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The punishing fighting-desperately-for-survival simulator Don’t Starve is coming to the PlayStation Vita, Developer Klei entertainment announced today. The Vita version will come with the original game and the Reign of the Giants expansion. Kotaku wishes one of our favorite PS4 games well in its new mobile-friendly home.

Thank Goodness There’s Finally A Real Threat To Steam

I use Steam all the time. You use Steam all the time. It’s our warm, safe PC gaming tree fort, the place where we gather to play with new toys and roughhouse online with all our friends. It’s also changing big-time, and we desperately need an alternative. Here’s hoping the recently announcedGOG Galaxy can finally…

$30 of LIVE Credit for $20, The Witcher III CE, Alfred Hitchcock

Have an Xbox? Like free money? Today Best Buy will sell you a $25 Xbox Gift Card for $20, and then throw in an additional $5 digital card for free. 33% discounts on digital credit like this are basically unheard of. Buy it. [Best Buy] We’re feeling pretty good about The Witcher III: Wild Hunt…

The Best Way To Trap Cannibals In The Forest

Building traps and learning how to handle mutant cannibals is key to surviving The Forest. And as it turns out, you can use those traps to take cannibals on a wild ride, too. Here’s a silly GIF of what happened when a player who goes by the handle Commandor90 tried trapping a mutant in The…

Bethesda Might Have Gone Out Of Business If Not For Morrowind

Recently, Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios sat down for an interview with Germany-based Gamestar about Munich, bratwurst, and a game very special to his heart: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind After addressing topics like the success of Skyrim and the role open-world games have in the industry, Howard was asked which of his games…

It Took Seven Years To Tweet Every Word In The English Language

Early on the morning of November 30th, 2007, a newly-hatched Twitter account posted its first tweet. It was an odd message—simply the letter “a”: A half hour later, it was followed by another word, also beginning with a. Thirty minutes later, another. The only logic to the stream was that the words proceeded in alphabetical…

Alleged ‘Mario Maker’ E3 Photo Pops Up

What is Mario Maker? Is it real? Could it be one of Nintendo’s big surprises for E3 next week? This photo—allegedly of the E3 show floor—popped up on Reddit yesterday, and while we’re always hesitant to share these kind of rumors without corroborating them for ourselves, ex-Kotaku reporter Michael McWhertor, who has been posting photos…

Never Give Your Toddler A Portal Gun

Children! Aperture Science Handheld Portal Devices! Put them together and they’re cute as heck, right? Not so fast. Daniel Hashimoto (the dad behind Action Movie Kid) is at it again, this time using his After Effects skills to give his 3 year old a fully functioning Portal gun. You can see the results above. Let’s…

Sonic Runs At 179 MPH, According To Science

We all know Sonic is fast. But how fast is fast by the hedgehog’s standards? Not fast enough to win the race against Mario, clearly. Sorry, I know it’s still too soon. The research scientists over at The Escapist’s Game Theory video series put Sonic’s famed running abilities under the microscope and came up with…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: DOTA Diaries: I’m Afraid of Everything. • Smucker’s Uncrustables — The SnackTAYku Review • Rockmandash Reviews: Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse [Anime] • TAY Predicts E3: Nintendo • An Online Gaming Journey – Pt. 2: Clans, Trolls, and Good Times TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…

E3 2014 Predictions

Here at Kotaku we’re predicting that there will be a gaming expo in Los Angeles next week. Sources say there will be news from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. What else will happen? E3 prediction time! I’ll go first. Mind you, I’m guessing… We’ll hear about an Xbox One/PS4 version of Grand Theft Auto V. (Justification:…

In Case You Forgot How Bad Dragonball: Evolution Was

Let’s just forget that we all agreed to pretend Dragonball: Evolution never happened for a few minutes and check out Cinema Sins‘ attempt to summarize what’s wrong with this live action adaptation of Dragonball Their ‘sin counter‘ will go wild for this one. Everything Wrong With Dragon Ball Evolution In Many Many Minutes [Cinema Sins,…

Looks like that Kinect game from Harmonix and Disney, Fantasia: Music Evolved, will finally arrive to Xbox One and 360 on October 21. Here’s a new trailer to get you in the mood—it has the best singing vegetables you’ll ever see. If you’re into that sort of thing.

​The Next Disney Infinity Lets You Make Your Own Marvel Video Game

Used to be that fans who loved superheroes made their own hand-drawn comic books at home, starring the Hulk, Spider-Man or Batman in stories that never passed through an editor’s office. In 2014, those fans might just be making their own miniature Marvel Comics video games. Making Toy Box levels is going to be different…

There’s no escape from the cops in Watch Dogs Sometimes, they are really determined to catch you! via r/watch_dogs Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them. To contact the author of this…

Larian’s RPG and the next installment in the Divinity series, Original Sin, has been delayed so that the team can squish some last-minute bugs and record extra voice-overs. The good news is that it’s only a ten-day delay—so Original Sin is now set to arrive to PC on June 30.

A duo of Kickstarter-funded retro action platformers is out this month. The first game, Crystal Catacombs, is available today for PC, and the second, Shovel Knight, will be coming on June 26 for PC, Wii U, and 3DS.

These New VR Gloves Will Turn You Into Iron Man

And probably some other stuff but mainly: Iron Man! The new tech from Control VR has recently launched on Kickstarter (via Engadget) and is aiming for around a £200 price tag, a lot less than similar gloves. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The new system uses microsensors to detect changes in inertia that…

Custom TARDIS Xbox Case

It’s a missed opportunity to have not called it a “Police Xbox,” but otherwise, this custom TARDIS Xbox case is great: Made by Redditor FalconPunnch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Here’s The $150 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collector’s Edition

The $150 Witcher 3 Collector’s Edition is now available for preorder. It includes an artbook, medallion, stickers, statue of Geralt battling a griffin, and more You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.