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Watch The Continuing Drama Of Halo Soldiers-In-Training

The Forward Unto Dawn live action webseries continues with this week’s installment. In Episode 3, personal drama of every sort comes to a head—but a poorly-timed (or well-timed?) invasion will change everything. How does teenage angst fare against an alien invasion? Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn-Part 3 [Halo Waypoint]

This Leaked Assassin’s Creed III Trailer Recaps the Series’ History and Teases Its Future

There’s a chance that some of the people picking up Assassin’s Creed III in a few weeks won’t have played the previous entries in Ubisoft’s hit historical action series. They won’t know about the Altair or the Templars or the Animus. Well, this trailer will bring them up speed in dramatic fashion. It’s also narrated…

The Creators Of Quest For Glory Want To Make A Western Version Of Persona

Will we ever get enough of Persona? The concept might sound bizarre—hardcore RPG meets lighthearted school simulator?—but the results are spectacular. It’s a winning formula, which might be why Corey and Lori Cole, the husband-and-wife team that created the classic Quest for Glory series, are using it for their brand new video game. A video…

Tetris in Reverse Looks and Sounds Positively Dreamy

Coming November 15 to iOS, Dream of Pixels looks like a beautiful watercolor Tetris clone. Look closer and everything starts falling apart quite wonderfully. Sighted this morning via the newly-launched Slide DB (it’s working, guys!), Dream of Pixels is all about unpacking lines of neatly-stacked tetromino blocks, tapping on shapes to send them falling off…

For Pokémon, Like Everyone Else, “Gender” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Sex”

There’s some fairly serious thought that goes into Pokémon gender. Especially since breeding and evolving is so important. But does it really matter? Gender isn’t sex, it’s a wonderfully elastic term, one that artist Maré Odomo explores ever so sweetly with this comic. BOY OR GIRL? [Attract Mode]

Hitman: Absolution Lets You Dress Up in Goofy Outfits, Too

Here’s a look at some of the “deadly disguises” that Hitman: Absolution. You know, like a large chicken. And a scarecrow. And a judge. Lethal!

Grind? What Grind? Tokitowa‘s Just Fun to Play

Tokitowa is an ambitious game. It mixes sprite-based anime graphics with a 3D world, has dating sim elements, and debuts a unique battle system—all in the same package. Moreover, all these elements are tied together with a complex, time travel narrative. But is Tokitowa able to pull all these different elements into a complete, polished,…

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida took to the PlayStation Blog comments section to answer multiple questions, Eurogamer points out.

The Dead or Alive 5 Mousepads Are Pretty Much What You’d Expect

Around five years ago (or so), it was a bit of a thing in Japan for game companies to release mousepads, featuring female characters with large breasts for PC users to rest their hands on. So no surprises here with these upcoming Dead or Alive 5 mousepads—nor is it surprising to see them pop up…

The Dream of Playing an Anime

During my sixth grade year, two things happened that would change the direction of my life forever: I saw my first anime (Lodoss War) and I played my first RPG (Final Fantasy VI). Both were gateways to expansive realms filled with amazing stories. And in my adolescent mind, a dream coalesced, “What if you combined…

Expect More Mass Effect, But Not Another Commander Shepard, Says BioWare

Years ago, game studio BioWare said Mass Effect 3 would be Shepard’s last. Now, BioWare is saying that, yep, it was serious. That’s it, no more Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 4—or whatever the heck the game’s eventually called. Speaking with game site VG247, BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas said, “There is one thing we…

Evangelion Is Freaking Awesome. You Will Not Convince Me Otherwise.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most famous—and polarizing—anime ever created. And it always seems to fall into one of three categories: Anime fans love it, hate it, or love it but hate the ending. Now we are just under a month away from the release of Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo—easily the…

Square Enix just launched a teaser site for an upcoming collaboration with Hangame.

This Cat Cosplay Is Either the Cutest Thing I’ve Ever Seen or the Cruelest

This poor, totally adorable animal! Chinese micro-blogger Toshiya86 uploaded a series of “cat cosplay”, featuring her feline Guagua and cardboard. This is the result. These photos depict Guagua as a variety of characters and were originally uploaded earlier this year, but are now appearing on Japanese sites like Karapaia. The characters include Kiki from Kiki’s…

Sega’s Demon Tribe Is an Online Battle RPG for iOS

Remember that Sega striptease countdown clock from September? The one that was leaked early? Well, it was for an iOS game called Demon Tribe. Here’s the debut trailer. デーモントライヴ　プレビュームービー [YouTube] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning…

The Wild World of China’s Net Cafes

In the West, China’s net cafes get a lot of bad press—often only getting ink when a gamer dies or a fight breaks out. But as Kotaku’s Beijing-based writer Eric Jou reported, they’re not necessarily bad places. Here’s a look at some of the more colorful moments (including a few game expo snaps), collected by…

You Can Play a Zombie Shooter in Real Life. It Looks Insane.

An Australian group called IRL Shooter will at the end of the month be holding an event called “Patient Zero“, which is basically aimed at giving you the experience of playing a zombie shooter, only in real life. Starting October 31 in Melbourne, for AUD$125 you’ll get access to the “game”, which sounds a lot…

There’s Five Spots We Get THIS Close to Seeing Master Chief’s Face in the New Halo 4 Trailer

The Halo 4 launch trailer was predictably big budget, but what I found most interesting was how human they made Master Chief look. We usually just see him as a giant hulking killing machine, all armour and visor, but Tim Miller and David Fincher’s clip goes right ahead and actually takes the mask off the…

If You Own a PC, Go Try Iconoclasts

Has it been over a year since we looked in on the wonderful Iconoclasts? It has? Better fix that, then. The game, while still a while from being finished, is playable. By you, that is. You can go download an alpha build over on the game’s site As with creator Joakim Sandberg’s Noitu Love, it’s…