​Get Up Close and Personal with the Original Doom‘s Pixels

Now you can take the opening area of Doom wherever you go. As long as you have a web browser, that is. A coder/artist that goes by the username P_Malin recreated an interactive embed of the first environment from Id Software’s iconic first-person shooter using Shadertoy. His recreation lets you move around the environment and…

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Watch Us Go to TGS’ Resident Evil Shooting Range

Resident Evil Revelations 2‘s isn’t the only Resident Evil booth on the floor of the Tokyo Game Show 2014. There’s also a Resident Evil-themed airsoft gun shooting range. So join me, fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura, and an airsoft gun replica of the iconic Samurai Edge pistol as we see just how good I am…

The Moment When a Diablo III Player Reaches #1

Alkaizer is one of the best Diablo III players out there, sitting at the number one spot with his Barbarian on the Season 1 leaderboards and now—as this video proves—he has claimed this position with his Crusader as well. Pretty cool for a solo player. In this segment, you can watch him clear a Rank…

Konami and Tri-Ace are teaming up for a smartphone RPG called Chronos Ring. It will be out this fall in Japan, but there is no word yet of a Western release.

EVE Online‘s Hurricane Cruiser, Turned Into a LEGO Beast

It couldn’t be easy collecting all the necessary bricks for this giant LEGO battlecruiser, but it’s totally worth the effort. Dinklebob‘s creation was inspired by EVE Online‘s “Hurricane” ship, and the extra tiny drones are the best part: Here are some WIP pics: And the final version from different angles: Lego Hurricane [imgur, via r/eve]…

The Wasteland 2 Intro Will Never Beat Fallout’s

Wasteland 2 comes out today, and the question on many an OG CRPG gamer’s mind is: “How does it compare to Fallout?” I’ll have a fuller answer to that soon, but there’s an elephant in the room that must be addressed first. Come on, Brian Fargo: where is my Ron Perlman? If you don’t understand…

Scalebound is Platinum Games’ First Stab at Fantasy

Platinum Games’ new Xbox One exclusive game, Scalebound, has dragons and dragon riding. For creator Hideki Kamiya, it’s a bit of a dream come true. “When I was in high school, I really enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy games like Sorcerian on my computer.” Kamiya recalled in an interview. “For some reason I’ve never had…

Hands On with Square Enix’s New Streaming Service

Dive In is an up coming game streaming service for some of Square Enix’s most popular games to iOS and Android devices. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I tried out the service on an Android pad. Let’s see how that went. For my time with Dive In I had the choice of playing Final…

​Some of the Coolest Game Merchandise You Can and Cannot Buy

The Tokyo Game Show isn’t only about games. There is also an entire hall filled with goodies for sale. Game companies also are showing off future products that will be out at a later date as well as TGS exclusives. Let’s have a look!

You Really CAN Sleep With Anything In The Sims

It’s like some anti-gay douchebag’s nightmare vision of what same-sex marriage will unleash upon our world. And people ask me why I loveThe Sims 4… via Imgur

This is Shinra Technologies. It’s Square Enix’s new venture into cloud gaming, headed up by former Square Enix honcho Yochi Wada. You can read more about it on the company’s official site.

We first told you about Rakuenlast year, but with the project nearing release there’s now a proper in-game trailer.