Enormous LEGO Hobbiton Model Goes Ever On And On…

While it’s not quite as nice as that Rivendell diorama from last month, this giant, custom-built LEGO Hobbiton set is still worth downing a few frothy pints over. Depicting the setting up before Bilbo’s big birthday bash, the real highlight is Bag End, whose roof can come off to reveal a meticulously detailed interior, full…

In Monster Hunter 4, You Control Insect Minions

A demo of Capcom’s Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS was up for play at the Tokyo Game Show, and here’s how the 15-minute gameplay was. They provided me with 3 different quests with a ranging difficulty of easy, medium and hard, and a premade set of armor for each of the special weapons in-game.…

There’s a New Halo 4 Trailer Today, Too

For those who like their gaming media and news a little less Japanese in origins today, here. A new trailer for Halo 4, showing off all the guns and weaponry that the Covenant – who you’re still fighting, in some small way – are packing in the game.

First Look at the Circle Pad Pro for the Nintendo 3DS XL

We knew the peripheral was coming to Nintendo’s new handheld, but until today we hadn’t seen what it looked like. Now we have. Yup. Still hideous. Pricing and release date are TBA. Accessories [Nintendo, via Go Nintendo]

I Had No Objections to My Time With Ace Attorney 5

Today at the Tokyo Game Show Kotaku was able to experience 15 minutes of tense courtroom drama with the first playable demo of Ace Attorney 5 In the demo, Phoenix finds himself defending a young girl accused of bombing a courtroom with a bomb hidden in a stuffed animal. Also involved is the younger brother…

Nintendo Will be Making Games Using the Unity Engine

Unity CEO David Helgason has revealed that his company, whose light-weight engine is becoming increasingly popular in both the mobile and PC gaming worlds, has been licensed by Nintendo for use with the upcoming Wii U. The engine is being optimised for Nintendo’s latest console, and while it’s become surprisingly powerful in recent times (see…

Gameplay Footage of Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney

Fresh from the TGS showroom floor, here’s some gameplay footage of upcoming 3DS title Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney Apologies for the noise, but, you know, this place gets busy

Level-5 tells Kotaku that none of its TGS games are confirmed for a Western release.

First Look at Professor Layton’s Last Adventure

Professor Layton’s adventures are coming to an end, apparently. And they announce that fact proudly in the demo for Professor Layton and the Legacy of The Advanced Civilization A (レイトン教授と超文明Aの遺産). The story features the dandy English gentleman and his two assistants, Luke and Emmy on an adventure to solve the mystery of the “Living Mummy.”…

This Incredible “Real” Minecraft Game Only Uses Two Blocks

On display at the XOXO Indie Arcade event in Portland, this Minecraft project has only two blocks. But they’re real, you can touch them, and if you use the included hammers, you can smash them and they react in much the same way they do in the actual game. If you’re wondering how creator Ben…

Simply the Best Assassin’s Creed Cosplay You’ll Ever See

The HDR photography might make them look a little too much like action figures, but that’s a niggle. Everything else about these two, from the photography to the “acting” to the outfits, is just about perfect. The Dutch pair, dressed as Connor and Aveline (from the Vita’s Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation) respectively, were so impressive…

Tekken‘s Mushroom Battle Mode Gives Tekken a 1-Up

Namco’s Tekken series is making the leap to the Wii U. The fighting game favorite is one of the first big games slotted for the console. But does it pack enough punch on the Wii U? To cater to Wii U players, Nintendo and Namco have tailed the Wii U edition with loads of platform…

Big Publishers Accused of Trying to Manipulate Kickstarter Fever

The last twelve months have seen an outbreak of Kickstarter fever. Old devs, new devs, indie devs, everyone with an idea and some concept art has been scrambling to the service in an attempt to get their dream game made. Part of the appeal for both backers and developers is that, in theory, it removes…

Guild Wars 2 Player Kicks Ass Using Only His Cheek, Mouth

If you’re a Guild Wars 2 player and have ever complained about a sore wrist, or tired eyes, here’s something that might put your issues in perspective. Keith “Aieron” Knight was born with Amyoplasia Arthrogryposis, which basically means he can barely move his body. At all. Yet he still takes on other GW2 players, and…

The Soundtrack to the New Devil May Cry, Compressed Into a Single Trailer

If I had to pick the kind of music that the new, younger Dante would listen to in Ninja Theory’s Devil May Cry reboot, it would… yeah, it would be pretty much this. Wonder what happens in the game to make him grow up to look like a guy who listens to Joy Division and…

Two Months Of Playing Games While Standing Up

About six weeks ago, I wrote an article about how I’d gotten really into playing games while standing up. It sparked all manner of interesting conversation, and I think that I convinced a few people to give standing a shot. Given that I’ve been standing up while working (and playing) for two months now, I…

Okami HD’s Still Looking Colourful as a Vomiting Rainbow

You know, as nice as it’ll be having this in “HD”, the more I think about it, the more I don’t understand why this isn’t a Vita game. Because of the brushes, man. The brushes

Final Fantasy XIV’s TGS Trailer Both Dazzles and Bores

Bombastic cinematic sequences mixed with a few too many shots of characters running awkwardly through empty fields…this can only be a trailer for the once-fundamentally-broken Final Fantasy XIV

Ace Attorney 5’s New Trailer Makes Phoenix Wright Look Even Cooler

You’d expect the first 3D Phoenix Wright/Ace Attorney game to look in motion. And whaddya know, it does. Tastefully done, Capcom, you’ve done a great job maintaining the art style of the DS games while spicing things up a little for the 3D-capable hardware.

You’ll Never Believe Where This Gorgeous New Building Game Comes From

If someone sat me down and presented me with this gorgeous Technicolor dream of a world building-game called Patterns and then asked me what company was responsible for creating it, I could have guessed for hours and never gotten it right. Now, if there’d been a unicorn penis in the trailer… It’s a little sad…