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If You Liked The Grudge, You Might Like This Visual Novel

Did you ever get one of those chain text messages? You know, the ones that say, “SeNd ThIS 2 !!!FIVE!!! peeple or els u will DIE 2NITE!!!” During my high school years, they became so pervasive that they were more annoying than scary. Horror visual novel The Letter changes all that. Set in the U.K., The…

Kotaku is at the 50th Gen Con in Indianapolis today. Look forward to our coverage of upcoming tabletop games, news and more over the next few days.

The Pillars Of The Earth Game Adds Choices To The Book’s Dramatic Moments

In the first chapter of Ken Follett’s bestselling novel The Pillars of the Earth, mason Tom Builder and his family are journeying through snowy woods when his wife, Agnes, enters labor. The tragic events that follow serve as the opening to Daedalic Entertainment’s adventure game adaptation. Released this week on Steam, Xbox One and PS4,…

The Lego Powerpuff Girls are adorable, and they’ll be hitting Lego Dimensions on September 12, alongside Teen Titans Go! and Beetlejuice. These are the last scheduled releases for the toys-to-life game for the time being. Ending on a high note, I’d say.

Tekken is coming to iOS and Android. Here’s a look at the smart device version of the iconic fighter. Currently the release date is “coming soon,” but the app has already gotten a soft launch in Canada. 

PlayStation 4 exclusive Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will be released in North America on March 20, 2018. Have a look at a newly released localized gameplay trailer. 

Capcom Fixed Chun-Li In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

The earlier Chun-Li character model in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite looked terrible. Now, it appears that her strange appearance has been fixed.  As Event Hubs reports, the latest Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite story trailershows how the character’s design has been tweaked.  Below are before and after comparisons. Dante from Devil May Cry also looked strange…

Arcade game Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will be released worldwide on the PlayStation 4 on January 11, 2018. Developed by Team Ninja, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is a three-on-three fighting game with action role-playing game bits.

Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan. By Cory Sandlin. 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! 

Blizzard Making Some Changes To StarCraft II

Once this year’s tournament season is done in November, Blizzard are looking to make some “major design changes” to StarCraft II’s units and economy. Those changes have been implemented in a “design patch” which is live now on the Testing server, and while they’re liable to change further following testing, they give you a good…

Rare, Expensive Roman Board Game Is Worth Tracking Down

When it comes to board games (and debacles), there is nothing quite like Glory To Rome Rated 129th overall on BoardGameGeek and released around 2005, I have played it maybe a dozen times, and every time I am both delighted by its intricacies, and so frustrated that I need to play it again. It is…

Subsurface Circular Tells A Short, Engrossing Robot Detective Story

Today Thomas Was Alone and Volume designer Mike Bithell dropped a surprise game on Steam called Subsurface Circular. It’s a short robot detective story set entirely on a train beneath a futuristic city, and it’s pretty cool. Bithell sent us a code for the game earlier this week, so I sat down and spent a…

Cities: Skylines Adds Music Festivals 

The worst part of games like Cities: Skylines is that you can make an awesome city you can’t actually live in. Cities: Skylines new Concerts add on won’t let you live in the city of your dreams, but it brings the game a little closer to the things that make cities fun to live in.…

Five Ideas Other Shooters Should Steal From Splatoon 2

Nintendo’s brilliant online shooter Splatoon 2 deserves to be copied by other similar games. Not necessarily the fashion stuff or the whole “paint the floor” thing. Rather, some of the game’s smaller ideas…. 1. Give the game its own TV show. Modern games are constantly changing. If you haven’t played your favorite game for a…

Trailer For Fishing Simulator Game Is Freaking Intense, Man

Fishing Planet just got a trailer that is surprisingly hardcore for a game that’s about standing around and fishing. I come from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and can tell you that you are more infinitely more likely to get a sunburn than you are likely to look this badass while fishing. Fishing is generally…

EVE: Valkyrie Won’t Require VR After Next Expansion

This week, CCP Games announced a massive shakeup to its immersive VR shooter EVE: Valkyrie. A free expansion coming in September called “Warzone” will, among other things, remove the need for a virtual reality headset. By decoupling Valkyrie from its VR roots, a much wider player base will be able to log in and play…

The Night They Turned On The First NBA Jam Machine

In this early excerpt from NBA Jam, a book from Boss Fight Books and author Reyan Ali coming in 2018, we learn about the night the development team from Midway let arcadegoers get their hands on their innovative, soon-to-be-legendary basketball game for the first time. Boss Fight Books’ next “season” of books about video games…

Haunting New Hiroshima Anime Illustrates Life Before The Bomb

The specter of the Hiroshima bombing hangs over the World War II anime In This Corner of the World, and yet, the movie easily lures viewers into a specious calm with easy vignettes of ‘40s Japan. Falling into the regularity and mundanity of surviving a seemingly far-off war only serves to make the inevitable more catastrophic.…

On August 22nd, World of Tanks is getting its first campaign mode on console, publisher Wargamng announced today. “War Stories” contains two free campaigns—one about the Red Army fighting on the Eastern Front and the other about a British fighter in the Cold War cracking a Berlin blockade.

No Man’s Sky Players Are Marveling At The Lush New Grass

Want to know how No Man’s Sky has changed since launch? The first thing you should do is check out the beautiful grass. The Atlas Update for No Man’s Sky said, “The variety and visual quality of planetary biomes has been improved,” but it didn’t detail how or what. While there’s a lot of cool…