Ask Your Doctor About Ubisoft’s Latest Game

Ubisoft’s doing some wild stuff on the fringes these days, from experimental climbing with Grow Home to…a medical game called Dig Rush to aid with the treatment of Amblyopia?! The company announced the collaboration between Ubisoft Montreal and Amblyotech today. Dig Rush is meant to help treat what’s commonly referred to as “lazy eye,” which…

League Of Legends Is Now Rewarding People For Playing Nice On Teams​

In its ongoing war against the toxic parts of League of Legends’ community, developer Riot Games has kicked off a promising initiative to encourage teamwork and collaboration between players. For the next two weeks, people who play games with teams of friends are eligible for big Influence Points rewards. “Influence Points,” or IP for short,…

Rockstar Sale, Three Civ Games in One, and More Deals 

Yesterday, Amazon had a nice sale on downloadable EA games. Today, it’s Rockstar’s turn. [Several Rockstar Digital Game Downloads are On Sale at Amazon] Want to experience a great gaming mouse without breaking the bank? The Corsair Vengeance M65 is a steal at $40. [Corsair Vengeance M65 Performance FPS Gaming Mouse, $40] Civ III, Civ…

HBO Go is FINALLY coming to PS4 today, which is wonderful news for those of us sick of having to switch HDMI cables just to watch reruns of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Want to know what Markus Persson’s life is like after selling Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5 billion? Forbes has a profilewhat the man known as Notch is up to now, including revelations that Activision and EA wanted to buy the iconic sandbox game. Contact the author at [email protected]

Resident Evil: Revelations 2‘s Latest Episode Is Way Better

Even though I wasn’t impressed with the pilot for Resident Evil: Revelations 2, there was no question I’d be hanging on for the whole ride. While I’m not convinced the story is going anywhere interesting, I’ll give them credit in the second episode: it’s a huge improvement. For starters, if you were distressed at the…

Sunset Overdrive will get its final piece of DLC on April 1st, developer Insomniac just announced. Known as The Dawn Of The Rise Of The Fallen Machines, it adds a new area and related missions to the game along with some other goodies. The last add-on campaign was very good, so I’m excited for this…

No, Valve Isn’t Holding A Press Conference Today

Breathe, people. Relax. Valve isn’t holding a press conference today. And despite all the speculation you might have seen on social media or other gaming websites, they don’t have some big GDC announcement planned for 3’0’clock this afternoon—3pm on 3/3—so please, don’t get your hopes up. The speculation started in earnest yesterday with this BBC…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Majora’s Mask 3D: The TAY Review • Parks and Rec, and the Great Feeling of Being Proud of my Entertaiment • Sword Art Online Vol. 3 – Fairy Dance: The Review • Games People Hate: Peggle Blast! • Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Aipom, Sunkern, Sunflora…

The Silliest Summary of Final Fantasy VII

I almost forgot about those pesky little frogs in Final Fantasy VII that transform party members into frogs, thanks videogamedunkey for the reminder. Even without the frogs, dunkey’s new clip must be the silliest take on the game and its story. It’s Final Fantasy VII so watch out for all the spoilers. Even a crazy…

League Of Legends Official Vinyl Figures Are Stupid Cute

I wasn’t sure about this whole League of Legends thing until my pal Lu Bu drew my attention to the 15 big-headed figures making up the initial wave of the game’s official vinyl figures. Marvel at their giant adorable heads. Recently added to the Riot merch store, these four inch figures gleefully capture the essences…

TIE Interceptor Drone Lights Up The Night Sky

In a town far far away, the number of UFO sightings probably went up when drone enthusiast Oliver C unchained his RC quadrocopter, dressed up as a TIE Interceptor from Star Wars Here’s a clip showing it in action. Looks pretty neat and stable: And here’s how it looks (via RCGForums) when it’s not in…

The Coolest Women in Anime, According to Fans

Do you have a favorite female character in anime? Maybe you’ll find her in the results of this Japanese poll. Maybe not! Website Charapedia recently published the results of its questionnaire that asked ten thousand anime fans which woman in anime they thought was cool. This wasn’t a poll for cutesy anime characters! But rather,…

The James Bond Film They’ll Never Make

The producer behind last week’s gritty Power Rangers deboot is back with a rough animated look at a retired 007, scrounging for purpose in today’s internet-obsessed society. Is it dark? Well, he’s trawling Silk Roadfor work, so… Warning: In Service of Nothing isn’t a slick finished product like Power/Rangers was. This is a pre-visualization (essentially…

Ten Anime Openings and Endings from Winter 2015

Long before I spoke my first coherent sentence in Japanese, I was already rocking out to Japanese music thanks to anime. And with this season’s 35 new anime—not to mention returning anime—there are a ton of excellent new theme songs. Here are 10 of my favorites for your listening pleasure. Anime: Aldnoah.Zero Song: “&Z” Artist:…

PS Vita Game Allegedly Traced Japanese Comedians

It’s not that uncommon for video games to seek inspiration from a variety of places. But the usual suspects are other visual mediums like movies, art and photos. But Japanese comedians? Now that’s unusual. Magical girl anime Yuki Yuna Is a Hero got a PS Vita game late last month in Japan. As Twitter user…

Nintendo issued a statement saying it was ramping up Amiibo production for the Japanese market. In particular, there has been a shortage of Little Mac, Captain Falcon, and the Animal Crossing Villager Amiibos. Remember this is for Japan and no word on how it impacts other regions.

Dragon Quest Gets a Facelift

Much like last year’s Hyrule Warriors, Dragon Quest Heroes has taken characters from its classic titles and given them an updated look for some good old hack n’ slash action on current gen systems. And while the design changes are often minor, I’d argue they’re definitely for the better. Check out the gallery below to…