Good news, fighting game fans: Skullgirls Encore will be coming to PS4 and Vita later this year.

Contraption Maker, a spiritual successor to Incredible Machine created by some of the people behind the original game, came out on Steam this week. You can check it out here

Counter-Strike Could Really Use More Legos

This is an image from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Something looks a little different than what you’d normally expect to see in the latest installment in Valve’s online game about counter-terrorists shooting at counter-terrorists, though. No, I’m not talking about the heads-up display. Ted McIlwain, a level designer at Digital Extremes, has been tinkering with a…

A Well-Loved Game Boy

There Are Way Too Many Indie RPGs

Today a reader sent me an e-mail about this new contest for RPG Maker games, and I wish I had time to play them all. I mean, sure, RPG Maker games aren’t always… polished, but there are some good ones out there, like Exit Fate and Barkley’s Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. They’re almost always…

Deals: Xbox One for $360, Preorders for Alien, Halo 5, Destiny, More

We’ve got a slew of notable preorders and preorder discounts for you today. Let’s start with Alien: Isolation which, in one of the more egregious, anti-consumer uses of the pre-order we’ve seen in a long time, has locked Sigourney Weaver behind the pre-order wall. [Alien: Isolation] Oh sorry, you wanted good news? Ok, use code…

Alien Isolation‘s VR Demo Gave Me a New Body and It Was Weird

It’s incredibly easy to trick the brain about your body. Which is why, for me, the most memorable thing about playing Alien Isolation’s VR Demo was suddenly finding myself in the body of a tiny woman. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK. It’s due to an effect called Neuroplasticity which is usually associated with…

How To Scare Off Your Hearthstone Opponent In One Turn

The best thing about Hearthstone, Blizzard’s digital collectible card game, is that just about anything can happen. The worst thing about Hearthstone is that just about anything can happen. Witness the video above, captured by YouTuber CptnFabulous, who drew two Innervates and a Coin—all cards that give you extra mana crystals for a turn—and used…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Killer Instinct: The TAY Review • When Is A Collector’s Edition Too Much? • Adventures In Blind Gaming 3: In Minecraft Eyes TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

An In-Depth Look At Metal Gear Solid V‘s Mother Base

We’ve already seen some footage from Metal Gear Solid V, including a tour of one of the most famous oil platforms in gaming, the Mother Base, that will serve as the main hub of the game. YouTuber YongYea is here with a detailed analysis of the Mother Base, along with the inevitable theories—it’s a new…

Dishonored Is Stunning At 4K Resolution

Dishonored came out two years ago. So, you’d be forgiven for forgetting how splendid Arkane’s Victorian stealth game looked. But, thanks to the glory of screenshots done up in 4K, you can marvel at the design of Dishonored all over again. The thing about bumping up the resolution of a game like Dishonored is that…

The Sopranos‘ Opening, Remade In Grand Theft Auto V

Tony Soprano and his family might not live on the West Coast, but 8-bit Bastard‘s remake of the classic opening of the show in Grand Theft Auto V makes me want to load up the original again. This time Tony’s not driving from New York to his home in New Jersey, but from Los Santos…