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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.

Aeris’ House From Final Fantasy VII, Rebuilt In Unreal Engine 4

The flowery home of Final Fantasy VII’s Aeris, a tiny, fragile island of peace in the middle of the Sector 5 Slums, now has a fan-made Unreal Engine 4 version. It’s the work of Clémence Maurer and he remained faithful to the original one. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

I’d Have Loved Some Pokémon Nesting Dolls Growing Up

I remember having an original, “fat” Pikachu plushie, which was nice enough, I guess. But as far as gameplay goes,matryoshka dolls are on a whole other level. At least compared to plushies. Pikachu and its ilk above are part of a series called “Pokétryoshka,” created and recently posted on Tumblr by Michael Myers of Drawsgood…

No, Nicolas Cage Didn’t Go Watch Anime Schoolgirls

Contrary to online reports, the Hollywood actor apparently did not attend the recent premiere for the schoolgirl anime Love Live Cosplayer PipPiporiginally uploaded a photo of Nicolas Cage (not the above image, mind you) , writing, “So I ran into Nic Cage before the Love Live movie. His son likes anime apparently.” PipPip’s photo quickly…

Looking Back at How GTA Online Has Changed, Nearly Two Years On

When it was announced, GTA Online felt like the most exciting thing to ever happen to Grand Theft Auto This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK A GTA-style MMO had always seemed technically impossible; other developers’ attempts, like Realtime Worlds’ APB, had failed miserably. But the early demonstrations that Rockstar showed of GTA Online, of…

A Whole Movie That Looks Like An FPS Video Game

You might have seen a trailer for this project last year, when it was looking for money on Indiegogo. Well, it managed to raise that cash and meet its post-production goals so Hardcore, a movie shot entirely from a first-person perspective, is on its way. The movie debuted over the weekend at the Toronto International…

Go To Google And Search “Super Mario Bros“

Then get clicking on that box. Loudly, if you’re at work. And be sure to keep going past 100 coins. I’m guessing this is for the game’s 30th birthday celebrations. Add it to the list of neat little surprises the search giant seems to be able to conjure at will for video game stuff.

The Real Story Behind Metal Gear Solid V’s Awesome Balloons

I’ve never really liked Metal Gear games, but I am loving Metal Gear Solid V so far. Not for the story, though, or the stealth. Mostly for the balloons. Not since Armed and Dangerous’ Land Shark Gun has a video game tool been so funny and practical at the same time. You can steal jeeps!…

All The Enemies And Items In Super Mario Maker In One Video

Tireless Nintendo game chronicler MasterofHyrule started off creating a video of all of the enemies and items in Super Mario Maker that could come out of a canon or pipe. Then he upped it to all the enemies and items in the game. Then… …he decided to demonstrate what happens to each enemy or item…

Let’s Watch Ten Minutes Of Star Wars: Battlefront Gameplay 

Because it’s there, and it’s beautiful. A calming sensation wafted over me as I watched this video, recorded during the closed alpha test on PC and uploaded to YouTube by Jake McNeill (via Gamespot). I’ve been worrying over the new movies lately—probably due to the toys hitting stores—and this clip helped me come to terms…

StarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void Launches November 10

The second expansion pack for StarCraft II will officially launch on November 10, Blizzard revealed today during the World Championship Series season three finalslive on Twitch. The release date announcement was accompanied by a cinematic trailer for Legacy of the Void StarCraft II’s initial installment, subtitled Wings of Liberty, launched over five years ago in…

No Jimmy Kimmel Live, I Will Not Preorder The Taken King At GameStop

Despite your deliberately ham-fisted GameStop commercial starring the ever-charming Guillermo, I will not preorder The Taken King, because preordering is bad. And also I already preordered it on PSN. It’s not my fault! I mean, it is my fault, but there was a good reason. I’d lost my Destiny disk, and the only way to…

Kotaku’ Shop Contest: Pumpkin Spice Armageddon

To my knowledge Pumpkin Spice Spam is not a real product, but it very well could be. Nothing is safe. No one is safe. Especially not for this week’s ‘Shop Contest. Early fall, which is the term I use to describe the bits of the year between when the fall products hit store shelves and…

Super Mario Bros. Turns 30 Today — When Did You First Play?

On September 13, 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan. My first encounter with the heroic plumber came a year later at a local bar. The game that many credit with resurrecting North America’s video game industry after the Atari/Coleco era crash arrived in the states at a point…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: It’s Loopin’ Chewie’s Fault: Winners!

Oh Chewbacca, we can’t stay mad at you. Halfway through our frustration-fueled Photoshop attack on Loopin’ Chewie the love shined through. And what better love to signify this than the love for a complete breakfast, including a heaping helping of lharm’s ‘Shop Contest entry, Froot Loopin’ Chewie. Even with its strange language and lack of…

Disney Infinity 3.0 Valiantly Attempts To Emulate Splatoon

One of Disney’s downloadable creations for Infinity 3.0 is a paint turf war mini-game called “Squid Wars”. It’s far from perfect, but isn’t it oh-so-adorable that they tried? Owners of Disney Infinity 3.0 are only a couple of confusing menu screens away from participating in their own Disney-created squid-inspired paint battles for up to four…

Get These Highly Collectible Amiibo Facts Before They’re Gone

Did you know hardcore Amiibo collectors would sell their own family members if it meant getting their hands on a hard-to-find fiure? That’s definitely not one of the fun facts presented in Did You Know Gaming’s latest. Is Nintendo driving toy sales with games or driving game sales with toys? For better or worse, Amiibo…

Fine, It’s An Awesome Lake

Names have power, as proven here by Redditor cl0sure’s chosen moniker transforming a mild observation into an aggressive defense in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Radeon R9 Nano Review: Mini 4K Gaming

Over the past few months AMD has been focusing its efforts on the high-end GPU fight with its ‘Fiji’ line up. The Radeon R9 Fury X lead the charge armed with 4096 stream processors and AMD’s cutting-edge high-bandwidth memory technology (HBM). Priced at $649, the Fury X is AMD’s most expensive single-GPU graphics card yet,…

The First Five Minutes Of Sci-Fi MMO Otherland Are Not Good

In the late 21st century virtual reality has become the world’s favorite pastime, and people spend massive amounts of time exploring fantasy worlds instead of fixing bugs and making sure the servers can handle the game launch. I might be blurring two worlds here. One, based on the science fiction series Otherland by Tad Williams,…