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The Flappy Bird Fiasco

“People prefer imperfect things,” the creator of the incredibly popular, loved, hated and now-notorious Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, mused over Twitter last March, long before most anyone had ever heard of him or played his game. He was stating why he thought he’d be okay launching a video game that included some bugs. “They need…

Payday 2 is the latest freebie for PlayStation Plus subscribers. It hits the Instant Game Collection on PSN tomorrow.

New trailer: EA Sports UFC. Still no release date yet for the game (last word was Spring, sometime after March) but here’s a detailed look at the fighters’ distinct features and animations. The game is for Xbox One and PS4.

The Pros And Cons Of Modding Games

There are obvious potential cons to a trigger-happy lifestyle with mods—textures breaking and forming horrendous-looking characters and other general bugs (which, even glitches are arguably enjoyable)—but I had never considered Errant Signal’s discomfort with them; namely that mods break what was supposed to be the game’s original, shared universe. But if you watch his video…

You’ll only get tomorrow’s Xbox One firmware update if you manually choose to download accept it. But it will also enable all future console updates, including the Party-Chat-upgrade one in March, to be updated in the background if background updates are enabled, an Xbox rep told Kotaku. A good improvement! UPDATE: For clarity’s sake, I…

Happy Valentine’s Day Week—here is a beautiful new romantic trailer for Final Fantasy X, a video game about an athlete’s illicit love affair with a woman who’s just trying to save the world. The HD remakes of FFX/FFX-2 are out on PS3 and Vita next month.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Preserving A Sense of Wonder In The Information Age • (More) DayZ Survivor Stories • Another LEGO Movie Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

50 Useful Tips for Playing DayZ

Being in alpha DayZ changes a lot day by day, and it’s easy to get lost in the ocean of bugfixes, nerfs and gameplay additions. What seemed like a great strategy the day before might not work the next day. That’s where YouTuber Wobo comes in, sharing some excellent gameplay tips. Here’s the clip; it’s…

Why Is Heavenly Sword Getting An Animated Film? This Lady Right Here.

There’s an animated movie based on Ninja Theory’s PlayStation 3 action adventure Heavenly Sword this year. The second trailer for the film (via IGN) is a rock-infused tribute to the reason this is all happening — Anna Torv. Yes, I know the video below is all about Nariko, but Nariko is all about the voice…

Danny DeVito (in the upper left) and the crew from the TV series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, remade as an old-school beat ’em up. A fun and intense, out-of-the-ordinary mashup by artist Aled Lewis. It’s a part of his recent exhibit called Such Pixels, which you can check out over here Dayshot is an…

Indie Beat ‘Em Up Proves There’s No Love Like Robot Love

Poorly-explained, vague robot love at that. The best kind. What we have here is Heart&Slash, a retro-ish 3D beat ’em up with roguelike elements. The developer wanted to combine the fast-paced combat of brawlers like Bayonetta with the huge number of customization options seen in roguelike RPGs—basically, you’re a robot, and as you beat up…

Upgraded Kerbal Battleship Goes on a Tour Across the Solar System

After building an actual battleship that could reach the planet’s orbit and stay there, redditor avaslash created an improved version, taking it on a tour across the Kerbal solar system—getting as far as Jool, Kerbal Space Program‘s Jupiter. Of course, again, the biggest obstacle was getting the new cruiser to fly. Complicating matters was a…

It’s OK, You Can Still Buy Flappy Bird (For $1500)

Flappy Bird may be gone, but while many are mourning its passing, others are seeing a rather drastic market opportunity. Within hours of the game disappearing from the App Store (seemingly) forever, listings have turned up on Ebay selling iPhones that have the game installed. At time of posting, the “cheapest” offer was for an…

Huh. So Even I’m Liking Bravely Default.

“Oh, that game must be good, because even [some person] likes it”. Bravely Default is that game, and I am that person. I am Jason’s worst enemy. I am a casual JRPG player. It’s not that I despise the genre. I am instead just incredibly picky about it. I don’t care much for the core…

“I was a live-action role-player too, until I caught an arrow in the dick..” This is a teaser for LARPs: The Series, which is looking pretty good!

Steam’s Neat Way Of Reminding You To Go Back And Play Your Old Games

It’s hard enough keeping track of new and upcoming games on Steam, but what about games you already own, or have played, that get updates? Unless you were really keen, that was almost impossible. Until now! Valve has added a new section to the Steam store’s front page, right underneath the “Featured” section, that highlights…

Operation Angry Birds Busts Cockfighting Ring

Forget the cash, downloads and merchandise: you know you’ve really made it when law enforcement agencies start using your game’s name for raid operations. Operation “Angry Birds” went down in New York on Saturday night and Sunday, with state investigators arresting nine people in connection with an illegal cockfighting circuit that also saw around 3000…

Here’s Your EVO 2014 Lineup (Smash Bros. TBC)

The lineup of games for this year’s EVO fighting game tournament were unveiled last week. There’ll be six games, and sadly, Smash Bros. is not one of them. Yet. Despite a very public spat last year involving Nintendo and the tournament, which ultimately led to Smash Bros. Melee streaming becoming a massive success, Nintendo have…

In This, The Year Of Awesome Mario Action Figures

Sure, it’s no Figma, but given Mario’s squat proportions it’s probably the best we could ask for. This Bandai figure will be out in May, and while the figure itself is great, it’s the accompanying playset that’s really taking the Tanooki. Mario on his own is available from importers for around USD$25, but for an…

I Wish Frozen Had Sea Shanties…

Some of the hihglights from this week’s roundup: a Digimon reunion, vintage Lara Croft, some Attack on Titan and, for those prone to burst into song spontaneously, Frozen. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…