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Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright vs Conquest: Which To Buy

Fire Emblem Fates is out today, and it comes in two different versions: Birthright and Conquest. Which one should you play first? Fire Emblem Fates is not a Pokemon-type situation where no matter what game you pick, you more or less get the same experience. Birthright and Conquest are two very different games, with different…

Fallout 4 is DICE’s Game of the Year

DICE’s all-peer-based voting panel must have had a great time hacking supermutants apart to Skeeter Davis’s End of the World, ‘cause Fallout 4 took three awards home, including Game of the Year. But of course, Fallout 4 wasn’t the only big winner at the 19th DICE Awards In total, five games had wins in more…

XCOM’s finest sniper is here to save the day.

Five Things Revealed about Hideo Kojima and His New Game

Hideo Kojima has set up a new studio and is working on a new game. He hasn’t revealed much about the game, but did touch on it in a new GameSpot interview, revealing a wee bit more about the game and himself. Via GameSpot, here are five things I’ve learned about Kojima and his upcoming…

The New Attack on Titan Arcade Game Has Sweet Controllers

Just look at that. Dual controllers shaped like the hand grips for Attack on Titan’s Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear. How cool is that? [Photo: Game Watch Impress] According to Game Watch Impress, the controllers have analog sticks and triggers for maneuvering and attacking. Attack on Titan: Team Battle is, well, a team battle game and…

By the sounds of it, the real winner of tonight’s DICE Awards is the silverware, which just will not shut up.

Mod Restores Butt-Slapping, Crotch Shot To Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V is having some major problems right now, but a minor one in the eyes of some fans has been (unofficially) put right thanks to a mod. In Street Fighter V’s beta, the character R. Mika had a cheeky little butt slap. Later, for the final release, that butt slap was removed Now,…

Context: Street Fighter V is a bit of a mess at the moment

Panzer Corps, one of the best strategy games on the planet, has a big new expansion out that covers pretty much the entire Eastern Front. There are 25 missions in a branching campaign and 60 new units (and you can get it as a standalone purchase on Steam if you don’t have Panzer Corps).

DC Comics Says Rebirth Won’t Be Just Another Reboot [UPDATE]

For months, the House of Superman has been teasing something called Rebirth. Now, they’re starting to talk about what it is. DC Universe: Rebirth #1 is scheduled to come out this May, laying the groundwork for the next evolution of the publisher’s superhero universe. DC creative director Geoff Johns will be writing the kickoff to…

Twisted Teen Murder Game Danganronpa Is Still Great On PC

Until today, you could only play the weird, wonderful Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc on a Sony PSP or Vita. Rejoice: It’s now out on PC and Mac. If you’ve been reading Kotaku for any length of time, you probably know that a few of us have a soft spot for this game and its sequel.…

Kojima’s Labyrinth

Yep, sure, of course.

12 Months Later, How’s Cities: Skylines Going?

This time last year,I reviewed Cities: Skylines. I played it, I loved it, I tried some early mods and then I moved onto other games, never to return. Now, with a big expansion out today, I’ve decided to head back to Corpsetown and see how everything has been shaping up in my absence. Given the…

Watch Hideo Kojima And Guillermo Del Toro Get Interviewed Together

Hideo Kojima has formed his own studio, but we don’t know what he’s working on yet. Guillermo del Toro was supposed to collaborate with Kojima on Silent Hills, but we all know how that turned out. The two are about to be interviewed by journalist Geoff Keighley and it’s being livestreamed. A CONVERSATION WITH HIDEO…

Reasons To Give EA Access An 8 Out Of 10

I guess at some point I rated the EA Access service I subscribe to on my Xbox One. I know this, because my EA Access app just asked me to explain my 8 out of 10 rating. That’s not a bad score, right? It’s not like a simple, unvarnished “YES,” but still pretty good. How…

Batman’s Heartbroken Son Visits a Bruce Wayne Who Doesn’t Remember Him

Poor Damian Wayne. He can break all of a grown man’s major bones in an eyeblink but he’s still just a kid yearning for his dad. Too bad Bruce Wayne came back from the dead with no memory of being a superhero or a father In the latest issue of the very good Robin, Son…

Sounds Like Bethesda’s Changing Things Up After Fallout 4

One might assume that, after finishing up Fallout 4 and all of its downloadable content, Bethesda Game Studios will move to the next big thing, whether that be The Elder Scrolls VI or something else. After all, they’ve been a single-game studio since 2002. But it sounds like they’ve got far grander plans. Bethesda Game…

Watch Fallout 4 Director Todd Howard Talk Video Games

Today at the DICE convention in Las Vegas, Bethesda’s Todd Howard (Skyrim, Fallout 4) joins comedian Pete Holmes to talk game design, story-telling, and open-world RPGs. Should be a fun one. The talk starts at 2:35pm ET. You can watch the stream right here: Photo via Bethesda

A Few Hours With Paragon, Epic’s Crack At Making A MOBA

Paragon is a game that’s had an eventful pre-life. Its first stabs at marketing were remarkably unclear, and it has the dubious honor of blocking a guy named Muhammad Khan because of a government block list mix-up. The game itself? Less remarkable, so far. Paragon is, to put it simply, a big ol’ MOBA stew.…

Streets of Rage II, Binary Domain, Condemned Are Free On Steam (For Now)

Big Bo! Big Bo! As part of Sega’s “Make War Not Love” promotion, it’s continuing to give away a bunch of PC games on Steam. To get ‘em, head over to Sega’s website and click on the “redeem prize” button, which prompts Sega to send you a code via email. Sega had previously given away…