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Thank God Star Wars Got a Second Draft

If you’re a well-heeled sci-fi fan, you probably know about the rarely-seen rough draft of Star Wars. It’s crazy different, with characters that have similar roles but different names, among other things. Today, Dark Horse Comics’ adaptation of that early pass hits store shelves. Myself and Mike Fahey have read through the miniseries’ first issue…

The “invasion” levels that are missing from the Vita version of Rayman Legends will be”added via a free patch, at a later date” the company decided to reveal on its official blog today rather than, say, on the back of the Vita game’s box or in ads for the game.

These Guys Want To Bring Their Classic Platformer To HD Consoles

Everyone’s favorite half-genie belly dancer looks pretty good in HD. Shantae, the star of games like Shantae and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, wants to hair-whip her way to HD platforms, and the developers at WayForward are asking for $400,000 to make that happen. WayForward says they’ve already got deals in place to take the portable star…

Dying Light‘s Nighttime Zombie Chase Almost Gave Me A Heart Attack

There are precisely one billionty video games out there that ask you to imagine what it would be like to survive the zombie apocalypse. But it’s rare to find one that makes the setting feel like anything more than just morbid fun or creepy explorations. It’s hard to inspire genuine, adrenaline-rushing fear. The kind of…

Saints Row‘s Hilarious Dubstep DLC Ad Disguises Its Obnoxious Intent

I’ve gotta hand it to Saints Row IV. Three bucks for four sound effects (OK, and some weapon skins) is pretty fucking obnoxious, when you think about it. But when you pitch it like a blue-screen ad from a 1980s UHF station, it suddenly becomes hilarious. I’m not even sure that $3 for four sound…

Don’t Be Surprised If Metal Gear Solid V Seems More, Uh, Erotic

Hideo Kojima isn’t letting the designs of Metal Gear Solid characters happen willy-nilly, you know. There is purpose behind their design…and that purpose is to be, um, erotic? Erotic is good for cosplay and sells figurines, apparently. Straight from the man’s Twitter feed—note that “Yoji” refers to Metal Gear Solid V’s art director, Yoji Shinkawa.…

Let’s Play Diablo III On Console, Live

Diablo III is here for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and I’d much rather play it than work, so I’m going to play it as work, and let you watch. For the next hour I will be talking and kicking things and maybe even trying to get into a multiplayer match, but I make…

Moneysaver: Infinite, Brave New World, Pikmin 3, Vote For Next Co-Op

Great deals on new and upcoming releases across all the platforms today, so complete and get through your collections before next-gen hits. We’re also having a recap day, so check out our posts about Amazon’s digital game sale, cross-gen game upgrades, the deal on the 360 version of GTAV, and the Madden 25/NFL Sunday Ticket…

This MindF**k Puzzle Game Takes You Through a Beautiful Infographic World

Oh, look: a side-scroller. You know what to do, right? Just run to the right and hop onto that elevated platform to get to the next screen. Wait. What’s happening? It’s getting taller as you move closer to it? Why? WTF? This isn’t how things are supposed to work! Basically, everything you take for granted…

Attack on Titan Characters Would Make Awesome K-Pop Stars

And here’s proof: footage from Tudou of Attack on Titan cosplayers reenacting Shinhwa’s music video for the song ‘This Love.” Or, more plainly, the characters of Attack on Titan pretending they’re in a South Korean boy band. Why this song? Probably because someone mashed the anime with that song already in this kind of amazing,…

Women Will Fight in EA Sports UFC

EA Sports confirmed that women fighters will be on the roster of the upcoming UFC title it will release next spring on next-generation consoles. Rivals Ronda Rousey (pictured above) and Miesha Tate will join the game, with more to follow from the UFC’s Women’s Bantamweight division. Dean Richards, the general manager for EA Sports UFC,…

14 Minutes of Watch Dogs Looking Like One of 2013’s Best New Games

One of my colleagues has been swooning over this new video of Watch Dogs. You should check it, too! The nearly 15-minute video shows a version of what I saw of the game last May—a section of Ubisoft’s open-world adventure that helps explain why this is one of the big fall video games we’re most…

Insurgency Brings New Life To A Classic Mod

Originally a total conversion mod for Half-Life 2 in 2007, Insurgency is being re-created as a standalone game trying to stay true to the gameplay of the original mod. The concept is simple: tactical squad-based infantry combat revolving around capturing control points. Take a look at the video to get a look at how it…

This Might Be The PS4’s Prettiest Game So Far

Forget Killzone and Watch Dogs—the best-looking game I’ve seen on PlayStation 4 so far is this contemplative adventure by a Spanish development studio named Tequila Works. Called Rime, the game looks like a cross between Journey, Ico, and Zelda: Wind Waker, and presumably it’s Sony’s way to distract us from the questionable fate of The…

Stan Lee Has All The Power In LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Stan “The Man” Lee might just be a walk-on in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes but, boy, he gets to rock on with unimaginable power. It’s like Molecule Man and the Beyonder had a baby, and that baby was Mimic but looked like Stan Lee. I could have explained that better. When you’ve got more than…

Grand Theft Auto V With $20 LIVE Credit [Xbox 360]

Anticipation for Grand Theft Auto V is through the roof, and you can grab the game with a free $20 LIVE credit and free next day shipping direct from Microsoft. We posted this deal way back in March, and it’s still the best deal on Rockstar’s next game. Use code freeshipesc2012-over for next day shipping,…

See XCOM‘s New Super Soldiers in Action

It figures that right after I write my hands-on preview of XCOM: Enemy Within, Firaxis would then release the video of its PAX closed-doors demonstration. (Video during my playthrough was forbidden.) Well, it’s worth the double-dip, because you can see some things I forgot to mention. The first is that a MEC trooper—the hulking mechasoldier…

The Final Fantasy XIV Server Congestion Relief Effort Has Begun

After a little bit of overnight maintenance, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is back, with reduced load on its Duty Finder and three fresh servers, with Square Enix poised to add more as the need arises. Our connection nightmares should soon be over. I called the re-launch of Final Fantasy XIV a disaster, and…

One Great Pokémon Illustration Per Day. Here Are The First Seven.

The intimidatingly-talented Kotaku reader Stormborn (Bonny John on Tumblr and Deviant Art) has been drawing one Pokémon per day for the past week. You can find each of these entries over at our reader-run sister site, TAY. But for your viewing convenience, here are the first seven for you to cycle through. Bulbasaur! Ivysaur! Venusaur!…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Carter Brownlee wants everybody to reconsider their opinions on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. You’ve heard of nightmare fuel, where the culture you consume feeds horrible sleep imaginings? Well, Pink_Zapper_Helmet looks at games that do the opposite in Sweet Dream Theory. Also, Voltaire Crescent continues to…