Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Game of the Week—Devil May Zelda of War [Darksiders] • Story Time with Hamburge: Bayonet Training • Novi gets games: The Firefly Diary and Hyperdevotion Noire TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Dragon Quest Heroes (PS4) is coming west this year, Square Enix just announced. This Dynasty Warriors-like spinoff will be the first (non-mobile) Dragon Quest we’ve seen in the U.S. since Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 in 2011. Here’s hoping DQVII 3DS is next.

Fast & Furious is coming to Forza Horizon 2 next month. According to the AP, a new standalone expansion called Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious won’t require the main game. The $10 add-on will have a storyline that has players trying to acquire a bunch of new F&F-themed cars for the film franchise…

Guy With Vacuum Pretends To Be Luigi At Work

When life gives you a giant vacuum, you damn well better pretend to be Luigi in Luigi’s Mansion via r/Deepintoyoutube

There’s a New Ducktales Cartoon Coming in 2017

Life’s going to be like a hurricane in Duckburg all over again. Scrooge McDuck and his less well-off family members are coming back in an all-new cartoon series. The news hit this morning from an official Disney statement (preceded by a video that could’ve been a hint months ago) which also notes that the cast…

Pokémon Coloring Books Make for Terrifying Doodles

You’d think that if a talented artist got ahold of Pokémon coloring books, the result would undoubtedly be beautiful pictures. You, then, would be wrong. Twitter user Saru recently showed off some drawings he did in Pokémon coloring books. So, here is the original page: And after Saru got ahold of it. [Photos: Saru] The…

How Mythology and Pop Culture Influenced Mass Effect

From sci-fi references to artistic nods, the Mass Effect series has numerous connections to the real world—this video, narrated by none other than Commander Shepard (or Mark Meer if you will) himself, looks at some of them. For example, did you know that: Mass Effect 2’s Collectors were inspired by real-world insects. Okay, that one…

Real-Life Batsuit Tested with Fists and Knives

That guy getting punched in the stomach? That’s industrial design student Jackson Gordon, and he’s made his own Batsuit. According to USA Today (via Boing Boing and Robot 6), Gordon funded his homemade Batsuit via Kickstarter. Since then, he’s been doing regular updates from his dorm room. Gordon, who hopes to work in R&D, spent…

Xenoblade Chronicles is Almost TOO Big For The New 3DS

Ever since I transferred everything to my new 3DS, I’ve played with the 3D slider permanently on. With Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, though (the first game made specifically for the New 3DS, in that it won’t work on an old one) I had to turn it off, because there was just too much happening on-screen. This…

The Cosplay and Anime Gap Bridged By an iPad

Take one cosplay. Add one iPad. What do you get? You get clever. These photos were spotted by Japanese Twitter user Kasyuu and retweeted over eleven thousand times. I like how naturally the outfit and the anime face of Love Live‘s Eli Ayase appear to come together. [Photos via Kasyuu] It’s almost like the iPad…

Fan Game Crosses Persona with Mario Kart

Following in the steps of the Persona dancing game, one fan decided the next logical step would be a Persona go-carting game. Persona 4: Racing All Afternoon is a recently completed fan-game by MaxieManGames. In it, you race Mario Kart-style against members of the Persona 3 and 4 casts. Many of the game’s resources come…

This is cool: Boomslankmake anime-inspired gear that’s not from any particular anime, so you can express your love of space jets and giant robots without needing to be totally up to speed on every series’ variation of every space jet or giant robot.

Track: Gunshowers | Artist: BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah | Album: Sour Soul Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

An MMO That’s Like Game Of Thrones Meets EVE Online

Crowfall has made over $400,000 on Kickstarter in a day, and with good reason: it aims to break the wild, player-driven antics of MMOs like EVE Online into time-based “campaigns” while combining them with complete world destructibility. It’s an attempt at reinventing the genre, and a much-needed one. Crowfall combines combat and EVE/Game of Thrones-style…

A Besiege Machine For Torture Overkill

It’s pretty easy to kill a villager in Besiege. But if everyone stopped at just “easy”, this game wouldn’t be whereit is today. Akssusmade this torturous contraption, which makes the most of the game’s new balloons. And of our desire to see the little men burn. WARNING: The gif below is over 10mb, so if…