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Smartphone game Final Fantasy Agito is coming to the PS Vita in Japan as Final Fantasy Agito Plus on January 15, 2015. No word on a Western release.

A Toy Story-Like Survival Game Where You’re a Keychain Ninja

According to the devs, it’s Resident Evil meets Prince of Persia, starring a keychain ninja plushie. Sounds nice! Looks nice, too. The people behind Nin are a new three-people studio called Vagabond Games, and this PC survival-adventure is their first title. Nin has been in development for three years, and it shows: the environments are…

Guy Builds an Actual Working Flight Computer for Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program has a whole lot of numbers and variables behind it that influence how your spaceships work and where they go. Well, what better way to keep track of them than with this NASA-inspired flight computer? Built by redditor KK4TEE, this little box is basically a computer that can interpret data supplied by…

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be out in 2015, Hideo Kojima announced today at the Tokyo Game Show.

The Most Embarrassing Gameplay Experience of 2014

The year is not over. We still have time! But damn, it’s going to be hard to top the experience of doing this. Note: This article contains content some readers might fine objectionable. You are looking at the demo kiosk for OneeChanbara Z2: Chaos at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. And to play the demo…

The Monsters and Giant Mecha of the Tokyo Game Show

Today is the first press day for this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Here’s a look at the show floor, which is populated with booths, game demos, giant mecha, and monsters. Oh, and motorcycles and a flying sheep. Can’t forget those! Keep in mind that the show might look kind of empty. That’s because, well, this…

New Silent Hills Concept Trailer Is Nightmare Fuel

Straight from TGS, here’s a new “concept trailer” for P.T., the upcoming horror project by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro—and it’s a good one. Damn. More hallways! These ones look more intense than the ones in the playable teaser, though. The concept trailer isn’t so hot on subtle scares. Some GIFs:

Here’s a Sonic costume for Felynes in Monster Hunter 4G. That is all.

The Return Of Darth Revan

Good news for fans of Knights of the Old Republic—according to this new teaser video, Darth Revan will soon be making a major appearance in Star Wars: The Old Republic: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Bloodborne Gets TGS Trailer, American Release Date

Bloodborne has a new TGS trailer, made up almost entirely of gameplay footage. It is…everything you would hope for/expect from a new Bloodborne trailer. It also has an American release date of February 6, and this collector’s edition, if you really must

What Cold Weather Does in Dark Souls II‘s Newest DLC

The world of Dark Souls II doesn’t exactly inspire frolicking in beach sandals and cut-offs. It’s a cold, wet place. But the latest DLC, Crown of the Ivory King, is downright freezing. At a recent roundtable discussion at Namco Bandai headquarters in Tokyo, Dark Souls II director Yui Tanimura discussed the thinking behind the DLC’s…

Metal Gear Solid V Gets New TGS Trailer

Here’s a new, long, cinematic trailer (well, one of the game’s cutscenes) for Metal Gear Solid V. The quality of this vid isn’t the greatest, captured as it is off a livestream of a Tokyo Game Show stage event, but it gets the job done. Well, visually at least. We’ll swap in an English-language version…

The Great Ace Attorney, Capcom’s 19th-century take on legal wrangling, has a new TGS trailer. There’s loads of Japanese here, but the finger-pointing will get you through it.

Magic: The Gathering-themed save the date card You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

DEEP DOWN’S NEW TGS TRAILER. Boy, for a game that debutedas some kind of medieval/fantasy fighter, Capcom’s Deep Down sure has taken a sci-fi turn.

​First Hands-On with the New Nintendo 3DS

I just spent some time with the New Nintendo 3DS at the Tokyo Game Show, and based on first impressions, the upcoming handheld looks like it could be great. Announced last month, the revamped 3DS features more powerful hardware, a better 3D effect and a new analog controller called the C-Stick. It’s less a stick…

The New Final Fantasy XV Trailer Has Renewed My Faith

If Final Fantasy XV‘s latest trailer is any indication, this game could well be worth the wait. The new Tokyo Game Show trailer shows off gameplay that’s more than combat—there’s also driving! And this latest look at Final Fantasy XV offers some truly stunning graphics. Did you give up on Final Fantasy XV? Don’t. Not…

Tetsuya Nomura Is No Longer Directing Final Fantasy XV

Today, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV has a new director. Originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, the game was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV last year. The game is being directed by Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD “This move allows Tetsuya Nomura…

I Wish Skyrim Had Face Tech Like This Sports Game

Or any kind of game with character creation, for that matter. At a basic level, this kind of tech has been around for years, most notably with EA’s Game Face. But that service makes you take regular photos, upload them on a browser and tweak the settings there. This new tech that 2K is using…

First Gameplay Footage Of Legendary RPG Successor Torment

Planescape Torment is widely lauded as one of the best-written (not to mention weirdest) games of all time. It’s so revered that the Kickstarter for its spiritual successor, Torment: Tides of Numenera, raked in a whopping $4.1 million. How’s it shaping up, though? Now, finally, you can see. Giant brain scrambling squid monsters, quivering lumps…