The Fallout 4 Announcement Has Begun [UPDATE: Announced]

UPDATE (10am): On Wednesday morning, Bethesda announced Fallout 4 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. You can watch the trailer right here Original post follows: It’s official: Fallout 4 is coming. Bethesda just put up a countdown timer leading up to the announcement, which will apparently take place tomorrow. It’s curious to see Bethesda announce…

One of the designers behind Turok has launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor—except it’s a comic, not a game. Designer Tim Lewinson—who also worked on the ill-fated Turok 2—tells Kotaku he hopes to eventually turn this into a game in the future.

Sorry Hot Topic, GameStop Is The Proud New Owner Of ThinkGeek

In the face of a purchase agreement from GameStop Corp. valued at $140 million, ThinkGeek parent company Geeknet terminated the $122 million deal with Hot Topic it announced last week. From the official announcement: GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, and Geeknet,…

So That’s How LEGO Dimensions Will Keep Players Rebuilding

I was a little worried that LEGO Dimension’s gadgets and vehicles would be one-time builds, toys you assemble once and then never touch again. As it turns out, every vehicle and gadget in the game has three different builds. Phew. While I wouldn’t mind a game that treated LEGO minifigures like Skylanders, bringing them to…

It Takes 31 Minutes to Run Across Xenoblade X’s Open World

I’ve spent a lot of time in the sprawling open world of Xenoblade Chronicles X, doing quests and just exploring. And given how much time I’ve spent running, that got me to wondering just how large the main continent was. Thus I decided to quick travel to one side of the map and run to…

Developer Gets Testy with Konami, Ends His Beloved Game Series

Game creator Akira Sakuma says his popular train-themed series Momotaro Dentetsu is “officially finished.” He names one Konami employee in particular for allegedly crushing the franchise. Oh man. 6/03/15 8:33 Update: Konami has issued a statement, stating that that it wanted to continue the series. “Concerning what form the next entry will take, we are…

A Beautiful Anime Makes for Beautiful Gifs

Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works’ second season is the most beautiful anime on TV right now—if not the most beautiful of all time. So it’s time to present this visual feast in the best way I know how: (bandwidth-gobbling) animated gifs. *Note: gifs contain spoilers—like who fights who, etc. If you’re looking for more awesome…

Monster Strike Is The Free-To-Play Conquering Japan

Monster Strike is one of Japan’s biggest mobile games—currently raking in $3.7 million per day. And since I’ve already covered no less than two of its clones, let’s take a look at the original. Like the Danganronpa and Tokyo Ghoul smartphone games, Monster Strike is based on the game of billards—where you bounce balls on…

Track: Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ | Artist: Zone | Album: Z Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Agony Of Playing The Same Game For Five Years

If you’ve never played Football Manager, everything you’re about to read will sound absolutely crazy. If you have, well, it’ll just make sense. physicalpixels has shared the tale of his 30 seasons in football management over (mostly) a single save game, played out over five actual years (2010-2015). It’s at once both a showcase of…