Let’s Talk About Chrono Trigger

Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here Alright, folks—you’ve had two weeks to spend some time with Chrono Trigger, a video game about a time-traveling frog. Did you get a chance to play it? What’d you think?…

Deals: A Crazy PS4 Bundle, Even More Preorder Discounts, Humble Weekly

Every once in a while you can grab a ridiculous gaming deal from Dell, and today is one of those days. Get a Playstation 4, 3 month Plus subscription, copy of inFamous: Second Son, and $100 gift card for $450. Gift card shows in cart. You can even switch out inFamous for MLB 14: The…

You Can Dress Up Pokémon In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Oh My God

And now for the cutest thing I’ve seen all week: scans of Japanese magazine CoroCororeveal that the upcoming Pokémon remakes will have some form of dress-up, presumably for the contests feature included in the original games. While you’ll have to visit Pokémon news website Serebii to see the scans, they show an adorable Pikachu dressed…

448 Minutes Of Transformers Movies Contain 19 Minutes Of Robot Combat

Watching a Michael Bay Transformers movie is a serious investment. When you add up the running time of the original trilogy, it clocks in just shy of 7.5 hours. That’s practically a work day! Thank god they’re all chock full of eye-melting robot-on-robot action. Or so I thought. Then someone had to go and make…

Mazes Are Getting Pretty Highbrow

It was only two years ago that the Museum of Modern Art put its seal of approval on Pac-Man by adding the game to its permanent collection. Many saw this as a pivotal moment for video games; one of the most prestigious museums in the world was adding a little yellow blob’s maze-lurking, ghost-eating adventures…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: SnackTAYku International Vs: Venezuela • SnackTAYku International Vs: Trinidad • Back in the TAY: Guilty Gear • Trainime – Summer Season 2014 Impressions Part 4! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

“When you’re making fun of his suit, you’re making fun of his mom.” Far Cry 4’s Executive Producer Dan Hay gives yet another eccentric tidbit of information about Pagan Min, the game’s villain, in an interview Ubisoft just posted.

Guy Asks Out Girl Through… EA’s Facebook Page

Last night, the Facebook page for EA’s Origin—a video game distribution service—asked a girl named Emily if she’d go out with a boy named Nathan. It was all very cute. See, Nathan asked Origin’s social media experts for some help, and last night they posted this: This was a little confusing for some of EA’s…

Fans of beat’em up games, rejoice! Maybe. In tonight’s Nintendo Direct, game developer Hiroyuki Sonobe of ParityBit said they were working on “that game,” without directly mentioning the title. Images that appeared to be from a new Kenka Bancho flashed on the screen and the words “Coming Soon.”

A Complete History of Jurassic Park Games

You’d be amazed how many different ways the classic movie series has been turned into a game – shooters, platformers, beat-em-ups, management sims and more. The only absolute: most of them were rubbish. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Editor’s note: I cannot in good conscience share anything Jurassic Park game-related without mentioning Research…

Keeping a Princess Alive is Harder Than it Looks

You know, I thought that getting a young princess through her final year before her coronation wouldn’t be too tough—even with all the court intrigue, invading armies, and economic issues. I was wrong. She died… a lot. Like many PC gamers, I love Steam sales—even though they do little more than leave me with less…

Your Guide to Gundam’s Video Game Side Stories

Ever since the 16-bit era, there have been side-story games that help flesh out the world of the original Gundam. Now these have been abridged and collected in the new PS3 title Gundam: Side Stories. But what are all these titular side stories and what are they about? Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079 System:…