Idea: Resolve Star Wars Battles With Game Rules

Reader Ben, knowing I have a very soft spot for the X-Wing miniatures game, sent this in yesterday. If you’ve played the game, you’ll probably laugh your ass off. If you haven’t played it, get on it.

Yup, That’s Bayonetta In A Star Fox Costume

There was a Nintendo Direct earlier today, and it was all about Bayonetta 2. Those not dying for the game wouldn’t have found too much of interest, except for maybe this weird bit of in-game cosplay. While we already knewBayonetta would have Peach and Samus costumes, this Fox McCloud outfit is new. If you want…

Ditching Discs For Downloads May Not Be As Eco-Friendly As We Think

Well, this is unexpected. Even Captain Planet is baffled. TheJournal of Industrial Ecology (via Science Magazine) brings word that—in many cases—downloading video games actually harms the environment more than buying them on the ruthlessly manufactured ecological death frisbees we call discs. Crazy, right? Yeah, I’m skeptical too. According to the researchers, the energy intensity of…

Team Fortress Sniper Shoots Another Sniper With A Third, Tiny Sniper

It’s not enough to simply snipe another sniper in Team Fortress 2 In order to truly get weird, you have to snipe a sniper with a tiny sniper that shoots even smaller snipers. Norwican pulled that off using Source Filmmaker in the video above. To be honest, I think there’s only one correct reaction to…

Track: Many Men (Wish Death) | Artist: 50 Cent | Album: Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Little Tricks To Help Make The Sims 4 A Whole Lot Better

The Sims 4 launched this week. We’ve been having a lot of fun with the game so far. But we’ve also encounter a few hurdles along the way. Don’t worry, though, because many of these obstacles are easily overcome with a few small changes. Here is a list of adjustments I’ve discovered over the past…

The new live-action Destiny trailer is a case-study in video game trailer excess. They licensed Zeppelin, for crying out loud! I can’t quite tell whether it’s perversely great, or just plain ridiculous. Both, I suppose. None of us will ever look this cool while actually playing Destiny

Shadow of the Colossus Movie Is Still A Thing

Honest! They’re really gonna do it this time! Maybe. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony’s big-budget movie adaptation of the gorgeously desolate, utterly soul-wrenching Shadow of the Colossus has resurfaced once again, this time with a new director and producer. Andres Muschietti, director of Spanish horror film Mama, is climbing to the very top of…

Sims 4 Fork Glitch Is Random As Hell

You gotta love Sims 4 glitches—they’re so absurd, it’s hard not to laugh at them. Take this new fork glitch, for example. People like bitter-sweetandsourare finding that, for whatever reason, the game permanently attaches a fork to their sims hands. It results in bizarre situations, such as the one above, where a pregnant sim goes…

Xbox One With A Free Game, Harry Potter and the iTunes Bundle [Deals]

Starting September 7th and running through the 13th you’ll be able to pick up an Xbox One with a free game of your choice at participating retailers including Destiny. That’s not really that notable on it’s own, but combined with the purchase of the Madden 15 Bundle or Forza 5 Bundle it becomes a great…

I Can’t Figure Out Why My Sims Are Refusing To Sleep With Each Other

I’ve been playing The Sims 4 nonstop since Monday. Despite seeing various reports of players encountering glitches and bugs, my first few hours with it went over smoothly. No demon babies, no accidental dates with the grim reaper, nothing. The game ran like a dream. Then, late last night when I booted up the game…

The Next LittleBigPlanet Is…An Endless Runner

Well…ok. I didn’t see this coming. Turns out, LittleBigPlanet 3 isn’t going to be the next game in Media Molecule’s excellent series of rucksack-themed platformers. Because next month Sony is planning to release a Temple Run-style mobile game called Run Sackboy! Run! The company was careful not to brand this as an “endless runner” in…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: PAX Prime 2014: Games at a Glance • Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair: The TAY Micro Review • Tales of Xillia 2: a Deeper Look TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

If Leonardo da Vinci Designed Iron Man‘s Suit

Just like the early plane and tank concepts of Da Vinci, Iron Man’s suit has tons of cogwheels, detailed parts and sidenotes on artist Axel Medellin‘s drawings. This would be the perfect thing for an endgame armor in any steampunk-themed RPG. Check out the concepts below, those gargoyle-shaped launchers are just awesome. Da Vinci’s Iron…

Batman Patrols The Streets on his RC LEGO Batpod

Despite its size, builder Sariel‘s remote-controlled LEGO Batpod is quite impressive and full of tiny features. As you can see in the video below, it’s the model from the Dark Knight trilogy with a remote-controlled drive, steering and some custom lights on the front cannons. Although it’s a fan-made build, it’d fit just perfectly with…