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Lastfight Is A 2016 Take On Power Stone

Lastfight is a new fighting game from Piranaking that, well, as the headline suggests, should be of interest to anyone who likes their fighting games a little (or a lot) more 3D than Street Fighter can manage. Based on a French martial arts comic, it’s oozing with style. There are ten fighters, eight stages and…

New Homefront Has A Very Unusual Message In The Credits

To say the new Homefront game has endured a troubled development would be putting it lightly. Something the studio ultimately responsible for the game would like everyone to know once/if they ever finish Homefront Revolution The message below appears at the very start of the game’s closing credits: Even this first-hand explanation sells the chaos…

Alienation Developers Patch In Quiet Memorial To Colleague Who Passed Away

One bullet point stands out in this week’s 1.01 patch for PS4 action shooter Alienation: “added memorial area for Antti Kallioinen.” Kallioinen was the game’s art lead and passed away at the age of 42 in February, just two months before Alienation’s release. Now, this very loud action game from Finnish studio Housemarque has a…

One Man (Mostly) Creates Incredible Anime Tribute To Video Game

Paul “Otaking” Johnson, the guy who made that amazing one-man Tie Fighter tribute last year, has just released his latest short (this time, with some help), and it’s all about classic arcade shooter R-Type Johnson released a previewearlier this year, but this is the full clip. It might not be as hectic as the Tie…

Resident Evil 5 Now Playable On The Nvidia Shield

Joining the ranks of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Resident Evil 5 is the latest big-name game to land on Nvidia’s plucky Android console. How does the seven-year-old game run on the Tegra X1? Let’s take a look. Pointing out this is a seven-year-old game is important, as I have not played…

New League Of Legends Feature Puts A Stop To Awful 4 Versus 5 Games

Attempting to put a stop to unfortunately unbalanced matches of teams of five versus teams of four and a disconnected person, Riot is adding a new command to League of Legends that will allow the short-staffed team a chance to bow out gracefully. There’s no feeling quite like finding your team outnumbered in any MOBA…

Doom Is Exactly The Right Kind Of Ridiculous

Yep, that’s the main character in Doom fist bumping a collectible. It’s not easy for games to be funny, but another id Software reboot, Wolfenstein: The New Order, deftly pulled this off. It’s a nice surprise that Doom does, too. (Yes, I know that id Software didn’t make Wolfenstein: The New Order; the studio was…

The next version of Android, currently dubbed N, will have a proper VR Mode that makes the operating system more VR-friendly. Ars Technica has a bunch of details. The company will also start stamping certain phones as “VR Ready,” though right now it’s limited to the the Nexus 6P.

Overwatch Players Create ‘The Leaning Tower Of D.Va’

This is certainly some sort of accomplishment. During Overwatch’s beta, the Squadron, um, squadron decided to try and build the tallest “structure” possible in all of Overwatch. The result? 12 D.Vas stacked on top of each other on Lijang Tower. Interestingly, other maps couldn’t sustain this mechanical human centipede because they have a 10 or…

Let’s Watch Bungie Take On A Destiny Raid

How long will it take Bungie’s raiders to defeat Oryx? Will they get stuck on that one jumping section? How many times will they wipe? These questions and more will be answered today starting at 2pm, as a group of Bungie employees takes on the King’s Fall raid. Designer Brendan Thorne and writer Jill Scharr…

Super Mario Vs. Mecha Bowser Is One Of Mario Maker‘s Best Stages Yet

You might think this GIF is all you need to know about the brilliant Mario Maker level Super Mario vs. Mecha Bowser, but there’s so much more. I finally got around to this stage during my Mario Maker Mornings series on YouTube, and while that initial “oh, crap!” moment as this monstrous creature slowly marches…

Dark Souls 3‘s anti-cheating patch on PC has been re-released, and early reports suggest it doesn’t have the annoying stuttering that plagued the first one. We might not know what poise does in Dark Souls 3 yet, but at least you’re able to play with less fear now.

EA Says Star Wars Battlefront Didn’t Have A Campaign Because Of The Force Awakens

If you thought Star Wars Battlefront was insubstantial, you’re not alone. The folks running EA agree, and they say they plan to add more content when the next one comes along. Yesterday during EA’s annual investors day, executive vice president Patrick Soderlund explained that they chose to develop Battlefront without a single-player campaign so they…

And Now, A Pokémon Game For Adults

I mean no offence by that, adult players of existing Pokémon games. But Pokémon Apex is a fan-made game that’s aimed specifically at post-puberty humans. It’s not an adult adult game. Don’t expect massive art changes or copious amounts of NSFW content or anything like that. But it’s certainly not the all-ages experience that an…

10 Things You Need To Know About Fallout 4’s Next DLC, Far Harbor

Harpoon guns. New monsters. More armor. Difficult choices. Fallout 4’s biggest DLC promises a little bit of everything, and it makes the upcoming DLC sound very sweet. In advance of Far Harbor’s release tomorrow, Bethesda gives us a quick walkthrough of some of the things players can expect in the DLC: Some things worth noting/included…

Never Eating Corn Again

Maize is an upcoming adventure game from Finish Line Games that begins when government scientists misinterpret a memo and create sentient corn, a vegetable I am never eating again thanks to the first teaser trailer. I’m all for the cartoonish personification of corn as seen in Plants Vs. Zombies, but Maize isn’t going for cartoonish.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Kojima’s Body [Update]

Earlier this week Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima revealed that the skull and helmet logo of Kojima Productions has a body to go with it. We’ll have to wait to see it officially, but unofficially . . . Update: Do not be swayed by thenewly-revealed official body. Update 5/18/2016: Now there’s an official body, but…

Heroes Of The Storm Finally Gets A Gnome, Sort Of

How can a game that celebrates the greatest characters across all Blizzard properties have three dwarves and not one gnome? It can’t, so Heroes of the Storm now has a gnome, though technically she’s a dragon. It’s complicated. Chromie is now available in Blizzard’s MOBA, bringing the measured adorability of the gnome race to the…

First Two Batman Arkham Games Coming To PS4, Xbox One In July

Visually enhanced versions of the last-gen single player hits Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City are getting bundled and sold for $50 as Batman Return To Arkham, according to the game’s publisher, Warner Brothers. Warner is promising “improved graphics, as well as upgraded models, environments, lighting, effects and shaders” as well as all of…

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Looks To Be PS4 Only in Japan [Update]

This year, we’re getting a new Dragon Ball Xenoverse game. In the West, it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. In Japan, it currently appears to be PS4 only. Update – May 20 4:26am: A Namco Bandai spokesperson told Kotaku, “The game will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive in Japan. It will be available…