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May’s Playstation Plus Lineup Includes Puppeteer and Limbo

May brings with it another six games for Playstation Plus members, including indie darling Limbo and the underplayed Puppeteer. Check out the full list below or in the video above. [Playstation Blog] PS4 Stick it to the Man! PS3 Puppeteer Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 Skullgirls Vita Surge Deluxe Limbo Which games do you want to…

The Best (Last?) Hope for a Good Alien Game

There’s a reason that the first word in the next game based on 20th Century Fox’s sci-fi horror franchise is singular. Alien: Isolation will be taking its cues from Ridley Scott’s slower, more atmospheric 1979 original. That means no space marines and no P5000 power loader. Just you and one big, scary Xenomorph. Which you…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Batman: Arkham Disappointment • Happy 32nd Birthday, ZX Spectrum 48k! • Why I Loved Muv-Luv (But You Might Not) • On the Side of Mooks: A Discworld Highlight TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Bob’s Game, One Of The Strangest Stories In Indie Gaming, Is Back

In 2008, a man named Robert Pelloni made headlines with an ambitious claim: he’d spent thousands of hours working on an indie role-playing game called Bob’s Game, and he wanted to release it for Nintendo DS. In the months and years to come, Pelloni made headlines for less savory reasons. First he said he would…

Video Game Artist Turns Her Own Face Into Monster Material

One moment, it’s a pleasant mask of a female face. The next, it’s the shriveled mask of a nightborne hell-beast. Sweet dreams! We’ve already shown a bit of the photogrammetry technology that Polish dev studio The Astronauts will be using to pull images from the real world into the game engine they’re using to make…

Game of Thrones‘ Opening Couldn’t Get Any More Absurd

Really3D‘s minimalistic, silly recreation of the iconic Game of Thrones opening might be a joke, but looking at the precisely scaled models, you must admit it probably still took him a lot of time to do this. I only have one question: Where is the mighty render farm that made this possible located? Game of…

Artist Patrick Brown captured the mood of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes perfectly in his fan piece. I just love the guard tower’s lighting and the rain effects on the ground. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes by Patrick Brown [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

You Can’t Play Evolve Yet, But This Is The Next Best Thing

Evolve, the next game by Left 4 Dead devs Turtle Rock Studios, looksfantastic. And while you can’t try the co-op shooter just yet, you can see how an Evolve match plays out from any perspective you’d like in this interactive trailer. Yes, you can even see the match from the perspective of the monster. The…

Cult Horror Game is Getting a Live-Action Film

Ao Oni, the popular survival horror RPG Maker game—where you have to solve puzzles and escape from The Oni, a demon that appears and follows you randomly—is getting a Japanese live-action movie Just for comparison, here’s a shot from the game. The Oni and the setting may look nice and calm, but it is not.…

Super-early gameplay footage from the Outcast HD reboot And I do mean super early—it’s basically the old game models in the new engine, with zero special effects. Still, looks promising! The Kickstarter campaign is currently 37% funded with just under two weeks to go.

It’s Another Baldur’s Gate, Basically. A Pixelly Baldur’s Gate.

Isometric party-based RPG. Real-time with pause. Fantasy. Platform: PC. Yep, that sounds a lot like Baldur’s Gate And that’s good! You’re looking at Serpent in the Staglands. Apart from Bioware’s Baldur’s Gate, its developers cite 1992 PC RPG Darklands as an inspiration—aesthetically, it is perhaps more similar to Darklands due to all the pixels, but…

Defense Of The Ancients Mascot Designs

DOTA 2 Team Meat Hooks and Team Roshan t-shirt designs by Samuel Ho, currently up for vote at Steam. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Void

Animated gif by Paul Robertson and Jacky Ke Jiang Previously: Mercenary Kings animations by Paul Robertson You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Glamor Shots Of The New Team Fortress 2 Robot Pyro Figures

ThreeA posted new photos of its upcoming Team Fortress 2 Robot Pyro figures, as well its upcoming Lost Planet 2 Drio Vital Suit: Enjoy more photos at ThreeA You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Best New Marvel Comics Covers

A goat in the Avengers headlines this selection of the best newly-revealed Marvel Comics covers: Secret Avengers #5 cover by Tradd Moore. Original Sin #6 cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. Avengers Undercover #7 cover by Francesco Mattina. Black Widow #8 cover by Phil Noto. All-New Ultimates #5 cover by David Nakayama. Elektra #4 cover by…

Choose Your Dragon Age: Inquisition Inquisitor

The Dragon Age account posted this illustration of male and female Inquisitors. Previously: Here is the gender-neutral Dragon Age: Inquisition box art You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Wolfenstein: The New Order Art Print

The Assault on Death’s Head Fortress lithograph is available for purchase at the Bethesda store. And speaking of Wolfenstein, check out this concept art for the Panzerhund—a fearsome robotic dog: Previously: Watch 30 minutes of Wolfenstein gameplay You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…

Game About Sad Nerd Looks More Fun Than It Sounds

OMOCAT isn’t just a radart person. She’s also making a game, one that you should check out if you like some other game called Earthbound. She’s doing the art, writing and directing the game, while getting some help with stuff like music. The game’s called OMORI, and is based on an old comic/character who’s basically…

Indie Steampunk Game Is Basically BioShock Golf

I have played many a golf game in my life. I had never, until yesterday, played one that described itself as “a physics based first person exploratory mini golf game set in a steampunk alternative universe”. I’m glad I did. Despite being early code, available on Steam’s Early Access service, I had a blast with…

What If Tron Were Made By Musical Aliens?

Then you’d get FRACT OSC, a haunting exploration puzzle game where the entire world is a fully functional KORG-style synthesizer. I spent an hour playing the game and grilling its creator about the inner workings of this infernal music machine, and you can watch that below. There’s not really another game like it. Our own…