These Aren’t SNES Cartridges

The foam kinda gives it away, but you probably wouldn’t otherwise be able to tell that these SNES cartridges are actually soap bars and only effective in the bathroom. They’re available on Firebox as various classic titles, such as Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country or Street Fighter II Turbo Too bad they haven’t made…

Heroes Of Dragon Age Is Out. Hooray?

The “hooray” all depends. How much do you love Dragon Age? How do you feel about mobile collectible card games? Do free-to-play games make you queasy? So many variables. Available today for free on Google Play and iTunes, Heroes of Dragon Age is essentially one of those mobile collectible card games — where you wind…

Today in Weird-Looking Games I’m Excited To Check Out, here’s the first US trailer for Danganronpa, NIS America’s crazy visual novel that’s supposed to be a cross between 999 and Phoenix Wright. It’s out for Vita on February 11. Psyched for this one.

Watch Us Explore The Galaxy In Starbound

Is Terraria too terrestrial for you? Does FTL not have enough tedious mining? Do you play Minecraft and just wish you could be a robot instead of Steve? Well Starbound can solve all your problems. Starbounddefinitely looks familiar to Terraria players, but playing it is something different. With all the different mechanics, various races, space…

GTA V and Dead Island Called Out For Depiction of Women

When you look at the success of stuff like The Hunger Games, Gravity and Orange Is The New Black, it’s safe to say this was a pretty good year for the depiction of women in media. Just the same, though, it hasn’t all been peachy this year. Here’s a montage by The Representation Group (who…

Reports of Tails’ Demise Are Erroneous: Christopher Evan Welch, the veteran actor who died on Monday, did not voice Sonic the Hedgehog’s sidekick in a mid-1990s animated series, Welch’s agency said today. We mistakenly reported he played the role.

A Game You’d Go To The Ends of the Earth To Play

On December 4, when you were doing whatever you were doing, a gamer who goes by the name of Artio was apparently chartering a plane to fly her to a remote town in Alaska. Why? So she could make a particularly powerful move in the video game Ingress According to an account by another Ingress…

Ambitious Morrowind Skyrim Mod Still Looks Stunning

Last time we looked at ‘Skywind,’ the elaborate mod that puts Morrowind into Skyrim, it was mostly eye candy. While the team behind the project still has a ways to go, it seems like they’re making progress on the mod judging from this new trailer. Seem familiar? That’s because this trailer is riffing off the…

There’s been a whole lot of Fallout 4 speculation recently, but Bethesda says they’re not showing anything at the Spike VGX this Saturday, putting some water on the rumor fires.

Capy—the indie studio behind Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery—will release their next game, Super Time Force, on both Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The bad news: they’re delaying it to next year.

​Mass Effect‘s Sassiest AI Looks Great When She’s Made Out of Paper

A disembodied artificial intelligence who eventually got poured into a metal body so she could kick ass and kiss Joker, EDI was one of the best parts of the Mass Effect trilogy. She’s supposed to be made of futuristic space alloys but damn if she doesn’t look good made out of old-fashioned Terran pulp paper.…

There Isn’t Much Assassin’s Creed In Assassin’s Creed Pirates

Folks who criticize Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for straying too far from the core conflict between the Templars and Assassin’s should probably avoid Assassin’s Creed Pirates, as the first two words of its title don’t really count. There’s no running and jumping in Assassin’s Creed Pirates. There are no personal assassinations — just boat-to-boat…

Reminder: The Witcher 3 Is Going to Look Pretty Damn Good

The last part of CD Projekt Red’s trilogy will be hitting the PS4. It looks pretty freaking great. Watch the trailer and you’ll see glimpses of bustling medieval hamlets, ominous storm-drenched beaches and impressive-looking combat. The game is also hitting PC and Xbox One and should be out some time next year. Read Kirk Hamilton’s…

‘The Graphics Are Definitely Like 10% Better Than The Old Xbox’

Warning: this post has spoilers for last night’s South Park. So it turned out South Park‘s entire Black Friday trilogy—three episodes of Game of Thrones-style warfare waged over the Xbox One and PS4—was just one big set up for South Park: The Stick of Truth Amazing. Check out the clip above for what will presumably…

New Humble Weekly, Logitech G500s $40, Xbox One Games, FFVIII [Deals]

Come on back to today’s Kotaku Deals, there’s a great new Humble Weekly featuring Knytt Underground and Really Big Sky. [Humble] Headlining today’s gaming deals, literally and figuratively, is the Logitech G500s, marked down to a mere $40. We’ve also got a quality selection of discounted blu-rays to add to your collection, and lots more.…

Toys in 1984 Kinda Sucked

We take a lot of what we have today for granted: Fancy toys, giant TVs, new consoles. So often, we forget just how much holiday gifts used to suck. The video above, taken from ABC News 29 years ago, shows exactly how much cooler a lot of the dumb stuff we own is. The toys…

British Game Store Now Sells Dinner In A Can

Hey there, video game fan. Do you like eating Christmas dinner but hate dealing with inconveniences like “shopping” and “cooking” and “pretending you haven’t hit rock bottom”? Try the Christmas Tinner, announced by British retailer GAME today, and you can come yet another step closer to not being human. Check out these beautiful people eating…

Final Fantasy VIII is on Steam starting today, Square Enix just announced. It’s going for $11.99, and it comes with an optional cheating tool called Magic Booster and the mini-game Chocobo World.