Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: It Isn’t Time For 4K Gaming Yet • Why I’m Giving Final Fantasy XII Another Chance • 8 Tips for Mastering Mario Kart 8 • Minor Issues: What’s Wrong With Mii? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Someone Turned Starcraft II Into a Turn-Based RPG

I have to admit, it still makes me excited when I see modders pushing the limits of StarCraft II‘s Galaxy Editor, an editor which is basically designed to make new maps or mini-games. Modder Greythepirate took it to the next level and pushed live ‘Rogue Star’, a tactical turn-based RPG. It looks pretty smooth. Something…

Forza Horizon Is Getting A Sequel This Fall

The open-world racer will come to both Xbox 360 and Xbox One, reports IGN Forza Horizon 2 is being developed mostly by Playground Games, who are collaborating closely with original Forza developers Turn 10 games on the project. “Hundreds” of cars will be present in the sequel, according to the developers—the setting is Southern Europe,…

The Next Homefront Game Is Set In A Future Philadelphia

Crytek has finally revealed what it’s doing with Homefront, THQ’s last stab at a big-budget shooter: it’s turning it into a free-roaming guerilla warfare FPS. On first impressions, it’s like Homefront meets Far Cry, set in a future Philadelphia dotted with encampments of Korean occupying forces to be photographed with smartphone cameras and disrupted with…

Young Woman Stuck in a Swing Turns to Twitter for Help

If you are young, chances are, you going to do something stupid. But just know that, perhaps you can turn to Twitter for help. Last month, Twitter user Mayuchin climbed into a baby swing at an Osaka park, first tweeting up the above photo of herself in the swing and cracking a joke. Then, she…

The Ten Most Useless NPCs in World of Warcraft

Not everyone sells epic mounts and top-tier PvP gear in Azeroth. Some NPCs just stand in the middle of busy cities, and besides getting one or two pointless items from them, their presence is absolutely pointless. Wowcrendor collected ten of the most useless ones in his latest video. She’s not featured in the video below,…

Transformers Pens Are More Than Meets The Eye

This is an Optimus Prime Transformer. It transforms into a pen. That’s pretty much it, but goodness, what else do you need? According to GetNews, these are priced at 4,298 yen (US$42). The standard Optimus Prime will be out in September in Japan, while the Black Optimus Prime and the Ultra Magnus will be out…

Tales Fans Vote for Their Favorite Characters and More

This past weekend saw this year’s Tales of Festival event in Tokyo—a celebration of the Tales JRPG franchise. It was full of voice actor interviews, in-character skits, music from the series—and to cap it off, the results of this year’s Tales popularity polls were revealed to the 10,000 plus fans in attendance. The survey results…

The Attack on Titan Theme Played on…Air Guns

Late last week, Kotaku introduced air gun musician Hihebi. As IT Media points out, that isn’t the only air gun instrumental Hihebi has done. Okay, fine. It’s not a hundred percent match to the original Titan theme, but for an air gun rendition, it’s pretty darn good. 紅蓮の弓矢をエアガンで演奏してみた [NicoNico via IT Media] To contact the…

As noted on Nintendo.co.jp, the 32GB Wii U Premium Set is no longer being manufactured for the Japanese market. The site says “end of production” (生産終了) for those consoles. No word on how this impacts gamers outside Japan.

Track: Get Your Gun | Album: The Fifty Year Storm | Artist: The New Law Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Real Mass Effect Sniper Rifle Does Not Need Calibration

Mostly because it doesn’t actually shoot anything. It’s just a life-size replica. One that brings the N7 Valiant sniper rifle out of the game series and into the real world. The bulk of the rifle is molded, with a few parts carved from wood. This isn’t the first rifle props builder Zander Brandt has constructed…

Kaptain Brawe was an adventure game I liked very much. There is now a Kickstarter for Kaptain Brawe 2.