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Take a Look At What’s Changing in Assassin’s Creed Unity

More freedom. Missions that change as you play. Improved stealth. This new video shows how Assassin’s Creed Unity is trying to deliver on these big promises. The Gamescom demo above takes us through the bustling 18th Century Paris and into the Notre Dame cathedral, highlighting how Unity is trying to be the next big jump…

Cowboy Bebop Gets Premium, Discounted Vita Memory Cards [Deals]

The Amazon Exclusive Cowboy Bebop Premium Set is now up for preorder, and $30 off MSRP no less. [Cowboy Bebop] | Thanks UI 2.0! I was just thinking I don’t buy too many blu-rays anymore, and then there’s this and the new Twin Peaks set. You can once again grab a Playstation 4 for $360,…

Over at parody site Clickhole, there’s agreat quizto check out if you’re a jaded, self-loathing anime fan who hates dumb online quizzes.

When Dark Souls II Hacking Becomes Art

Hacking in a game is often used for banal, selfish reasons. But when someone uses it for something wonderful, it deserves a little bit of credit. MrAlbinoLama hacked Dark Souls II to turn his magic projectiles into hypnotic, cascading shapes that are very soothing to watch. I am not saying you should do this —…

Promotional poster for The Witcher III by Grzegorz Domaradzki You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Until Dawn Is a Horror Game Where Everyone Can Die

It may have been a room full of overworked, stressed and irritable journalists, but Until Dawn did something special when I went to see it at Gamescom: it made people jump, it made one woman scream and it made everyone laugh nervously and chatter about what they’d just seen happen. This post originally appeared on…

Gamescom Looks Like An Absolute Mess

This week in Germany, video game fans from all across the world have congregated at the altar of Gamescom, Europe’s biggest trade show. And it looks like… hell. I mean, check out this photo, snapped by IGN’s Brian Albert: That just seems so unpleasant. North America’s big gaming shows—E3 and PAX—are always crowded, but they’re…

The wonderful fifth entry in the Ace Attorney series is now out on iOS. You can download the first episode of Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies for free and buy the whole thing for $15 (or, individually, at $5 per episode).

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Naughty Dog Animator Makes Incredible Short Film

Played the 2010 game Dante’s Inferno? Craving more of Dante’s adventures through hell? Check out this badass short film by Naughty Dog animator Tal Peleg. Peleg, who created that silly Last of Us Banderas gif among many other things, has been working on Dante’s Redemption for quite some time now. This is the final product.

Super Mario 64‘s Iconic First Stage In LEGO Form

Here’s Bob-omb Battlefield, the first course in Super Mario 64 with its mountains, low poly objects and its constant war, rebuilt with LEGO blocks. Veteran builder Pepa Quin even included secret locations and a really funny-looking Mario in his diorama. And this makes me wonder how awesome official LEGO Nintendo sets would be… Bob-omb Battlefield…

Crytek Says Ryse On PC Is A Proper Port

My first honest reaction to Crytek’s announcement that Ryse was coming to PC was that it must be a quick way to generate some revenue after all its recent troubles. That’s not the case, according to senior producer Brian Chambers. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK During a hands-on demo I asked Chambers about…

Not many games have customization deep enough to help cosplay as Full Metal Alchemist characters, but Agentloonypants in Final Fantasy XIV pretty much nailed it with Edward and Alphonse. FMA by Agentlooneypants [imgur, via r/ffxiv] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

Dead Space: Missing, But Not Dead

“Is Dead Space dead?”, I asked Steve Papoutsis at the end of an interview about Battlefield: Hardline – the game Visceral is now making in lieu of a Dead Space 4. Here’s what Hardline’s executive producer said back to me, in what some people call ‘an answer’: This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “Is…

“Originally we were thinking a game that would make you pee your pants,” Hideo Kojima said about Silent Hills on Konami’s Twitch (via IGN). However, now “we are aiming for a game that will make you shit your pants.”

The Silent Hills Playable Trailer Can Be A Little Frustrating

Released as under the abbreviated name “P.T.”, the playable trailer for Silent Hills features a lot of wandering down the same two hallways. This webcomic by Bryce Corbett captures the frustration of trying to figure out the game’s puzzles: Speaking of the demo, have you seen the balcony ghost? And this video shows off the…

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Starfox fan art by Devyn Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

If You Want To Play This Arcade Game, You’ve Gotta Find It

The MAME emulator has, for over a decade now, let people play arcade classics in the comfort of their own home. But it’s worth remembering that while the vast majority of games are out there and playable, at least in some form, not all of them are. Some, you simply have to play on the…

Drift Stage continues to be the coolest racer we’ve seen in ages. TAY interviewed the retro-flavored racer’s creators recently, but this new video goes all-in on style and deliciously cheesy guitar riffs. Watch.

Salmon Cannon Shoots Fish At 22mph

We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t fire fish over a dam in an enormous salmon cannon and…oh, wait, we can do that. This is quite literally a cannon for salmon. Just say that name a few times, test it out, see how it sounds like caramel dipping off the end…