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Snake Rescues Hideo Kojima From Konami

Here, obtained by Kotaku, is exclusive footage of Venom Snake breaking into Konami’s headquarters and extracting Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima from his office. Just kidding. That’s side-op 112 (Intel Agent Extraction) from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. But also it’s a pretty good metaphor. You’re free now, Kojima. You’re free. You…

Dragon Ball Cosplay Comes Complete With Goku’s Flying Nimbus

And the best way to use a hands-free mini-segway? Hip-hop videos? Nope! With a little creativity it can be turned easily into Son Goku’s magical yellow cloud. A cosplayer at this year’s Dragon Con did just that, as you can see in FUNimation’s footage. The hair might be a bit… lacking, but who cares. It’s…

The Witcher 3’s first expansion, Hearts of Stone, comes out October 13. As if you needed more things to play. Says developer CD Projekt Red: “The expansion lets you choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most…

Real-Life Kingdom Hearts Keyblade Is Impractical, Smashes Stuff Anyway

Pretty sure the folks at Awe Me like challenges. Their recent project was to forge the Oathkeeper from the Kingdom Hearts series, a keyblade sword with giant holes everywhere, a heart shaped point and a really weird hilt and grip. It just shouldn’t work in real-life. The Oathkeeper is one of those over-designed JRPG items.…

What Really Happens When Your Extractions Fail in Metal Gear Solid V

In MGSV, the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system—used to send important personnel and items back to Mother Base by way of balloons—has a chance to fail when you’re in bad weather. Or when Niko Bellic’s around. He’s got real sticky fingers. The drawing is the latest in a series aptly called “This is a jecking” by…

Everything one needs to play Mario Kart 8 in a $299 box. Nintendo has announced a new ongoing version of the Wii U that comes bundled with its popular racing game and an eShop download card for its two DLC packs. It’s available across the U.S. starting today. Vroom.

Rihanna, The Pokémon Gym Leader

Some days, Rihanna looks casual. Other days, she’s a fashion icon. On this day, she was a Pokémon Gym Leader. While the photo is from last May, it wasn’t until this month that Twitter user Buildacastle pointed out that it looked like The Pokémon Company designed her outfit. Tumblr site Green Glasses created some brilliant…

An Official Pokémon Card Based On Fan’s Art

Artist James Franzen entered the Pokémon Art Academy contest, and hey, he was one of three winners for North America! Nice one, James. In addition to internet fame, though, he also got a super sweet prize: 100 copies of an actual official Pokémon card featuring his art. They’re the only 100 copies, so…yeah, all these…

What Makes A Good Video Game Gun?

Many games feature guns. It’s a shame so many of them can’t feature them properly. Like, a gun isn’t just an outlet for player commands, a thing that shoots other things at things. A good video game gun should give something back in return: a sense of heft, or power, or satisfaction, or even all…

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Early Donkey Kong Country Art Shows ‘Realistic’ Enemies and Animal Pals

Before Donkey Kong Country was the game we all know, it was Donkey Kong and the Golden Bananas. Long time Rare designer Gregg Mayles has been tweeting out all sorts of art and concepts from the early stages of the SNES hit, which Rare developed in the early ‘90s. In the picture above you can…

Mario Tunes and Terrible Disney CGI Make A Horrifying Music Video

You weren’t planning on sleeping tonight, were you? The video titled “MOUSE FAN CLUB” seen above is not a new one. It’s been lurking around the internet for over a year. I’ve known about it for months and somehow I manage to get it out of my head from time to time. Then I hear…

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Pokkén Tournament is The Pokémon Game I Always Wanted

The summer of 1998 found me weeding through my parents’ recycling for a peanut butter jar. Once I had found one and cleaned it out, I scrawled “Pokémon” on the side in permanent marker. I wasn’t exactly sure what Pokémon was, but according to Nintendo Power, it was the next big thing. A butter container…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

It’s Labor Day in the U.S., and I shouldn’t be working. But it’s also Monday, and Monday is when I highlight my favorite Kotaku posts from the previous week. In brief: Don’t. Preorder. Video. Games. | Luke with a new version of a perennial Kotaku post. No one does minimalist posts like Luke, as you’ll…

How Metal Gear Solid V Should Probably Be Played

Dunkeyis both better and worse than you at Metal Gear Solid V WARNING: SOME SLIGHT TINY SPOILERS IN THE VID MAYBE DEPENDS HOW SENSITIVE YOU ARE

Nintendo Announces Pikmin 4 In The Weirdest Way

The fourth installment of the popular strategy title is in the works and “close to completion” according to Nintendo head designer Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview that’s over a month old. In a surprising move Eurogamer has suddenly announced what could be one of the biggest upcoming Nintendo games today, though they note the interview…

Here’s Link Showing Off 24 Of His New Outfits

You’ve found the Triforce and rescued the princess before, but you’d never done it looking this good. Tri Force Heroes (yes, there’s a space there) will be out in a little over a month. As the launch day nears we’ve been getting more and more looks at the kind of content we can expect in…

Steven Universe, Explained

With various mature-themed series and the growing number of over-their-heads kids shows, it has never been a better time to be an adult fan of animation. Steven Universe is one of the best shows currently airing, but you might not know that at first glance. S0, let’s talk about this wonderful gem of a show.…

Combination Of Two Hearthstone Cards Results In 16-Minute-Long Turn

Hearthstone turns shouldn’t last more than a few seconds. And they rarely do, but there are always exceptions. Using Dreadsteed cards with Knife Jugglers is one of them, and this particular moment almost created a never-ending turn. Dreadsteed is a new card, added in The Grand Tournament expansion. It has only one HP, but it’ll…