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The Final Moments Of The First Death Star, In LEGO Form

LEGO builder OliveSeon recreated the Battle of Yavin from Star Wars in a very creative way. Instead of building a huge Death Star he focused on its memorable “trench run” scene and made a detailed six-feet-wide version of it. Here are some more shots (via Brick Nerd) from different angles of the Rebels trying to…

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, Nintendo’s co-op dungeon crawler, designed to be played by a party of three got a release date. It is coming out on October 23rd for the 3DS.

Skylanders Is Getting Online Multiplayer

Activision revealed today that they’re adding online multiplayer to Skylanders: Superchargers. The game’s getting online land, sea and air races for up to four players, along with an online co-op story mode. Skylanders never had any sort of online multiplayer and fans have been really clamoring for it for a while now. So it’s good…

For Amy Ripley, things are about to go from bad to worse. This is a screenshot of a snapshot of 3D artist glenatron’s next project: a chibi diorama of Alien: Isolation. The model’s embedded below for your viewing and zooming pleasure. Kudos to Alban Denoyel for the tip. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

Mafia III Announced, Coming Next Year

Following the game’s official announcement last week, 2K Games is now ready to show us more—in the form of a reveal trailer. Mafia III takes place in 1968 and stars Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam veteran. We can see him take out a gentleman for his new family in the trailer. Plus there’s “House of the…

Mighty No. 9 Confirms Rumors of Delay

Since late July, there have been rumors circulating of an impending release date change for the Mega Man-like Mighty No. 9. Today, developer Comcept has confirmed a delay in an update sent out to the game’s Kickstarter backers. The update, which cites “bugs and issues [with] a direct effect on [the] enjoyment of the game”…

Final Fantasy XV’s Backstory Shown in New Trailer

The latest Final Fantasy XV trailer is titled “Dawn,” and in it, we can see young Noctis and his dad King Regis. The events that take place fifteen years prior to Final Fantasy XV seem to involve two things: Rain and hugging. Oh! There’s a dog. Good thing they didn’t call this trailer “Dawg.” I’ll…

This PES 2016 trailer has me weirdly excited for the game. First because it’s confident enough to show actual gameplay, clipping and all, but secondly—and more importantly—because of that new commentary from Peter Drury. New commentary! In PES! Unbelievable.

New Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay Takes To the Skies

Star Wars Battlefront will feature a new Fighter Squadron mode that will have Rebel starfighters duke it out with Imperial ships. Previously, we sawfive minutes of the game’s multiplayer. That clip was focused more on the ground forces. This one isn’t. The mode supports up to twenty combat fighters and, I guess, features a bunch…

Behold, the debut trailer for Sims 4’s next expansion pack, called Get Together The pack features a new, European-themed destination, and copious amounts of partying. It will be available in November.

Five Minutes of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Gameplay

At E3, we got a peek at gameplay for the series reboot, but now, here’s a look at an in-game mission. A five-minute look, that is. These security guards don’t seem to be good shots. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will be out in February 2016. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or…

Why Can’t I Buy Skyrim LEGO Yet

Serious question. I mean, this recreation of Half-Moon Mill is something I should be able to click on and have in my house, not simply admire from afar. Then again, an actual LEGO set would skimp on the lush fully-modelled terrain. It was built by Pieter Dennison, and you can see more of his work…

$1,000 Bounty Offered For Mario 64 Glitch

Mario fan and glitch hunter extraordinaire Pannenkoek2012 has a contract for you, Witcher: if you can recreate and record a weird hiccup he recently saw on Twitch, he’ll give you $1000. Streamer DOTA_TeaBag caught the glitch, seemingly by accident, in a video taken during a run of Super Mario 64’s Tick Tock Clock stage. As…

Man Simulates Same Game For 1,000 Years, Tears Hole In Time, Space

Football Manager, a time-consuming game about running a football team, is very hands-on. It does, however, have a mode that lets you simulate seasons in case you want to skip a few. This is the tale of Lorf_Yimzo, who skipped a lot more than a few. Using Football Manager 15, he set the game on…

League Of Legends Is Trying To Spice Up Four Dull Champions

Usually when Riot tweaks stuff in League of Legends, they do so strictly because of balance considerations. Maybe a character is too weak in one area, or too strong in another. Today the developer took a surprising approach, saying that it’s reworking four middling champs because they aren’t interesting The four specific champions being changed…

Hilarious Pirate Game Can Be Pure Chaos

Blackwake is a multiplayer FPS game all about naval battles. You have a crew, and you have a captain. The question is: can you come together and work as a team? Really, you just gotta watch this trailer. It’s the best Kickstarter pitch I’ve seen in ages: So, to recap: You and your crew are…

Unreal 4 Makes Five Nights at Freddy’s Actually Look Good

Let’s be real: Five Nights at Freddy’s games are not pretty. That’s part of the charm. Still, it’s something else to gaze upon a version of FNAF that shows us what the games could have looked like with modern graphics. Behold: Five Nights at Freddy’s, remade in Unreal 4 by Redditor Adam‘Sklarlight’ Sklar “I decided…

Today Riot revealed a buttload of changes it’s making to defensive items in League of Legends, starting with the upcoming 5.16 patch. That’s far enough off that we can’t say for sure how the tweaks will affect the game, but it looks like a lot of core pieces of armor are getting nerfed. So long…

Rocket League Is Actually A Sequel To A Game Almost No One Played

Rocket League is the surprise hit of the summer, one that has plenty thinking “why didn’t anyone think of this before?” The developers of Rocket League did. They released Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars way back in 2008, but it went mostly ignored. Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was a footnote in the history of PlayStation Network…