​Ok, Let’s Try and Figure Out What This Fourth Person Game Is

You might’ve seen a look at Pavilion—the PlayStation exclusive calling itself a fourth-person game—a few times before. It’s tough to parse exactly what’s going on in the indie puzzle creation, even with a new trailer. The best new clue comes from a really weird, really obscure Pac-Man game, where the iconic character goes a little…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Sinner’s Sandwich: The TAY Review • Daisy Deserves Better • State of Video Games 2014 • Back in the TAY Review: Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers • What Game Can You Always Depend On? • No Man’s Sky Just Broke My Heart TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…

12 Great Techniques For Dark Souls II‘s Multiplayer

Beating bosses in Dark Souls II can be frustrating if you’re a beginner, and playing against others is no different. Juutas on YouTube has a surprisingly well-edited clip, mostly for beginners, showing and explaining 12 techniques that are often used during PvP invasions. Here’s the full clip. Don’t let the Xbox 360 controller confuse you,…

If Hollywood Remade Nickelodeon Cartoons

The talented folks at Dorkly played with the idea of turning classic Nicktoons, such as Hey, Arnold! or Rugrats into modern day Hollywood movies, and damn they would look depressing as hell. Rocko’s (who totally looks like Courage the Cowardly Dog in this pic) Modern Life, turned into an indie drama. Tommy Pickles from Rugrats…

Makeup Turns Young Women into Old Dudes

You’ve probably seen photos of how makeup can change people’s appearance. Usually, makeup makes them look younger. It doesn’t turn them into old dudes. Well, makeup can do that, too. In Japan, “ossan” (おっさん）means an “old dude.” For little kids, it’s pretty much all adult males and for young people, it’s probably guys in their…

Persona Q Reminds Me of Playing My First Online Game… in 1991

New Persona series spin-off Persona Q has a fair number of elements that are a direct throwback to the first video game RPGs. But instead of reminding me directly of those, the first thing it brought to my mind was the first online game I ever played way back in the mythical year of 1991.…

Phantasy Star Online 2 is currently unavailable to play in Japan due to an ongoing DDoS attack, according to an official statement released by Sega (translated by PSUBlog here). Sega plans to compensate players for the downtime, and promises to release a follow-up report on Monday.

The Gargantia Game is Basically a Bare-bones Version of Pilotwings

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet was one of last spring’s best anime. Now, just over a year later, it finally has its own (free-to-play) game—a game that is basically a visual novel mixed with a bare-bones version of Pilotwings Gargantia: Sky Courier takes place between episodes five and six of the anime, where Ledo—the pilot…

We Didn’t Ask for This King of Fighters Music Game

As hinted at earlier this year, The King of Fighters is getting a rhythm game. Dubbed The Rhythm of Fighters, the game is a cross between a music game and a fighting game. Slated for iOS and Android, The Rhythm of Fighters should be available for download shortly, reports Gamer It’s good to see a…

Microsoft revealed the Xbox One’s Japan launch line up, which includes Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. That title, however, will be digital download only in Japan. Other launch titles include: Titanfall, Need for Speed Rivals, Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Strider, Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate, Onigiri, Call of Duty Ghosts…

New Kratos Figure Has One Hell Of A Scowl

And he’s wielding the Blades of Chaos, to boot. You wouldn’t want to mess with this one. Gaming Heads’ rendition of the God of War series protagonist comes in two flavors: regular, costing $330 and limited to 1250 pieces, and exclusive, limited to 500 pieces and priced at $350. The difference? For an extra $20,…