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Fans Fight To Bring Virtue’s Last Reward Back To Life

Last week, in a heartbreaking series of tweets, game director Kotaro Uchikoshi wrote that he hasn’t been able to greenlight the third planned game in his Zero Escape series. The numbers just haven’t worked out. Those words might mean nothing to you, but Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, released in 2012 for the 3DS and…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Quality Can’t Be Measured By The Length Of A Game • How Broken Age Uses Its Dual Narrative • Six More Winter 2014 Anime Worth Watching TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Six Things You Might Not Know About The (Increasingly Naked) Xbox One

In his never-ending search for amazing facts, Jake Roper of VSauce3 can’t seem to keep his consoles together. First the Dreamcast, and now the Xbox One is stripped down to nothing in stop-motion, revealing juicy tidbits about Microsoft’s latest console along the way. As you watch the video, keep in mind that the Xbox One…

What DayZ Players Say Before They Die

Losing your character in DayZ can be really depressing sometimes, especially if you are fully geared. So playing smart and carefully choosing your last words can save your life. Here’s YouTuber Beeshke and his collection of footage of other players, trying to save their lives—without much success. The moral of the story? Don’t trust anyone…

Transformers ‘Fan Built Bot’ Is One Plane-Looking Lady

Last year Hasbro asked the Transformers fan collective to help create a “Fan Built Bot” by voting on a vehicle mode, color scheme, faction, personality and signature weapon. The end result is Windblade, a female Autobot jet plane samurai. She’s so much fan fiction come-to-life. Hasbro has been slowly revealing Windblade since voting ended last…

Booker with his skyhook from Bioshock Infinite, redrawn by Jenny thorne on DeviantART Looks really cool, just like a cell from a 90s cartoon. Here’s a bonus from the same artist. Fun looking Payday 2 jennyisdrawing [DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

New Power Rangers Toy Has an Erection

The latest Super Sentai (aka Power Rangers) series in Japan is train themed. That means a whole slew of new toys. And one of them can get what looks like a giant train boner. All aboard! The new instalment is called Ressha Sentai Tokkyuujaa (烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー) or, loosely, “Furious Train Squadron Limited Express Rangers.” The Japanese…

Hurry Up And Localise The Persona 3 Movies Already

There isn’t a Persona 3 movie. There are three of them. The first was out late last year. This is the first trailer for the second one. Nice to see you again, Shinjiro.

Official Ghostbusters LEGO Was Worth Waiting 30 Years

From fan project to commercial reality, it’s been a hell of a ride for Brent Waller’s LEGO Ghostbusters, one that’s coming to an end now that the official set has been unveiled. Due in June, and priced at $50, it’ll include an improved Ecto-1 model and four minifigs, of whom Egon is easily the highlight.

Morrowind, You’re Looking Awfully Fresh

Good times alert: this is another new clip for Skywind, the fan project aiming to recreate the third Elder Scrolls game using the engine from the fifth.

Your “Space Captain Game” Fantasies Might Be Coming True

Galactic Princess, a gamethat should be on the radar of every Mass Effect & FTL fan on the planet, is now up on both Kickstarterand Greenlight In Galactic Princess, you need to get a crew, design and build a ship then set off to save the princess, exploring and shooting your way through the universe.…

So, Folks Are Paying For Titanfall Beta Keys

Never mind the fact it’s a beta, or that it’s being thrown open to anyone with an internet connection, some people wanted to get into the Titanfall beta so bad they were willing to pay for it. At time of posting, there are over 800 listings on eBay for Titanfall beta codes. Most are priced…

Days In Toyland: Window-Shopping at Toy Fair 2014

The grand rollout of the coming year’s wares—Toy Fair 2014—happened in New York this weekend, already kicking out news of the next Transformers game earlier today. It’s also a showcase for the new collection of figures, both fully posable and less so. Take a peek inside. Evan Narcisse patrolled Toy Fair 2014 for us, bringing…

The King Of Metal Gear Cosplay Returns

Last year, Dutchman Rick Boer showed us why he’s the King of Metal Gear cosplay. This year, with a new game in the series due, he’s back for a reminder. For these pics, Boer took to the wilds with photographer Cynthia Veekens. Two things to note: that’s not Photoshop on his face, that’s some damn…

If there could be a scientific explanation for why fanboyism is a destructive force within video gaming, trust PBS (and Kill Screen‘s Jamin Warren) to find it. “A 2011 study found that … people have biases against creativity.” That’s one reason why you’re getting sequel after sequel every year.

The dulcet, Brokaw-esque baritone of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) introduces you to Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, due to arrive sometime this year. In science fiction—whether video game or film—nothing says “mailed-in sequel” like a title with a colon followed by “Rise of the Something–Something.” [IGN] The game will launch on everything: PS4 and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Cup Noodles

Like it was going to be anything else this week. Here it is, all big and official, Cup Noodles shoveling snow outside the !!! CUPNOODLES MUSEUM in Yokohama, Japan. Everyone knew this would be the ‘Shop Contest this week as soon as Bash posted it on Monday, but I didn’t say so until now because I…

Make a Short Trailer Longer With a Very Detailed Look at Mario Kart 8

Yesterday GameXplain found eight minutes of stuff to discuss in the two-minute trailer introducing Punch-Out!!‘s Little Mac to Super Smash Bros. Today, they offer this fine-toothed combing of the Mario Kart 8 trailer, and after a whopping 26 minutes, there is nary a nit left to pick. GameXplain goes further than any reasonable person could…

Titanfall Beta Open to All on Xbox One, with PC to Open ‘Maybe’ Today

The Titanfall beta opened up to players on Xbox One yesterday evening, allowing anyone to join without using a beta key. The PC beta will become open soon, added Respawn Entertainment’s Vincent Zampella, “maybe” even today. Major Nelson made the announcement at 9 p.m. EST yesterday, and the beta opened up sometime thereafter. It is…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sonic Bust: The Winners

There was no shortage of drama to be found in the reaction to Sonic the Hedgehog’s return, in the upcoming Sonic Boom. Here, we’re going for comedy. Inside, we’ve got 20 superb ‘Shops of the Blue Blur’s grand return, plus an Oscar-winning performance by sillstaw! Thanks to everyone who entered! There will be another contest…