I Don’t Know What The Hell’s Going On Here, But I Like It

If I didn’t have kids, I would have my walls covered with prints by Philippines-based artist Reynan Sanchez. Every one of his original illustrations is like the cover to a comic I wish I could read, if only it actually existed. And his fan art, like the God of War piece below, makes you wish…

Watch Us Play… The Bureau. It’s XCOM With a Dash of Mass Effect

For my first-ever preview on Kotaku, I sat down with The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. If you played XCOM: Enemy Unknown and weren’t happy with the lack of three-piece suits, or Mass Effect style conversation wheels, then this is the XCOM you’ve been looking for. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified comes to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC…

It’s Time To Turn Your Life Around!

It’s preferable to turn it in a direction you’re not already facing, though.

Hasbro’s SDCC Exclusive G.I. Joe/Transformers Crossover Is So Sweet

Bludgeon as a Cobra agent, riding with Ravage in a Vamp decorated as the Autobot Jeep Hound. Does it get any better than that? Yes, yes it does. Snake Eyes with an Autobot symbol? Eh. Bludgeon is a repaint of Budo. The hat still doesn’t fit. Sexy. Sexier. Sexiest, if a little on the small…

Cube World was partly inspired by Zelda, so it totally makes sense to mod the boat from Wind Waker into the game. Now all we need is a bit of music. And maybe a few treasure charts. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

Ferrari Lovers, This Anime Stunt Might Horrify You

Today, a Ferrari 458 Spider was cruising around Tokyo’s geek district, Akihabara. Things got freaky. This was a stunt for popular anime Attack on Titan, which features human-eating giants. The point was to draw a crowd and end up on the internet. Mission accomplished! The itasha (痛車) anime stickers, however, weren’t the horrifying part. Neither…

On Twitter, Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono confirmed that the recently announced Ultra version of the game will be released only on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, and not on Xbox One, PS4 or Wii U

Doom With Iron Sights Feels Really, Really Weird

This is a full playthrough of the beta version of Doom:One, an upcoming fan reconstruction of the first episode from id Software’s Doom with updated visuals, continuous levels, new secrets and, well, iron sights. If you wanna give the mod a try yourself, you can grab a demo at its official ModDB page Doom: One…

Buddhist Temple for Science Nerds

It’s not every day you see a Buddhist temple with a planetarium. Or with a giant space shuttle. Or a dinosaur. This isn’t your everyday Buddhist temple. In Japan, Buddhist temples typically perform, among other things, last rites and funerals. They are usually solemn places, but not always. Take Shouganji, a four hundred year-old temple…

A Free, Improved Co-op Version of Half-Life? Where Do I Sign Up?

The developers of Sven Co-op, a nearly fifteen-years-old but still regularly updated mod that lets you play Valve’s original Half-Life cooperatively with friends online, announced that their creation is heading to Steam as a free stand-alone game. With huge improvements. In a post published on the mod’s official website, the team revealed that Valve not…

Turning North Korea into the Mushroom Kingdom

Earlier this week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited an indoor mushroom farm and called for the country to become a world-class mushroom producer. A mushroom kingdom, if you will. “The mushroom cultivation grounds look very nice and I am pleased to see them,” said the Supreme Commander (via NKLW), who added that it was…

Popular Japanese manga Bleach is going on a five-week hiatus so its creator Tite Kubo can recharge. He’ll need his full energy, because once the manga resumes in September, it will begin its “final act”, with Kubo giving, what sounds like, the last story arch his all.

Summer’s Here, So Cover Yourself with Bugs!

This is Shoko Nakagawa. In Japan, she’s a famous popstar and TV personality. She appears in Nintendo commercials and voices Pokémon characters. She also likes putting cicadas on her hair and face. Note: This article has content some readers might find objectionable—especially after they’ve eaten. Nothing quite says summer in Japan like the inescapable cicada…

Pre-San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Pony Dance Party Go!

You saw the 2013 Hasbro San Diego Comic-Con My Little Pony exclusive in broad daylight. With the lights off, DJ Pon-3 is much more dangerous. Break out the glow sticks and hoof it to Happy Elf‘s “Pixie Hat,” in celebration of the impending convention madness.

Somebody Help Me, This Sonic Game Looks…Good

I know. Look, I know, alright? I should know better. But I’m an optimist. And Sonic Lost World keeps looking sweet. It’ll inevitably be terrible on release (it’s out on 3DS and Wii U on October 22), but for now, let’s watch the video below and pretend that we’re already playing it, and we keep…

Sounds like peripheral company Performance Designed Products (PDP) is in trouble, and that in turn is affecting its sponsorship of fighting game outfit Team AfterGlowElite (Team AGE). We contacted PDP after hearing reports that the company had instituted “mass layoffs”, which in turn had meant the disbandment of the successful Team AGE only days after…

David Jaffe Returns To Help With Another Car Combat Game

Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has teamed up with some of the developers behind the underrated Interstate 76 to begin work on a new vehicle combat game called..MotorGun. Currently looking for funding on Kickstarter, MotorGun looks and sounds pretty much exactly how you’d imagine a game coming from those guys to be. MotorGun will weld…

The Best Way To Play Dark Souls Is To Be A Coward

Every time I hear people talking about Dark Souls, it’s always about bosses, and exploits, and tactics. Me, I suck at the game, so my experience tends to be a little more like these guys. Cowards of Dark Souls (Live Action) [Max & Sam]

There’s A League Of Legends…2D Fighting Game

Not satisfied with playing League of Legends as an arena battle game, some fans have decided to turn the multiplayer smash into a 2D fighting game. It’s called League of Fighters, and in some good news for those who live in constant fear of video game lawyers, the developers were smart enough to reach out…

Forza 5 Isn’t All On The Disc [UPDATE]

While Microsoft has done away with its “daily check-in” requirement for the Xbox One, that’s not the end of strange new digital firsts for the system. Witness Forza 5, which even when you buy it on disc, needs to download more of the game online the first time you fire it up. UPDATE: A Microsoft…