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A Sad Comic About The Star Wars Pilot Who Blows Up The Executor

It’s an act of suicidal heroism that helps tip the entire Battle of Endor in the Alliance’s favour, but the pilot responsible for the Executor’s destruction—Arvel Crynyd, aka Green Leader—is basically an unknown. A random face attached to a giant explosion, whose actor wasn’t even credited in Return of the Jedi. This comic looks to…

Reddit’s ‘The Button’ Game Is Over

On April 1st, Reddit launched a new page: The Button. It was paired with a countdown timer. 60 seconds. If anyone anywhere on Earth pressed it, the timer would reset. For two months, the timer never hit zero. So, what happened? Simple: nobody pressed The Button for a full 60 seconds. And then… ? Nothing. It…

Watch Me Play Lego Worlds, Minecraft’s New Challenger [Over!]

Even in its unfinished state, Lego Worldsis a game that inspires wonder. What sorts of marvelous things might we find in its universe today? I encourage you to join me as I stream a playthrough of a new Lego Worlds seed—judging from my time with the game, I have a feeling that it won’t be…

The ‘Spiritual Successor’ To DJMax Is On Its Way To North America

The folks behind my favorite rhythm game franchise might not be making DJMax games anymore, but the series’ spirit lives on in Superbeat: Xonic, coming this fall to the PlayStation Vita. Developed for Korea by Nurijoy, a company founded by the creators of DJMax upon leaving Pentavision, Superbeat: Xonic comes to North America via a…

Competitive Pokémon Website Trolls Sad Pokémon

Cute as they can be, some Pokémon just aren’t meant to be on a serious team. The leading competitive Pokémon website out there knows this, and it’s not afraid to take some hilarious shots at some pocket monsters because of it. Smogon is a website where competitive Pokemon players convene, and talk strategy. If you…

Our First Taste of The Darkest Justice League Cartoon Ever

Always thought Harley Quinn was disturbing because of her twisted love affair with the Joker? Here’s a version of the supervillain that’s even more unhinged. And the Batman who takes her down in this alternate universe does something… harsh. Superman isn’t Clark Kent in this version of the Justice League. Wonder Woman isn’t from a…

Zelda Fan Film Is Three Minutes of Link Being A Hilarious Jerk

Link will do anything for some extra rupees—even if it means screwing everyone else over. You’ve gotta watch this short by Callegos-Y. It’s one of the best Source Film Maker fan films out there. In it, Link finds that he can’t quite afford purchasing a new shield, so he takes matters into his own hands.…

Super Meat Boy is coming to PS4 and Vita later this year. It’ll be a free PS+ game at launch, too. Why yes, I will gladly play that game again on Vita.

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

The official announcement of Fallout 4 was a huge deal for millions of readers last week, spiking traffic to heights we hadn’t seen since January. But were our Fallout stories my favorite Kotaku pieces of last week? Nope. They were good, mind you. Our initial announcement ones were fine, pretty much by-the-numbers with the added…

Here’s the first look at the re-mastered Resident Evil Zero in action, right before E3 next week. Contact the author at [email protected]

Attack on Titan, Explained

One of the most depressing shows I have watched is also one of the greatest. Attack on Titan is many things at once: an anime, a look at human nature, a horrifying tale of defeat. From the outside, it might just seem like any other anime show centering around kids with cool skills. But if…

GTA V Recreated in Real Life Los Angeles Is Pretty Great

The only thing missing is Soulwax FM. People have been making filmed real-world tributes to the Grand Theft Auto games for years now. But this one from the folks at Corridor Digital is eerily spot-on in how it mimics the camera movement and angles from Rockstar’s hit open-world game. The fact that it uses the…

Capcom Announces Mega Man Legacy Collection

Just in time to compete with Mighty No. 9 (which is out in September), Capcom is releasing a compilation pack called Mega Man Legacy Collection, to be released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC this summer (with a 3DS release coming in the winter). The collection will only come with the first six Mega Man…

One Of Destiny’s Most Useful Tools Wasn’t Made By Bungie

If you play a lot of Destiny, chances are you’ve had a hard time keeping track of all your gear. It’s fun to collect rare and exotic weapons and armor, but it can be a headache organizing everything. Thankfully, there’s an app for that. The app is a Chrome extension called Destiny Item Manager (DIM…

This Is Gonna Be A Good Year For JRPG Fans

We’re just a week away from E3, and even if the big press conferences fail to deliver the JRPG goods we’re all craving, at least the smaller publishers have us covered. Take XSEED, the boutique publisher behind 2011’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, one of the best role-playing games in recent memory.…

Angry Birds LEGO sets are coming. Rovio and The LEGO Group announced today that a series of construction sets based on The Angry Birds Movie will be arriving just in time for the film’s May 2016 release. The dozen or so people still excited by Angry Birds in 2016 are going to be thrilled.

Vice City Looks Beautiful Using GTA V‘s Engine

Modding and rebuilding all the old maps from the Grand Theft Auto series are getting easier on the PC version of GTA V thanks to a smart method created by modder NTAuthority. The latest proof for that is a superb remake of Vice City’s memorable map. YouTuber taltigold’s video shows an early version so it’s…

Someone Made a Pretty Cool Pokémon Trainer Battle System for Minecraft

With all the necessary elements and that familiar layout included, PhoenixSC’s work is probably the best attempt yet to recreate Pokémon’s battle system in a completely different environment like Minecraft It’s part of a larger project called Pokémon Cobalt & Amethyst, and the creator and his friends are aiming to create a huge Pokémon world…

Uwe Boll to Everyone: “Fuck You All”

Movie director Uwe Boll is upset, because you didn’t give him any money. You selfish bastards. In a new YouTube video titled “Fuck You All,” Boll lashes out for people who would rather fund “retarded wizard in the forest” movies than his project Rampage 3: No Mercy. Uwe Boll, famous (infamous?) for his movie adaptations…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The E3 2015 Decorating Committee 

We’re a week out from E3 2015, and you probably know what that means—it’s time to redecorate the outside of the LA Convention Center to suit our own twisted visions of the perfect Electronic Entertainment Expo. The official decorating has already begun, as seen in this photo posted to twitter by Naughty Dog co-president Evan…