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Somewhere Underneath Angry Birds 2‘s Nonsense Is A Solid Game

It took me a couple of hours to burn through 80 levels in the first Angry Birds. In Angry Birds 2, getting to level 80 took a week and a half. This is good. It is also very, very bad. It’s good because of the changes Rovio has made to the Angry Birds structure in…

Gamecube Controller Responds To Smash Bros. Moves With Shiny Colors

Garrett Greenwood built something that would have been every Smash Bros. fan’s dream during the Gamecube era: A controller that reacts to button presses with various flashy animations. So for example when you press Down and B at the same time, the character will blink blue as well as the controller. Likewise when you press…

All the Gears of War Games Will Be Backwards Compatible on Xbox One

Microsoft is re-mastering the first Gears of War game for Xbox One. And while the other Gears games won’t be getting the same treatment, you will be able to play them on the company’s newest home console. An morning announcement from Microsoft says that people who get Gears of War: Ultimate Edition this fall will…

Vegeta and Goku’s First Fight From Dragon Ball Z Remade With… Sheep

YouTuber Hoolopee remade the first battle between Vegeta and Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z’s Saiyan Saga using only common sheep and his superior editing skills. Unlike the 2009 movie Dragonball Evolution, something like this as a feature-length Dragon Ball film would work immediately. Here’s the scene in its pure epicness, without any sheep: Vegeta…

Minecraft crochet dolls, in case the original in-game creatures weren’t charming enough. These were made by DeviantArt’s AradiyaToys (via Pixalry)—look below for the hi-res photos, and check out her DA Gallery to find more gaming and pop culture-related amigurumi Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related…

A Smart, Surreal, and Brooding Stealth Game Set in a Parody of Britain

Tangiers is a stealth game like no other. Its art style is derived from dark surrealist landscapes, its levels alter and rebuild themselves based on how you play, and your weapons are pieces of dialogue that you snatch out of the air. It’s also set in “a parody of 1970s concrete Britain.” This post originally…

An Ode To Wind Waker’s Booger Boy

If you run away from him, he runs towards you. His steps make a noise like ‘teeter-teeter-teeter’. A noise you might recognise from any cartoon. If you walk towards him? He bumps straight into you. With a BOING. He looks up. He just wants your attention. He only wants to talk to you, to play…

Endless Legend, Dungeon Of The Endless Guys Show Off Next Game

Amplitude, the team behind two of our favourite games of last year—Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless—announced a new game over the weekend. It’s a sequel to another of their Endless games, Endless Space. Endless Endless Endless. Endless. I’m excited! The first Endless Space was OK, hinting at some of Amplitude’s future strengths (like…

Metal Gear: The Cartoon Series? Would Watch.

If Assassin’s Creed works as a cartoon, then Metal Gear can too. Each episode would probably run for 127 hours, 126 of which was verbose political dialogue, but fans wouldn’t have it any other way. These pics, by msynowicz(via Super Punch), may not be as anime as some would hope for, but I’m digging the…

French Companies Want To Build An Arcology (Yes, Like SimCity)

As we’ve talked about before, arcologies aren’t just wacky buildings from the future of a video game. They’re an actual architectural concept, one that a couple of French companies are interested in reviving. As our buds at io9and Fast Co. report, Nicholas Laisné Associés and OXO Architects have drawn up plans for La Ville Tour…

When Real Life Starts Looking Like Skyrim

We’ve all been there. You pick up your keys, pick up your jacket, grab your bag and suddenly you’re over-encumbered. jaysonghas gone and illustrated this obsession, turning a “late for work” dash, a run for tacos and a grumpy cat into some Skyrim quests, complete with armour, supplies, weapons, skills, monsters and a terrifying dungeon.…

Rocket League Video Teaches Us to Accept Our Failures and Move On

I want to close out my time as your Kotaku ancient sentient robot weekend overlord with a final, Zen-like moment, thanks to the wonder that is Rocket League Sometimes, things just don’t go your way. You have to let it wash over you and through you, refocus your energies, and persevere. Laugh at yourself, repeatedly,…

These Witcher 3 Panoramas Show Off the Game’s Gorgeous Landscapes

Crank up those PC settings and The Witcher 3 becomes pretty damn beautiful. Redditor R_Spc was captivated by CD Projekt’s work on the latest installment of their RPG franchise, and went and created some huge panoramas to showcase just how great they can look—because not even regular screenshots are enough. The photos do a great…

Batman: Arkham Knight Dropped the Ball On One Major Character: Batman

Batman: Arkham Knight sets up from the beginning to be one of the best Batman stories out there—and then it falls flat at every key moment. Here’s the thing about Batman: The more time you spend with him, the more you realize that he’s not actually that interesting a guy. Sure, he’s broody and dark,…

Welcome to the Next Stage in Meme Evolution

What’s the Internet rule number for everything eventually becoming a body pillow? Reddit user Red_Cheddarz posted this pic, purporting that a (potentially ill-advised) friend liberated this delightful curiosity from a local thrift store. Now hopefully begins his epic quest to determine who had the wherewithal to turn Sanic Hegehog into a body pillow, and much…

Reports of League Of Legends Champion’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

Take heart, League of Legends pirate fans: Champion Gangplank didn’t actually “die,” he was just … maimed. Last week, developer Riot Games killed Gangplank off during its big crazy League story event, Bilgewater: Burning Tides, which added new related game modes and rewards while spooling out new lore about League’s characters. Gangplank was murdered in…

Everything You Do is a Lie in Actual Sunlight Creator’s Next Game

All you do in Little Red Lie is lie. You lie constantly, about everything, to everyone—even yourself. Think of an adventure-style game like Secret of Monkey Island, creator Will O’Neill told me, except instead of verbs like “Look” or “Pick Up” to interact with the world, instead you get “Lie.” Little Red Lie follows two…

Summer Games Done Quick Raises More Than $1.2 Million for Charity

The weeklong speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick has come to an end, inspiring the games community to give a whole lot of their money to Doctors Without Borders The event’s final tally was some $1.232,441.90 across 28,466 donations. The highest donation SGDQ 2015 received was a huge $21,498, although your average gamer pitching in…

Resident Evil 4 Fans Are Creating the HD Graphics Capcom Neglected

A pair of Resident Evil 4 fans are working to improve the graphics of 2014’s “Ultimate HD Edition” on PC, and the results are pretty dramatic. Called the “RE4 HD Project,” the mod is cleaning up the game’s textures and producing some very pretty screenshots. The differences between Capcom’s definition of HD and those of…

Final Fantasy VII Will See ‘Dramatic Changes,’ and That’s Good

Don’t expect the upcoming remake version of Final Fantasy VII to be exactly the same game you remember excitedly talking to your friends about over the school lunch table. At least when it comes to FFVII’s battle system, things are going to be different the second time around, according to Game Director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking…