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Watch Us Play… Earthbound. It’s An Essential RPG. Here’s Why.

Today, out of nowhere, Nintendo decided to release Earthbound on the Wii U eShop, so I sat down with Earthbound fan Chris Person to find out why an eighteen year old game is worth your $10.

Guess Which Upcoming Game’s Plot Involves ‘An Elite Group Of Soldiers’

Guess the upcoming game that has the following plot. (Hint: it’s not Sonic: Lost World.) Ready? It’s cheating if you use Google. The world is on the brink of chaos, China is the tinderbox and you and your squad are the inadvertent spark that could ignite a global conflict. This is [GAME NAME REDACTED]. As…

The Everyday Life of a Pokemon Trainer, In Heartwarming Comic Form

One of the things the Pokemon games aren’t particularly good at is showing the small, everyday moments a Pokemon trainer must experience while on their journey to become the very best. Enter The Link Cable Series by Brian Wolf, which is “a small series of small stories about small moments between Pokemon trainers and their…

Ubisoft’s brain trust believes gamers will prefer open-world games that can be always-online, Polygon reports. Also in that article: Assassin’s Creed IV might secretly be a message game about how Captain Ahab would have been more successful if he had more friends.

Why I’ll Never Be A Transformers Toy Designer

Meet Travis. I made him myself. I made him during this morning’s Tranformers Construct-A-Bots breakfast at Comic-Con, a celebration of Hasbro bogarting the LEGO Hero Factory concept and applying it to the Autobots and Decepticons. The breakfast was a clever marketing idea. Attendees could construct their own pancake stacks, omelets and yogurt cups, and then…

There’s A Pirate Ship Firing Cannons At Comic-Con

Ubisoft has brought a pirate ship to Comic-Con. It’s probably a promotional stunt for their upcoming pirate game Assassin’s Creed IV, but who knows? Maybe it’s just because they agree that pirate ships are cool. Also cool? Cannons. As they demonstrated, by firing cannons: Touchdown! Whooyeah! Comic-on! Boom, baby! There are some other cool shots…

Forward Unto Dawn—the live-action episodic Halo 4 webseries that premiered last year—got nominated for an Emmy Award. It’s for Outstanding Main Title Design, yeah, but that statue still looks real nice on your mantle.

Yep, I’m Still Excited For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

There’s a little voice inside my head. “Jason!” it sometimes screams at me. “Why are you excited for Lightning Returns? You disliked the first two! Square Enix is exploiting a character that nobody really cares about! You’re just going to be disappointed!” Well, voice, I don’t care what you say. This game looks cool. New…

Moneysaver: Steam Sale Day 8 Breakdown

Dealtanic. About the Moneysaver The Steam Summer Sale is without a doubt the year’s most well-known series of discounts on games, but at Kotaku we know you want gaming deals every day. Brought to you by the Commerce Team, the Kotaku Moneysaver posts every day at 2:15pm ET*, bringing you the best, most complete, and…

One Girl Adorably Voices Nearly Every League of Legends Champion

There’s something about the way iluWinter mimics League of Legends champions here. It’s not just that she tries for both the male and female voices—which not all of the compilation videos of this sort do—but that you can tell she’s having a lot of fun. Enough fun that you can forgive the voices which don’t…

The Walking Dead: AKA The Angry-Faced Conversation Simulator

Zombies are good and everything but what we really crave is human interaction. Luckily Telltale Games have released this additional DLC which brings us a lot of new faces, choices and of course conversations to worry ourselves about. To find out more about the land of depressed survivors watch the video I’ve created above. The…

This Is Probably Why Ubisoft Wants Nintendo To Sell More Wii U’s

Here’s a chart released by Assassin’s Creed/Watch Dogs/Splinter Cell publisher Ubisoft today. That’d be the publisher that put out a bunch of games for Wii U last year, including the superb launch-day exclusive ZombiU but now doesn’t want to do more exclusives until Nintendo sells more systems. In this chart, “Q1 2013/2014” is April 1-June…

Comic-Con Shopping Day One: This Is Me Restraining Myself

Note to self — next time do not make all of your purchases within the first 20 minutes of a three-hour tour, because heavy. Also, crowds. Let’s see how I did. Preview night is hell. It’s not about a select few people getting a chance to tour the dealer room at San Diego Comic-Con early.…

A brand-new Nintendo Direct broadcast—confirming the availability of Earthbound for the Wii U Virtual Console— just went up today. Watch the whole thing right here.

This Game’s About Blowing Up Your Friends—Accidentally or Otherwise

Arrowhead Game Studios’ 2010 action-adventure Magicka was memorable not only for its unique spellcasting system, but also for the hilarious accidental deaths caused by said spellcasting system. Now that Magicka: Wizard Wars exists, there should be a lot more of that coming. Wizard Wars will be a PvP-only game, meaning that the focus this time…

Surprise! Earthbound Is Out On The Wii U Today

Surprise! Nintendo has just announced that Earthbound is out on the Wii U’s Virtual Console today. It’ll cost you $10. Earthbound‘s strategy guide is also available on the official website, and optimized for the Wii U’s GamePad. Originally released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo, Earthbound has gained status as a cult classic over the…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TheUnfathomableTruth imagines how he’d change the Resident Evil series for the better. EtchedChamp talks about regretting Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce and how it brought on a case of gamers’ remorse. Sir Trey’s would-be video game Criterion Collection gets a no-brainer addition with Super Mario Bros And…

Comic-Con Is An Animal Crossing Street Pass Wonderland

Oh you beautiful green light, how I’ve missed you. During the chaos of Comic Con 2013 preview night, I nearly didn’t remember to turn on my 3DS to reap the bounty of a large gathering of video game-friend geeks. I was on my last half hour on the show floor when I finally pulled my…

Angry Birds Star Wars Hits Consoles in October. It’s Got Multiplayer.

Angry Birds vaulted to megahit success on smartphones. If you’ve been in a plane, train or automobile with more than two people, chances are one of them had it on their phone. But Activision’s started bringing Rovio’s successful franchise to home gaming machines last year with Angry Birds Trilogy. This year, they’re bringing Angry Birds…

The Xbox One And PlayStation 4 Face Off On The Comic-Con Show Floor

In this corner, we have Microsoft’s Xbox One, with games like Ryse: Son of Rome and Killer Instinct. In the same corner, we’ve got the PlayStation 4 with Driveclub, Knack and Octodad: Dadliest Catch. The first public hands-on for both upcoming consoles is underway. Though Microsoft has an Xbox Lounge set up up at the…