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Shenmue HD Is Being Made By A Fan, Because Sega

Your petitions, they will do nothing. As far as Sega is concerned, cult adventure series Shenmue is dead in the water. But as far as fans are concerned, well, that’s another story. Korean fan NoconKid has got to work remastering the original Shenmue in HD, and he is doing a damn fine job. Leather jackets,…

Photos Of The Upcoming Lego Minecraft Sets

This is The Cave, one of two upcoming Lego Minecraft sets: Venture into The Cave on a dangerous quest for vital resources! Wield the iron pickaxe to dig and battle against hostile zombie and spider mobs. Blast out valuable ores and minerals with the TNT and combine the flowing water and lava to create precious…

I Was Excited By This Puzzle RPG, Until I Had To Pay

Matching gems to cast elemental spells, buying more powerful weapons and armor, equipping runes that unlock powerful skills and spells — Backflip Studios’ Spellfall is everything I’ve ever wanted in a puzzle RPG, plus agressive microtransactions. Since my whirlwind love affair with the original Puzzle Quest, any game that combines role-playing mechanics with match-3 puzzles…

The saddest little video game convention. Taking place in the same Walter E. Washington Convention Center as the free-to-attend Pokémon World Championships, the $40-per-day Video Gamers United show crowds are just a wee bit smaller. Don’t feel bad, the show’s Twitter feedshows more people. Via Reddit.

No Photoshop contest this week. Due to the current restrctions on uploading images in comments, we’re holding off on the weekly ‘shop contest until that issue is resolved. I spent the morning trying to figure out how to make ASCII art work. It did not, so here we are.

Adorable BioShock Proposal Asks “Would You Kindly Marry Me?”

Three and a half years ago, Stevie Kopas bought an uneccesary second copy of BioShock from GameStop as an excuse to talk to the guy behind the counter. This weekend that guy gave her a third copy, but what was inside was much better than a video game. “Did you see the new game?” asked…

Watch The 2014 Pokémon World Championship Finals Right Here

This is it, the final day of the Pokémon World Championships, where the top trading card and video game competitors are gonna show the world they were born to be winners — born to be champions. How can you not watch? The day kicks off with the Trading Card Game Masters top 4, followed by…

Articulated Lego Batman Figure

Polywen made this articulated Batman figure out of Lego, and made the cape out of part of a Lego t-shirt: You can see more of Polywen’s creations at Flickr You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Now Board Gaming: The Winners!

Last week I asked our ridiculously creative readers to create the video game themed board gamesof their dreams. Or possibly nightmares. We’ve wound up with a bit of both, really. First of all, I’d like to thank our brave entrants for suffering through last week’s image upload problems, and for not creating board games using…

‘The World’s Worst Grand Theft Auto V Stunt Montage’

Their words, not ours. Yeah, yep, those were… pretty bad. But then, in a world where pretty much every possible amazing GTA V stunt has already been done, I suppose this is all that’s left. It’s a solid gag, even if it goes on approximately a hundred years too long. Watch and chuckle. Or perhaps…

The Tomorrow Children: Beautiful. Confusing… Controversial?

Q-Games’ The Tomorrow Children is a lucid dream of community, crafting, monsters and ‘Marxist parody’. A world where inhabitants work for the good of a communal town. And if that means bribing others to make your vote more equal than others? So be it. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK.] After years of the…

Fans Want A Robin Williams Tribute In The Next Zelda, Nintendo Responds

The late Robin Williams was so smitten with The Legend of Zelda he famously named his daughter after the title character. Shades ofWorld of Warcraft, fans have banded together viaChange.orgpetition to ask Nintendo to honor the actor and comedian in the next game in the series, and Nintendo has responded. The petition, now with more…

Our sister site Kotaku UK is on the ground at the 2014 World Championships. Check out their photos from the event, the rudest Pikachu ever, and keep watching for more from the biggest Pokemon battle of the year.

Star Citizen Teases Racing, First-Person Shooting

Every time I think Chris Roberts’ gorgeous crowdfunded space sim couldn’t possibly get any better, the folks at Roberts Space Industries release teaser videos for things like spaceship racing and first-person shooter modules. Most exciting for me is the upcoming racing module for Star Citizen, which adds what looks like planet-based competitive racing to the…

The Best Mega Pokémon In Action

We’ve firmly established that Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire‘s Mega Slobro is the best Mega Pokémon possible. Now we’ve got video proof. He’s shooting fire, spitting water and spinning like a top, all whilst being eaten by his own carnivorous shell. And, unlike his official artwork, he’s smiling while doing it. Mega Slobro is…

Watch The New Toy Story Combat Carl PSA

Toy Story of Terror, the special that aired last Halloween, will be released on disc August 19, and will include a G.I. Joe-style PSA featuring Combat Carl. Watch it below: Via Crave You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Listen To The NBA2K 15 Soundtrack, Curated By Pharell

The NBA 2K15 track listing, as selected by Pharrell Williams, has been revealed. You can listen to it below: A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Scenario’ Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force – ‘Planet Rock’ Basement Jaxx – ‘Hot ’n Cold’ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘River Styx’ Busta Rhymes – ‘Dangerous’ Clipse – ‘Grindin’’ Death from…

You Can Customize Your Assassin In Assassin’s Creed Unity

The official Twitter feed is running a Q and A this morning. Among the answers—you’ll be able to heavily customize your character, choosing from approximately 200 different pieces. Hopefully, they’ll follow the same route as Infinity Blade and let you order figures based on your specific character. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku…

Watch The 2014 Pokémon World Championships Live, Right Here

The world’s best Pokémon video and card game players from more than 30 different countries converge on Washington D.C. this weekend to vie for the title of the very best, like no one ever was. Let’s watch the 2014 Pokémon World Championships all weekend long. You don’t need to be inside the Walter E. Washington…