Dsider

Mojang has been slowly teasing out details about the next big update for Minecraft dubbed for a while now. This Tuesday, the team decided to drop a bombshell on fans of the legendary PC game in the form of a quiet little YouTube video announcing how players will soon be able "to create their own wild and crazy terrain!"

Read more...

We've seen Dragon Age: Inquisition in action , and have even detailed many of its new and returning features, but the question remains: what is the game actually about at its core?

Read more...

Batman's next straight-to-DVD animated adventure is set in the Arkham Asylum videogame universe, although you'd be hard-pressed to tell from this trailer. Still, watching the Suicide Squad get caught between Batman and the Joker seems like a good time no matter what.

Read more...

This isn't the Kerbal Space Program. It's the Polish space program.

Read more...

Already announced for Japan, the sequel to Square's wonderful rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is coming to North America in 2014.

Read more...

UNStudio has created a beautifully constructed archway that brightens up the retail sphere of Xintiandi Mall in China. Because it's lined with mirrors, you can track your movements from beginning to end and watch your surroundings skip playfully across the different planes of the mall's entrance. It's like walking down the inside of a wormhole—except you stay safely grounded in both time and space.

Read more...

I've watched this like five times so far. It's wonderful.

Read more...

xombiedirge:

Lego Ghost in the Shell 2 - The Doll by The Arvo Brothers / Flickr

I wasn’t super keen on the second movie, but damn if I wouldn’t pay good money for this set regardless.

It's always beautiful when two awesome things collide. It's especially beautiful when those two things are The Simpsons and Lego. And that's exactly what we're going to see on May 4, when Fox will air an episode of The Simpsons in Lego form—or at least CGI Lego form.

Read more...

The Banner Saga art print by Gregory Sujkowski available at Society 6. I posted a closeup below:

Read more...

aurahack:

this is more or less accurate to the feedback i’d get in live drawing sessions at school

Ever wondered what would happen if a marshmallow Peep was exposed to the cold, uncaring, probably Easter-hating vacuum of space? Of course you have.

Read more...

The conclusion to Naoki Yoshida's MMO story is like something out of a fairy tale.

Read more...

Some would argue that the current American comics industry is mainly focused on the 18 to 40 male audience, but in Japan, they're starting them young.

Read more...

Looking at these photos makes me want a 3D printer so bad. Printing figurines or other small items is one thing, but entire Minecraft worlds? Minecraft enthusiast Dave Russell used Mineways, an open source 3D printer program, to bring all these blocky builds to life.

Read more...

Fan favorite Castle—and Firefly!—star Nathan Fillion was the guest of Conan O'Brien yesterday, and well, they've discussed things I didn't expect: DC and Marvel-themed nail polish.

Read more...

Its creator started working on Platformer/RPG Heart Forth, Alicia in 2007. The result is an aesthetically beautiful game with a complex story, a detailed world and what looks to be pretty damn fun gameplay. Sadly, it's still not done.

Read more...

Domino's Pizza doesn't call its strange new creation "Fried Chicken Crust Pizza", but that's pretty much what it is — breaded and fried chicken bites covered with sauce, cheese and toppings. They're rather odd.

Read more...

Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's in-house composer and the man responsible for Halo's iconic theme song, says he has been "terminated...without cause" by the studio.

Read more...

Islamic­ influenced art and imagery has cropped up in games from Journey to Prince of Persia, but now a couple of game developers are out to prove that despite its conspicuous rarity in the medium, Islamic art lends itself brilliantly to game design.

Read more...

Wait, what? A few things. Why does this exist and why didn't this already exist? Regardless of the answers to these pressing questions, Call of Duty: Ghosts now officially has the best announcer in all of first-person shooters.

Read more...

Making a life-sized Hatsune Miku statue is not easy. What's more, it takes time. Lots and lots of time. This, for example, took six months' worth of work.

Read more...

UPDATE (3:30pm): What we first thought was a bug is actually an intentional fan project, according to Telltale, the company behind The Wolf Among Us. "This is actually a fan made modification using existing game animation assets from a previous episode," a Telltale rep tells us. (The episode in question.) Kotaku's headline has been changed accordingly.

Read more...

There are a few Twitter accounts that can delight you on a daily basis. This is one of them.

Read more...

Square Enix has closed their India-based mobile game studio, according to a report by MCV India. During its one year of operation, the studio hasn't released any games, although it was reportedly working with developers on several titles.

Read more...

It really, really is chaos. Good chaos. Go on, have a look.

Read more...

...because it's so great and it'll never, ever happen. I don't know whether to praise artist Stephen Byrne for giving us this magnificent look at what might have been, or to curse his name to the heavens for taunting us with a joy we'll never know. But I may just go have a beer.

Read more...

I suppose the guys at Mega64 couldn't get enough of The Stanley Parable, because they decided to go out and narrate a bunch of people's lives to their faces. The results weren't too friendly.

Read more...

Facing mounting financial pressure, the Danish museum Spilmuseet ("The Games Museum") is about to jettison a massive collection of classic video games and related hardware. And with nobody opening their doors yet, all these refugees of console wars past are still in need of a new home.

Read more...

EA's reign as the Worst Company In America (note: as voted by readers of a website, not every human American) was ended this year, as the publishing giant was knocked out in the first round by Time-Warner Cable. So who went on to take EA's crown?

Read more...