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I Have No Idea What’s Happening In This Shooter, But I Don’t Mind

If games like Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Splatoon are any indication, this generation of shooters is going to be a whacky one. Sony just fleshed out its newest entry in this emerging category of insane-looking projectile simulators with a trailer for VizionEck, a monochromatic shooter I do not understand in the slightest: Can…

Let’s Talk About Chrono Trigger

Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here Alright, folks—you’ve had two weeks to spend some time with Chrono Trigger, a video game about a time-traveling frog. Did you get a chance to play it? What’d you think?…

Deals: A Crazy PS4 Bundle, Even More Preorder Discounts, Humble Weekly

Every once in a while you can grab a ridiculous gaming deal from Dell, and today is one of those days. Get a Playstation 4, 3 month Plus subscription, copy of inFamous: Second Son, and $100 gift card for $450. Gift card shows in cart. You can even switch out inFamous for MLB 14: The…

You Can Dress Up Pokémon In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Oh My God

And now for the cutest thing I’ve seen all week: scans of Japanese magazine CoroCororeveal that the upcoming Pokémon remakes will have some form of dress-up, presumably for the contests feature included in the original games. While you’ll have to visit Pokémon news website Serebii to see the scans, they show an adorable Pikachu dressed…

448 Minutes Of Transformers Movies Contain 19 Minutes Of Robot Combat

Watching a Michael Bay Transformers movie is a serious investment. When you add up the running time of the original trilogy, it clocks in just shy of 7.5 hours. That’s practically a work day! Thank god they’re all chock full of eye-melting robot-on-robot action. Or so I thought. Then someone had to go and make…

Watch The Year’s Biggest Fighting Game Tournament Right Now

Evo 2014 has begun, so stop wasting your time working or checking Facebook and watch some people tee off on each other in some of the best fighting games around. Today starts with pool competition in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Injustice, Tekken Tag Tournament and Ultra Street Fighter IV There are three channels to choose…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: SnackTAYku International Vs: Venezuela • SnackTAYku International Vs: Trinidad • Back in the TAY: Guilty Gear • Trainime – Summer Season 2014 Impressions Part 4! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

“When you’re making fun of his suit, you’re making fun of his mom.” Far Cry 4’s Executive Producer Dan Hay gives yet another eccentric tidbit of information about Pagan Min, the game’s villain, in an interview Ubisoft just posted.

Guy Asks Out Girl Through… EA’s Facebook Page

Last night, the Facebook page for EA’s Origin—a video game distribution service—asked a girl named Emily if she’d go out with a boy named Nathan. It was all very cute. See, Nathan asked Origin’s social media experts for some help, and last night they posted this: This was a little confusing for some of EA’s…

Saints Row 2 alternate cover. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

It’s hard to capture in a drawing exactly how badass Charizard is, but Genzoman managed to do it. The Chilean artist, whom long-time Kotaku readers might know for his excellent video game-related art, apparently picked Charizard because it’s his son’s favorite Pokémon. Charizard by Genzoman [deviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning,…

A Complete History of Jurassic Park Games

You’d be amazed how many different ways the classic movie series has been turned into a game – shooters, platformers, beat-em-ups, management sims and more. The only absolute: most of them were rubbish. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Editor’s note: I cannot in good conscience share anything Jurassic Park game-related without mentioning Research…

With Some Work, Freedom Wars Could Be The Vita’s Next Big Game

In Freedom Wars, you are a prisoner living in a dystopian future where simply existing is a crime worth a million-year sentence. The game is basically another mission-based multiplayer hunting game, a la Monster Hunter, but it’s got enough originality going for it that it still managed to catch my heart despite some issues. Good…

Gaming Heads has announced the follow-up to their Jak and Daxter figurine from last year The new figure, which is based on the Jak II version of Jak and Daxter, is priced at $210, and limited to 850 pieces. For an extra $10, you can also grab the exclusive version, which is “painted in a…

Assassin’s Creed Lighter Brand

This is an Assassin’s Creed logo brand designed to be attached to a lighter: The unique 3D printed steel branding iron snaps right onto a standard Bic lighter and features a large Assassin’s Sigil, similar to one known by most gamers (but totally unaffiliated with that game you’re thinking of) Simply light up and hold…

Special Frozen PS4 Kinda Bothers Me Anyway

Japan being Japan, they’re getting another fancy new custom PS4 console before anyone else. Only this time, it’s not related to a game. It’s for a movie. You may have heard of it. To cash in on the upcoming release of Frozen on Blu-Ray/DVD/whatever, Sony Japan is releasing this custom PS4 that features a fairly…

Official Frozen-Themed PS4

The Sony Japan site is selling a limited edition Frozen-themed PlayStation 4. Via Wario64 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Cops Raid Gamer Live On Twitch

A Counter-Strike player found himself having to deal with more than just digital bomb recently, thanks to a prankster that called the police on his house—a practice commonly known as “swatting.” The player in question is Jordan Gilbert of n0thingtv. While the clip above shows the most relevant bit, you can see the lead-up and…

New Cat Game, Same Old “Cats As Jerks” Story

Catlateral Damage has evolved into a fairly accurate simulation of your stereotypical asshole cat. Perdictably, though, it no longer has the “genre” to itself. This is Purrkour, part of the 2014 Indie Game Maker Contest. Still very much in alpha, and with rough edges all over the place as a result, I’ve nevertheless been having…

Deluxe, Light-Up Dead Space 3 Isaac Clarke Figure

Compared to the $400 Titanfall Titan, Threezero’s new $190 Dead Space 3 Isaac Clarke figure is a downright bargain. Check out it’s light-up features, super-articulation, multiple weapons, and swappable head below: Pre-order Dead Space 3 1/6th scale collectible Isaac Clarke at www.threezerostore.com for 190USD/1480HKD shipped, starting from July 18th 9:00AM Hong Kong time. Interchangeable Isaac…