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Chocobo racing seems great! Via DualShockers, here’s a look at it in the upcoming Final Fantasy XV.

Third Edition are running a Kickstarter to help get their very fancy video game books translated from French into English.

With its servers, Steam page and website down (and having had trouble paying staff before firing most of them), it looks like this is the end for ambitious online shooter Firefall

“Its super effective!”, by Guerrilla Games artist Luc de Haan.

Sci-fi adventure Echo’s first gameplay trailer is on YouTube today and it looks so dope. In the game, a girl named En explores a legendary, ancient palace that, according to developer Ultra Ultra, “has a mind of its own.”

I Played Battlefield 1‘s Beta, And Got Run Over By A Horse

Battlefield 1 is having a beta on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For now, it’s available to Battlefield Insider members before opening to everyone else tomorrow morning, August 31st. I was very skeptical heading into things; the entire series feels tired and the World War One setting didn’t interest me. But after getting…

Ever, Jane Will Bring Jane Austen’s Wit To An MMORPG

Talking—and talking well—is the weapon of choice in the MMO Ever, Jane. In its open beta, the Jane Austen-themed game, not to be released for another year, brought me back to a time when graphics, game mechanics and avatar customization were secondary to how well virtual-world residents could write. Ever, Jane, in its raw state,…

Deus Ex Gets Air Vents All Wrong, According To An Architect

The Deus Ex series is known for a lot of things: Cyberpunk conspiracy intrigue. Player choice. Overcoming life’s cruel obstacles by stacking hella boxes. But mainly, it’s known for air vents. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to understand how they work. Deus Ex is infamous for its use of air vents as portals to vast realms…

That Final Fantasy XV Mobile Pinball Thing Is Out

Justice Monsters Five, the game that’s supposedly wildly popular in the fictional world of Final Fantasy XV, is now available as a downloadable free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android. From what I’ve played so far, Justice Monsters Five is a higher-end collectible hero game with a pinball twist. Elementally attuned enemies appear on te…

A Year’s Worth Of Articles About The Witcher 3

Today, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets a Game of the Year edition. It comes with all the updates, patches, DLC and expansions released over the last year. It’s also the rare “Game of the Year” edition that is appropriately named. Here at Kotaku, many of us loooooove The Witcher 3. Love it like, “have…

Who Even Watches Their Overwatch Kill-Cam?

We’re back with the second episode of our new weekly video series where —you guessed it!—we hang out and talk about Overwatch. Working title is “Let’s Talk Overwatch.” We’ll probably change that soon. This week I’m joined once more by Cecilia and Nathan to talk about failure, death, and all that fun stuff. Do any…

Super Paper Mario Is A Role-Playing Game About Nintendo

Super Paper Mario has the typical hallmarks of a 2D Mario platformer—stomp on enemies, jump over pits, and avoid obstacles—but failing carries minuscule stakes. If you fall into a pit, you only lose a single health point. The enemies are weak, by and large, and powerups and Shroom Shakes are plentiful. That it’s nearly impossible…

PewDiePie’s New Game Is About Becoming More Famous Than PewDiePie

YouTube celebrity PewDiePie is releasing his second game, PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator, in the vein of other YouTube simulators, which are often in part inspired by YouTube celebrities like PewDiePie. Help—we’re getting sucked into a vortex. In a tweet yesterday, PewDiePie announced his Tuber Simulator, a free-to-play mobile game that he saysis “different from other similar…

Game Combat Is Great When It Gives You Time To Rest

From Overwatch to Attack on Titan and more, I’ve been playing games with intense action. These games maintain my interest and keep the excitement coming by doing some smart things with their pace and design. We’ll break it down in this video. Transcript: More often than not, we think of games in active terms. Examining…

GTA V Players Have Spent 2016 Trying To Destroy A Possibly Indestructible Dam

GTA players have chased bigfoot, hunted for jetpacks, stared at aface in a mountainside, and, at one point, tried to pinpoint a sewer dwelling human/ratcreature. Recently, the obsessions of hardcore GTA V fans have turned slightly more bizarre, with some players latching onto the idea that maybe, just maybe, they can blow up an in-game…

Gran Turismo Sport, the first PS4 installment of Sony’s vaunted racing series, has been delayed to 2017, further depleting the PS4’s well of holiday 2016 exclusives. Series lead creator Kazunori Yamauchi announced the delay over at the PlayStation blog.

Halo‘s Warthog Probably Handles A Lot Better In Forza Horizon 3

After years of pleading from fans on both sides, Microsoft is finally crossing-over two of its most popular characters: Forza car and Halo Warthog. I spent most of my time in the wonderfully off-road friendly Forza Horizon 2 wishing I were driving a Warthog over the hills and through the other cars of Souther France…

Steam’s First ‘Uncensored’ Sex Game Is Actually Pretty Tame

Kindred Spirits on the Roof was touted as being the first ‘erotic game’ released on Steam in its original uncensored format, but anybody seeking out this girl-on-girl visual novel for base titillation is going to find themselves sorely disappointed. If you found yourself interested in Kindred Spirits’ cute aesthetic but were worried about the sexual…

Sony’s PlayStation Now game streaming service is now available for Windows PC in North America. A seven day trial is available to new users, with $19.99 month, $44.99 three month and limited time $99 twelve month subscriptions on offer. Should go great with that controller dongle.

No Mario’s Sky Offers Infinite Goombas to Stomp

Made for Ludum Dare 36, No Mario’s Sky is the Last Mario You Will Ever Need™. Okay, that may be an exaggeration but it is full of mushrooms, coins, goombas, rocket ships, and more! No Mario’s Sky was made in 72 hours by ASMB, a team of four designers. You can play on Windows, OS/X,…