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Marvel’s worst-dressed heroine is now playable in Marvel Heroes. Along with difficulty modes, a new starting zone, an updated defense system and unique items, Marvel Heroes update 1.2 adds Emma “Lingerie Model” Frost, whose special power is getting into groups with Cyclops and Jean Grey and making things all awkward.

Moneysaver One-Shot: Kotaku’s Pick For Best Gaming Mouse

The Razer DeathAdder handily won our first Moneysaver Co-Op, and today you can get your hand on one for only $40 from Microsoft’s Store with free shipping. Don’t forget to head over to our newest Co-Op and nominate and/or vote on your favorite Gaming Monitor. [Microsoft] Keep up with Shane Roberts on Twitter, Facebook, Google…

Watch Dogs’ Mobile App Wants You to Disrupt Console Players’ Games

Hey, that Aiden Pearce guy. The jerk who keeps pulling his turtleneck over his mouth, breaking into systems and generally wreaking havoc all over Chicago. Somebody should try to stop him, no? Well, when you fire up Watch Dogs’ companion app on your phone, that somebody is you. In Aiden Pearce’s hands, the smartphone in…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: PocoGrandes gives a guided tour of his history with Japanese comics, including classics like Lone Wolf and Cub. DocSeuss offers up an intriguing premise about generating fear during gameplay, beginning by saying that “Weapons make horror games worth playing.” Last but not least, the uber-manly…

I’ve Seen Metal Gear Solid V In Action

Kojima Productions held an open house of its new, Los Angeles-based studio yesterday evening, and kicked things off with the first live demonstration of its upcoming flagship title, Metal Gear Solid V The good news: whatever your reservations about the franchise’s switch to open world gameplay, it appears to work quite well in conjunction with…

One Of The Best RPGs On PSP Gets A Sequel, And A PC Version

It’s finally official: the second chapter of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is coming to Steam and PSP as a digital release next year. The first chapter, already out for PSP, will also be released on Steam at some point this winter. That means English-speakers will be able to play both games in…

Fully destructible bicycles should be in every game. Devolver Digital, publishers of the re-imagined and incredibly bloody FPS Shadow Warrior, have released a humorous trailer discussing the game’s less talked about features. Take a look above, have a laugh, and if you’d like, check out our impressions here

Imperius, Mephisto and our scoundrel ally, Lyndon from Diablo 3 never looked as powerful and realistic as they do on digital artist TamplierPainter‘s paintings. These, as well as his whole gallery on deviantART, which features other games besides Diablo, are absolutely breathtaking. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Starting today, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort are just $29.99 each. That’s the value equivalent of paying $10 for a non-first-party Wii game. Imagine how cheap they’ll be when the Wii U’s successor has been out for almost a year!

Turning Your Life Around After Six Years of WoW Is No Small Task

Luckily, that didn’t stop Anthony Rosner. We have featured Rosner once before, when, in his short film, he talked about how isolated he became during his years of playing World of Warcraft. And now, he’s here to tell us what happened since then, in his trademark, tongue-in-cheek style: how he faced the release of WoW’s…

First Details about Final Fantasy XIV Remote Play for the PS4

On the PS4, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is getting remote play. Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida described what players might expect. According to Yoshida, in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players can enjoy more than just MMORPG battles in remote play. They can harvest or produce goods while roaming the in-game world. This,…

A Truly Fascinating Documentary About The Creation of Final Fantasy

As you might know, Square struggled to stay afloat up until Final Fantasy’s release in 1987, at which point they began their journey towards becoming a huge part of gaming history. YouTuber Joshua Drew, in a thirty-minute video, takes a look at the events that lead up to the birth of this legendary franchise. If…

Don’t Forget: There’s Another Hair-Whipping Platformer On The Way

It’s easy to lose sight of the next Shantae game with all the hoopla over the next-next one, but developer Wayforward is here to remind us (with a trailer, no less) that Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse is still very much a thing. This installment of the retro-esque platformer series will have the belly-dancing half-genie…

Hayao Miyazaki Explains Why He’s Retiring

There have been many questions concerning why famed animator Hayao Miyazaki is retiring. Today in Tokyo, he answered them. Best known for films like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki spoke frankly about his decision to retire in a NicoNico streamed press conference, saying, “I know I’ve mentioned I’m retiring many times in the…

There Will Be No LEGO Jurassic Park. Sorry.

Hopes were raisedlast week that, via the company’s Cuusoo program, we might get an official Jurassic Park LEGO set. Hopes that today have been sadly dashed. While the Cuusoo program exists to let users create their dream projects, the legal and financial clout LEGO enjoys means that often – as was the case with both…

Kojima Talks Metal Gear Solid V, Clones & Sexiness

Following the first live demonstration of Metal Gear Solid 5 at the company’s new Los Angeles-based studio, Kojima Productions studio head Hideo Kojima took the stage to graciously answer a few questions from the audience. Joining him were series artist Yoji Shinkawa and actress Stefanie Joosten, who is the face and motion actor behind the…

Walking Around A Hangar Is One The Best Games I’ve Played This Year

There’s something fantastic about owning your own ship in a video game. From Final Fantasy to Mass Effect, whenever they’re given the chance to not just travel the world but explore the vehicle that gets them there, a surprisingly strong bond is formed between player and ship. Star Citizen, the upcoming space game by Wing…

More Skyrim Villain Cosplay, Please

It’s funny that most people dress up as the dude on the cover of Skyrim, because that armour is terrible. Let’s get a little more creative, people. Like these folks, who dressed up as a couple of the Draugr Deathlords. When I say “folks”, I mean one of them is props genius Bill Doran, who…

Sex Assault Scene Pulled From Hotline Miami 2 Demo

There’s a point in the Hotline Miami 2 demo where it looks for all the world like one of the characters is about to rape a woman. That didn’t go down too well. Asked by Rock Paper Shotgun what it meant, and how the developers felt about some people’s negative reactions to the scene, Dennaton’s…

Assassin’s Creed IV Is The Most Tropical Game Since Monkey Island

You know what I loved most about the first two Monkey Island games? The art style and colour palette were so damn sunny. Other games, like Far Cry, have tried to do the same, but they never felt like a summer’s breeze in quite the way Monkey Island (and particularly Monkey Island 2) did. Assassin’s…