Earlier today, a new multiplayer map was introduced for StarCraft II during the GSTL tournament in South Korea. The map is called Fruitland, and it’s a little bit different from other maps. Perhaps it’s a tribute to Fruitdealer, one of the earliest StarCraft II pros? Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

Here’s What Some Developers Think Of the PlayStation 4

Those who have had a chance to play around with Sony’s latest console, the PS4, have been sharing their experiences and what they think about Sony’s latest big black box with those of us who have not. But what about the developers? Those who are involved in making the software for us to enjoy —…

Activison Just Released A New Mobile Call of Duty

Today, Activision is rolling out Call of Duty: Strike Team, a $7 mobile-exclusive Call of Duty title for iOS devices. The game offers a full-fledged story campaign taking place in 2020, and a survival game mode with leaderboards. Both game modes can be played in either the usual run and gun first-person mode, or in…

Freaky GIF Heads You Will Never Forget

This is the GIF art of 28 year-old Serbian artist Milos “Sholim” Rajkovic. His work takes seemingly bland, but ubiquitous individuals and packs their heads with mechanical parts. The result is surreal. “[The] models for my GIFs are politicians, corporate people, or just pretty faces from the commercials that we watched hundreds of times during…

A deeply unsettling horror-adventure game makes a return. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, the ’95 point-and-click adventure based on the sci-fi short story of the same name, is once again available via GOG. It’s one of Kotaku’s must-play classic PC games, so you might wanna take a look—but prepare to be depressed.

The Updated Bravely Default isn’t Just ‘For the Sequel’

You have to give Square Enix points for honesty; Bravely Default: For the Sequel wears its primary intentions right on its sleeve. I mean, it’s right in the title: “For the Sequel.” The new updated version of the original Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is currently being developed in parallel to the game’s upcoming as-of-yet untitled…

Rumor: First Look at the Attack on Titan 3DS In-Game Graphics

There’s a Japanese magazine pic that’s rumored to be the first look at the upcoming Attack on Titan 3DS game. According to Japanese site Amaebi, the image is from an upcoming issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine In all fairness, this is a blurry magazine snap and often 3DS games look better in person. While this…

Vladimir Putin Is An Artist

While visiting a school in Russia’s Kurgan region, President Putin drew this. It’s not what you probably think it is. Apparently. When a student asked him what he drew, Putin replied that it was a cat from behind. Oh. I thought it was a vagina. Or a penis. Or a vagina penis. Just think of…

Farming Simulator graces European and Japanese consoles today. If you’re in either of these two regions, you can now officially head out and grab the game for Xbox 360 or PS3 Those in North America will have to wait a bit longer for their copies, which will be here “shortly.” Until then, here’s the launch…

Sales of The Wonderful 101 in Japan are not very wonderful. According to 4Gamer, Platinum Games’ latest sold only a little over 5,000 copies on its first day out in Japan, not even making the top 20, one week later. The Wonderful 101 arrives in the US on the 15th of this month. Hopefully it…

Banished Is A City Builder That’s All About Choices

We’ve talked about Shining Rock’s hardcore medieval city builder before, and yes, the game’s still around! In fact, in a recent interview, the creator yet again confirmed that Banished would definitely be out before the end of the year. Talking to PC Gamer, Luke Hodorowicz, the sole developer working on Banished, also discussed the importance…

Oh the Ways Anime Changes

Just because your favorite anime finally aired on television, that doesn’t mean you’ve seen the final product. There’s still room to get better. When anime get DVD or Blu-ray releases, certain scenes or characters are tweaked—or even completely redrawn. There’s a variety of reasons for this, such as having more time to get everything just…

How Korea Is Making eSports More Inclusive to All Kids

In South Korea, eSports is big—big enough for large tournaments and endorsements. But it’s also big enough for the country’s government to sponsor a tourney for disabled students. Now in its ninth year, the Students With Disabilities Nationwide eSports Tournament recently wrapped up in Seoul, with 394 students competing in games such as Wii Sports…

You Sure Hayao Miyazaki Doesn’t Sign Autographs in Japan?

Here’s a whole room of people with autographs Hayao Miyazaki signed earlier this year in Japan. Fancy that! Late last month, there was an article on Japanese site R25 detailing how beloved anime director Hayao Miyazaki doesn’t sign autographs. (Kotaku reached out to Studio Ghibli regarding the R25 autograph story; however, the studio declined to…

Small Studio Wants To Make Its Own Mass Effect

AMBROV: X is an upcoming RPG that, while set in an established sci-fi universe (it’s based on the Sime-Gen books), sure looks like an indie Mass Effect. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Given how that series ended, and people’s love for sci-fi, RPGs and decision-making (this has all three!), this might be able…

Just in case you were wondering, yes, you can make Grand Theft Auto in Disney Infinity. Just don’t tell the children.

A Sexy Calendar Full Of Steaming Hot Game Developers

We’ve hit a new low, people. The objectification of women in the games industry was bad enough, but now we’re ogling over the hot bods and tight abs of male developers as well? When will this perversion end? Hopefully never. Because this joke calendar, featuring 13 dreamy developers from studios like BioWare, Firazis and Double…

Mad Scot Reviews Duck Tales. You Might Need Captions.

You might remember Tam McGleish from his brilliant Far Cry 3 and Ni No Kuni video reviews. If you can imagine a ‘portly’ Scottish version of Zero Punctuation you might be a 40% of the way there. The remaining 60% contains a nightmarish talking bear, brilliantly hilarious song numbers and — believe it or not…

Famous Zelda Artist Returns With New Game

Japanese artist Katsuya Terada is a man whose work you should all be familiar with, mostly because he’s one of the main visionaries behindZelda’s aesthetic, but also because he worked on Hellboy and Pacific Rim. He’s returning to games this year with Alteil: Horizons. A card combat game, Alteil: Horizons is actually an all-stars kind…

Final Fantasy Producer Gives One Hell Of An Apology

Like many MMOs, Final Fantasy XIV has had some pretty serious technical issues since it launched. Unlike many MMOs, however (or other games, for that matter), FFXIV’s producer is ready to take the blame. Your blame. Where most platforms, services and games are usually better at ducking consumer complaints than they are accepting responsibility for…