I Totally Did Not Realise That Amiibos Were This Popular

Wandering around New York earlier this week, I found myself in the vicinity of the Nintendo World Store. I thought I’d pop in and have a look. I did not expect to encounter over 300 people queuing around the block. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK They were waiting for a chance at getting…

OK, So What The Hell Is This

This is First Person Lover. It’s a game made to sell European clothes. Its trailer is one of the most fabulous things I have ever seen. The music, the Vladimir Putin, the PlayStation Home-gone-bad vibe, the music, it’s just…how did this get made? Who is this for? I mean, the literal answer is retired tennis…

Rad Skateboarding Game, Rad Trailer

OlliOlli, a 2D skateboarding game with a killer soundtrack, was one of 2014’s nicer little surprises. As is this trailer for its sequel. It’s coming later this year to PS4 and Vita.

Maniac Resident Evil Players Use Only Knives, No Guns

You have access to all sorts of weapons in Resident Evil. Pistols, shotguns, rocket launchers—you name it, and it’s somehow sitting around an abandoned mansion. Players can also wield a knife, except it’s super weak and has to be used extremely close range. It’s a backup plan. Unless, of course, you’re one of the many…

Mortal Kombat X Preorder Deal, Fresh Humble Bundle, and More Deals

If you’re planning on getting Mortal Kombat X for PS4 or Xbox One anyway, you might as well get a $10 Best Buy gift card to go with it. preorder Mortal Kombat X plus $10 Gift Card ($60) | PS4 preorder Mortal Kombat X plus $10 Gift Card ($60) | Xbox One Note: You must…

Are you playing Dying Light? Are you playing online, in co-op or in “Be The Zombie” mode, on a PC or either console? If it’s running well for you, let us know. If you’re running into bugs or other problems, let us know that, too! We want to get a sense of how the game…

Grand Theft Auto V Looks Incredibly Creepy Without Textures

This isn’t the Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto V that I remember, but it’s one I’d like to visit. Artist Kim Laughton has stripped the open world game of its detailed textures, resulting in a bold, creepy version of Los Santos. Anyone else getting the sense we’re now on an alien planet? The piece,…

I have wanted to play Yakuza forever, and I’ll have no excuse next month, as Yakuza 4 is part of February’s PlayStation Plus lineup. Transistor and Apotheon are for PS4, while Yakuza 3 and Thief are for anyone still booting up PS3s. Rogue Legacy is for every platform, and Kick & Fennick is Vita-only.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U just got a new update that makes 15 more stages available in 8-player form. As is often the case when Nintendo updates stuff, other, bigger changes might have just snuck their way into Smash as well. If you see anything interesting, let us know! Full stage list below. The…

Finally, A GTA V Stunt Montage With Birds

All the jets are grounded. GTA V‘s birds are here to show how to pull tricks off properly. Stunt montages with bikes and jets have always been popular, so it was just a matter of time before someone made a parody focusing on a recently added feature: flying as birds. 8-Bit Bastard visits all the…

New Lego SHIELD Helicarrier Is Gigantic, As It Should Be

It’s going to take 2,996 Lego bricks to make this miniature version of the headquarters of the Marvel Universe’s superspy agency. Hulk better not smash. Revealed today, the Lego SHIELD helicarrier will be one of the toy company’s biggest models when it comes out this March. For $349, the Helicarrier comes with Hawkeye, NIck Fury,…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: One Less Resident • Game of the Week—Not Quite D&D, but Sort Of [Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance] • The Eccentric Family: The Ani-TAY Review • This is How Much We 3D • Dying Light Impressions • Spacemon – A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 5 TAY…

We’re Getting Jurassic World And Avengers LEGO Games

There might already be a million LEGO games, but they’re not going anywhere, as evidenced by the several new brand-new ones announced this morning. Most importantly, obviously, is the confirmation of LEGO Jurassic World, which will incorporate elements from all the Jurassic Park films. There’s something called LEGO Avengers, too, I guess. Folks probably want…

10 Reasons Why Link From Zelda is Actually Kind of a Dick

Link, the green-capped hero from The Legend of Zelda series, is one of gaming’s most enduring, best loved, and iconic creations. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Fans have gladly followed the stoic elven hero throughout the years on his journeys across the land of Hyrule from their humble 8-bit beginnings, to save the…

Compared to the Original, Dragon’s Dogma Online Will Be a Huge Game

Capcom will be releasing a new online open world action RPG this year based on its 2012 release, Dragon’s Dogma Announced in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Dragon’s Dogma Online is made to essentially be the original Dragon’s Dogma, but fully online. The game was initially developed in parallel to the expansion, Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen,…

Starbound’s big Winter Update, titled Upbeat Giraffe, went live on Steam overnight. Head over here for the full list of changes and additions, which is rather long—understandable, considering they worked on this patch for nearly a year.