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Eight Years Later, Ni No Kuni’s DS Version Is Now Playable In English

While Ni No Kuni was first released in the PS3 in 2011, it’s easy to forget that there was also an entirely different DS version of the game that was released in 2010. Mostly because that game was only ever available in Japan. Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn featured mostly the same…

Katy Perry Is In A Final Fantasy Game

Ah, it wasn’t that long ago it was a strange thing to type the words “Ariana Grande Is In A Final Fantasy Game”. And yet here we are once more, typing “Katy Perry Is In A Final Fantasy Game”. It’s the same game—mobile title Brave Exvius—and she’ll be appearing as “multiple playable characters” from December…

Some Of The Best Video Game Screenshots Of 2018

Screenshot artist Andy Cull, who we’ve featured a few times on Kotaku before, has decided to collect his best screenshots of 2018 and put them all in a single showcase. It’s a beautiful thing to behold. From new games (God of War) to slightly older ones (AC: Origins, Titanfall 2), you can see some of…

The Messenger is getting a DLC called “Picnic Panic” in 2019. It looks cool. 

Dark Souls II Mod Mixes Up The Game

The Second Sin mod has recently released its 1.1.9.3 version. It’s a mod that reconfigures some of the encounters of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. I’m personally a big fan of Dark Souls II, despite its reputation as being a kind of outlier in the series, and I’m generally interested in a…

Player Finds A Creative Way To Take Down A Rocket In Battlefield V

The V-1 rocket is the scourge of Battlefield V. It scurries in from off the map and smashes enemies, and it’s hard to avoid once it is coming for you. Reddit user osamadeep has figured out a tactic to keep that from happening. You can run a plane into the rocket. That’s it. It’s not…

Square-Enix has released the “Opening Movie Trailer”for Kingdom Hearts III I guess that this is the thing that plays if you let the main menu idle too long? I’m going to be honest, this trailer is really good. And that song!

Kept you waiting, huh? Heather is finishing up Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake right now on our Twitch channel.

Judgement is coming to the West in Summer 2019. Previously known as “Project Judge,” the game follows an ex-lawyer who is looking for justice in the streets. The trailer is pretty neat.

Video Game Music Performed With Steel Drums Has Changed My Life

I’m not the kind of person who enjoys covers of video game songs. The Sonic The Hedgehog theme is just fine the way it is, thank you. But now I have encountered Steeldrumband’s reconfigurations of classic video game music on YouTube, and I might have to change my whole position. According to their website, Steeldrumbands…

You can get Company of Heroes 2 for free on Steam this weekend. Developers Relic Entertainment are giving the game away as part of the game’s fifth anniversary. You have until December 10th to grab the game

Here’s A Bunch Of Cool-Looking New Indie Games

Entertainment group Kinda Funny put on the first-ever Kinda Funny Games Showcase today, and there were a large number of indie games represented there. Here’s a selection of release date announcements, new games, and trailers that we thought were excellent. Super Meat Boy Forever is releasing in April 2019. The hotly anticipated meat-jumping game is…

The next episode of The Walking Dead’s final season will hit on January 15, 2019. A team of 40-something former Telltale developers are picking up where they left off to finish episodes three and four despite the studio’s demise.

The inaugural edition of the Kinda Funny Games Showcase will be starting at 1:oo PM EST (that’s about 15 minutes from now). The digital game conference is going to be more than an hour long. You can watch it on Twitch.

‘Shop Contest: Agent 47’s Vacation, Winners!

Last week, I asked you all to give Agent 47 of the Hitman franchise a well-deserved break. He’s been doing game stuff for so long, and I think he needs some R&R. You didn’t disappoint me. Dancing. Singing. Fishing. Relaxing by the beach. These are things that I am sure Agent 47 would do if…

A Look At Smash Bros. Ultimate’s New Characters

Now that Smash Bros. Ultimate is finally here, and I’ve gotten over being shook by it, I asked our resident Smash Bros. expert Cecilia D’Anastasio to give me a quick rundown of the new characters and their new movesets. Joining the already massive roster are a handful of characters that all have some unique moves…

Figure Skaters’ Routines Keep Referencing Video Games

My roommate Hilary is obsessed with figure skating, and is watching the currently airing Junior Grand Prix. The competitions she’s watching keep crossing over with video games. Last night, as she watched the competition and I did laundry nearby, I looked up at the screen, and stopped what I was doing, in shock. “That’s Lara Croft,”…

Epic’s New PC Game Store Is Making Waves Even Without A Ton Of Games

Epic Games’ new digital storefront went live last night during the Game Awards and it already has an exclusive to call its own: Hades, the latest game from the developers of Bastion and Pyre at Supergiant Games. It’s one of the reasons to give the store, which lives inside Epic’s game launcher for Fortnite, a…

Gothic Puzzle Game Iris Fall Plays Beautifully With Light And Shadow

One of my favorite video game mechanics is harnessing the relationship between light and shadow for clever platforming puzzles. That’s why I’m excited about Iris Fall, a gorgeous new game from Chinese developer Next Studios. The visuals first drew me to Iris Fall. Heavy, dark and near-monochrome, the game’s art direction is exactly my sort…

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