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Jet Set Radio‘s Anti-Establishment Hero Looks Perfect In Polystone

Straight off the streets of Tokyo-to, the latest statue in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line cannot be Beat, and yet it is. There were two characters I was really hoping would make an appearance in First 4 Figures’ Sega All-Stars line. The first was Vyse from Skies of Arcadia, and the second was Beat…

Are you an active World of Warcraft subscriber? You get five free days—it’s Blizzard’s way of saying “sorry” for all the lag and other technical issues that went down when Warlords of Draenor launched last week.

The Creator Of Monkey Island Is Making A New Adventure Game

Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. Ron Gilbert, best known as the creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just launched a Kickstarter for a brand new old-school point-and-click adventure game that looks just about incredible. Yes, yes, we’re all suffering from Kickstarter malaise, and these days crowdfunded projects seem ripe for disappointment, but this…

Secret Drugs Do Surprising Things In The New GTA V [Update]

The new versions of GTA V on the PS4 and Xbox One hide some things you haven’t seen before, even if you’ve played the last-gen versions of the game. And some of this stuff can be a little…wacky. If you don’t want to be spoiled on this secret, I suggest you stop reading now! OK.…

In response to player complaints about not being able to bring over last-gen GTA Online characters to new-gen GTA V, Rockstar is deploying a patch for to address a GTA Online character transfer problem. PlayStation platforms will be getting the patch today, with an Xbox version to follow tomorrow.

Nvidia’s Shield Gets Its Own Little Slice Of Cloud Gaming

Nvidia’s GRID game streaming service goes live across Shield portables and tablets today, with 20 games available for free remote play. When conditions are perfect, it’s one of the best remote gaming services I’ve tried. Free for Shield owners through June 30, 2015, the GRID gaming service launches today alongside the Shield Tablet rollout of…

$10 off GTAV on PS4/Xbox One, Humble Hunger Games, Big Hero 6, More

The now optionally first-person Grand Theft Auto V current gen port gets a day one $10 discount. [GTAV] Two more good 2DS deals today, including one on the new crystal version. Crystal Red or Crystal Blue Nintendo 2DS Console ($100) | Target Red or Blue Nintendo 2DS Console w/ Mario Kart 7 ($100) | Target…

50GB Console Games, Here We Go!

My new “biggest game on my PS4 hard drive” is still Wolfenstein: New Order, but GTA V comes close. Over on my Xbox One? Here are the biggest:

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Warlords of Draenor: First Impressions From 100 • 1984 Review • TAY Explores Comics: Dreamland TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

iPhone 6 Showcase MOBA Vainglory Now Available In The States

Super Evil Megacorp’s lovely MOBA, Vainglory, was the only game on stage at Apple’s iPhone 6 presser earlier this year, and now it’s available as a free download from iTunes. It’s so great. I’ve been playing with the game for a few weeks, thanks to iTunes accounts in other countries, and it’s been a blast.…

The Turtles stepped into too much ooze and got 100% more badass in Allen Geneta’s fan-art. Compared to these, their crazy mutant nemesis Slash looks like a nice guy. TMNT in color by allengeneta [DeviantART, via TheCyberWolf] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

Mecha Punching Sure Is Intense

This is Project Hon. It’s a mecha game with machines that shoot, transform, and smack the crap outta each other. From NCSoft, Project Hon has been in development since 2011. It is slated for PC and cloud gaming-type services in South Korea. 엔씨소프트 – 프로젝트혼 하이라이트 [InvenMovieA@YouTube Thanks, Sang!] To contact the author of this…

9 Things You Should Know About LittleBigPlanet 3

Today’s the day LBP 3 reviews go up. However, for a game so reliant on online components, I’m waiting before passing judgement. In the meantime, here are some things you need to know. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I’ve been playing LBP 3 for the last couple of weeks on PS4 and already,…

Some news for those interested in the upcoming cartoony Minecraft-like, SkySaga: The developers have uploaded a (very) short gameplay trailer, embedded above. Furthermore, they announced that they’ll begin inviting players to their Closed Alpha Test next week. If you wanna get in on that, you can register here

New RPG Imagines A Medieval vs Sci-Fi World

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire is a new tactics RPG that I like the look of for two reasons. The first is that it’s got an art style that reminds me of old rotoscoped cartoons like Lord of the Rings and American Pop The second is that while it looks like a fantasy RPG,…

American History: The JRPG

Next someone should make an apple pie about the origins of sushi. OK, OK, fine, that comparison really isn’t apt at all given that Americana Dawn actually looks fantastic. I just really wanted to make that joke. But aesthetically it’s a snazzy-looking throwback to the style of classic Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre games…

Pro Evo Plays Better Than FIFA, But That’s Not Enough

Pro Evolution Soccer 2015’s motto is “The Pitch Is Ours”. It’s a rallying cry to purists, fans of the sport who want their game to play like the real thing, not just look like it. It’s also accurate: in almost every respect, Konami’s game plays better than EAs. But that doesn’t matter. For the past…

Rookie Mom Guesses Smash Bros. Character Names, Improves Them

David Melnarik got his mum to sit down on the Smash Bros. website and try to name every character in the game. Some of them, she knew! Most, she did not, but that didn’t stop her from guessing (and in many cases improving on Nintendo’s actual names). It’s similar to something from earlier in the…

Never Alone: The Kotaku Review

When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you’d only heard about in passing, and let the people who’ve lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well. A small, independently-produced video game…

Final Fantasy VII Remade…In Another Video Game

For over two years, Jamie Colliver has been working hard on recreating almost all of Final Fantasy VII within another video game (LittleBigPlanet, not Minecraft). He’s finally done. Using the PS3 platformer as his foundation, and with a cast of characters ready to go courtest of some old FFVII-related DLC for the game, the recreation…