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How You Know You’re Old: Super Smash Bros. Is 15 Today

There are, probably, very few people who have a living memory of Mario kneecapping Yoshi in this advertisement and who are not old enough to vote. It’s the famous spot for Super Smash Bros., which 15 years ago today released as a Japan-only novelty and exploded into one of Nintendo’s best-loved series. Super Smash Bros.…

Prepare For Dead Rising 3‘s 13 GB Patch With An Hourlong Video

In what has to be one of their more…creative jokes, Mega64 takes on the controversial and whopping 13GB Dead Rising 3 patch. Wanna put that number into perspective? Sit through their video.

StarCraft II‘s Custom Maps Are Now Totally Free For Everyone

StarCraft II just took one large step closer to free-to-play. Patch 2.1, the latest update for Blizzard’s real-time strategy game, expands StarCraft II‘s free Starter Edition to three races and opens up all custom games to absolutely anyone. So if someone uses StarCraft II‘s map editor to make the next DOTA—which itself was originally a…

Watch These People Swap Genders Using Virtual Reality

A lot of the most interesting applications of VR have less to do with gaming, and more to do with perceptions of self. What’s it like to see outside of your own subjective experience of body and self? NSFW warning on the video below. Enter The Machine To Be Another, an art installation that uses…

New Humble Bundle, Titanfall On Consoles, George Orwell [Deals]

We’ve utilized more than a few promo codes to come up with Titanfall pre-order discounts for PC gamers, but this is among the first deals we’ve seen on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of the game. Pre-order directly from Microsoft’s store to get a $10 gift card, which you can use to, what…

How Lara Croft Has Changed Over The Last 18 Years

Lara Croft’s latest visual evolution in Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition,while noteworthy, is actually one of many facelifts and tweaks the iconic character has seen since 1996. Really, it’s amazing to look at how much she’s changed from game to game. Take a look at this infographic by Halloween Costumes, which chronicles every Lara Croft model…

Killin’ Time, by Feli Tomkinson. This piece of art was inspired by the game The Last of Us and just won its artist $400 after it was picked from a batch of submissions by Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in the acclaimed PS3 game. See the rest of the winners of WeLoveFine’s fan art design…

Here’s a Kickstarter worth your time and possible funding: Outerlands, a documentary series about interesting people who are involved with video games in ways that don’t get much press, from the talented video team (and former 1Up Show folks) at Area 5. Give it a look

The Sequel To Chess is Out Today

You know, I love Chess. I really do. But like many first-installments, I feel like it left so many questions unanswered. Questions like: 1. Does the Rook have ulterior motives? 2. Will Pawn move to E4 to be closer to his love, Rachel? 3. Why is Ben Kingsley such a massive dick? 4. What will…

Sony Says They’re Looking Into Save-Erasing PS4 Error

Sony says they’re investigating a glitch that seems to be deleting save files on PlayStation 4s, although it’s unclear just how widespread the error is. The “ce-34878-0” bug, which players have been reporting on the European PlayStation forums for the past couple of months, appears to be one of the really bad ones—players are saying…

Mod Forces Spelunky to Create the Same Levels

A big component of Spelunky‘s appeal and challenge is its procedurally generated levels, assuring you don’t play the same board twice. Some diehards, however, have developed a tool (for the PC’s HD version) that forces the game to generate the same level on replays. It’s called Seedlunky and it cannot be used to hack the…

The New Donkey Kong Country Sure Looks Delightful

The folks at Retro Studios might not yet be making the Metroid game everyone wants them to make, but their next release sure looks great. This new batch of videos from the folks at GameXplain shows off some of the new levels, easter eggs, and characters—Rambi!—from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, which is out on…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: Sorry For Getting Lost In My Games, A Letter To Dad • The Call of the Arcade Siren • What Does The Future Of AI In Gaming Look Like? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The demo for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is available for PS3 later today. It released on Xbox Live for Xbox 360 last week. Getting the demo also offers a weapon pack that unlocks when the full game releases Feb. 11.

​Here’s a Joker That Might Actually Kick Batman’s Ass

Bane? Forget that musclehead. Batman’s greatest enemy has always been the Joker. And in armor like this, it’s possible that he wouldn’t get sent back to Arkham like he always does. The impressive medieval get-up comes from Prince Armory, crafters of custom leather battle gear perfect for fans of Arthurian legend. And, of course, where…

Fan-Made Pokémon Game Is Crazy Ambitious

Pokémon Evoas is a fan-made game that aims to change and mix up a few things concerning classic Pokémon gameplay. It is a mostly one-man project by th3sharkk and a a few other contributors, who have just released a 30-minute preview of their project that is playable over here I really like the art style—it’s…

(Image removed at the artist’s request and pulled from their own site, too – sorry!) Hard to tell which parts of this amazing Legend of Zelda pictures are painted, and which parts are real. It’s a matte painting, made by artist Saad Alayyoubi for the ambitious Zelda Project.and you can check the original photo reference…

Modder Makes Minecraft Level, Puts it in Super Mario 64 DS

There’s not much to do inside the level, mind you, but it’s an interesting proof of concept for sure. Of course, you can’t just grab a world from Minecraft and put it in a DS game willy-nilly. The level itself had to be modeled from scratch, then imported using specialized modding tools developed especially for…

Steam’s collection of classic Hitman games is now complete with the recent addition of Hitman: Contracts to the site’s library. Previously unavailable due to copyright issues, the third game in the series can now once again be bought and, presumably, played. At some point. Maybe.

Blindingly Hard Cult Classic Platformer La-Mulana is Getting a Sequel

Only problem is, they (as in Japanese indie developer Nigoro) don’t have the money for it. Not all of it. Not yet. You can already guess where this is going. Like its predecessor, La-Mulana 2 is going to be an archeology-themed free-roaming metroidvania platformer kind of business. Story-wise, it’s five years in the future compared…