The Truth Is Last Year’s Games Had Problems. This Year’s Are…Better?

Usually, if someone wants to convince you that the video game they’re making is going to be great, they tell you what they’re putting in it. But what if they made nearly the same game a year ago? They have to take a different approach. This is the plight of the people who make big-time…

Marvel’s worst-dressed heroine is now playable in Marvel Heroes. Along with difficulty modes, a new starting zone, an updated defense system and unique items, Marvel Heroes update 1.2 adds Emma “Lingerie Model” Frost, whose special power is getting into groups with Cyclops and Jean Grey and making things all awkward.

Moneysaver One-Shot: Kotaku’s Pick For Best Gaming Mouse

The Razer DeathAdder handily won our first Moneysaver Co-Op, and today you can get your hand on one for only $40 from Microsoft’s Store with free shipping. Don’t forget to head over to our newest Co-Op and nominate and/or vote on your favorite Gaming Monitor. [Microsoft] Keep up with Shane Roberts on Twitter, Facebook, Google…

Watch Dogs’ Mobile App Wants You to Disrupt Console Players’ Games

Hey, that Aiden Pearce guy. The jerk who keeps pulling his turtleneck over his mouth, breaking into systems and generally wreaking havoc all over Chicago. Somebody should try to stop him, no? Well, when you fire up Watch Dogs’ companion app on your phone, that somebody is you. In Aiden Pearce’s hands, the smartphone in…

This Is Probably Not The Star Wars Game You Were Looking For

Star Wars: Force Collection is pretty sad. It’s not because it’s a collectible card game — well, not completely because it’s a collectible card game. Over the past year I’ve come to terms with the genre. If players are willing to spend ridiculous amounts of money on cards that don’t technically exist with arbitrary attack…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: PocoGrandes gives a guided tour of his history with Japanese comics, including classics like Lone Wolf and Cub. DocSeuss offers up an intriguing premise about generating fear during gameplay, beginning by saying that “Weapons make horror games worth playing.” Last but not least, the uber-manly…

I’ve Seen Metal Gear Solid V In Action

Kojima Productions held an open house of its new, Los Angeles-based studio yesterday evening, and kicked things off with the first live demonstration of its upcoming flagship title, Metal Gear Solid V The good news: whatever your reservations about the franchise’s switch to open world gameplay, it appears to work quite well in conjunction with…

The Latest Addition To League of Legends Is… A Weather Forecaster

A quite amusing update just went live for Riot’s popular online game, in which Janna, one of the game’s champions, got reskinned as a legendary meteorologist—with a new voiceover and plenty of funny references. Since this champion already has wind-related spells, and skins similar to Storm from X-Men and Shiva from Final Fantasy, this move…

One Of The Best RPGs On PSP Gets A Sequel, And A PC Version

It’s finally official: the second chapter of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is coming to Steam and PSP as a digital release next year. The first chapter, already out for PSP, will also be released on Steam at some point this winter. That means English-speakers will be able to play both games in…

Fully destructible bicycles should be in every game. Devolver Digital, publishers of the re-imagined and incredibly bloody FPS Shadow Warrior, have released a humorous trailer discussing the game’s less talked about features. Take a look above, have a laugh, and if you’d like, check out our impressions here

Imperius, Mephisto and our scoundrel ally, Lyndon from Diablo 3 never looked as powerful and realistic as they do on digital artist TamplierPainter‘s paintings. These, as well as his whole gallery on deviantART, which features other games besides Diablo, are absolutely breathtaking. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Starting today, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort are just $29.99 each. That’s the value equivalent of paying $10 for a non-first-party Wii game. Imagine how cheap they’ll be when the Wii U’s successor has been out for almost a year!

This Isn’t a Korean Fashion Magazine, It’s The Sims 3

When I think of The Sims 3, I don’t think great hair. Sure, there are plenty of serviceable options, but they aren’t the kind of locks you’d see on celebs in, say, South Korea. Well, there are now. Korean digital artist “Hooney One” creates polished, attractive tableaus by modding and reshaping Sims 3 characters and…

Oculus Rift Taught Me I’d Suck as a Space Ship Pilot

The Oculus Rift VR helmet can be used for all sorts of games—everything from first-person shooters to side-scrolling platformers. But perhaps the best use of the Rift is in flight simulators like Lunar Flight Released early last year, Lunar Flight is, as the name suggests, a lunar flight simulator—with all the physics realistically tuned. In…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Face Tech Is Impressive

For face scans like this you need a bunch of cameras. A whole bunch. In the above clip, you can see a behind-the-scenes look at Metal Gear Solid V‘s scanning and motion capture tech. Kotaku recently checked out Metal Gear Solid V in action—and was there when Kojima addressed the game’s “sexiness.” Character making –…

Turning Your Life Around After Six Years of WoW Is No Small Task

Luckily, that didn’t stop Anthony Rosner. We have featured Rosner once before, when, in his short film, he talked about how isolated he became during his years of playing World of Warcraft. And now, he’s here to tell us what happened since then, in his trademark, tongue-in-cheek style: how he faced the release of WoW’s…

Watch Us Play The New Jojo Fighting Game… Badly

We’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle—from face-humping dogs to terrifying loading icons. Now it’s time to play it. Join me and fellow Kotaku East contributor Toshi Nakamura as we play around with the game’s online versus mode. Be warned though, we are pretty darned terrible at fighting games.…

First Details about Final Fantasy XIV Remote Play for the PS4

On the PS4, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is getting remote play. Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida described what players might expect. According to Yoshida, in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players can enjoy more than just MMORPG battles in remote play. They can harvest or produce goods while roaming the in-game world. This,…

A Truly Fascinating Documentary About The Creation of Final Fantasy

As you might know, Square struggled to stay afloat up until Final Fantasy’s release in 1987, at which point they began their journey towards becoming a huge part of gaming history. YouTuber Joshua Drew, in a thirty-minute video, takes a look at the events that lead up to the birth of this legendary franchise. If…

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Looks Great Even 20 Years Later

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is a franchise that has spanned 25 years. Earlier this year, the first two story arcs were made into an anime; and two weeks back, the series’ newest game was released in Japan. So now is the perfect time to look back at the two Jojo OVAs. Surprisingly, they’ve aged quite well.…