Cobalt is headed to Xbox One, Microsoft announced today. Cobalt is a platformer developed by Oxeye Game Studio in collaboration with Mojang of Minecraft fame. The game is currently in alpha and can be downloaded for PC and Mac. via @Graeme Selvan [Twitter] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find…

The Next Fable Is Called Fable Legends

There’s a new Fable! Lionhead Studios is working on an exclusive new entry in its action role-playing series. Called Fable Legends, the game is headed to Xbox One as an exclusive. You can play with up to three friends via co-op or alone with three A.I. companions. The game also lets you play as the…

Xbox One’s Indie Games Program Revealed At Last

After months of offering little more than variations of “don’t worry, we’ll have one,” Microsoft is using their kick-off of the big Gamescom event in Germany this week to detail something called ID@Xbox. That is their indie games program. It’ll roll out in stages. “When we talk to developers, what we hear is they want…

Japanese Banana Art Is So Damn Appealing

Darth Vader. A Xenomorph from Aliens. Attack on Titan. That’s not mentioning the various other characters as well as animals, too. They’ve all been brought to life in amazing banana sculptures. This is the work of Keisuke Yamada, a banana artist Kotaku first profiled in 2011. To make these sculptures, Yamada, an electrician by trade,…

Watch Mike Tyson Play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! for The First Time

Glass Joe is the first character you face in Punch-Out. He is, without a doubt, the easiest opponent. Anyone can beat him. But can Mike Tyson? The famed champ had apparently never played the 1987 Nintendo boxing game he made famous. Until recently, that is. Tyson finally played it on Fox Sports and was even…

Bunny Island Is Cute, Furry, and Depressing

Earlier this summer, photos of “Bunny Island” popped up on English language sites. The island, officially named Okunoshima, has been internet fodder in Japan for years. But usually, people only focus on the cute rabbits—and not, you know, the disheartening history bit. Recently on 2ch, Japan’s largest web forum, commenters uploaded photos of Bunny Island…

WildStar Is A Subscription-Based MMO? How Brave.

The second-most exciting upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game announced plans today to require users pay an ongoing monthly fee to access its contents. Thankfully, there’s still a way to play WildStar for free. In an age where all but the most successful MMO games have succumbed to the allure of the free-to-play, microtransaction-based business…

Sweet flaming Pokémons! A cappella master Smooth McGroove‘s latest musical masterpiece is an absolutely burning cover of the Mt. Pyre Peak musicfrom Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

Patton Oswalt Trolls The World, Wins Twitter

If you were watching Twitter this past weekend, you might have seen comedian Patton Oswalt saying some surprising things. Offensive things. Hateful, even. The things he was saying came as even more of a surprise given his typically left-of-center political views. For example: Then, if you’re anything like me, you would have gone to his…

Now Origin Does At Least One Thing Better Than Steam

Usually, if you buy software online, you’re kind of stuck with it. But today, EA has set a new policy for games on Origin: you can return game downloads for full refunds within 24 hours of the first time you launch the game, within seven days from when you purchase it, or within the first…

In An Alternate Universe, People On Xbox Live Rage Like This

If only we never had to deal with obnoxious ragers when we play games on Xbox Live. You know, the people who lose their cool while playing games? …what if there was a reality where ragers like the kind we know of didn’t exist? Dorkly guesses they’d sound a little like this guy in this…

Sir, You Can Now Play This Cool Game: The alpha of the procedurally generated robot-avoidance sim Sir, You Are Being Hunted is now available via Steam Early Access. That means if you pre-order, you can play an early version right now. I’ve been playing the alpha for the last couple of weeks and having a…

Steam Developer Accidentally Trolls Half-Life 3 Fans

Earlier today, the Steam store featured a news itemwritten by a developer claiming that the Half-Life 3 internal beta had been released. As you might’ve guessed, it was fake—but anyone looking at Steam could see the “news.” The item is gone now, but people took screenshots, naturally. And here’s the best/worst part: the trolling wasn’t…

That’s Not How You Play Disney Infinity, Good Morning America

“A brand-new game where all the Disney characters are available to everyone who plays it anytime.” Good Morning America is slightly off in its description of Disney Infinity, but not as off as they are when they start hopping on a giant replica of the game’s interface module, pretending to play. Lara Spencer’s enthusiasm for…

Game Designer Would Like You To Stop Fixating On Review Scores

Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya has a new video game out. It’s not getting perfect scores or perfect reviews. Yeah, like he cares. Here’s one of video game’s most expressive game designers brushing off criticism as only he can. These Tweets are in reference to reviews of The Wonderful 101, a Wii U game that’ll be…

The Evolution Of Minecraft, Summed Up In 7 Minutes

Minecraft will step into its fifth year soon. Damn. It really reveals how fast the years are passing by. SamalotPlays created this beautiful time-lapse video that shows how the game began to shape up from its early stages—including additions like the day/night cycle and rideable horses—and continuing through to the game we have today. Which,…

This Is Why We Love Spelunky

Spelunky is finally out on the PC, and it’ll be out on PS3 and Vita on August 27th. Chris Person and I sit down to play through the game and explain why we like this game enough that I bought wired controllers to hook up to my PC instead of just playing it on the…

“I never pay more than $500 for one item.” Check out this fascinating new interview with video game memorabilia all-star Brett Martin over at Gameological.

Majora’s Mask, a Moon And Some Cool Gen Con Cosplay

Talk Amongst Yourselves‘ Giant Boy Detective went to Gen Con this past weekend and found a parade of cosplay. The Majora’s Mask one is great! Check out the rest below.

If You Can’t Slam With The Best, Then Jam With This Barkley 2 Trailer

Not gonna lie—finding out that The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa will be at PAX was pretty much the highlight of my week. The Barkley: Shut Up And Jam Gaiden sequel, which…