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.…

Don’t Forget: There’s Another Hair-Whipping Platformer On The Way

It’s easy to lose sight of the next Shantae game with all the hoopla over the next-next one, but developer Wayforward is here to remind us (with a trailer, no less) that Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is still very much a thing. This installment of the retro-esque platformer series will have the belly-dancing half-genie…

One of the Rarest Pokémon Cards on Earth

This is the Pokémon Illustrator. The card is incredibly rare and valuable. If you have a hundred grand, it can be yours. According to Bulbapedia, there were apparently only six Pokémon Illustrator cards printed and awarded to winners of the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Contest, which began in late 1997 in Japan. The card was…

Hayao Miyazaki Explains Why He’s Retiring

There have been many questions concerning why famed animator Hayao Miyazaki is retiring. Today in Tokyo, he answered them. Best known for films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki spoke frankly about his decision to retire in a NicoNico streamed press conference, saying, “I know I’ve mentioned I’m retiring many times in the…

There Will Be No LEGO Jurassic Park. Sorry.

Hopes were raisedlast week that, via the company’s Cuusoo program, we might get an official Jurassic Park LEGO set. Hopes that today have been sadly dashed. While the Cuusoo program exists to let users create their dream projects, the legal and financial clout LEGO enjoys means that often – as was the case with both…

Kojima Talks Metal Gear Solid V, Clones & Sexiness

Following the first live demonstration of Metal Gear Solid 5 at the company’s new Los Angeles-based studio, Kojima Productions studio head Hideo Kojima took the stage to graciously answer a few questions from the audience. Joining him were series artist Yoji Shinkawa and actress Stefanie Joosten, who is the face and motion actor behind the…

Mission’s Over. Time To Hit The Pub.

Eliott Lilly is a concept artist who works as a freelancer in both the film and games industry. Most recently on the gaming side of things, he’s worked on RAGE, the next Doom game and FEAR 3. Sadly, his Doom stuff is under lock and key at id Software, but the art you’ll see below…

Walking Around A Hangar Is One The Best Games I’ve Played This Year

There’s something fantastic about owning your own ship in a video game. From Final Fantasy to Mass Effect, whenever they’re given the chance to not just travel the world but explore the vehicle that gets them there, a surprisingly strong bond is formed between player and ship. Star Citizen, the upcoming space game by Wing…

More Skyrim Villain Cosplay, Please

It’s funny that most people dress up as the dude on the cover of Skyrim, because that armour is terrible. Let’s get a little more creative, people. Like these folks, who dressed up as a couple of the Draugr Deathlords. When I say “folks”, I mean one of them is props genius Bill Doran, who…

Sex Assault Scene Pulled From Hotline Miami 2 Demo

There’s a point in the Hotline Miami 2 demo where it looks for all the world like one of the characters is about to rape a woman. That didn’t go down too well. Asked by Rock Paper Shotgun what it meant, and how the developers felt about some people’s negative reactions to the scene, Dennaton’s…

Assassin’s Creed IV Is The Most Tropical Game Since Monkey Island

You know what I loved most about the first two Monkey Island games? The art style and colour palette were so damn sunny. Other games, like Far Cry, have tried to do the same, but they never felt like a summer’s breeze in quite the way Monkey Island (and particularly Monkey Island 2) did. Assassin’s…

Tiny Paper Hats Are The Next Big Thing In Cat Fashion

I don’t know what you’re dressing your cat with, but tiny paper hats are so in this season. You want your cat to be fashionable, right? Adam Ellis, author of The Blunder Years, knows what’s up—that’s why he’s fitting his three-legged adopted kitten with them. “A few weeks ago I got a second kitten. His…

Only The Manliest Space Marines Like Hello Kitty

While we brought you some of the awesome cosplay we spotted this weekend during PAX, truthfully, there were too many awesome costumes at the show you be able to show them all to you in one go. Thankfully, sneakyzebra here shows us some of the more impressive cosplay at the show—a few we’ve posted before,…

No, not these ones: well, here are a few designs that won’t be making it into Mega Man’s spiritual successor, Mighty No. 9 according to a backer email shared by NintendoTim. Gee, I wonder why? (Via r/gaming)

An N64 Controller That’s Too Pretty To Use

Zoki64, the creator of this beauty, calls it the “Finger Print Magnet64″—and I’m sure it’s obvious why. This thing is so glossy that you probably smudge it just by looking at it! I’m not even sure I’d want to actually use this controller. It’s too pretty, but that shouldn’t be a surprise: Zoki64’s work often…

Oh My God, XSEED Is Teasing Trails in the Sky Chapter Two

Holy crap. HOLY CRAP. After leaving us with one hell of a cliffhanger at the end of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, XSEED may be finally announcing that the sequel is coming to U.S. shores. If you are a regular Kotaku reader, you have probably seen me rave about XSEED’s PSP role-playing game,…

The First Xbox One TV Commercial Has…No Video Games In It

Behold, the very first North American TV commercial for the Xbox One. You will note, by the time you get to the end, that there are no video games in it. Time to get upset? Reminder: the Xbox One exists to make Microsoft money. If you give a shit about the Xbox One and you’re…

First Robocop Movie Trailer Is, Well, Hrm.

Here’s the first trailer for the upcoming Robocop reboot. It’s got quite a cast. And hey, there are some nice nods to the original in there, from his voice effects to the design of the suit itself. But everything else going in makes it all look, well, a little silly. But hey, maybe I’m just…

Everything Wrong With The Chronicles Of Riddick in 8 Minutes? That hardly seems like enough time. Then again, I could sum it up in five seconds — Vin Diesel isn’t playing the Iron Giant here.