Catch This Trailer for the Newest Pokémon Anime

Debuting on Japanese TV in 1996, the Pokémon anime keeps going and going! Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Pokémon X/Y animated series. Once again the series features Ash Ketchum, but of course, the Pokémon X/Y Pocket Monsters are new. Of course! The Pokémon X/Y anime debuts this October in Japan. Pokemon X & Y…

“Forever Alone Fail” Wins Over Japan

Earlier this spring, a “Forever Alone fail” pic showed a gentleman in a suit, sleeping. The text read that his girlfriend took the snap. However, you could see his feet in the mirror holding a smartphone. Over the weekend in Japan, that photo has created a viral sensation. As Know Your Meme points out, this…

Here’s The Beautiful First Trailer To Miyazaki’s Next Animated Film

Kaze Tachinu is the latest film from acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, his first at the helm since 2008’s Ponyo. Set prior to World War Two (or, at least, the West’s involvement in Japan’s side of it), it focuses on the man who would go on to design the Zero, one of the best fighters…

New Star Wars Figures Know How To Make Money

A second series of those awesome Star Wars Black Series action figures are on the way, and they’re hitting four of the biggest fan favourites all in one shot. Where the first batch featured Luke, Vader, Darth Maul and a Sandtrooper, the second line will have Han Solo, Boba Fett, Greedo and…Slave Leia. It’s almost…

Minecraft Leaves The Earth, Heads Into Space

Just when you think you’re done being impressed by what people can do with Minecraft, somebody comes along with a mod that literally takes the game to another world. Galacticraft is a mod released earlier this year that turns your little Minecraft dude into an astronaut, able to jump into a rocket, fly above the…

If There Is A God, This New Syndicate Tribute Will Get Made

A little extreme, perhaps, to hinge the existence of a higher power on the funding for a video game project, but this isn’t your average Kickstarter. It’s for a game that is, in everthing but name, a new Syndicate title. So it’s important I wrote about Satellite Reign a few weeks back, but the team…

The Desert Is Swiftly Swallowing Darth Vader’s Old House

From ground level, it’seasy to see how old “houses” used in the filming of Star Wars can quickly turn into forgotten ruins. But when you look at the bigger picture, you get a more interesting story. A run-down old set from Star Wars Episode I has found itself the centre of an important scientific study.…

Russian Gas Truck Explodes, Caught On “First-Person” Camera

Russia, your people’s love of putting cameras on their car dashboards has won the day again. Only a few months after the craze let the world see an insaneevent it might otherwise have missed, this time we get to see a freway bumper-to-bumper become a fireball, a truck carrying gas cannisters exploding on contact and…

Think I’m ready to try out for the New England Patriots yet?

I’d also accept “auditioning for a role in Step Out” or “auditioning for a role in Step Out 2” or “auditioning for a role in Step Out 3: The Streets, 2”. One of my favorite features of Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the QR Reader that you unlock after talking to Sable (the sewing hedgehog…

Homeworld Games Getting HD Remakes

Surprising absolutely nobody – I’ve got money on these being the only releases the series’ new owners ever bother with – Gearbox announced over the weekend it will be releasing HD upgrades to both Homeworld and Homeworld 2. If you only want to play the originals – and you might, because time has been very…

If You Know What the Hell is Going on in This XCOM Video, Let Us Know

I can tell you what the hell’s going to happen after this video. Little Kevin is going to get vaporized by aliens. Seriously, I can’t figure out why the clown is in hot water with the G-Man. Or why it’d be prudent to close down a kid’s show this way. The video is part of…

Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series Gets a Game in October

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will get a second game this year, one based on the Nickelodeon TV show, Activision said yesterday. It’s going to be for a younger audience, so that probably means Michelangelo won’t be kicking bad guys in the jewels. Simply called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the game will be released Oct.…

EA Sports Didn’t Need the NCAA’s Logo, and Maybe It Didn’t Want It

If you want to see a relic of sports history, dust off a copy of College Football USA ’96. In its final season, the old Southwest Conference appeared for the first and only time in a video game. The next year, four members split to form the Big XII. This game is one of the…

The Week in Games: The Smurfs? The Smurfs.

Well alright then. The Smurfs 2 it is this week, a movie adaptation doing every single platform like it’s still 2008 or something. Not much else to discuss. Monday • RuneScape 3 (Online) Tuesday • The Smurfs 2 (360, PS3, Wii U, Wii, DS) • The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief Deluxe Edition…

Avengers Alliance Is About To Get Three Times Cooler

At yesterday’s Marvel Games panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Playdom revealed exciting plans for its social/mobile hit Avengers Alliance, though none quit as exciting as these three upcoming purchasable heroes — Squirrel Girl, Moon Knight and Doctor Voodoo. Season Two of Avengers Alliance is hitting the Facebook version of the game soon, bringing with…

Wasteland 2 Got Too Big For Its Own Good, and Is Now Delayed

Wasteland 2, like Double Fine’s adventure game, is one of Kickstarter’s greatest video game project successes. And, like Double Fine’s adventure game, it’s also run into a snag because, well, y’all just gave it too darn much money. The game is six weeks behind schedule, says developers inXile entertainment, and the reason is the “increased…

Moneysaver: Steam Summer Sale Encore (3 Hours Remain)

Dealterdämmerung About the Moneysaver The Steam Summer Sale is without a doubt the year’s most well-known series of discounts on games, but at Kotaku we know you want gaming deals every day. Brought to you by the Commerce Team, the Kotaku Moneysaver posts every day at 2:15pm ET*, bringing you the best, most complete, and…

Following a last-minute delay that pushed the launch from June to July, today Nvidia confirmed with Kotaku that the Shield handheld is officially launching on July 31.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Comic-Con Cosplay Extravaganza

As has been the tradition for the past three or so years, when we go to Comic-Con, we come back with cosplay, and then we turn that cosplay into your ‘Shop Contest. So that’s where we’re headed with this week’s challenge, brought to you in part by our friends at io9. Fahey was kinda busy,…

All the Memories of an Unforgettable EVO 2013 Are in This Superb Video

It’s been a week since EVO 2013 , and while you can revisit any of the Grand Finals, or an anthology of the best combos, sometimes it takes a video like this to unify the themes of a chaotic, energetic eSports spectacle that crowns nine champions. Edited and uploaded by evo2kvids yesterday, it’s as good…