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Brilliant Fan Remake Of Metroid II Arrives Just In Time (Update)

Metroid II: The Return Of Samus was released in 1991 for the Game Boy. Project AM2R, some six years in the making, takes that Game Boy game and makes it look, sound and play so much prettier. The fan project got its first full release today, to coincide with the series’ 30th UPDATE: Womp. UPDATE…

Winston And Reaper Take On McCree In One Raw Overwatch Diss Track

YouTube’sCheezy McWiggles weaves together voice clips from Overwatch into a double-team takedown of the game’s resident cowboy, bluntly titled “Fuck McCree.” Warning: immature language, profanity, Reaper trying to be all cool. While some of the lyrics rub me the wrong way, I have to admit the technique Cheezy used to build words from sound slips…

30 Years Of Galactic Bounty Hunting With Metroid

Thirty years ago today the platforming of Super Mario Bros. and the exploration of The Legend of Zelda coalesced into science fiction action adventure starring a person in a powerful suit of armor. Shh. Don’t want to spoil the Metroid surprise. Launching in Japan for the Famicom on August 6, 1986, Metroid combined elements of…

You Can Only Hope To Look This Cool Wearing A Pokémon Z-Ring

Destructoid’sChris Carter inspired me to go shopping for one of those fancy Z-Ring bracelets being released withPokémon Sun and Moon, but after seeing the kids modeling them in the official product shots, I’m not so sure I can pull one off. Made by Tomy, the Z-Ring accessory features special crystals (most sold separately) corresponding with…

The Perfect Box Art For The Stanley Parable

Nothing evokes a life of cubicle-bound drudgery like a white box with four differently-colored things arranged in a square on front. It’s the oddly wonderful The Stanley Parable in box form. Also inside the box. With a tie. The IndieBox subscription service takes independent PC games there’s a good chance you already own and places…

Rather than releasing on Tuesday in North America, the PC release of No Man’s Sky is now a global Friday, August 12. Hello Games’ Sean Murray announced the date via Twitter this evening, adding “It’s so important we get it right and make the best version we can.”

Overwatch player acutefatcat lost their whole team, so the other team decided to be cool about it. I’ve heard a few stories like this, and it warms my heart each time. Overwatch can be toxic sometimes, but it’s fostered a uniquely rad community in some places. Here’s the full clip: And here’s a pic of…

What Are You Playing This Weekend? 

Whew. What a week, huh? Most of my weekend will be spent playing No Man’s Sky, so that we can get impressions to you on launch day. I’m hoping to maybe squeeze in at least one other smaller game into the mix, maybe Glitched, an RPG which looks heavily inspired by the likes of Earthbound…

Overwatch‘s First Competitive Season Ends In Two Weeks

Overwatch’s competitive mode has been a divisive subject for much of its first season, but Blizzard stated upfront that change is in the cards. Season two is just around the corner. Blizzard announced that season one will end on August 17 at 5 PM PT. Season two is currently scheduled to kick off on September…

Five Must-Watch Anime Of Summer 2016

Summer can mean a few things: Frolicking in unbearable humidity until your skin is a festering wreck, or cuddling up next to the AC and binge-watching anime. No judgment here. Kotaku East’s Brian Ashcraft wrote up our Summer 2016 Anime Guide last month with nearly 50 listings. Below, I’ve narrowed down this summer’s anime bounty…

We Named A Planet In No Man’s Sky [Update]

Rest in peace, buddy. The cosmos will never forget you. For what it’s worth, this is the dossier that No Man’s Sky gave us on the planet when we originally arrived: In other news there is also a Kotaku planet out there, which you’ll be able to discover once No Man’s Sky is officially out…

Look At This $260 Doom Action Figure

Fresh off those Destiny figures that I’m still getting over, 3A said this week they’ll also be releasing a piece based on the new Doom game I’m not feeling this one anywhere near as much, mostly because I found the new marine’s design a bit too “Generic Xbox Shooter Man”—which doesn’t translate as impressively in…

Watch Us Play No Man’s Sky

The No Man’s Sky review copy situation is a mess, and reviewers from various outlets have just gone and bought copies from local retailers instead of waiting for Sony to send codes. On an unrelated note, come watch us play (the pre-day-one-patch version of) No Man’s Sky!

Making Messes In Room Service Simulator Breach and Clean

Breach and Clean is a wonderfully goofy room service simulator made by Rami Ismail and a small team of mischief makers. You can download it for Windows here if you want to test your room service skills. From strapping bombs to locked doors to mopping up floor and changing out the towels, Breach and Clean…

The No Man’s Sky Review Copy Debacle

Early this week, the review aggregator OpenCritic caused widespread panic when they tweeted about publications not receiving early review copies of No Man’s Sky. It was just the beginning of what would become a weeklong debacle involving one of the most hyped games of the year. On Monday, OpenCritic sent out a rather simple tweet:…

Days Later, Overwatch Fans Can’t Figure Out The ‘Sky Code’ Mystery

Overwatch fans’ investigation into the identity of unreleased stealth hero Sombra is moving slowly, even after game director Jeff Kaplan personally gave them a push along. Over 5,000 Overwatch fans have been working to solve the puzzle since Tuesday without much success. In July, Kaplan told Kotaku reporter Nathan Grayson that “Sombra will let people…

Hitman Episode 4: Bangkok, will release on August 16th for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

Strike Vector was a cool PC shooter/flight game that really needed some singleplayer to round off the experience. Which is exactly what’s been added to the game’s console release. It’s out on PS4 on August 30.

Niantic Says It Had A Good Reason For Shutting Down Pokémon Go Trackers

Over the last week, Niantic has been chewed out by the public for not being open enough about what was going on with Pokémon Go. But now, it seems like they’re finally turning all of that around. Not only have they been posting more on social media, today Niantic also blogged about one of the…

This Is Not The Police Game The World Needs

A smart exploration of the legality of police action—in America especially-would have been a timely thing for a video game to manage in 2016. It’s a shame, then, that This is the Police is anything but. On paper, it’s all so promising. A combination of police management and personal adventure story, you play the role…