Angry, Grieving Spider-Man Is My Favorite Comics Panel from Last Week

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #25: Spider-Man doesn’t really show up in this issue. And that’s a great thing. It continues to be impressive how Brian Michael Bendis makes it feel like superpowers are zapping across the page when the only thing happening is a bunch of people talking. The writer on many of Marvel’s biggest books…

There’s No Escape For Cosplayers When Deadpool Storms Comic-Con

Only Deadpool could walk up to Bane, Wolverine, Solid Snake and nearly every cosplayer at this year’s (and last year’s) San Diego Comic-Con, and fool around with them without any consequences. Physical, at least. Besides the silly dance moves, it’s good to see there was someone at Comic-Con in a Hello Kitty Iron Man suit…

Tekken Revolution‘s Next Character is a Vampire—Not a Giant Fish

If you were hoping to seea giant, flopping, egg-spewing salmon as the next character in Tekken Revolution, I have bad news: Of 10 concepts they could have picked, Tekken fans picked perhaps the sanest and most predictable: Female Vampire. Female Vampire, as yet unnamed (described on the official Tekken site as, “a young girl, long…

Mighty Morphin Mecha Mario, assemble! If the world ever needs a giant, Koopa-fighting Super Mario, this one straight from Gmod would do the job easily. Especially with that giant drilling tool (hopefully) attached to his left arm. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art…

Pokémon Developer’s New Game Crosses Horse Racing and… Solitaire

Here’s Game Freak’s newest game, which involves a “collaboration” the developer started referencing last week with a mysterious message on its site. It’s called Soritiba, and the collaboration in this case is between two genres: solitaire and horse racing. Huh. According to 4Gamer, gameplay in Soritiba (“Soriti” is a shortening of “solitaire”, while “ba” or…

Ghibli’s New Movie Is Beautiful (But It Has Its Problems)

This past weekend, The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ), the newest film from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki was released in theaters across Japan. But how does Studio Ghibli’s latest film stack up against classics like Spirited Away, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Princess Mononoke? Read on to find out! [This review contains spoilers about…

On August 1, Capcom is announcing 13 new games that range from smartphone titles to next-gen games as part of its streaming “Network Game Conference”. There’s also expected to be news regarding Monster Hunter Frontier G and Onimusha Soul.

This Ridiculous Pokémon Load Time Is Fake

There’s a new Pokémon game. It’s called Pokémon X/Y and recently gameplay was showed off on Japanese television. Don’t worry; the game doesn’t appear to have ridiculously long load times. The above GIF is a fake! This is gameplay footage that has been given a long “Now Loading…” screen. As several Kotaku commenters have pointed…

Here’s IGN taking a look at how the Ouya’s games are doing sales-wise. Matt Thorson’s TowerFall, for example, the Ouya’s current best-selling app and a game which we rather liked when it was shown at E3 last month, made a modest $21,000 since its June 25th release.

Modder Makes Current Gen Graphics Look Like the Future

Last year, Konami showed off images created using its upcoming game engine, the Fox Engine. Over on the CryDevforums, modder Gametime decided to recreate that demo with current gen tech. The result isn’t next gen, but damn, it sure is amazing. “While the Fox Engine is very impressive, especially the E3 2013 Trailer, I felt…

If My Heart Had Wings: The Kotaku Review

Winner of several visual novel game awards, If My Heart Had Wings is a romance title centering around a high school glider club known as the “Soaring Club.” It is a touching story about loss, love, and passion that grips you right by the soul from beginning to end. Like many visual novels, a large…

In This Delightful-Looking Game, You’re a Shiny Metal Sphere

This is InFlux, a puzzle game with elements of platforming and exploration, where you step into the role of an alien sphere of some sort which crash-landed on a desert island. It’s also a rather good-looking game, as evidenced by the above trailer. Impromptu Games, the Australian group responsible, is currently hard at work fixing…

Let’s Play Around With Pikmin 3‘s Multiplayer Modes

Like Pikmin 2 before it, Pikmin 3 comes with several multiplayer modes. The first three, Gather the Fruit, Enemy Battle, and Boss Rush are all available for two-player coop (as well as single player). The fourth is a bingo-themed versus game where two players compete to gather the items they need as quickly as possible.…

Japanese Plastic Model Trolls the Chinese Military

A new plastic model for a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force escort vessel is raising eyebrows in China. The model’s box art seems to feature the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning engulfed in flames and sinking. Japanese fighter jets fly overhead. Originally a Soviet carrier, the Liaoning is known for its curved incline to, as South China…

Recently, the rights to several classic game franchises, including Master of Orion, Total Annihilation, and Star Control, were auctioned off following Atari’s filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. You can see a list of the franchises involved, and whom they ended up with, below. Total Annihilation franchise bought by Wargaming [PC Gamer] Top image courtesy…

Apparently, Nintendo Is Refusing Japanese Indie Developers

Japan has a small, yet thriving indie game community. But does Nintendo want any part of it? Nintendo is trying to be more welcoming towards indie games than it has been in the past. At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Nintendo revealed Unity for Wii U and Nintendo Web Framework. These tools should make the…

Everyone Wants to Ride Motorcycles Like in Akira

You know the coolest scene in the classic 1988 anime Akira? It’s when Kaneda slides his motorcycle to a halt. Haven’t you wanted to do that? Well, you’re not the only one! Recently, a slew of homages have popped online in Japan; however, the GIFs are courtesy of Tumblr from a while back. The dog,…

Aaahhh, Don’t Do That To A Vita Screen!

I don’t care if this is the Japanese PlayStation equivalent of a ShamWow commercial, it’s still captivating/horrifying to watch. Peripheral and accessory company Hori have a new line of Vita screen protectors, and to demonstrate their toughness, they did the only thing a product like this asks for: they tried to scratch the shit out…

Guys, You Should Probably Go Play Mercenary Kings

Mercenary Kings is kinda out today, available as part of Steam’s Early Access program. I’ve played a bit (think Metal Slug with a pinch of RPG), and it’s pretty great. It’s not finished – you’re getting early access, not a final product, so it’s missing some stuff – but you’ll get that stuff when it’s…

A Video Game Sword To Give You…Nightmares

Casy Kovach wanted to build a replica of Nightmare’s Soul Edge blade from Soulcalibur. So grabbing some wood, paint and a glass eye, he went right ahead and did it. It’s the scale of the thing that’s so impressive. A lot of this kind of props work tends to be small in scale, but this…