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The second chapter of the outstanding puzzle RPG Ticket to Earth is now live on iOS The free update picks up after the cliffhanger ending to episode one, adding new enemies, locations and an additional playable character. Expect the Steam version to update later this year.

Holy Crap, Hellboy’s Coming To Injustice 2

NetherRealm’s hit DC Comics fighting game uses the conceit of the multiverse to explain the countless different versions of characters. Apparently, the Right Hand of Doom exists on one of those infinite earths, because Hellboy is part of a crop of new fighters coming to Injustice 2 Announced during a livestream from Gamescom, Fighter Pack…

Fukushima Evacuation Area Overrun With Vegetation

It’s been seven summers since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The homes and apartments closest to the reactor are still abandoned. They are now also engulfed by plant life. Asahi Shimbun uploaded the video below. It’s in Japanese, but the images, many of which were taken by helicopter and drone, are a good reminder that…

Yu Suzuki Explains Shenmue III‘s Stiff Facial Expressions 

Rest easy if you thought the Shenmue III trailer was real bad. In a recent interview, Yu Suzuki talked about the “stiff” facial animations, saying that they’re temporary. Phew. Here is the exchange with Japanese website Game Watch Impress as Yu Suzuki watched the Shenmue III trailer. Game Watch Impress: Is this trailer all in-game?…

Old And New. Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan. By Chris Bryan. 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 beautiful Super Famicom-themed 3DS XL that Japan got last year is finally headed to Europe and Australia—two markets whose SNES shared the same design—in October.

Xbox Live Was Down For Over Five Hours [Update]

Xbox Live is experiencing some serious downtime at the moment, with many owners unable to play games or even sign in. [Update: it’s back] This is Xbox Live’s status page at time of posting. As you can see, both “core services” and purchasing are affected. Microsoft is aware and looking into the problem: This means…

Throw NBA 2K18’s Cover In The Trash

Didn’t we only just go through this with PES? Now it’s NBA 2K’s turn to have its already-anointed cover athlete screw things up by changing teams before the game is even out. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reportsthat Cleveland and Boston executed a blockbuster trade todaythat sends Cavs superstar Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for…

Just Angela Merkel, Playin’ Some Farming Simulator

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and Leader of the Free World, was at Gamescom in Köln earlier today. And she spent some of her time in about the most Gamescom way imaginable. That is the exact same face I make playing Farming Simulator (which incidentally usually has one of the best booths at the show!)…

“We’re continuing our playthrough of L.A. Noire live now on Twitch.” Press B to Doubt.

Observer Explores the Scary Side Of Cyberpunk

The image above is that of a woman trapped at the moment before her violent death, endlessly repeating the combination to a secret door she’ll never reach. It’s just one small sliver of the sci-fi mind-fuckery that awaits in the Rutger Hauer-voiced cyberpunk horror game Observer. Developed by Bloober Team, the studio behind Layers of…

Cooperative Village-Building Game Is Challenging, But Fun

Have you ever wanted to be a chef or a warrior, but couldn’t decide which one? In Tree of Life, you can be both! Tree of Life is a sandbox RPG where you can build your own village, create your own guild, and fight monsters as you explore the vast open world of Vegonia. You…

Actually, The Shenmue III Trailer Is Fine

Shenmue 3’s first major trailer debuted yesterday, showing off a world of martial arts, beautiful locales, and uncanny facial expressions. For some, including my peers at Kotaku, it was troubling. For me, it was everything I could have asked for. Yu Suzuki’s Shenmue released on the Sega Dreamcast in 1999, revolutionizing how games handle open…

Great Horror Games Can Scare You No Matter Where The Camera Is

What’s the greatest horror game of all time? I’m willing to bet that your choice was a game with a first-person, or at least tightly-cropped, perspective. Horror relies on immersion to be effective, and a P.O.V. that puts you in the action will often enhance the experience. A new game from Polish development studio Acid…

Inside The Hilarious Variety Show That Killed 175 Level 1 D&D Characters 

A bloodthirsty janitor, Colonel Mustard, Death, a God-fearing cleric and a dabbing teen had one thing in common at Gen Con last weekend: they were among over a hundred Level 1 characters whom a sadistic dungeon master killed in the span of two hours. Killer Breakfast is a 20-year-long Gen Con tradition that takes the…

The Next Naruto Game Lets Players Make Their Own Damn Ninja

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Strikers might be a weird online multiplayer battle arena game instead of a traditional fighter, but it does one thing those other Naruto games don’t. It lets players make their own ninja. You can never have too many. Sure, there are dozens and dozens of characters in Naruto that players are…

Lego’s 2017 Holiday Set Is Just Waiting For A Train

It’s that time of the year again, when adult Lego fans with children old enough not to destroy everything they touch find out what they’ll be adding to their Lego holiday display this season. Last year we got an amazing train. This year we get a place for it to stop. The Winter Village Station…

SWERY’s Games Find The Strangeness In Everyday Life

A trailer for Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro’s upcoming game The Good Lifereleased today. The strange game involving a town full of inhabitants who turn into cats at night is just another story by a developer well known for quirky concepts. Excitement surrounding The Good Life isn’t just tied to its intriguing core concept; it comes from…

No Man’s Sky has been updated for the third time since Atlas Rises. The 1.33 patch fixes a lot of small issues, like missing mission markers and text truncation. It also makes it so the terrain editor isn’t built with a full charge—dammit.

Fire Emblem’s greatest heroes get their Musou on when Fire Emblem Warriors for Nintendo Switch launches October 20. It’s the latest step in Koei Tecmo’s plan to make everything Dynasty Warriors. It’s a good plan.