The Steins;Gate Movie is an Emotional Ride Through Time

Richard: Today, myself and fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura are here to look at the recently released movie sequel to the 2011 Steins;Gate anime: Steins;Gate: The Burden of Déjà Vu Toshi: Which was in turn based on a very successful visual novel. Richard: I very much enjoyed the anime series, saying it “might be the…

This is Alcapa Games’ upcoming top-down survival horror title, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. As the captain of a ship named Cradle, your task is to “restore the ship AI and exterminate the vindictive, and now homeless mecha-dinosaurs.” Why aren’t there more games with vindictive mecha-dinosaurs? [Thanks, RPS.]

Diet Diet Revolution: How I Lost Weight Playing a Video Game

Growing up, I was a very thin kid. Thanks to an amazingly high metabolism, I could eat anything I wanted, as much as I wanted and never gain weight. Once I did nothing but eat junk food and play games over winter break in high school and lost 5 pounds—dropping me to 119 pounds. My…

Chinese Airline Dressing Up Flight Attendants as…Maids and Butlers

In China, one airline isn’t just flying the friendly skies. It’s cosplaying in them. Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based budget airline, is dressing up its male cabin attendants as butlers and its female ones as maids. Some in China are pleased with the cosplay promotion, comparing it to Japan’s maid (and butler) cafes. Others are not.…

Here Are the Coolest Starbucks in Asia

Chain establishments can start to blur together. They start to seem the same, because they all look the same. That’s not always true for Starbucks, especially in Asia. Some of its ubiquitous coffee houses are not only unique, but so cool. Yes, most Starbucks in Asia do look like the Starbucks you’d see anywhere in…

The Special Attacks in One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 Are Just Insane

Like most shonen anime and manga, One Piece is filled to the brim with crazy attacks and special moves. But what would these attacks be if they weren’t all given names to be shouted at maximum volume whenever said attack is used? With everything from the Gum Gum Elephant Gun to the Mirage Tempo: Fata…

The concluding episode of the Tyranny of King Washington DLC for Assassin’s Creed III, Redemption, is now available for PC and Xbox 360 (with the PS3 getting it tomorrow). Let’s celebrate with a trailer of spirit wolves, collapsing towers, and lots of cannon fire.

How a Bill Gates Handshake Caused Controversy in South Korea

Bill Gates is dedicating his life to helping others. But let’s not judge him on that. Let’s judge him on how he shakes hands. Because that’s important. The above photo is all over the South Korean press. Gates is shaking hands with President Geun Hye Park. He has one hand in his pocket. That’s a…

There’s More Than Meets the Eye in This PlayStation Email

It looked like any other boring old email. But, as noted by Reddit user Sarranoob, it was anything but. It was an email in disguise. When the email’s image isn’t uploaded, it reveals an Autobot logo. Sure, this is just marketing, but it’s clever marketing. In case you missed it, here is Kotaku‘s review of…

Someone’s Done A Speedrun Of Star Wars. The Movie.

A speedrun is normally something you associate with a video game, when a player tries to get through a game as fast as is humanly (or sometimes inhumanly) possible. Here, though, we see a movie speedrun. An animated whirlwind tour of Star Wars: Episode IV. Funny how good the movie is even when you’re not…

This Is Surely The Future Of Multiplayer Gaming

The Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod continues to impress, but this time, not for technical reasons. This time, it’s for reasons of limousine races and Parappa music. Just Cause 2 Multiplayer – LIMOUSINE FRUSTRATION [YouTube, via Destructoid]

Paypal Shafts Indie Developer, Withholds Donated Money

It was one of the year’s feel-good stories when Lab Zero Games raised over $800,000 so they could make more content for indie fighting game Skullgirls. It’s one of the year’s saddest stories, then, that Paypal is being really weird with the studio’s money. Most of the contributions to Lab Zero’s IndieGoGo campaign were paid…

Concept Artists Want To Make Their Own Video Game

No doubt tired of doing work for other people’s games, British art studio Atomhawk has announced plans to develop a game of their own. It’s called The Realm, an adventure game that’s aiming for both the PC and tablet devices. What’s worth a look are two things: Atomhawk do good work, as we’ve seen before.…

Ah, Gunpoint. It’s been a while. Nice to see you again. And see that you’re still looking terrific.

An RPG That’s Drawn Entirely On Paper (And Not A Mario In Sight)

This game was made by one man. And is entirely hand-drawn. Using actual paper and ink. Jesse Gallagher is the developer/artist behind Paper Sorcerer, a successful Kickstarter project that’s due later this year on iOS and Android. It’s an old-school RPG, but it’s the art that’s got me leaning closer, not the genre. Gallagher tells…

Make Your Own Official Portal Cakes With Official Portal Cake Mix

Your next baking session can crack jokes like it was 2007 now that official Aperture Science cake mix has been made available. It comes with the candle, 275g of cake mix, 50g of cream powder, chocolate flakes and 80g of liquid thickener. All you need to complete the thing are some cherries and a post-apocalyptic…

There’s a “strong possibility” that Relicwill be working with Games Workshop on a new Dawn of War game somewhere down the line.

See How Star Wars & Transformers Figures Are Made

Our pals at Gizmodo were lucky enough to take a trip out to Hasbro recently, where they sat in with the folks responsible for designing the company’s prototype action figures. In the amazing video above, we get to meet some of the people behind the toy’s design, see how models are built in 3D printers…

Moneysaver PSA: Limited Time Gaming Deals For Tuesday [GONE]

Set your iPhone’s alarm, Amazon’s got Gold Box deals on video games, and we’ve got all the details right here. Starting at 3am EST, Amazon will be running limited time sales on several games and accessories. The deal ends either when time expires or when stock is sold through. We’re going to list the offers…

Fixing Video Game Box Art With…Clip Art And Comic Sans

It started with album covers, but if you’ve been browsing Tumblr or forums this week you may have seen it jump pretty swiftly to video games. “It” being people recreating video game box art using nothing but stock clip art, MS Paint and everyone’s favourite font, comic sans. The results are…horrifying, at first. But when…