We last heard of Ni-Oh! in 2012. The game, based on an Akira Kurosawa script, was announced in 2005. “I heard that it’s been stopped, but it’s actually very much in development,” Tecmo Koei’s Yosuke Hayashi told Venture Beat. “We still need a little time before showing it off, but it is starting to come…
Frieza died. The Dragon Ball bad guy is supposed to be in hell. But, by the look of this upcoming Dragon Ball Z anime movie poster, Frieza is coming back. Note that this isn’t the first time Frieza has returned to Dragon Ball, but this does look like it could be his most dramatic return.…
Track: On The Back Of A Golden Dolphin | Artist: Blockhead | Album: Bells & Whistles Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Atey Ghailan is a freelance concept artist whose most recent projects include Star Citizen and League of Legends. We actually took a look at his stuff a few years ago, but since then he’s published a ton of cool newer pieces, so I figured we could circle back around. Mostly because I love the colouring…
Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire is a new tactics RPG that I like the look of for two reasons. The first is that it’s got an art style that reminds me of old rotoscoped cartoons like Lord of the Rings and American Pop The second is that while it looks like a fantasy RPG,…
Next someone should make an apple pie about the origins of sushi. OK, OK, fine, that comparison really isn’t apt at all given that Americana Dawn actually looks fantastic. I just really wanted to make that joke. But aesthetically it’s a snazzy-looking throwback to the style of classic Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre games…
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015’s motto is “The Pitch Is Ours”. It’s a rallying cry to purists, fans of the sport who want their game to play like the real thing, not just look like it. It’s also accurate: in almost every respect, Konami’s game plays better than EAs. But that doesn’t matter. For the past…
David Melnarik got his mum to sit down on the Smash Bros. website and try to name every character in the game. Some of them, she knew! Most, she did not, but that didn’t stop her from guessing (and in many cases improving on Nintendo’s actual names). It’s similar to something from earlier in the…
When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you’d only heard about in passing, and let the people who’ve lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well. A small, independently-produced video game…
Sometimes eSports are about good, clean competition. Other times, they’re battlegrounds for words and red-hot personalities (in addition to tiny virtual wizards). This Smash Bros player, however, was neither—only silence. Silence and a mask. OK, maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but this is pretty wild. As recounted in this Reddit thread and the above video…
For over two years, Jamie Colliver has been working hard on recreating almost all of Final Fantasy VII within another video game (LittleBigPlanet, not Minecraft). He’s finally done. Using the PS3 platformer as his foundation, and with a cast of characters ready to go courtest of some old FFVII-related DLC for the game, the recreation…
Destiny‘s Iron Banner multiplayer event returns this week. The limited-time competitive shindig kicks off tomorrow, and will run through the 24th. More info here
You might remember that Dragon Age: Inquisition has some, um, interesting-sounding sexual content. That, according to EA, might not jive with India’s obscenity laws, so they’ve decided to forgo releasing an Indian version of the dungeon-and-dragon-packed RPG altogether. You may have seen other publications reporting that Dragon Age was either banned in India or EA…
Han “Little Hand” Yu is a Chiense modder who has built one of the best PC cases I have ever seen. This thing looks like the result of Michael Bay saying “I WANT ANOTHER NEW TRANSFORMER, ONLY MAKE THIS ONE AN OWL OK GUYS THANKS”. Its made entirely of steel, and what’s impressive about it…
Photographer Sid Caesar took these photos of his buddy Phillip Friel wearing his Master Chief suit, and thought we’d like them because the suit is made out of paper Is it still papercraft if it’s life-size and wearable? Maybe it’s cospaper. Yeah, that’ll work.
Here’s a throwback for those of you that are Super Mario 64 fans. While players find many creative ways to playSuper Mario 64, one of the most famous things hardcore players like to do is something called the Green Demon Challenge. The name refers to something that is typically considered a boon in Mario games:…
Over the weekend, the Sears website had an interesting price glitch—Wii U and 3DS bundles, typically $300 and $200, respectively, were instead selling for $60 each. It was clearly a mistake, and Sears was quick to correct it. But before they could, crafty gamers all across the United States went to all sorts of stores—Sears…
Have you ever wondered what the deal is with Toad and Toadette? You know what I mean. As in: where do little baby Toads come from? Or are you too caught up in how cute the two of them are? Hey, I can’t blame you if that’s the case. Nintendo recently addressed the question of…
Fallout: Lonestar isn’t just any old Fallout: New Vegas mod. It might just be the most ambitious, coolest-looking Fallout mod currently in development. The video above is a development diary with the project lead, Christopher Means. He breaks down what makes Fallout: Lonestar so interesting: the game takes place 50 years before New Vegas, and…
Last year’s Assassin’s Creed included references to Watch Dogs. This year’s Assassin’s Creed Rogue for PS3 and Xbox 360 has a joke about another Ubisoft game, the lovely Child of Light. Check it out, if you don’t mind a tiny spoiler about where part of Rogue takes place. I ran into these guys by accident…
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