This is Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, an isometric RPG “built in the vein of Baldur’s Gate and Dragon Age”. Looks cool!

Mortal Kombat X‘s Brutalities Are Gruesome

As Mortal Kombat escalated during its early years, the series introduced more ways to finish fights. Fatalities were just the beginning. Friendships, animalities, and babalities become part of the equation. Brutalities were in the console ports of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but disappeared from the franchise soon after. They’re back and very bloody in Mortal…

Gold Amiibos Already Sold Out, Going For Stupid Prices On eBay

The amiibo collection game is fierce. Rumors of gold Mario amiibos circulated for a while, and Nintendo finally confirmed their existence this morning. Pre-orders for the special edition went online at Wal-Mart today, sold out in 15 minutes, and have already spiked in price on eBay. You’ll notice the eBay listing above is for $79.95.…

Capcom has issued a statement apologizing for the PC version of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 not having local co-op, despite the Steam description saying the game would have it. PC Gamer reports the company is offering refunds for Steam owners. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

GTA V Cops Have No Chance Against Invincible Crooks

When invulnerable criminals go rampaging through the streets of Los Santos, it can be a terrible, wonderful thing. This video by YouTuberSly Shootershows that thwarting the efforts of the cops to try and shut down a super-crook can be both hilarious and an inspiration to pull off really impressive in-game feats. Invincibility is nothing new…

Survey: PS4 Owners Want Better Resolution; XB1 Owners Just Prefer Xbox

Above: one particularly-interesting section of a recent Nielsen survey that probes console owners about the factors driving their buying habits. There’s no data on just how many customers participated in this survey—could be ten people for all we know—but the listed factors are fascinating. Wii U buyers are all about that nebulous “fun factor” so…

I Played A Video Game On A Friggin’ Rotary Phone

At last night’s Itty Bitty Bash, an event to get Chicagoans in the same room to play games, I encountered something very strange. I’ve fought off an alien invasion millions of times, but I’ve never fired my lasers by entering numbers onto a rotary phone dial. This, friends, is Afterglow Afterglow comes from developer Jerry…

Riot Just Changed League Of Legends’ Jungle And Players Are Furious

Riot put out a new patch for League of Legends this week—an occasion that the game’s legions of fans always await with bated breath. Anticipation curdled into disappointment once players realized the developer had made some unwelcome changes that could have a profound impact on one of the competitive multiplayer game’s key team positions: the…

République for PC, Zelda Animated Series, and More Deals

République is one of the most remarkable mobile-first games ever created, and its PC/Mac port is 20% off today on the Humble Store and Steam. [Republique Remastered, $20] We see this sale from time to time, but it bears mentioning if you’ve missed out in the past. Outside of Black Friday sales, this is the…

Someone Beat Dark Souls II…In First-Person…Wearing Oculus Rift

Anyone should be proud for finishing Dark Souls II. From Software’s sadistic action games are punishing by any standard. The community around the games, however, keeps upping the ante. What’s one way to make Dark Souls II harder? Beating it in first-person with an Oculus Rift. Twitch streamer Dirtythekid finally pulled this off yesterday on…

Donkey Kong Country Back On Wii U After Mysterious Two-Year Absence

In November of 2012, Nintendo pulled the Donkey Kong Country trilogy from the Wii’s Virtual Console. They gave no explanation, as is the Nintendo Way. And today, nearly two and a half years later, Nintendo announced that all three games are coming back, this time for the Wii U. We still don’t know why the…

The free-to-play mobile game Final Fantasy Record Keeper is coming westward this spring, Square Enix just announced. This is another partnership with Japanese social gaming giant DeNA; here’s hoping it’s better than that cashgrab All The Bravest

A remastered version of the snazzy stealth game République is now out for Mac and PC. And until March 4th, it only costs $20 on Steam, GOG, and the Humble Bundle. After that it goes up to $25.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Politoed, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff • Listen to The Indoor Kids • Mine and Your Most Intense Game Moments • Chinese New Year Food TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Nintendo’s gold Mario amiibo will be available at Wal-Mart for $12.96 starting on March 20, the video-game-maker-that-seems-suddenly-really-excited-about-making-figurines announced today. Contact the author at [email protected]

Fable Legends is Indeed Free-to-Play – And it’s Not a Bad Thing

To be honest, the first time I ever saw Fable Legends – Lionhead’s 4v1 multiplayer remix of Fable, due out later this year – I could have made a confident educated guess that it would be free to play. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Its reliance on team play and selection of different,…