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Fan Game Will Let You Bring Horrible Pokémon Fusions To Life

Mashing together unlikely pairings results in hilarious Pokémon—that’s exactly why Alex Onsager’s fusion website, which lets people create Frankenstein Pokémon with a few easy clicks, blew up the internet a while back. I have a feeling fusions are about to make a comeback in 2015, though—and it’s all thanks to a cool upcoming fan game.…

Metal Gear Solid V Glitch Lets Players Make Silenced Rocket Launchers

Forget Metal Gear. This is the ultimate weapon. Sneaking is hard. You’ve got to blend svelte form and lethal (or at least incapacitating) function, all while keeping light on your tippy toes. Big guns and bigger explosions? Not the best idea. Unless, of course, you’re playing Metal Gear Solid V, in which case they can…

Some Inside Baseball For Nintendo Fans As EAD Transforms

Nintendo’s vaunted internal game development groups are merging as part of a structural changes at the house of Mario, changes that we’d be lying if we said we fully understood. But, hey, who doesn’t like staring at a revised org chart and trying to deduce gaming’s future in the process? The change at the top…

Banned League of Legends YouTuber Defends His Trash Talking

Most people would tell you toxicity is something we should strive to avoid in games. One big YouTuber, however, doesn’t just embrace toxicity—he thinks it’s one of the few things that make games like League of Legends fun. Last week, YouTube jokester Dunkey was banned from League of Legends due to “toxic behavior.” Later in…

Destiny‘s Best Hidden Story Gets A Killer Conclusion

Destiny’s main story isn’t the only thing getting a new chapter with the Taken King expansion. Another less well-known (but far better) Destiny tale has been given a conclusion, and it kicks ass To catch newcomers up: I’m talking about the legend of two weapons: Thorn and The Last Word. It’s a cool story that…

Pewdiepie Is Making A TV Show

Things seem pretty weird for YouTube’s biggest star right now. For months, Pewdiepie has been teasing a big THING happening this fall. In August, he said that whatever was coming up was going to force him to upload less often to his channel—from two videos a day, to one video a day (at least for…

Elite: Dangerous’ richest players are bored. PCGamesN has a great feature on what the space sim’s players do when they become ungodly rich. It’s revealing. “It got boring to do anything,” said space billionaire Andrew Jennings. “Once you get the best ship for whatever you’re doing, you didn’t need anything else.”

Upcoming Dragon Ball Z Animation Looks Like A Pixar Movie

DBZ Tribute is not an official project—but damn if it doesn’t look hot anyway. The project is the work of a number of professional artists who have come together to create a computer-generated animated sequence that will act as a tribute to Akira Toriyama’s work. So far, there are only teasers. Despite that, what little…

The First Five Incredibly Relaxing Minutes Of Lumini

Violence and tension will always have a place in video gaming, but sometimes you just need to go on a journey of discovery in some crystal-filled caves. Let’s chill. Developed by Speelbaars, Lumini is a casual adventure game that likely got greenlit on Steam because it’s so incredibly calming. From the visuals to the sound…

The Hottest New Star Wars Game Is A Dull Diablo Clone

Star Wars Uprising, the new Diablo clone sitting atop the iTunes charts, could more appropriately be titled Star Wars: Uninspiring. The game is competent. That’s about it. Check out the video to see it in action. As with many so-called free mobile games, you get what you pay for. In this case, you get a…

The Newest Legendary Is Actually Five Different Pokémon In One

It might be in the running for “most ridiculous Pokémon yet.” If you play Pokémon at all, then you’re probably already familiar with Zygarde. It looks like this: Well, as it turns out, that’s actually one of many different forms that this Pokémon can take. First, the Pokemon starts out as a cell. Then it…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

The most popular story we ran last week was the announcement of Pokémon Go. Quite the surprise. But what else stood out last week? Here are my favorite Kotaku stories from the past seven days: The Real Story Behind Metal Gear Solid V’s Awesome Balloons – Luke teaching history. Seven Reasons I Actually Love Mad…

EA has announced a huge delay for Need For Speed on PC, with the game moving from November 3 until Spring 2016 Why? Making sure players can unlock the frame rate and “increase the visuals that we can deliver on PC.” Seems the response to Arkham Knight has made some publishers skittish! Contact the author…

This Is A Great Video Game Commercial

Sony’s commercial for Tearaway’s re-release on PlayStation 4 is the best Tearaway was an excellent game on Vita, and I’m so glad more people will get a chance to see what all the portable fuss was about. Kirk’s already outlined why Tearaway is fantastic, so let’s focus on the absurdity of this lovely commercial: Just…

Marvel’s Going to Have Six Avengers Teams This Fall

Galactus and Deadpool—two guys classified as “bad guys” at one point in time—are going to be Avengers when the Marvel Universe returns to a more recognizable form this fall. And they’re going to have a lot of company, some of whom are coming from alternate universes. The Avengers family of comic books is going to…

The Innovative, Controversial Evolution Of Hearthstone

Eighteen months ago, the people who make World of Warcraft and Diablo released a card game. Players liked it, for good reason. Hearthstone was immediately a lot of fun. It also pretty much played by the rules that would bind any physical card game. You had cards, a deck and a fair amount of predictability.…

Harmonix has announced the final slate of songs for next month’s Rock Band 4, including Mumford & Son’s “The Wolf,” R.E.M.’s “The One I Love,” Gin Blossoms’ “Follow You Down,” Imagine Dragon’s “I Bet My Life,” and more. The whole tracklist list is available right here.

LEGO Dimensions‘ Voice Cast Is Just Nuts

Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future, Stephen Merchant and Ellen McLain from Portal, Gary Oldman as the game’s big bad and two different Chris Pratt performances—LEGO Dimensions’ definitely got talent. Not only is the game, which hits stores in a little under two weeks, a massive gathering of entertainment properties,…

Super Fast Rock-Paper-Scissors Robot Has 100% Winning Rate

Rock-paper-scissors and chess first, then the entire world. This is how robots will slowly take over everything. Japanese students from the University of Tokyo built a robotic hand that’s impossible to beat in a game of rock-paper-scissors. The third version of the Janken (rock-paper-scissors) robot with 100% winning rate has been developed. In this version,…

More Mass Effect Minimates, less blind groping at GameStop. Following up on itsblind bag GameStop exclusives from earlier this year, Diamond Select is wide-releasing a four-pack of ME figures early next year, including a Shepard with swappable John and Jane heads.