Look, I don't really know what kind of organism the main character of Rain World is. Who knows what bizarre experiments or breeding rituals brought him into being. Nevertheless, he/she/it is alive when nearly everything else is dead. So, y'know, points to him. Make sure he keeps living, won't you?
Remember the terrible deaths that sad little boy suffered every time you screwed up in Limbo? Would you care if it was a robot dying in lots of painful ways instead? Take a look at the brightly colored Planet of the Eyes and see if you feel any empathy for a walking computer.
You want to explore other universes? Get under the skin of some weird, complicated, are-we-even-sure-they're-human people? Rekindle the love you once had for word balloons and illustrated drama? The comic books being published nowadays are a great place to do that. Here are twelve sequential series that will open you…
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I thought I'd be showing off a thrilling victory to you today, Kotaku readers. A five-minute saga where a Norse warrior woman defeats a gigantic winter elemental as a taste of a promising indie game yet to come. But, no, I stand before you defeated. Now I want to play Jotun even more.
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Lots of video games trap you in places where everything is trying to kill you. But many of those environments at least have the decency to stay the same so you could figure things out. Not Necropolis. You're going to be starting a whole new death march every time you bite the dust.
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There's probably only one comic this year that will feature a training montage with a mallard trying to sneak his tailfeathers under a laser. Yes, it's Howard the Duck. Yes, you should read it.
Two of DC’s holy trinity are getting radically new looks this summer.
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More than a decade into its lifespan, World of Warcraft is still one of the biggest games in the world. Other games made by Blizzard—like Starcraft or Diablo—boast huge sprawling worlds, too. But they're trying to make Overwatch a bit more... intimate.
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Gigantic is a game that’s gotten a lot of praise for its good looks. That’s understandable, given how sharp its visuals have been in every glimpse we’ve gotten. But Motiga’s multiplayer arena game plays well, too.
Longtime gamers know how terrible it is to keep waiting and waiting for vaporware. Turns out the characters inside these stillborn worlds hate not knowing where they're coming out, too.
"I know you've been complaining but you weren't ready. Now, maybe, just maybe you are."
The next entry in Naughty Dog's well-loved action/adventure franchise won't be out this year, according to Uncharted 4 directors Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann.
“Y’know, back when I was what I was... this girl, one time after she blew me, she flew. Hovered, really. It happens sometimes with an exchange of fluids...” That’s a superhero-turned-cop in Powers explaining what happens after he hooked up with a non-super-powered person. Smallville, this ain’t.
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After months and months of waiting, online heists are available today for GTA V.
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Still think the Joker might be coming back in Batman: Arkham Knight? Well, in the latest chapter of the tie-in digital comic, the Clown Prince of Crime gets cremated. The folks at DC Comics and sister company Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment are sure trying their best to convince fans that it won't happen.…
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The demonic cabal who ruled the world in DmC are bad guys who said bad things in 2013's reboot of Devil May Cry. Now it seems one of the more egregious pieces of dialogue—which invoked an image of rough sex—has been cut from the new remastered edition of DmC.
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Daylight savings time didn't stop folks from showing up in their finest outfits for the last day of PAX East. Who needs a snooze button when you're dressing up as Iron Man?
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At this year's PAX East, there's no problem at all with getting a bunch of Spartans together to have a good time. Maybe it'll happen on the Xbox One eventually.
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OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood will drive perfectionists crazy, because they'll want to master everything about the each of the game's intricately tricky levels before moving on to the next one. That way lies madness. And ridiculous amounts of fun.
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All you people who cried foul at the end of that brawl where Darth Vader and Batman threw down on the Death Star, this one's for you.
