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Did Hideo Kojima Secretly Reveal Metal Gear Solid V’s Release Date?

Even if you watched The Game Awards last week, it’s easy to miss the detail that some Hideo Kojima fans are obsessing about right now. For most viewers, nothing about Kojima’s presentation of Metal Gear SolidOnline seemed out of the usual. But as fans such as YongYea point out, Kojima’s shirt is worth paying attention…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Last -Naruto the Movie-: A Love Story and NARUTO IN SPACE • One Wii U – Fun For You. Two Wii U – Nintendo’s Screw. [I Bought a Second Wii U] • Godzilla Demo Impressions TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Doom As An Isometric Shooter

I can see myself playing something like pixel artist Kracov‘s isometric, 2D version of Doom for hours, trying to blow up everything and marvel at all the detailed pixel-explosions. And while there are working 2D mods for Doom (like the Fall of Mars mod, or the Roguelike) the details in this are just fantastic. Also,…

Doctor Who Gets Pixelated For Christmas

This week players of the ridiculously reasonable free-to-play mobile puzzler Doctor Who Legacywill get a Christmastime preview of the pixelated stylings of Nathan Skreslet, whose PixelWho art will play a big part in an upcoming in-game adventure. And Who better to usher in this charming 8-bit look than the charming Eight Doctor? Despite never having…

Here’s a team of astronauts, busy building the Endurance from Interstellar in blocky Minecraft form. The vessel was recreated in-game bythe Korea-based Team Lopac, who also shot a timelapse video of the construction for the project’s Planet Minecraft page. You can find the clip below. Endurance Spacecraft [From Interstellar(2014)] (Timelapse) [Planet Minecraft] Dayshot is an…

The Last of Us Demastered on a Standard TV

That HD remaster of The Last of Us sure looks great on a hi-def television. But on a standard TV, it looks downright spooky. Twitter user Kamirenko connected a PlayStation 4 to a cathode ray tube TV via an HDMI adapter. While the resulting picture certainly isn’t anywhere as good as you’d get on a…

Japan Is Finally Making a New Godzilla Movie

Weren’t a fan of Hollywood’s recent effort? Want to see Japanese filmmakers bring the country’s most famous kaiju back to the silver screen? Well, you’re in luck. Toho Studios is releasing a new Godzilla film in 2016. The last made-in-Japan Godzilla was Ryuhei Kitamura’s 2004 effort, Godzilla: Final Wars (above, pictured). Now, twelve years later,…

Please, Don’t Hurt Day Of The Tentacle

I hope that when Day of the Tentacle is remastered, all they do is clean up the audio and very gently increase the native resolution of the game. Because to mess with this kind of art is to mess with pixel perfection. I mean, just look at this. You can’t improve on that. Best-case scenario,…

A Very Brutal Way To Play Far Cry 4

Gearbox’s (and HAWP’s) Anthony Burch has played Far Cry 4 a little differently to you or I. And the way he’s played it sounds like a fantastic way to get some more playtime out of it. Over on his No Wrong Way To Play The Game blog, he explains how, having finished the game “properly”,…

Add this to the list of things Ubisoft does not render.

Now THIS Is How You Play PC Games

Markus Boesen knows how to play video games the right way. This is his PC gaming setup, which he’s currently using to play Elite: Dangerous. Though “play” doesn’t seem to do it justice. He’s projecting onto three panels (displaying the game at 5760 x 1080), an array of touchscreen inputs, voice recognition, head-tracking and some…

The Tale Of Two Canceled Mario Games

Did You Know Gaming‘s latest look at Mario explores the strange history of a pair of games that died before they could truly live — the pricey Phillips CD-i travelogue Mario Takes America and the volleyball/wrestling/game show mash-up Super Mario Spikers. Part six begins with a look at how technical limitations affected earlier Super Mario…

Report: The Father Of Video Games, Ralph Baer, Has Passed Away

Some very sad news this evening: Gamasutra reportsthat Ralph Baer, widely regarded as the father of the video game industry, has passed away at the age of 92. A renowned inventor, and holder of over 150 patents, Baer’s most famous work was designing the machine that would become the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s very first…

Suspected Gas Attack At “Furry” Convention Puts 19 In Hospital

A suspected “intentional” chlorine gas leak at a hotel in Chicago – the venue for Midwest Fufest, a convention for “furries” – has left 19 guests in hospital. The Chicago Tribune reportsthat at around 12:40am this morning, emergency services responded to reports of a “noxious odor” at the hotel, which was leaving attendees complaining of…

Too Many Super Smash Bros. 

It takes a lot to make a Smash Bros. crew, Kirby Ness and King Dedede too. Oh yeah, this is happening. Gamblor sends us his inevitable mash-up of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and Adult Swim’s ridiculously popular fake sitcom, Too Many Cooks. Thankfully it’s just a series of images bereft of the stupidly catchy…

Watch Day Two Of The PlayStation Experience Live, Right Here

Now that all of the announcements and new trailers have dropped, it’s time for more panel discussions and live game demos on the second day of Sony’s PlayStation Experience event in Las Vegas. Let’s watch! TWITCH LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE Sunday, December 7th — All times are in Pacific Time 10:30am Opening welcome and recap with special…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Worst Final Fantasy VII Announcement

During yesterday’s PlayStation Experience keynote speech, Square Enix took the stage to disappoint the hell out of everyone in front of a Final Fantasy VII logo. It could have been worse. How? Our ‘Shop Contest participants will show you. The PC port of Final Fantasy VII is coming to the PlayStation 4 this spring. That’s…

PSA: Don’t Forget To Download Your Free EA PlayStation Games

EA is giving away Mirror’s Edge for PlayStation 3, Need for Speed Most Wanted for the Vita and the PlayStation 4 version of Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare until the end of the PlayStation Experience event — that’s today. Not near your consoles? Hit up the PlayStation Store via the web and secure the games…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Obligatory Lightsaber Edition: The Winners!

Last week I asked our intrepid photo manipulation community to create lightsabers that make the cross-barred one from the recent Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer seem tame. It doesn’t get much more wild than a rousing game of Snake. You know what a lightsaber really needs? Apps. Nothing too complicated, just something to do…

Got your eye on that sexy limited edition 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4? Sony is now accepting preorders for the retro-deco’d system. $499.99 gets you the system, a controller and a camera you can sell on eBay or something. Only 12,300 units are being made, so make up your mind quickly.