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Lucasfilm Gently Removes The Star Wars From Popular Battlefront Fan Project

Mod team turned development studio Frontwire Games been making a lot of noise over its free fan recreation of the cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Turns out Lucasfilm is fine with them making the game, as long as there’s no Star Wars in it. Back in June, Frontwire announced its fan-crafted version of the cancelled…

The Five Nights at Freddy’s spin-off Sister Location will arrive this October, based on a new Steam page that just went live. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s the same level as interest this time around. In the past, Five Nights at Freddy’s has been a genuine phenomenon.

Artist Re-imagines Smash 4 Characters In Mayan Style

Tucson-based artist Sita Navas has given Super Smash Bros. 4 the Mayan makeover. Since 2014, Navas has been re-imagining her favorite video games in ancient Mesoamerican art styles. The results are stunning. These 2D prints featuring Smash 4 heroes like Mega Man, Pac Man and Ganondorf were originally printed on wood panels with acrylic paint.…

No Man’s Sky Fans Are Having A Meltdown Over Leaked Copies

We’re just a week away from the release of the much-hyped space game No Man’s Sky, and there are already leaked copies floating around, which means early impressions are popping up. And some fans are having a meltdown. Over the past few days, players with early copies of No Man’s Sky have been posting streams…

GTA Online‘s Incredible New Stunt Races Are Well Worth A Drive

Some of the multiplayer additions to Grand Theft Auto Online may not interest devotees of the single-player part of Rockstar’s ever-evolving rendition of California crime. The stunt races introduced to the game throughout the past month should. These courses, which Rockstar has been adding to GTA Online in batches for free since July 12, let…

Our Favorite Games From July

July was a whirlwind for new games. From a mobile phenomenon to indie releases, here are our favorite games from July. Pokemon Go The world lost its collective cool over Pokemon Go this month. Our first moments with the game taught us new things about the world around us, when we found pocket monsters in…

Classic Pokémon Can Transform Into Something New In Pokémon Sun and Moon

Fire Pokémon turning into ice Pokémon. New colors for old favorites. Introducing “Alola Forms,” which will debut in Pokémon Sun and Moon Here are some more OG Pokémon with new forms featured in the trailer, courtesy of Serebii: There are also new monsters with something called “styles,” and these depend on what island you encounter…

Yo-Kai Watch Season Two Premieres Today With A Special Presentation From Steve Jaws

The second season of Yo-Kai Watch cartoon kicks off today on Disney XD, introducing U.S. viewers to the latest in wearable supernatural tech. And who better to usher in the next generation Yo-kai Watch than a shark in a turtleneck and jeans? I love the game and the toys, though I’m not sure what I’m…

Nice Boat. Tokyo, Japan. By Robin Franzmann 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!

A Requiem For Australia’s Best Pokémon Go Spot

We’ve been hearing multiple reports that the infamous Pokestops in the Sydney suburb of Rhodes have been changed. It’s no longer what it once was. But last Thursday, we visited this hive of villainy. This is a requiem for Rhodes. A silhouette. A light in the darkness. A voice. Barely audible. ‘Jynx’. A 10 decibel…

Ghostbusters Developer Fireforge Games Goes Bankrupt

Three days after releasing the new Ghostbusters game, development studio Fireforge Games filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Kotaku has learned. The company has been liquidating assets throughout July in an attempt to pay off a debt of at least $12 million, according to bankruptcy filings. Fireforge, not to be confused with a tabletop company with…

Branching Paths, a documentary about Japan’s indie development scene, is now available on Steam

Good evening. Here is a Persona 5 combat trailer. If there’s a cooler UI out there, I haven’t seen it.

Pokémon Go Boss Gets His Twitter Account Hacked

The people are not pleased. John Hanke, boss of Pokémon Go developers Niantic, had his Twitter account hacked earlier today. It looks like the group Our Mine are responsible, using the hack to post messages about…the game not being out in Brazil yet. It’s the same group responsible for other high profile 2016 hacks, including…

Rated E For Sexual Content

Gal*Gun: Double Peace is a game about shooting schoolgirls with your love.It is not for everyone, and especially not for Everyone with a capital E, as shown on the back of the physical Vita release of the game. Caught by Wario64 on Twitter (via Destructoid) and corroberated by other early recipients, while the front of…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Being Detective Pikachu: Winners! 

Last week we asked our ‘Shop-savvy readers to show us who could play Detective Pikachu in the upcoming live-action film. It all came down to a coin-toss. I couldn’t decide between Hans Maulworf’s excellent Magnum P.I.K.A.C.H.U. entry and MrDeadScott’s equally amazing Chu Detective. And so I flipped a coin. Magnum won. Then I flipped again,…

Pokémon Go Players Requesting Refunds Over Lack Of Tracking

With the broken in-game trackingpatched out and third-party services getting shut down, Pokémon Go players are now requesting refunds for in-app purchases, and in many cases they’re getting them. AReddit thread started earlier today is steadily filling with stories of players requesting refunds for their in-app purchases through Google Play or iTunes, citing that Pokémon…

Ghost Of A Tale Is A Cool RPG About A Mouse

In 2013, Lionel “Seith” Gallat got our attention with footage of his one-man game, featuring a tiny mouse on a big adventure. Three years later, Ghost of a Tale is a playable Steam early access game, and it’s even more impressive. Ghost of a Tale is a stealth action RPG starring Tilo, a mousey bard…

Pokevision And Other Pokémon Go Trackers Shut Down For Unclear Reasons

Last week, Niantic’s John Hankewarned Pokémon Go players that popular tracking websites may no longer work in the future. It seems that moment has now arrived. Yesterday, Pokémon Go received a new update that, among other things,got rid of the “footsteps” mechanic that alerted players of how far away other monsters were spawning. The mechanic,…

Players who pre-purchase World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion gain access to the new Demon Hunter class on August 9, well in advance of the August 30 launch. Demon Hunters can only be elves though, so it hardly matters.