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Batman: Arkham Knight‘s PC Version Is A Mess

Not all PC ports are created equal, and Batman: Arkham Knight seems to be an especially bad one. The morning after the PC version unlocked, Warner Bros. confirmed it’s working on fixes. The game’s community manager released a brief statement on the official forums: Hi all We’re aware that some users are reporting performance issues…

Nintendo’s Reggie Talks Metroid, Amiibo, And (Of Course) Mother 3

My annual interviews with Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime are upbeat affairs. He’s always feeling good about the line-up and remains unruffled as I pepper him with as many questions about as many topics as I can squeeze in. If you’ve seen Reggie interviews before—or if you’ve done them—you know what you’re going to…

Guild Wars 2 Fixes Expansion Pricing Problems With Refunds And Rewards

Addressing the rash of players upset over the pricing and features of Guild Wars 2’s first expansion pack, developer ArenaNet has laid out a plan that should make nearly everyone happy. The folks whose main concern was the expansion’s $50 price tag are just going to have to suck it up—that’s not changing. What is…

Rockstar Trailer Editor Job Post: ‘Not a position for the casual gamer’

There’s nothing altogether shocking that Rockstar Games might be looking to hiring another person to edit trailers for them. It’s no confirmation of a new Red Dead, people! But it is fun to see what they’re going for, what with their style of trailer that always uses in-game footage. Trailer Editor Rockstar New York –…

Man Builds Insane One-Million-Block Minecraft Pixel Art

1,128,960 blocks to be exact, all placed by hand. Things like this are usually built with a help of a software, converting the art into Minecraft blocks. But not this one. The creator Thorlar livestreamed the whole process—23 weeks—as he slowly transformed the empty map into the trio of Kerrigan, Diablo and Deathwing. You can…

Kotaku reader Bonny John’s running a pretty cool project by drawing one Pokémon every day. He’s at number 251 of this series, and since it’s a milestone for him, he celebrated it with this fantastic Celebi piece. Here’s the full image and a WIP shot below. Head over to TAY for all the other pics…

RoboCop Action Figures Look Dead And Alive

There are two kinds of people on this Earth. The kind who are willing to pay $440 for a pair of RoboCop action figures, and the kind of people who aren’t. Whichever side you fall on, here’s a look at Hot Toys’ upcoming RoboCop two-pack (and a look at my kitchen), which includes both a…

Real Hedgehog Has Gotta Go Fast(er)

This is Elvis, from the San Diego Zoo. He’s a real hedgehog, and Mashable’s The Watercooler wanted to see how he went running through a Sonic The Hedgehog-style course. He was, spoilers, pretty terrible. But in the cutest way. (via Laughing Squid)

Trevor Loses Pants, Improves GTA V Cutscenes

Naked Trevor is Trevor in his prime. Here is the proof. (NSFW warning.) Abstract Mode decided to take Trevor’s clothes off during key GTA V cutscenes, and honestly? It makes everything way more hilarious. It almost works a little too well. Behold: Somebody say…yoga?

Let’s Talk About Piracy

Have you ever pirated a video game? Do you still pirate video games? Do you play emulated games? Do you make video games that have been widely-pirated? Are you involved in trying to stop piracy? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, let’s talk. Piracy is the elephant in the gaming room. It’s…

“4J studios has been doing a great job, and we’ll continue to [work with them]” — PlayStation’s Adam Boyes to us at E3, confirming 4J will keep improving Microsoft-owned Minecraft on PlayStation platforms. Boyes wore a Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary pin when he talked to us, but Mario isn’t coming to PlayStation.

Watch Me Remember How To Play Dishonored [Done!]

True story: my initial reaction to the Dishonored 2 reveal last week was, embarrassingly, ‘who is Emily?’ I had apparently forgotten a good chunk of Dishonored since its release in 2012. So, here’s me freshing up on the game before the sequel comes out. I’d love it if you joined me! I am not a…

Mirror’s Edge 2 Seems More Skate-Park Than Racetrack

When the developers of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst introduced their new game at E3, they mostly focused on how players would be free to explore a large open world. Cool, I thought. Good. This is a good thing. During my brief time playing Catalyst after that demonstration—our remaining minutes precisely marked by a screen-corner countdown timer—that…

The Next Big Assassin’s Creed Adds A Dash Of Batman And A Helping Of GTA

I judge an Assassin’s Creed, crazy me, by the overall quality of its world design and the quality of the high quantity of things these games give us to do. I therefore cannot judge the not-yet-released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, of which I’ve only played for five minutes in the South Hall of the Los Angeles…

Counter-Strike’s Most Important Map, Recreated In Dying Light

Dust2 is the undisputed king of Counter-Strike maps. But as my colleague Nathan Grayson reported back in April, the very awesomeness of the level that’s made it such a classic has also posed a risk of making the shooter feel stale. What better way to liven things up than with the living dead? YouTuber SlenderDan…

Dark Souls 3’s E3 Demo Was Kinda Dull. That’s Fine, Right?

There’s always a dissonance when one of the most promising new games you see at E3 is also one of the least traditionally “exciting” ones. Last Thursday, I smushed myself into meeting-room theater alongside 30 or 40 other members of the press to watch a demonstration of Dark Souls 3. As someone else played, the…

10 Messed-Up Vault Experiments You Can Try In Fallout Shelter

Nuclear bunkers are not meant to save people in the world of Fallout. Vaults are for experimentation, and even though Fallout Shelter gives you no built-in way to conduct experiments, creative players are still finding ways to do “research.” Sure. Lets call it that. Research! Okay, look: this post is not for the faint of…

Let’s Rate E3 2015

Another E3 has come and gone. We’ve had a weekend to recover, and it’s time to take stock. Who did well? Who did poorly? You tell us. Last year, I made a bunch of polls so that y’all could vote for how you thought everyone “did” at E3. I thought I’d do the same thing…

All The JRPGs I Played At E3 2015

Last week I flew to Los Angeles for E3, an annual event in which all sorts of video game people gather to complain on Twitter about how busy they are. At this event, I discovered many Japanese role-playing games. I tried to play—or at least watch—as many as I could. But JRPGs are impossible to…