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SEGA Games Starting at $.11 Each, Back to the Future, and More Deals

Want to relive some of your favorite SEGA Genesis games? All five Classics Series 10-game packs are only $4 today, or get all five (50 games) for $6. They unlock on Steam, too. [SEGA Genesis Classics Series Game Packs, $4 each] Update: Looks like the combo pack is now listed as “Currently Unavailable.” The 10…

One Of Square Enix’s Biggest iOS Games Has Been Broken For Months

The World Ends With You is broken on iOS 8, and has been for a long time, to the point where Square Enix pulled it from the app store last week because it just doesn’t work. Square tells Kotaku they’re still working on a fix for the role-playing game—which was originally released on the DS…

Widespread Bug Makes Dead Or Alive 5 Freeze On Xbox One

If you’re playing Dead or Alive 5: Last Round on Xbox One and have been experiencing a steady stream of crashes, you’re not alone. Many players are reporting the game’s having issues, but some have apparently discovered a temporary fix, while Tecmo Koei works on an official patch. All it takes is a quick search…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Rockmandash’s Guide to Visual Novels on the Go • Strategy Guides: A Love Letter • Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment – A Textbook Example of an HD Remaster? • TAY Explores Comics: The Tenth Prism TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Fan Turns Half-Life 2‘s Headcrab Into A Gun-Wielding Criminal

Here’s a short but intense Half-Life 2 fan-clip by animator Nathan Hibberd. His version of the game’s annoying little enemy steals airboats, uses machine guns and acts like a crazy cartoon character. It even scares itself when suddenly realises that it doesn’t know how to drive. To contact the author of this post, write to:…

Magician Does All His Tricks Using An iPad

Simon Pierro, a German magician, was on The Ellen Show last night. He’s famous for doing all his magic tricks on an iPad using certain apps and merging reality with virtual reality. He’s a tech wizard! If you watch the top gif a few times you might recognize how he does that particular trick. Same…

Thanks, Obama for the Anime Photoshops

You might know him as the President of the United States. Or maybe you know him as something else: The Commander in Chief…of Anime. For a while now, it’s been a running gag online that President Obama is really into anime. Like really. Even in 2009, there were those online wondering whether or not the…

New Medieval Combat Game Looks Like A, Well, Blast

In case this trailer doesn’t show you within five seconds, here it is from the developers themselves: “We were primarily inspired by Rust & Chivalry in the development of this game”. But that’s OK! Because if you’re going to rip two games off and make something new out of the stolen parts, you can do…

The Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2015

Katsucon, a big anime con held every year in Maryland, went down over the weekend, and as one of the first big shows for the year it’s only right we take a look a good look at it here on Cosplay. Photographer Mike Kowalek was there to take some shots, and he was kind enough…

Overpowered Bot Puts Top Smash Bros. Player In His Place

If you’ve paid any sort of attention to the competitive Super Smash Bros scene over the years, you’ve probably heard of Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman. He’s won countless championships in every iteration of Smash and advanced the scene with discoveries about game physics and technique. Recently, he lost to a CPU. It all came of an…

Civilization Players Are Sending The Entire World To War [Update]

Get some popcorn ready, because the entire planet is about to throw down. UPDATE: The game has begun! There’s a stream here, but service has been patchy at best. The Civilization fanatics at /r/Civ have hatched a wonderful plan: they’re going to setup then run an enormous planetary showdown, which is going to take place…

Pokémon With Microtransactions Is Just As Bad As It Sounds

Nintendo released a new Pokémon spin-off on the 3DS eShop today called Pokémon Shuffle. You can download it right now if you want to, because it’s free. But just because it’s free doesn’t make the game worth your time I’ve been playing the game on and off today, and here’s what I experienced. When you…

Sunset Overdrive Once Had Less Jumping, More Shooting

What Sunset Overdrive looked like when it shipped—pretty, colorful, wild—is not what it looked like when development started. The games sport very little art, which is why we never see the early days. Fortunately, Insomniac has given use a glimpse at an unpolished Sunset Overdrive While Insomniac was prototyping what would become Sunset Overdrive, the…

A neat new trailer for The Sims 4’s job-driven expansion pack shows what it’ll be like to play as a doctor. So that’s how Sim babies are made!

The Zombie That Just Wouldn’t Die

I tried to warn everybody: Dying Light can be a really, really hard game. If you still don’t believe me, witness one player wailing on a zombie for a solid minute and a half and the fucker still won’t go down. Remember to repair your weapons, people! I’ll admit, Reddit user xXEndXx doesn’t look like…

Is The West Coast Port Strike Hurting Nintendo’s Supply?

New 3DS XLs are near-impossible tofind in stores. Collectors are going crazy over inconsistent and unreliable Amiibo supply. And the limited edition Majora’s Mask 3DS XL has been a real mess, with retailers canceling pre-orders after it became clear they wouldn’t have enough stock to fulfill all of their promises. The whole situation doesn’t seem…

Smash Bros. Player Discovers Potentially Game-Breaking Exploit

Amongst the panoply of Super Smash Bros. characters, Captain Olimar is often considered one of the most peculiar figures in the game. The Pikmin star is tricky to use effectively, particularly for beginners. Now, he’s developing a new reputation thanks to a ridiculously powerful exploit one player discovered this week. Before I get into the…

Where Pokémon (Might) Go When Their Trainers Die

We might never see it in the games, but Pokémon trainers must die at some point—they’re human, after all. Ever wonder what that means for Pokémon? Here’s one disturbing take. The video, which is uploaded by Zedrin, is based on a comic created by projectTiGER which imagines that, after a certain amount of time, any…

Massive PSN Sale (Plus a Gift Card Deal), XL Mouse Pad, and More Deals

We see 10% discounts on PSN gift cards from time to time, but 20% is extremely rare. Grab it while you can. [$50 PlayStation Network Gift Card, $40] Update: Sold out Need something to spend it on? Sony just kicked off a huge Critics’ Choice sale with great deals on a variety of digital games.…

Assassin’s Creed Unity Finally Drops App, Web Requirements For Unlocks [UPDATE]

The latest major patch for Assassin’s Creed Unity will free players from the need to connect the console or PC game to the game’s companion app or Initiates website to unlock some special items in the game. From a statement on the company’s website: “We will be unlocking all content exclusive to Initiates and the…