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Meditations Will Offer One Small, Free Game Every Day, All Year

A new collection called Meditations, which will eventually contain 365 games, will celebrate the value of small games. Spearheaded by Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, the goal of the project was for “over 350 developers” to create a series of meditative games that are no longer than five minutes. Each game will be available for only one…

Fallout 76 Starts Off 2019 With Glitched Nukes

It’s the beginning of a new year, the perfect time for fresh starts. And one of 2018’s more disappointing games, Fallout 76, is in dire need of one. Unfortunately, the multiplayer survival game has kicked off 2019 with another problem: players are currently locked out of its nuke silos. Players discovered this yesterday on January…

Yes, This Is A Custom EVE Online Fish Tank

EVE Online players tend to bring their fandom into the real world in many ways: artistic propaganda, song parodies, LEGO. One player’s meatspace expression of his devotion to the MMO is pretty unique: he’s built a custom EVE aquarium, complete with a submerged Keepstar battlestation and glowing fish. During a recent remodel of his computer…

Cecilia and I are back and we’re kicking off the new year with some Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Come join us live on Twitch!

Starlink’s First Big Update Adds A Lot Of Boring Stuff

Ubisoft’s space opera Starlink: Battle For Atlas is a series of gorgeous alien worlds, a light story anda ton of repetitive filler. The game’s big holiday update, which launched shortly before Christmas, adds even more repetitive filler, which is not fun at all. I was super excited when Ubisoft announcedStarlink’s free holiday update, outlining what…

Star Control: Origins Pulled From Steam And GOG Due To Ongoing Legal Battle [Update]

PC stores Steam and GOG took down the video game Star Control: Origins on December 31 following DMCA takedown notices issued by two designers of the original Star Control games, Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III. Star Control: Origins, a spiritual successor to the old games, is a strategy game about exploring space in an…

Tokyo’s Best Winter Cosplay

The winter Comic Market just wrapped up in Tokyo, bringing 2018 to an end with some excellent cosplay. There was a mix of incredibly accurate and incredibly creative cosplays. Everyone who participated braved cold temperatures, so kudos to them. Have a look at some of the standouts And finally… There’s always summer Comiket!

Akira Sakuma, creator of the Momotetsu train games, was rushed to the ER on New Year’s Day after suffering a heart attack. His familyposted this image to Twitter, saying he’s still in the ICU, but is conscious and doing “very” well. We wish him a full recovery.

Rainy Night. Tokyo, Japan. By Dimitris Mantalias. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

The Games That Really Deserve Official Translations

Over at the indispensable Legends of Localization website, author Clyde Mandelin has rounded up a list of the most-requested official game localizations. Of course Mother 3, the sequel to EarthBound, is #1 on that list, but below that are many other excellent Japanese games in popular series that never made it over. The second-place entry…

It’s 2019, which means that for the first time in 20 years, some creative works have now entered the public domain in the U.S., including the first Felix the Cat cartoon and the song “Yes! We Have No Bananas.” It’ll still be a long time before any video games enter the public domain, though, which…

An Old-School Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Throwdown Was The Best Fighting Game Event Of 2018

On the evening of December 30, a group of fighting game veterans gathered together in New York City for Battle of the Strongest, a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 exhibition featuring some of the game’s best east coast competitors. Even though it was a small show with relatively low stakes by modern standards, the tournament turned…

GTA Online‘s New Rocket League-Style Mode Isn’t Great

GTA Online’s latest major update, Arena War, was a nice surprise that felt totally different than previous updates. It’s focused on automobile death sports and has a slick reality show theme, complete with announcers and promos between events. It even introduced a new progression path, with new rewards and titles. I was excited to see…

Noted Undertale fan and pro wrestler Kenny Omega collaborated with the team behind the game to promote an upcoming event. The resulting video, which centers around a fictional Undertale-esque game called Kenny’s Quest, was going to air at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Japan on January 4, but got cut due to “circumstances beyond” Omega’s control.

The Five Best Anime Of 2018

Anime wasn’t very generous to us in 2018. There weren’t as many wholly original standouts, like in 2017, or 2016’s steady flow of genre-defining pillars. Adding to that, 2018 also gave us a couple stinkers in the “thanks, I hate it” category: an anime about anthropomorphic horse girls who race each other and are idol…

Blue Rogues, attack! I am ending 2018 with a stream of my favorite game of all time, the Dreamcast cult classic RPG Skies of Arcadia. Come and watch the start of my playthrough, which I’ll continue throughout 2019.

Rappers Saving A Puppy In VR Is Very Good

The YouTube channel 88Rising has put together a compilation video of rappers trying to save a puppy on a rooftop in VR. There’s a lot of rude language. There are two reasons why this video is more special than any group of random people trying out rooptop virtual reality experience. The first is that rappers…

There’s a Gravelord Smash in Dark Souls Remastered for Switch today. It’s all about doing PVP as a part of, or against, the Gravelord Covenant. The event is going on until tonight at 7:00PM EST, so grab your Switch and get over the the Moonlight Butterfly Garden. Learn more here

Updated My Journal: Goodbye!

Today is my last day as the Weekend Editor at Kotaku. That’s right: your Cities: Skylines-loving, Rollercoaster Tycoon-playing, isometric RPG-enjoying buddy is moving on. What can I say? It’s the adventurer’s way. I’ve really enjoyed my time as Weekend Editor. It is a fast-paced job with a lot of responsibility, and I am eternally grateful…

The good news: “Persona 5 R” is a real thing, presumably an enhanced version of the popular PS4 game (like Persona 4 Golden) The bad news: There’s no indication here that it’s coming to Switch. Yet. Developer Atlus says more news is coming in March.