Never Stop Bringing Games Like This Stateside, Atlus

Coming in spring of 2014 to the Vita and 3DS, Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars is a game in which the hero must foster relationships with young maidens in order to produce more powerful offspring to fight for him in battle. You make me so happy, Atlus. The standalone sequel to Spike Chunsoft’s…

Half-Life Is 15. Buy Its Modded Re-Release On Steam Soon

Happy birthday, Half-Life! To celebrate, we all get to buy Black Mesa Black Mesa, the fan-made Half-Life remake that was released last year, has always been a totally free mod, but today, the folks behind the project announced that they’ve got plans to start selling a paid version, too. “Our decision to sell Black Mesa…

League Of Legends‘ Worlds Draw An Oscar-Worthy 32 Million Viewers

We knew a lot of people were watching SK Telecom T1 battle their way to the Summoner’s Cup in League of Legends‘ Season 3 World Championship, but 32 million? This year’s Oscars had 41 million, and that’s packed with people paid to make us love them. My first thought upon hearing the news, released today…

Lococycle: The Kotaku Review

Lococycle is a guilty pleasure. It’s a friend you hang out with, in private. You’re not comfortable introducing it to your parents and it sure as hell isn’t winning any “games as art” arguments and the like. In all aspects, Lococycle is an incredibly stupid game. In Lococycle you play as two-wheeler I.R.I.S., manufactured as…

Kirk Hamilton is writing his Xbox One review right now. You can read it here at midnight ET. You can read other outlets’ reviews then, too. We won’t be offended. We know you love us best.

PS4 Failure Rate Is Less Than 1%, Sony Says

Sony is expressing sympathy for customers frustrated by broken, brand-new PlayStation 4s but the company believes the problem is affecting relatively few gamers. A company rep told Kotaku this in response to our request for more information about the so-called “blue light of death.” That error refers to a condition that keeps the PS4 from…

Make Your Zelda Look Super Slim With This One Weird Trick

When the people behind the new Zelda game decided they wanted to use a top-down camera angle, they realized that looking at Link’s green hat for 20-something hours wouldn’t be all that interesting or pleasant. So they came up with a simple solution: MAKE EVERYTHING SLANTED. Look at that image, you guys. They designed the…

Indie Developers Say Hackers Robbed Them To Buy Three PS4s

A group of game developers in Austria say someone figured out the password to their PayPal account and used it to buy themselves a bunch of new PlayStation 4s. The folks at Broken Rules, perhaps best known for the recent Wii U game Chasing Aurora, are in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign for their…

How To Choose The Best Hard Drive Upgrade For Your PS4

Swapping in a new hard drive into the PS4 is relatively easy—the question is, what sort of hard drive should you swap in? You’ve got SSDs, which are speedy—but also expensive. And then you have hybrid drives to consider, too. This video by Tested runs speed tests between all three drives, from boot up times…

Playstation 4 Games Join Amazon PSN Store Promo, The Wire [Deals]

A few days ago Amazon celebrated the opening of their Playstation Network store by providing customers who purchased select PS3 titles with a bonus $5 PSN credit. Now they’ve made the deal even sweeter by making a selection of Playstation 4 games eligible for that promo, effectively creating deals on new release games like Knack.…

It’s a little early for Zelda 3DS XL bundles, Walmart. Spotted last night by me at the Walmart on Mansell Road in Roswell, Georgia, Nintendo’s gold, Triforce-emblazoned 3DS Xl The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds bundle was available for purchase several days in advance of Friday’s game release. Yet they still don’t have…

Heist Nabs 58 Xbox Ones More Than a Week Before Launch

The PlayStation 4 had two day-one robberies in the same city, but the clear winner in next-generation crime has to be the Xbox One. Fifty-eight of the consoles were stolen—and stolen a week ago—in Memphis, Tenn., where one unlucky customer has just been arrested. WMCT-TV reports that a 31-year-old Memphis man is facing charges of…

Xbox One Has No Built-In Livestream Option At Launch, But It’s Coming

Xbox One gamers will not be able to upload video to Twitch.tv at launch, Microsoft said this morning. The lack of support leaves Xbox One users without the ability to broadcast live gameplay natively from the console. “Our goal is to deliver it during the first part of 2014,” Microsoft said in the news story.…

Welcome To The X-Men, Jubilee. You’re Fired.

Now that Wolverine’s been fired from the X-Men, there’s no real reason to keep his stupid fireworks-making, stuck-in-the-90s, mall-babe-eating-chili-fries sidekick on the payroll. We’ve been waiting for this one, Jubilee. In current Marvel comics continuity, Jubilee has become the mother of a rescued infant, the latest in a long line of attempts to give the…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Who dislikes FPSes? TheUnfathomableTruth does and the explanation—a response to DocSeuss’ Why I Can’t Stand 2D Games—is right here. JJthe Texan takes a hard look at the Wii U, calling it an unwanted console. Harsh, dude. The Mushroom Kingdom’s dangerous flora and fauna get visual…

​You’ll Be Able to Share Xbox One Game Clips Wherever You Want

Seems like this is the generation where game recording becomes a required feature for consoles. Both the PS4 and Xbox One have the capability to save and share gameplay clips but there’s one big difference: users will be able to share Xbox One gameplay clips all over the web, including YouTube. Microsoft’s new game console…

If Disney Princesses Were Final Fantasy Characters …

We’ve seen classic Disney heroines as Street Fighter characters, but they’d make an even more outstanding and complete party as Final Fantasy characters, with all the essential jobs assigned to them. Digital artist Geryes took the most iconic Disney princesses, and reimagined them with belts and zippers, as if it were designed by Tetsuya Nomura…