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Smash Bros. Sells Better On 3DS Than Wii U

Yesterday’s Nintendo financial report revealed that Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U sold 3.43 million fewer copies than the same game on the 3DS. It’s a surprising discrepancy considering that Smash 4 is the franchise’s first handheld incarnation and the game has traditionally been played on a home console. The 3DS’s 50% sales buff…

Nintendo Accidentally Reveals Switch Developer Menu

Nintendo Switch won’t be out for another month, but thanks to a trailer screw-up this morning, we can already see what the devkits look like. If you’ve ever wanted to see what developers get to see when they work with pre-release hardware, now’s your chance. As spotted (and screenshotted) by NeoGAF user mocolostrocolos, Nintendo Portugal…

Sad Characters Made Happy With FaceApp

C’mon, chin up. Turn that frown upside down! We’ve seen what the free Chinese photo app Meitu can do, so now let’s see how the free FaceApp can add smiles to dour characters and stern faces. Like so. Happy smile! Check out more grins below: It can make smiling characters even more smiley.

Nintendo has said it plans to release two or three mobile games on an annual basis, Reuters reports. Good news if you like mobile games, I guess! 

Splatoon 2 will have voice chat. According to Nintendo, it will use “smart-devices and the ability to bring eight Nintendo Switch systems together for eight-person local multiplayer.”

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Mega Man Remade In 2.5D

I don’t imagine that actually being trapped between dimensions would be super fun if it, you know, happened to you, but it sure looks cool. Case in point: Mega Man 2.5D It’s a Mega Man fan game with two claims to fame: 2.5D graphics ala Paper Mario and co-op starring Mega Man and his better-dressed…

Look At This God Damn Final Fantasy Fork

This is being given away as part of a promo for Final Fantasy x Cup Noodles in Japan, meaning you’ll (probably) never get one, so for now just gaze upon the possibility of eating a cup of noodles with a God damn Final Fantasy sword. Why are they showing the GIANT FORK (FWORD? SWORK?) eating…

Full Metroid Prequel Created By Fans

If Nintendo isn’t going to make more Metroid games then it’s up to fans to keep the series going with games like Metroid: Rogue Dawn, an unofficial prequel to the original NES Metroid that’s been over two years in the making and which is now finished. It’s a ROM hack which transforms the original into…

The Latest Call Of Duty Zombies Had Me At The Crystal Method

The second installment of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies mode arrives today on PlayStation 4, trading the colorful ‘80s fun park ofZombies in Spaceland with the ‘90s vibe of Rave in the Redwoods. The Crystal Method makes some excellent undead-slaying music. I guess I didn’t know. The fallen movie director (Paul Reubens) who used…

Forget pro skaters and their grassroots campaigns. Forget EA’s own community reps tweeting #skate4 and getting people’s hopes up. The publisher just said on an earnings call that it is “not presently making Skate 4″.

BioWare’s new IP sure sounds like a Destiny competitor, based on EA’s financial call this afternoon. The game, which EA says will be out in FY18 (aka: by March 2018), is set in a brand new world but will fuse “the great RPG character development and story progression that BioWare is known for” with a…

An Appreciation Of Pixel Art, Gaming’s Most Beautiful Style

Pixel art can often feel nostalgic, hearkening back to those bygone days of cathode ray tube monitors and floppy disks. It’s easy to think of modern pixel art as stuck in the past, a mere retro inspired throwback. But that’s giving the form a disservice. There’s more to pixel art than pure nostalgia, as I…

Resident Evil 7’s New DLC Has One Of The Series’ Best Puzzles

Resident Evil 7 was a pleasant surprise that left me eager for more. Today, the first round of DLC was released on Playstation 4. Banned Footage Vol. 1 adds a few new challenges including one of the best puzzles in the entire series. It’s fair to say that I was skeptical of Resident Evil 7‘s…

Why A Fake Fallout: New Vegas 2 Rumor Won’t Stop Spreading

You may have seen the news on your Facebook feed, or on the front page of Reddit’s popular r/games subreddit: Obsidian is making Fallout New Vegas 2! This would all be well and good, except for the fact that they’re not. For the past 24 hours, a rumor has buzzed that Obsidian is developing a…

Resident Evil 7 Definitely Got The Doors Right

You know what’s scary? A closed door. Anything could be on the other side of that door, man. Are you sure you even want to open it? Resident Evil 7 has really good doors. It also has a lot of doors. You’ll encounter dozens of them as you make your way through the Baker family’s…

The Final Moments Of Asheron’s Call

Seventeen-year-old MMORPG Asheron’s Call shut down for good today at 12 p.m. Eastern. Beloved characters gathered one final time, and then disappeared. One of the earliest full 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing games going, Asheron’s Call and its sequel, Asheron’s Call 2, we’re shut down today as thegames’ developer goes one way and its…

Kotaku Is Looking For A Summer Intern 

Are you an aspiring journalist interested in learning how to craft sharp, compelling stories about the intersection of video games, pop culture, and technology? You should come work alongside the Kotaku crew! Under our tutelage, you will research and report stories about the video game industry, its culture, and the fandom surrounding it. You will…

The Elder Scrolls Online Gets Morrowind Expansion

Today Bethesda announced a new expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online. The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will add the island of Vvardenfell to the game, allowing players to explore the iconic setting from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind In a live stream today, Bethesda and Zenimax Online Studio revealed that the latest expansion to The Elder…

One-Armed Overwatch Player Is A Hell Of A Pharah Main

Aaron Soetaert has lived a lot of lives. These days, he’s a video game YouTuber. Years ago, he was in the Air Force. The path between those two things, however, was fraught. After Soetaert returned home from serving in Iraq, a drunk driver nearly took his life. In the end, he lost an arm. Soetaert…