Xenoblade Chronicles X Looks Like… Um… Grand Theft Auto V?

Just what on earth is going on in this new trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles X? Did they wander into Grand Theft Auto? That’s New Los Angeles, the homebase area in Monolith’s upcoming RPG, which will be out for Wii U next year. And the game looks great. Really. The Wii U desperately needs a massive…

Splatoon, Nintendo’s oddball early-2015 four-on-four Wii U shooter, will have a singleplayer mode, too. A new trailer shows off how wonderfully bizarre it looks.

Remember Code Name STEAM? Here’s some new footage of its tactical action—and now we have a vague release date, too. Spring 2015, for the 3DS.

Watch Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here [UPDATE]

UPDATE (5:36pm): Today’s big announcement was Majora’s Mask 3D, which will be out for 3DS this spring. We also saw new footage from Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and the upcoming DLC for Mario Kart 8. You can watch the full 33-minute Nintendo Direct above. Original post follows: It’s just about time for the first real…

Our Watch Dogs 2 Wishlist

Last week brought news that Watch Dogs has now shipped more than nine million copies. (Not sold; game companies don’t talk about that as much). It’s another sign that Watch Dogs 2—and probably Watch Dogs 3—is inevitable. Well, Ubisoft people, if sequels will be made, we have some requests… Figure out what Watch Dogs is…

Pewdiepie Says Turning Off Comments Made Him Happier

Last we heard from YouTube’s most popular gamer, he was turning off comments in an effort find better ways to connect to his fans. Now, a couple of months later, he reports that the change was ultimately a great one. “Before I turned off my comments I think things were going downhill,” Felix ‘Pewdiepie’ Kjellberg…

PSA: ‘Fallout: Shadow of Boston’ Is A Fake

This morning, a NeoGAF member discovered that Bethesda had trademarked something called Fallout: Shadow of Boston, and of course, a host of gaming sitesrushed to echo that “news,” to the point where “Shadow of Boston” was trending on Twitter this afternoon. It’s gotten pretty widespread, so we feel like we have to debunk this. Don’t…

Fan-Made Pokémon Game Is More Exciting Than The Real Thing

Pokémon Insurgence might not be an official Pokémon game, but that doesn’t make Insurgence any less exciting. The reason? Features. Glorious, glorious features. Actual Pokémon games certainly have their share ofexciting features—the problem is that some features will only appear in a certain generation, only to then disappear in subsequent games. The upcoming Pokémon games,…

A Bleak Look at Trying to Survive in the Middle of a War

Over the course of a couple of hours with This War of Mine, I’d stolen food and medicine from an elderly couple, hidden behind a door and watched a soldier drag a young woman off with him to be raped, and stood uselessly by whilst one of the people I was supposed to be helping…

Xbox with Three Games for $379, PS4 Bundle for $380, and More Deals

Retailers aren’t waiting around for Black Friday to offer aggressive deals on the Xbox One. Today at Walmart, you can get an Assassin’s Creed Bundle with Unity and Black Flag, plus a game of your choice, for $379. [ Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Bundle and 1 Game of Your Choice, $379] Update: It’s $379 if…

​There’s No Avoiding The New Call of Duty

People say they don’t want it. But somehow, every year, the new installment of Activision’s blockbuster FPS series winds up in their homes. Dorkly‘s new strip about Call of Duty pokes fun at how complaints about annualized franchises can come from the unlikeliest people. He may be a jerk but at least the dude with…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Irregular at Magic High School: the Ani-TAY Review • Final Fantasy Road Trip Part 1: Final Fantasy 1 • Rockmandash Reviews+: Ever 17: The Out of Infinity • Bayonetta and The Case for Gameplay vs. Aesthetic • TAY Explores Comics: I am a Hero TAY Classic—TAY…

Today’s PS4 Update Makes Rest Mode Work Again

That sound you just heard is millions of PlayStation 4s finally waking up from Rest Mode, where they’ve been hibernating for the past week. Yep, Sony’s finally released an update to last week’s faulty v2.00 firmware. It’s called v2.01, it’s live today, and it’s 200+ megabytes of nothing but fixes for what v2.00 broke. The…

The Cast of Seinfeld as Dragon Ball Characters

Thanks to artist Nina Matsumoto’ Dragon Ball X Seinfeld piece, now I can totally imagine Dragon Ball Elaine kicking everyone through walls and yelling “Get Out!”, right before Kramer goes Super Saiyan. George would also be a perfect Krillin, they are both really bad at winning. I’d love to see an animated version of this.…