Eric Power is making a “cut paper stop motion” samurai flick called Path of Blood. There is no actual video game based on this movie, but screw it, Power made a trailer for one anyway. And now it makes me sad it’s not a thing. So cool. It’s actually not the first trailer he’s made;…
Fighting game community site Event Hubs have done something neat: taking the main character preference and location data from over 6000 users currently playing Ultra Street Fighter IV, they’ve put together a map showing where they all live across the globe, and who they play as. Note that in the interests of privacy none of…
Music mash ups are amazing. I love them. I love them especially when they just work so goddamn perfectly. This mash up is one of the best examples in recent history. It’s Kanye West mixed with the Streetpass music. It’s one of those mash-ups that, when you hear it, you just burst out laughing because…
Isn’t it great there’ll be a way to play Alien Isolation using the film’s original cast? Wasn’t it stupid that this mode was announced as a preorder bonus? Well, “good” news: the content is going to be available to everyone, not just those preordering the game. Sega has released a short statement today that reads:…
Earlier this week, we wrote about the Reaper Lords—afascinatingcrew with hundreds of members that roam the streets of GTA Online. We told you all about their love of motorcycles, their intense rules, their dress code, and their curious social media presence. Today, you get to hear from an actual Reaper Lord. I got a chance…
Good news, fighting game fans: Skullgirls Encore will be coming to PS4 and Vita later this year.
Creating a video game and releasing it to the world is an incredibly complicated process. But why should I even try to explain the nuances of modern software development with last-gen mechanisms like “words” when we have these amazing things called GIFs now? As you can see in the glorious image above, Australian indie developer…
We’re coming up on Evo, the biggest fighting game tournament in America. It will run Friday to Sunday from Las Vegas and be streamed online for the world to see. It’ll be the biggest Evo yet. But maybe you aren’t prepared—there are eight completely different games at this one event, after all, and what makes…
Contraption Maker, a spiritual successor to Incredible Machine created by some of the people behind the original game, came out on Steam this week. You can check it out here
This is an image from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Something looks a little different than what you’d normally expect to see in the latest installment in Valve’s online game about counter-terrorists shooting at counter-terrorists, though. No, I’m not talking about the heads-up display. Ted McIlwain, a level designer at Digital Extremes, has been tinkering with a…
Primal Reversion won’t be the only type of evolution featured in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire—we’ll also be seeing some new mega Pokémon. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on what these megas are, you should probably stop reading now! According to Anime News Network, the newest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro…
Today a reader sent me an e-mail about this new contest for RPG Maker games, and I wish I had time to play them all. I mean, sure, RPG Maker games aren’t always… polished, but there are some good ones out there, like Exit Fate and Barkley’s Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. They’re almost always…
If you take a look at Steam’s most-popular games right now, you’ll see some familiar faces: Dota 2, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress. You might also notice an anomaly amid those giants: a game called Unturned. What’s the deal? Well, Unturned is a free-to-play zombie survival game made by a 16-year-old Canadian, Nelson Sexton. The game has…
We’ve got a slew of notable preorders and preorder discounts for you today. Let’s start with Alien: Isolation which, in one of the more egregious, anti-consumer uses of the pre-order we’ve seen in a long time, has locked Sigourney Weaver behind the pre-order wall. [Alien: Isolation] Oh sorry, you wanted good news? Ok, use code…
For many people, touring a video game studio is like taking a trip to nerd heaven. Valve let the winners of its 2013 Saxxy Awards film contest peek behind the curtain in this way. The resulting photo gallery that was recently posted online makes the place look about as whacky as you’d expect the company…
It’s incredibly easy to trick the brain about your body. Which is why, for me, the most memorable thing about playing Alien Isolation’s VR Demo was suddenly finding myself in the body of a tiny woman. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK. It’s due to an effect called Neuroplasticity which is usually associated with…
The best thing about Hearthstone, Blizzard’s digital collectible card game, is that just about anything can happen. The worst thing about Hearthstone is that just about anything can happen. Witness the video above, captured by YouTuber CptnFabulous, who drew two Innervates and a Coin—all cards that give you extra mana crystals for a turn—and used…
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Killer Instinct: The TAY Review • When Is A Collector’s Edition Too Much? • Adventures In Blind Gaming 3: In Minecraft Eyes TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
Super Mario: plumber… doctor… patriot. This is the mustachioed hero’s alternate costume for the new Super Smash Bros.—as revealed this morning on the official Smash Twitter account—and it’s totally amazing. As Kotaku reader Vitas points out, it’s inspired by the costume in NES Open Tournament Golf The real question is, why didn’t they release this…
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