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Alien: Isolation Fan Art Really Nails The ‘Deserted Space Station’ Feel

Retro tech, abandoned coffee cups, unmade beds, monitors saying “LOST CONTACT” in all caps. Yep, that’s a deserted Alien space station, alright. This is yet another piece of university coursework, made by environment artist Azam Khan from the UK—another Staffordshire University alumnus, like the guy who made the BioShock piece from earlier—as his final project…

Today, SNK announced that The King of Fighters XIV will be out in Japan on August 25, Dengeki Online reports. The KOF XIV website’s English pagecurrently has a “late August” release date for the Western world.

On top of a major expansion coming in fall, Harmonix is adding online multiplayer to Rock Band 4 later this year for owners of said expansion. Hooray for things that should have been in the game at launch coming to the game!

The Game of Thrones Dilemma

In the first book of George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, Eddard Stark faces a near-impossible choice: Should he sacrifice his noble values to save his own life? This week, people across the world will have to make a similarly difficult decision: Should we watch the new season of Game of Thrones?…

Kotaku Shop Contest: Lighten Up, Dark Souls: Winners! 

Last week I asked our Photoshop-savvy readers to bring a little bright and fluffy to the dreary world of Dark Souls. This is the prettiest ‘Shop Contest winners post ever. You folks have got a lot of brightness in your hearts, as I expected. There were so many spectacular entries for last week’s contest that…

Goombas and Roombas. LEGO builder Cecilie Fritzvold (via The Brothers Brick) created this micro scale Super Mario Bros. play session, complete with a robot vacuum cleaner to handle chores while the player is otherwise occupied.

It Never Ends

Apparently evil is a franchise opportunity. Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon teases a FNAF spinoff called Sister Location on his website. Or maybe it’s a game about finding your sister. There she is.

American Alien Is The Best Superman Story In Ages

Superman: American Alien is a reminder of how great the Man of Steel can be in the hands of people who care. Originally published 4/20/16 Spoilers follow. Despite the fact that hundreds of great stories exist about Superman, one of the worst fallacies about him is that he’s a boring character who’s hard to write…

Overwatch Ford F650 Supertruck Hits A Car At PAX East

Blizzard’s cross-promotion between Overwatch and Uber for PAX East ran into problems last night, when Soldier: 76’s Ford F650 Supertruck took out the side of a passenger vehicle. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford was on the scene. Of all the people to stumble upon an Overwatch car accident. Randy Pitchford was exiting the main theater of…

Supergiant’s Audacious New Game Pyre Is Sort Of A Mystical Sports RPG

After making two terrific action RPGs, the people behind Bastion and Transistor are throwing a curveball with their new game Pyre. Now they’re making a party-based RPG in which the battles play out like three-on-three sports competitions. You’ll see how that works in the video above, as Supergiant developer Greg Kasavin walks us through a…

Quantum Break‘s Microsoft Product Placement Is Killing Me

Recently released for Xbox One and Windows PC, Quantum Break combines a video game and a live-action television series to create an entirely new way to advertise Microsoft Surface Tablets and Windows Phones. Intrigued by Totilo’s reviewand finding myself with some spare time and the PC version of Remedy Entertainment’s mixed media adventure, I started…

Track: This Could Be Us | Artist: Prince | Album: Art Official Age Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Grasshopper Manufacture put up a new teaser site titled “Believe in the Internet.” Could this be for a remake of its 1999 point-and-click adventure games The Silver Case?

Tekken X Street Fighter Is “On Hold”

Street Fighter X Tekken came out in 2012. But Tekken X Street Fighter, which was announced at the same time, is still M.I.A. In a recent interview, Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada tells GameSpot that the game has been iced for the time being. When asked about the game’s status, Harada replied (via Tekken Team member…

Overwatch Player Is A Wall Riding Fiend

Rollerblading healer hero Lucio is one of my favorite characters to play in Overwatch. The simple act of skating around feels great, especially when you’re riding walls like gravity’s just another rail ripe for grinding. This guy, though, he’s turned it into an art form. Jamie Allegro sticks to walls like goddamn Spider-Man. Watch him…

What The Heck Happened In Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture? A Guide.

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture tells two complicated, interwoven stories. Both are good. Both can be a bit hard to follow. First, there’s the story of the people who live in Shropshire’s fictional Yaughton Valley in the 1980s. Then there’s the story of the apocalyptic Event that caused them to… well, Go To The Rapture.…

Fallout 4’s Best Companion Needs To Take A Hint

Bless Fallout 4 players who are truly making the most out of the Wasteland Workshop DLC. The screenshot above comes to us via Tumblr user lady-of-rohan, a Fallout 4 player desperate for Nick Valentine’s attention. As you might already know, the Wasteland Workshop DLC lets players make neon signs, and it’s leading to all sorts…

The UFC Is Making A Huge Mistake With Conor McGregor

If you at all follow UFC goings-on (or even just follow someone on Twitter who accidentally watched a UFC card at a bar once), you’ve probably heard about the Biblical drama storm currently following Conor McGregor. This week McGregor “retired” from MMA over the UFC’s refusal to give him a slightly lighter promotional schedule. It’s…

Five Dark Souls 3 Enemies Who Are Just The Worst

Each Dark Souls 3 enemy is horrible in its own way. Some are more horrible than the rest. I’ve played a ton of the game over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve killed pretty much every enemy there is. Just like with Bloodborne, a few of those enemies have lodged in my brain. I…

What A Video Game Producer Actually Does

Say you want to have a party. You want it to be the most incredible party on the planet, one that all of your friends will remember forever. You’re putting a lot of money into it, so you can’t afford to fail. It’s gotta be perfect. To pull off an event like this, you’ll need…