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Take a look at the entries for the Naked Twine Jam—they’re great human (and sometimes animal) stories that prove you don’t need fancy tech to make a game worthwhile or touching.

Project Your Games For $400, Upgrade To 802.11ac, PSN Update [Deals]

We don’t come across a ton of great projector deals, but this Acer 3D Home Projector for just $405 is definitely one of them. Lumen level and lamp life are both great on this Acer, and it also happens to be the Wirecutter’s pick for best sub-$500 projector. [Amazon] It’s not the most customizable router…

How Much Does It Cost To Make A Big Video Game?

You pay $60 for many of the new games you play, but how much does a blockbuster game cost to make? Although it is a seemingly simple question, it is actually incredibly difficult to answer. Of all the opaque video game industry questions, this is perhaps the most opaque. Many in the industry don’t even…

Shadows? Check. Falling? Check. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has unveiled two free multiplayer maps coming soon to PlayStation 4 shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall. The Cruiser and Hangar maps should tide players over until the first paid expansion pack DLC arrives.

Meet Kotaku Ken, Our Crash Test Dummy

Turbo Dismount is a glorious excuse for putting polygonal beings into dangerous vehicles and then watching the physics-based carnage gently unfold into something beautiful. And then re-watching it over and over again in lovely slow motion. I thought it’d make for a good video on vehicle safety, so join Kotaku Ken as he attempts to…

Nidhogg Nonsense Tuesday

It was Tuesday, we played Nidhogg.

Offensive Combat Creators Abruptly Close Up Shop

A year ago I raved about Offensive Combat, an old-school, free-to-play, browser-based competitive first-person shooter with a heaping helping of attitude. Today, with very little fanfare, developer U4ia Games closed. The announcement came by way of atweet last night, with a link pointing folks to an post on the company’s website. It is with a…

Don’t Worry, Indie Sensation No Man’s Sky Is Still Coming

After a flood wiped out the offices of Hello Games on Christmas Eve, fans’ first thoughts turned to No Man’s Sky, which wowed viewers of the Spike VGX a month ago. Will that game be delayed? “We won’t let that happen!” The studio writes. Despite high-spirited statements, an update today does paint a grim picture.…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves:Tips for Surviving in DayZ • I’m Going to Play a Crap Ton of JRPGs This Year • What WouldYou Put in Your Star Wars Sequel? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

PlayStation Store Says The Last of Us Prequel DLC Arrives Feb. 14

The first DLC extension for The Last of Us, “Left Behind,” will launch on Feb. 14, Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog said in a Tweet this afternoon. The chapter is a prequel to the main story, hadn’t been officially dated before. “Left Behind” will explore the friendship between Ellie and another young survivor named Riley,…

Titanfall‘s Custom Controller is Ready for Drop in March

A limited edition Titanfall Xbox One controller (that’s it, pictured) will be available at the game’s launch this March, Microsoft said this morning. It will cost $64.99. The design is meant to evoke “a piece of military spec hardware transported from the universe of Titanfall,” said the lead artist for Respawn Entertainment, makers of the…

Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Remade Entirely in Minecraft

You won’t see anime locations being remade in Minecraft often, especially not the vivid, colorful ones from Hayao Miyazaki’s works. Maybe because it’s not an easy task to remake something that’s perfect. Yet here’s Alan Becker with his Spirited Away project, ready to show us that it can be done. One thing he did right…

Lightning Strikes the Xbox 360. The demo for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is now available for the Xbox 360, giving North American gamers their first taste of dress-up-powered threequel action.

Super Smash Bros. expands once again, this time with Ashley, who will appear in the Wii U version as an assist trophy. She hails from the WarioWare games, and probably didn’t have enough moves to make a proper moveset for her. But hey, this might be a sneaky teaser for Wario, since he’s not part…

“Something people forget is that we’re already the fastest-selling MMO in history, so even if sales are declining a little bit, that’s on the fastest selling MMO in history.” Colin Johanson, game director of Guild Wars 2, sharing his opinion with Eurogamer about ArenaNet’s declining sales figures.

Zombies Throw Dance Party To Celebrate 1,000,000 DayZ Survivors

Yesterday, zombie survival sim DayZ hit one million players, and the zombie population couldn’t be happier. Actually, they’re not happy at all. They’re being forced to do this—by none other than Viktor Kostik, the lead animator of DayZ, who decided to throw together a short dance video to celebrate this milestone in the game’s history.…

The guys behind Sneaky Bastards have published a “2014 Manifesto” on the stealth genre. And whether you can even call it that. If you enjoy any part of a game where you’re sneaking around, go read it

New Dark Souls II Trailer Is Not A Good Time

But then, fans wouldn’t have it any other way. Kinda cool to see a trailer that’s basically saying “look at all the ways you’re going to die and hate things over and over”. Dark Souls II is out on PS3, 360 and PC in March.

A He-Man Brawler Based On The 80s Cartoon. Yes.

The last He-Man game was pretty good, but it was a stylised thing, looking nothing like the original 1983 series. This game, made by fans, looks exactly like the 1983 series, and is all the better for it. A group of fans got together to make a side-scrolling beat-em-up based on the original He-Man, and…

Braid Clone Is Illegal, But Also Kinda Cute

Bootleg games are nothing new, but most of the time they’re either brazen clones or inept scams. This one falls somewhere in between, and as a result has a strange charm all of its own. Braid was, despite its platforming roots, a game with a lot to say, and some novel ways to say it.…