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Watch Street Fighter V Played Live For The First Time

Capcom capped off today’s Capcom Cup finals with a live demonstration of the recently-announced Street Fighter V. Who’ll wind up with a head full of noodles? Watch and see. It’s the same two characters on the same stage we saw during the game’sreveal last weekend, but now there’s real hands making Chun-Li and Ryu do…

The Time They Thought Pokémon Was Satanic

Summoning monsters to do your bidding, recording their names in strange electronic tomes, holding millions of children in its thrall — is it any wonder the Christian community thought Satan might have had something to do with Pokémon’s popularity? The latestDid You Know Gaming explores the many times pocket monsters and religion clashed, and it’s…

I’d Rather Play The MS Paint Version Of The Witcher 3

CD Projekt Red recently delayedThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt from February 2015 to May 2015. That’s three months. It took YouTuber Nick McDonalds two months to recreate the game’s 2013 trailer using MS Paint. Coincidence? Probably. The Witcher 3 is a beautiful game, but then a lot of games are beautiful games these days. I’m…

There’s Not Much To Love About The Latest Marvel Game

Poor Juggernaut. All he wants to do is roar his triumph to the heavens, yet his mouth remains closed. It’s a fitting allegory for the frustration I feel over Marvel Contest of Champions, a game that could have been so much more than what it is. The concept, borrowed from the Marvel Comics limited series…

The Saturday Morning Stream Fiddles With Juju [All Done]

I know absolutely nothing about this colorful new platformer other than it being developed by the studio behind Hard Reset and the Shadow Warrior reboot and the fact that there’s a level covered with strawberry jam. That’s good enough for me. It’s been a while since I’ve streamed and I wanted to come back on…

12/8/2014: Terrifying New Advances In Lego Technology

Lego for…lego people?? Are real humans even allowed to buy this stuff? Only Pain Train knows for certain. While you let the concept of little lego pieces swimming through your blood stream settle in, feel free to browse Kotaku Selects, where I round up our best stuff of the week. To contact the author of…

Grand Theft Auto V Shows Other Games How Graffiti Is Done

Grand Theft Auto V‘s Los Santos is based on Los Angeles, so graffiti is a big source of the color in its concrete jungle. And while it’s easy to think of graffiti as simple window dressing, these things often come from a very real place. AbsolutePab put together a video that fuses GTA V graffiti…

Kirk, Patricia and Stephen Talk About How Maddening Destiny Is

Destiny is a frequent topic of conversation around Kotaku‘s team chat. Some of us play the game religiously, others have barely played. All of us struggle to get our heads around how a game can be so simultaneously brilliant and maddening.

Awesome Smash Bros. Mod Lets You Play As Master Hand In A New Way

Not only can you play as Master Hand thanks to this mod, you control it with your actual hand. The beauty of motion controls, folks. Here’s Chadtronic trying out something called the “GameWAVE Mod,” which he uses in conjuction with a Leap Motion in order to control Master Hand using gestures: “I control Master Hand…

Boo, Valve Removed Bird Surfing From Counter-Strike

For a brief, magical period of time, you could surf on birds in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. As in, ascend into the skies on their tiny, feathered backs. Unfortunately, it broke the terrorist-fragging heck out of the game, so Valve had to take it out. But they added something fun to make up for it. When…

The Disturbing Cannibals of Fallout

In a messed-up world like Fallout, it’s not surprising that some people would turn to cannibalism. Still, cannibals make for some of the more disturbing characters in the game. Here’s a look back by ShoddyCast at the many (!) factions and people in Fallout 3 and New Vegas that eat other humans. I remember being…

Five Nights at Freddy’s Fan Game Makes Disney Characters Terrifying

Forget Chuck-e-Cheese-like animatronics. Those are already a little bit creepy on their own. Corrupting Disney characters, however, is a bit more unsettling. Five Nights at Treasure Island is a Five Nights at Freddy’s fan game, and while it isn’t done, what developer AnArt1996 has so far is promising. Like the original Five Nights, you are…

Far Cry 4‘s Knife Kills Defy The Laws Of Gravity

You can do a lot of things in Far Cry 4. Kick a rhino? Sure. Stampede over your foes on the back of a wild elephant? Totally. Fly like an eagle? Well, yes actually. Kinda. But there are limits. Here’s a video of people testing them to see just how far they can go. (Spoiler:…

​How To Get A Lot Of Glimmer In Destiny

If you’re playing Destiny right now, there’s a good chance you’re feeling kind of broke. That’s because after the expansion, you’re going to need a ton of in-game cash (aka glimmer) to purchase new versions of your prized exotic gear, and even more to re-upgrade everything. There was a time when I never worried about…

Strange ‘STALKER’ Developers Re-Emerge To Ask For More Money

Remember Areal, that suspicious Kickstarter project made by a studio claiming to be in an “information war” with Russia after receiving a signed letter from Vladimir Putin? It disappeared after its Kickstarter campaign was suspended. Areal is still gone, but its creator is back with something even more strange. After several months of relative silence,…

PlayStation Trophies Ruined A Romantic Dragon Age Moment

If you’re like me, you’re not playing Dragon Age to save the world. You’re playing Dragon Age to get to know some buddies, and maybe even to smooch someone. I’ve largely praised the way Bioware handles romance and sex inInquisition—the characters are nuanced, complex, and titillating. And, unlike many Bioware games, where sex is presented…

No Humans Are Allowed In This Smash Bros. Tournament

If you’re not careful, an Amiibo can become a monster in Smash Bros. Thankfully, this doesn’t have to be terrifying for us humans—instead, the intense skill of Amiibos can be turned into a spectator sport. That’s where The Amiibo Fighting Championship comes in. As the name suggests, it’s an Amiibo-only tournament, where only Nintendo toys…

Apple’s rejection of Papers, Please due to ‘pornographic’ content? Apparently that was a mistake. Creator Lucas Pope told me via email that nudity will be patched into the iPad version soon. He also explained what led to this all happening. Check out my updated story to read his full statement.

Opening Game Logos Are The Worst

You start up a game. Before you can make it to a start screen or main menu you’re barraged by a series of loud swooshy logos and copyright text you don’t read. This is the modern hell of video games in which we live. I’ve never really paid all that much attention to opening game…

Tips For Playing Suikoden And Suikoden II

So you’ve just bought Suikoden II on the PlayStation Network. Finally, for the first time ever, you’re going to play through one of the finest role-playing games ever made. Exciting, isn’t it? There are some things you should know before you start, though. Tips to make your life easier. To make your gaming better. To…