genre, has a history of over-promising and under-delivering. So when he took his latest game, Godus, to Kickstarter, people were a little wary. Turns out, they were right to feel that way. After a £526,563 Kickstarter that conjured up divine dreams of a Molyneux return…
Reality TV may not be the best place to find anything realistic, but it can be a good place to find people who would fit right in an anime. Take Chris, for example. Chris was a contestant in Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge. Broken Skull Challenge is one of those shows where (really fit) people…
A couple of weeks ago, my regular Destiny crew stopped playing. It wasn’t some big announced event, or something we had planned. Our loss of momentum started with a confluence of other, smaller occurrences. We took a few days off, then a few more. Then we weren’t playing at all. Once or twice, I’d be…
Give people the tools to build whatever they want, and they’ll probably create amazing technological wonders. Also, dicks. We’ve seen it time and time again: if people have the freedom to make things, they’ll probably make genitals. Even in Nintendo games, this axiom is true. Nothing is safe. So it’s probably not surprising to hear…
Today, the gaming website Eurogamer announced plans to ditch review scores, joining outlets like Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun in Fighting The Good Fight against the arbitrary and meaningless quantification of video game quality. That’s good news both for Eurogamer and for video game criticism in general. It’s also good news for anyone concerned about…
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