How Sonic Helped Sega Win the Early 90s Console Wars

In the early 1990s, Sega had a 6% market share in the US whilst Nintendo had 94% – but by the middle of the decade, the Mega Drive had become one of gaming’s great success stories, with 65% market share. How did it happen? This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The following is an…

Valkyria Chronicles is My First and Only SRPG Love

This week, Sega announced that formerly PS3-exclusive Valkyria Chronicles would be coming to PC November 11, 2014. Just the idea that more people will get to experience this game makes me giddy. Why? Because the Valkyria Chronicles series is my first and only SRPG love. From the beginning, I’ve never really liked SRPGs. This is…

A Look at the Tech that Powers Final Fantasy XV

Square Enix just showed off this footage in Paris. It looks impressive. As you can see in the below clip, via YouTube user Mika IIM, the demo shows off some of the game engine’s fancy tech. As soon as it starts going, that dude’s head gets out of the way. Somewhat. You’ll be happy to…

The Irregular at Magic High School Tells an Entertaining Story Poorly

With its complex magic system, excellent setting, and entertaining adventures, The Irregular at Magic High School is an anime I very much wanted to like. Unfortunately, it has several major problems in how it is constructed that hurt the anime overall. Good – A Futuristic World of Magic and Adventure The Irregular at Magic High…

As per their latest financial report, Sony shipped 3.3 million PS4 systems in the financial quarter ending on September 30. This brings their total to 13.5 million consoles shipped in less than a year. Sony also moved 800,000 PS3 consoles and 700,000 portable (Vita, Vita TV and PSP) consoles during this time. PlayStation logo via…

Final Fantasy Agito Plus, the PS Vita version of Final Fantasy Agito, was supposed to be out next January in Japan. Its release date is now TBA.

Drink Hello Kitty Coffee in Tokyo

And, if coffee isn’t your thing, you can always eat Hello Kitty food. From November 14 to December 25, the limited time only Hello Kitty Cafe will open in Shibuya’s Parco. As Momo points out, the establishment will serve an array of Kitty themed eats and drinks. Have a look. This isn’t the only Hello…

Track: Say My Name (feat. Zyra) | Artist: ODESZA | Album: In Return Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

You Can Call This Video Game From A Real Phone

Dial this number, and it will take you to far away places. MINOR SPOILER ALERT. The game—really more of an interactive phone line—is the latest extension of the brilliant Kentucky Route Zero series, a serenely bizarre (or perhaps bizarrely serene) theatrical adventure game. This is an extension of that universe, and a weird one at…

New City-Building Game Combines Two Of My Favorite Things​

Concrete Jungle is a game where you build a city. But not like you would in SimCity. You construct cities in Concrete Jungle by building a deck, like a card game. How did nobody think of this until now? It all sounds so easy. You get some cards, and each card has a building on…

Valve doesn’t seem too pleased that devs have made a group to upvote each others’ games on Steam Greenlight. A rep said, “Clearly this is not the feedback we are seeking from Greenlight. We do track these sorts of things and folks ‘going this route’ will likely not find the results they may have hoped…

Team Fortress 2‘s New Map Is Totally Bonkers

It has kart racing. Kart racing! With adorable chubby faced characters. Valve has finally lost it—in a good way, mostly. The new map, Carnival of Carnage, is the biggest addition in Scream Fortress VI, this year’s Halloween event. Here’s an overview from Valve News Network of its relentless spookitude: I wasn’t kidding about the bumper…

​4 Tips for Your Last-Minute Halloween Costume

I haven’t really dressed up for Halloween since I was a kid. Last year, I just grabbed my judo gi and pretended to be some kind of zombified martial artist. The year before, I wore a headcrab hat one of my roommates got me a few years back… and pretended to a headcrab zombie. You…

Glitched Out Pokémon Is The Best Kind of Nightmare

Pokémon Emerald looks a bit different when you corrupt the file you play on. That’s not a bad thing, though. Grass may turn to water. Pokémon might turn into giant question marks. And sometimes, your character can’t decide whether or not he wants his head actually on his shoulders. It’s goofy glitches like this that…