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A Guided Tour Of Final Fantasy XIV‘s Gold Saucer

The Manderville Gold Saucer is now live in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and it’s every bit as joyful as I imagined. Join me as I participate in mini-game gambling, Chocobo races, the Triple Triad card game and some impromptu beatboxing. Join me as I transport myself via semi-feline avatar to the happiest place…

The product page for the fake ‘Darkest Dungeon‘ being offered by a scam seller on the Windows Store has been pulled. You can see Microsoft’s statement on the matter in the original post

News that the next Batman Arkham game will be the first to get an M rating isn’t a huge surprise, given the series’ propensity to push the limits of T ratings. In 2012, the ESRB ratings group was surprisingly forthcoming with us about the oddness of Arkham games getting T’s while Halos got M’s. [UPDATE]

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Order: 1886: The TAY Review • Tokyo Ghoul √A Concerns Me Slightly • My Ex-Boyfriend: The Space Tyrant! Gayme Time! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

GTA V Delayed Again On PC; Heists Coming March 10

Sorry, PC gamers—Rockstar just announced that they’ve delayed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V yet again, this time to April 14. At least heists are coming sooner. Let’s start with the good news: online heists, which were promised around the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online in late 2013, are finally coming out…

Power Rangers Get a Mighty Gritty Reboot

Massive intergalactic warfare. Tons of cussin’. Lethal force up the wazoo. Threesomes. Yup, you’ve probably never seen Power Rangers look like this. This short film directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Adi Shankar (Dredd) re-imagines the Saturday-morning staple as something a lot closer to Mortal Kombat. Casting James Van Der Beek as a traitorous…

There’s a new Guitar Hero game coming this year, say our friends at Kotaku UK. Rumor (or, in this case, rumour) suggests it’ll be more “realistic” than previous games in the series, with new guitar peripherals and a scheduled release for PS4 and Xbox One by the end of 2015.

Up Close, Dragon Age Dragons are Quite Menacing

And you can get all up in this one’s face thanks to Block_Fortress’ Minecraft map. Block_Fortress has actually done quite a lot of similar stuff in the past, like this Skyrim dragon and this ultralisk. Their newest is this Minecraft version of the Ferelden Frostback from Dragon Age: Inquisition—it looks good in-game, but it really…

A Story of Love, Life, and Superpowers

The setup of When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace is simple: one day, seemingly at random, the five members of a high school literature club gain superpowers. But when no otherworldly threat appears, they decide to continue their lives as normal—though with a bit more in the way of superpowered shenanigans. One of the underlying themes…

Old Light Guns Were Awesome

Redditor and Imgur user zadoc has let us see his huge collection of gaming controllersbefore. Now he’s back, looking at light guns. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK When I was a kid, light guns were pretty much the pinnacle of gaming and toys combined because you could see if you hit something rather…

Atari Engineer Steve Bristow Passes Away 

The man who helped birth the Atari 2600, as well as the classic game Tank, died this past Sunday. Steve Bristow, who was in charge of Atari’s Coin-Op Division during the glory days of stand-up arcade machines, was one of the pivotal players in the era that brought arcade machines into the home. He also…

Here Comes Final Fantasy XIV‘s Most Entertaining Update Yet

Final Fantasy XIV‘s servers go down tonight at midnight Eastern time. When they come back one of the MMO’s most anticipated features comes with them. Are you ready for the Chocobo races, Triple Triad and mini-games of the Manderville Gold Saucer? Leveling a character and experiencing the story of the game is nice and all,…

A War Game Where You’re A Housekeeper Instead of A Soldier

Last week, I had a chance to play a war game unlike any other I’ve played. Called Sunset, the game puts you in the shoes of a housekeeper. You clean up after a rich bachelor who seems to be a part of a revolution—and you seem keen on being a part of it, too. What…

A Guide To Resident Evil‘s Endless Lore

Many stories have been told in the Resident Evil universe since the t-virus, Umbrella Corporation, and Raccoon City debuted in 1996. The Resident Evil lore hole is deep and maddening. The episodic Resident Evil: Revelations 2 starts tomorrow, and no one would blame you being confused! Let’s clear things up. First of all, Revelations 2…

It Took Three Years To Beat The ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’

“Item Abuse 3” is not a Super Mario World level that messes around. The player-created level is so hardcore, it might very well be impossible for most to beat it under normal means. But recently, someone managed to beat it. While this run of an incredibly difficult Super Mario World level is done with the…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

We publish hundreds of stories per week, and I like quite a few of them. Here are my five favorites from last week: A Chronicle Of Buggy, Broken Telltale Games, 2012-2015 | Kotaku featured a semi-intentional theme about quality control in gaming last week. We kicked it off with this horrifically thorough rundown by Kirk…

Five Things I Didn’t Get About Making Video Games (Until I Did It)

Before I joined Gearbox Software, I worked at Destructoid as a features editor. I worked there from 2006 to 2010 and specialized in highlighting indie games and spewing vitriol at big-budget games I didn’t like. It turns out there were a shitload of things I didn’t know about games development. Back in the day, I…

Salvaging Games From A Broken 3DS Is Surprisingly Easy

My 3DS bit the dust a few months back. Rather than pay for Nintendo to fix it, I waited for the New 3DS. Unfortunately, most of my games were purchased digitally, and you can’t just insert an old SD card into a New 3DS. On Nintendo platforms, games are tied to the hardware. Dumb? Yes.…

Giving Yourself Hacked Pokémon Just Got Way Easier

UPDATE 3/4: Unfortunately, this has now been patched out on the 3DS! You can still do it if you don’t update, but it means not being able to play online. Original article follows: Normally, Pokémon cheaters have to use devices like Action Replay to get rare (but hacked) Pokémon. But recently, Pokemon players found an…

The Pallet Town Theme, Played In Majora’s Mask

You nailed it, Hollows. For those of you interested in recreating this tune: Up R, R, Up L, L, Down(A,X), Up Y, Down(XY).. Down(L,L), L, Up L, R.. Up L, L, Down L, L, Up L, L.. Up R, R, Up L, L, Down(A,X), Up Y, Down(XY).. Down(L,L), L, Up L, R, Up L, L,…