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Meet The Guy Who’s Making A Sequel To Chess

Chess is getting a sequel. Yes, that Chess. The game with the little horses and kings and queens has been around for thousands of years. A few video games have transcended our hobby to become household names, but even they have nothing on Chess. They’re footnotes in a gaming history that spans generations, cultures, and…

More Interesting Solutions For Charging Your New Controllers

If you’re looking for more elegant ways to charge your DualShock 4s and Xbox One controllers, we’ve got some creative new spins for you. The Nyko Modular Charge Station plugs directly into the Playstation 4 and lives on top of it, saving space in the process. We were told the white version is a Gamestop…

Psychedelic Art Inspired By Some Very Specific Diablo References

This is a piece of digital artwork called “Halls of Viscera.” Look familiar? The “halls” and “viscera” are big hints. Ok, fine: it’s Diablo. Well, sort of. “Halls of Viscera” is one piece from an upcoming exhibition of Canadian artist Alex McLeod’swork that will go up next month in Montreal. All of the work I’ve…

​Five Months Later, This Guy Has a Pretty Sweet Legend of Zelda Sword

A while back, prop master Eric Hart made a sword for a Legend of Zelda musical. But he decided that his replica wasn’t good enough. So he made an even better one. Here’s how he did it. The video above shows highlights of a months-longprocessto turn humble wood and paint into one of Hyrule’s mightiest…

Live-Action Silent Hills Teaser Also Has A Twist Ending

Believe me, you really won’t see it coming—for better or worse. That was actually pretty impressive right up until, er, that ending. Captured P.T.‘s sickly, skeletal atmosphere nicely. Of course, I suppose it’s not all that hard to walk around your house with a camera strapped to your head and then edit P.T.‘s visual/sound effects…

This Week’s Infinite Crisis Costume Is Patriot Green Lantern

Joining the likes of Track and Field Robin, and Lifeguard Aquaman, this latest new costume for the free to play Infinite Crisis is Emerald Patriot Arcane Green Lantern: Via the official site You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

All This Racism Is Exhausting

I’ve had to be three people this week. They exist separately, in spaces that I’m better off keeping discrete for the sake of my own health. There’s the guy who checks in at Kotaku and acts like nothing’s wrong. There’s the father who makes sure his kid is smiling and growing as much as possible.…

3D Print Your Own Destiny Handgun

First you could 3D print a Destiny Ghost, and now you can 3D print a Duke MK .44 hand cannon from the game: You can download the file for free, or order a printed version here. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…

Can You Spot The Gaming PC In This Picture?

Hint: it’s the one with the USB ports. I’ve just received a review unit of Maingear’s miniscule Spark, a gaming PC that’s larger than an ambitious sandwich. Introduced at the beginning of the yearas a Steam Machine, tiny computers wait for no 2015 official release, so a version sporting Windows 8.1 is available for sale…

Microsoft’s Pretty New Platformer Is Looking Great So Far

I went into Ori and the Blind Forest… well, blind. I had seen a trailer for it back at E3, but other than that I hadn’t bothered with any information. Nothing against it, I just hadn’t bothered. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK] I came out of my demo session with it at Gamescom…

The New FFVII Cloud Action Figure Comes With A Lot Of Swords

The upcoming Play Arts Kai Cloud Strife figure, based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, comes with a lot of swords. Perfect for playing out the ending of the movie. Incredibly, the backpack actually holds all of them: Via Hidemi Matsuzuka You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…

Low Entry Fee to the 3DS Library, 10TB of Storage, EVO SSDs [Deals]

The 2DS is a very low barrier to entry to the great library of 3DS games. Today the barrier is even lower at just $100, with options. refurb Nintendo 2DS Game System with Mario Party: Island Tour ($100) | Groupon Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Crimson Red ($100) | Best Buy Nintendo Nintendo 2DS Electric Blue ($100)…

Someone Made A Drake-Mario Kart Mash-Up And It’s Great

You’ve really gotta hand it to Nintendo fans. Instead of just moping about not being able to trash talk inMario Kart 8, they keep coming up with bigger and better ways to show off their skills. Not satisfied with taunting people in-game, one player has put his Mario Kart swagger to song: It’s a parody…

How Much It’d Currently Cost To Set Up Cloud Gaming For The US People have been skeptical of how well game streaming technology can possibly work for quite some time. Early reports from the Playstation Now Beta aren’t doing much to help consumers feel better. Many folks are saying the technology just isn’t there yet,…

Ray’s The Dead, a neat-looking zombie game we covered last year, is back on Kickstarter after a failed first campaign. This time they want $30,000for the narrative-heavy zombie action adventure. Looks rad!

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: What Psychologists Are Saying About Video Games & Wasting Your Time For A Decade: Interview With A Video Game Researcher • Breath of Fire: A Series Retrospective • Tales of the Sixth Grade: Anime Friends • Phantom Breakers Battle Grounds – The TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open…

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Assassin’s Creed Rogue is Actually Pretty Different

My problem with the Assassin’s Creed games is that I always try to play them like stealth games, and Assassin’s Creed is not a very good stealth game. It’s a great action game, when it wants to be, but it’s just not built for stealth as anything other than a side-mechanic. It’s not adaptive enough;…

They Always Make Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box Look So Good

Last year I was assaulted by trailer after trailer filled with the magical possibilities of Disney Infinity‘s Toy Box building mode, only to find the best my imagination could muster was an incredibly high plataeu to drive cars off of. My hopes aren’t quite as high the second time around. I used to love games…

As Evil Plots Go, LEGO Batman 3‘s Isn’t Too Shabby

The evil Brainiac, seeking to upgrade from collecting cities to collecting whole worlds, harness the power of the Lantern Rings in order to shrink the Earth, forcing DC’s greatest superheroes to join forces with the Legion of Doom to stop him. That’s something I’d like to see. It seems my favorite DC Comics moments always…