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There can never be enough Chrono Trigger fan-art, and it’s always refreshing to see something new out there. Here’s three fantastic paintings, with three memorable moments recreated from the classic JRPG, made by artist Orioto. You can also buy these as prints here Here’s the top pic in its full glory: A re-imagining of the…

This is the debut trailer for Etherium, an upcoming real-time strategy game for PC. It comes from the developer behind Stellar Impact, and puts you in control of one of three factions, which you lead on a conquest for control of the seven planets’ etherium reserves—this game’s analogue for Dune’s spice. Looks fun!

PC Gamers Collected Almost $2 Million for Charity in November

Last year, digital retailer GOG.com ran a one-week promotion for charity, offering up a large bundle of games at a discount. As it turns out, a lot of people were interested. It was basically a pay-what-you-want deal where, out of a large pack of 13 indie and retro PC games, you could pick three or…

Nintendo Doesn’t Think The Wii U’s Selling That Great

Today, Nintendo released its sales forecasts. The company’s financial year ends on March 31, and Nintendo has modified its sales predictions. In a downward direction, that is. But not all the news is bad. Initially, Nintendo forecasted 18 million 3DS handhelds sold worldwide this financial year. The revised number is now 13.5 million. That’s certainly…

Google Has Turned My Street Into A Bad 90s PC Game

I was messing around with Google Earth last night on my phone, seeing how well it can now render 3D spaces. As you can see above, it can do New York City pretty damn well. If it weren’t for the icons, in fact, you could probably confuse that shot for a low-res photo. It didn’t…

Making An Original Game Is Hard, Yo

Clash of Clans is one of the most successful video games of all time. So, as you can probably guess, it has clones. Lots of clones. Reddit user sonuvagun06 took some grabs of various App Store games. You’ll notice first that Clash of Clans’success has generated…competition. And not only is Clash of Clans getting ripped…

When The Real World Looks Like Fallout

Given the planet’s lack of actual post-apocalyptic nuclear wastelands, you’d think it would be pretty hard to find places that looked like the setting of a Fallout game. But then, there’s always the Mojave desert and Route 66 for that. Photographer Kevin Balluff– whose work I came across while flipping through the excellent Our Modern…

Not Everyone Thinks Steam Sales Are A Good Idea

Steam sales are universally awesome, right? Everyone gets cheap games, developers sell a ton of games, we’re all happy. Right? Well, no. Indie dev Jason Rohrer (Passage, Between, Sleep is Death) has written a blog post called “Why Rampant Sales are Bad for Players“. He argues that a “culture of sales” has led to people…

US Military Testing Crazy Video Game-Like Weapons

Hey, remember those real gunswe showed you last year that looked like something out of a video game? Well, the US Army is currently taking a look at the tech. Trackingpoint, the company behind the weapons, tells Motherboard that the Army currently has some of their scopes “under evaluation for assessment”. It’s not like they’ve…

Combo Time: if you play Street Fighter on PC, then you might wanna check out the Street Fighter IV combo trainer, which lets you create and test combos—and it comes with built-in functionality that will help you memorize the combos. You can read more about it here, and download it here. (Via RPS)

The PS3 Is Finally Getting HBO GO

Sony just announced that HBO’s GO app – which gives people on-demand access to HBO shows like Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire – is coming to PlayStation consoles. It’s coming to PS3 first, with the PS4 to follow. No dates, as of yet. In terms of consoles, HBO GO had been available only on…

What The BioShock Movie Could Have Looked Like

The BioShock movie, like most video game movie projects, died in production hell. Which is probably for the best. But hey, if you’re a bathysphere-half-full type of person and are interested in what the project could have looked like, here’s some concept art. It’s by Jim Martin, and is a lot more varied and revealing…

Nintendo 3DS Was Top-Selling System Of 2013, Because It Is Awesome

With 11.5 million units sold, the Nintendo 3DS came in as top-selling video game system of 2013 in the United States, which is awesome, because it is awesome. Back in February, I wrote that the 3DS had swooped in out of nowhere to become the best gaming device you can buy. And thanks to a…

​Photos From The Frontlines of DayZ

DayZ isn’t really a conventionally beautiful game, but it does have an austere quality that I find appealing. That quality is on full display in the latest shots from Duncan Harris at Dead End Thrills, who has been running the game in offline mode to capture the cleanest images. Call me crazy, but I’d love…

PC Mod Turns GTA IV Into GTA V, Sort Of

Not content to wait for Rockstar’s inevitable announcement of a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V, a group of ambitious modders are trying to transform GTA IV into Rockstar’s most recent GTA We’ve got a few shots to show you how it’s going. The idea is to convert the map of IV into that…

Attendees at Valve’s Steam Developer Days conference have been learning about virtual reality today. Seems Valve collaborated with Oculus on some of the new Crystal Cove headset’s tracking, while it’s also hoped that consumer-level VR headsets will be available within two years. There was also a VR demo from Valve that was meant to be…

Toy Story, As Told By Kittens

Maybe you’ve watched Pixar’s Toy Story before. Have you ever watched it reenacted by kittens, though? Probably not, is my guess. But if you’re curious, you should watch this cute video by The Pet Collective—not only do we have cat versions of Woody and Buzz, but the entire thing is narrated by a precious little…

Your Favorite Characters, Carved Into Crayons

Crayons aren’t just for coloring books, people. Crayons can be art, too. Just look at the handiwork of Hoang Tran, an artist who carves out all sorts of awesome characters and figures out of Crayola crayons—like so: After a few hours of sculpting with dentistry tools, Tran ends up with a beautiful crayon figure—like this…

Why You Could Have To Pay More For Online Gaming Soon

Live in the United States? Enjoy being able to stream and browse the Internet to your cold little heart’s content? Don’t want your Internet costs to go up? It’s time to start thinking about what could be one of this generation’s biggest issues for gamers: net neutrality. Forget microtransactions and DLC nonsense: thanks to a…

​Why Marvel Comics’ Ultimate Universe Could Be Better Than Ever

We should know better by now, but Kotaku bossman Stephen Totilo and I are actually excited by the impending relaunch of a superhero comics universe. Crazy, huh? It’s been a long time. We shouldn’t have left you… without some geek talk to step to. But that’s all in the past now, as Stephen and I…