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For The First Time, Final Fantasy VIII‘s ‘Eyes On Me’ Will Be Sold On Vinyl 

Final Fantasy VIII ballad “Eyes on Me” was originally released in 1999 as a CD single. It’s not only one of Final Fantasy’s most iconic songs, but also one of gaming’s best-selling. This fall, the tune will be released as a 7-inch vinyl. Composer Nobuo Uematsu wrote the track’s music, and iconic singer Faye Wong,…

En Route. Kyoto, Japan. By Vincent Maggio 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! 

Rocket League’s Switch Version Is Getting Nintendo Cars

Rocket League is coming to the Switch, and when it lands later this year, it’ll have some Nintendo-themed cars players can choose from. There’ll be three—one based on Mario, Luigi and Samus respectively—and they’ll be free unlockables at launch. In addition to the cars there will also be some other Nintendo-themed customisation stuff, like super…

Zelda Controller Is The Hero Of Our Time

Console modder extraordinaire Vadu Amka has turned a Wii U Fight Pad into something that looks like it could wreck Calamity Ganon himself. I cannot stress enough how good that moss is. There’s a lot more going on here than just a paintjob. The body of the controller has been resculpted, while the plastic d-pad…

Persona 5 Taught Me How To Be A Friend

“If you hold on life won’t change.” The television cut to black, plunging my house into near total darkness. Styled as though cut out from magazine pages, “Fin” glowed white in the bottom right corner of the screen. All lights were off, my family having gone to bed hours earlier, and our border collie puppy…

House Republicans Attempt Zelda Reference, Fuck It Up

House Republicans put out a thing today on tax reform, and for reasons unknown, they built the entire thing around a Zelda reference. The Legend of Zelda series is Nintendo’s best-selling video game franchise enjoyed by more than two generations of gamers. The action-adventure game was released in 1986, only one year after Nintendo’s founding…

Staff Writer Heather Alexandra and Summer Intern Chloe Spencer recently sat down to feed adorable critters in Slime Rancher You can watch the archived livestream here

The Sequel To That Netflix and Chill Game Is Better Than The First

Dating, for the most part, sucks. You spend your time searching for a decent, interesting human being to spend time with while navigating creeps who hit on you just because you’re wearing a Spiderman shirt (true story). But the game Flix and Chill 2: Millennials will remind you that while dating is difficult, finding your…

After Frozen Throne, Hearthstone Matches Are Taking Longer

Things tend to slow down in the cold, and Hearthstone is no exception. After the recent Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, games are getting longer, and more methodical. But if you were hoping to play Frozen Throne in a more casual setting—say, on the throne—your days of five-minute games might be over. After the…

No Man’s Sky Players Who Colonized A Galaxy Now Have To Find A New Home

No Man’s Sky’s vast universe was part of its initial appeal. You would go from planet to planet, completely alone, discovering and naming things along the way. For some players, that was too desolate, so they banded together to make the Galactic Hub, a portion of No Man’s Sky that acted as a home base.…

A recommended specs list for the upcoming PC version of Final Fantasy XV had indicated that the game would be 170GB, but Square Enix says that’s an error. “The specs listed were not final as the game is still in development,” the company told Kotaku. “We will officially publish both minimum and recommended specs for…

A Ridiculous Little Detail In Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Maybe a video game can have too much detail? The new PS4 Uncharted game Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is plenty likable, with lots of scenic vistas, exciting car chases, and all the other expected Uncharted trimmings. It’s also extremely good-looking, especially if you pay close attention. Early in the game, protagonist Chloe Frazer and her…

At Gamescom, Battlegrounds creator Brendan Greene (aka PlayerUnknown) gave attendees a first look at the game’s upcoming desert map. Greene says it’s a work in progress, but damn am I excited to drive a 4×4 around here.

L.A. Noire‘s Homicide Investigations Were Some Of The Best 

Last month, we started streaming L.A. Noire on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. While the start of the game hassome problems, its homicide investigations take a darker turn, adding nuance and moral ambiguity to the tale of LAPD detective Cole Phelps. L.A. Noire is broken into various “desks” such as arson and homicide. The game’s opening cases…

Adorable platform fighter Rivals of Aether comes to Xbox One today. In March, Kotaku wrote that it “makes the Smash Bros. formula feel new again.”

New Overwatch Short Explores Mei’s Tragic Origins

There’s a new Overwatch CGI short, and no, it’s not that painfully brief Junkrat and Roadhog comedy sketch from the other day. This time around, Mei’s the star of the show, largely because all of her friends are dead. The new short is a re-telling of Mei’s origin story, beginning with a cryo-hibernation gone wrong…

Players take the fight to the Burning Legion’s home world in World of Warcraft 7.3, Shadows of Argus. The massive update will launch on live servers starting with North America on August 29.

And Now A Hearthstone Musical Number

Introducing a new series of animated shorts and comics aimed at injecting more personality into its collectible card game, Blizzard treated fans watching today’s Gamescom event to a little song and dance. The star of the video is a young girl who stumbles upon Harth Stonebrew’s tavern, where everybody gets along and knows how to…

Modern Warfare‘s ‘Mad Props’ Mode Is Broken And Boring

The new Weekend Warfare mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered might actually be one of the most ill-conceived and unbalanced game modes in the franchise’s history. Raven Software decided to create a new Weekend Warfare mode for Modern Warfare Remastered, spinning off the success of the wacky hide-n-seek mode called Prop Hunt, which…

D&D Rules Developer’s 9 Insider Hacks For Players and DMs

Dungeons & Dragons’ lead rules designer Jeremy Crawford has a tough job. To keep the game in top form, he’s got to make sure its exhaustive ruleset walks that fine line between combat and role-play, thoroughness and accessibility, firmness and flexibility. Along the way, he’s come up with some good tips on getting in touch…