Heather Alexandra

Modder Finds Unused Monsters Hiding In Silent Hill‘s Code

The Silent Hill series has some gnarly monsters, from demonic dogs to the iconic Pyramid Head. A modder looking at the original game’s code has uncovered some lost creatures and brought them back to life in all their horrific glory. Modder roocker666 first noticed something out of the ordinary last Saturday after extracting Silent Hill’s…

L.A. Noire‘s Ending, Revisited

I’ve been playing through L.A. Noire for the last month and a half on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. This weekend we finished the game. The conclusion is bittersweet but there was no other way for a tale of crime and corruption to end. Controversial in its day, L.A Noire’s ending is perfect when viewed in retrospect.…

Dragon Ball FighterZ Makes It Easy To Fight Like A Super Saiyan 

This weekend I spent hours playing Dragon Ball FighterZ in a closed beta on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. The game is gorgeous, but I’m more impressed with the number of tricks and tools it gives players to turn a match around. I’m an intermediate fighting game player at best. There’s something about the fine motor control…

Cha La Head Cha La! We’re taking a break from LA Noire to stream some Dragon Ball Fighterz live on Twitch.

We’re finishing our playthrough of L.A. Noire right now on Twitch “Either I finish it or it finishes me,” Staff Reporter Heather Alexandra said.

Destiny 2 Players Will No Longer Have To Google Where To Find Xur

Getting great loot in Destiny 2 means hunting down Xur, the mysterious squid-faced weapons merchant who probably feels strange to kiss. In Destiny, that meant searching the Tower high and low until you stumbled upon him. Thankfully, it’s much easier this time around. Xur is a strange merchant who shows up once a week with…

Yakuza‘s Villain Is One Of Gaming’s Best

Sephiroth, Liquid Snake, Ganondorf; video games have some wonderful villains. But making bad guy who is both frightening and sympathetic is a challenge. Yakuza nails it, creating what might be gaming’s best antagonist. We take a look how they pull it off in this critical video. Transcript: Crafting a compelling villain is tough. It’s one…

We’re finishing up our playthrough of Half Life right now on Twitch Look out for those headcrabs, Gordon!

Arms‘ New Character: She Protec, She Attac, But She Also Inflate

Arms’ newest character, Lola Pop, joins the roster today. With a combination of fast movement and the ability to inflate herself like a freaky balloon, she’s exciting to play but horrifying to watch. Every fighter in Arms has unique abilities that activate when they guard, jump or dash. For instance, the movie star Twintelle can…

Dragon Quest Builders is coming to the Switch for Spring 2018. It was one of our 2016 games of the year. There’s towers to build but you’ll probably spend all your time befriending Slimes

Minecraft New Nintendo 3DS Edition is available today on the Nintendo eShop. Just in case you were looking for your 17th version of the game. You can play it on your New 3DS or New 2DS XL.

Find Your Favorite Room In A Kaleidoscopic Labyrinth

The Catacombs of Solarisby Ian MacLarty is an exploration game that sends players through a maze of warping walls. There’s only one goal: find your favorite room in the labyrinth. It’s a trippy waltz through a technicolor wonderland. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. Navigating through the catacombs seems like a straightforward process. The walls and…

The folks at Node held their own real life Battlegrounds match and it’s tense as heck. There’s nothing like UMPs and Red Bull to make airsoft even more exciting.

We’re back on the beat solving Vice cases in L.A. Noire live now on Twitch. Stay off the hooch and jazz cigarettes, kids!

Battlegrounds‘ New Town Hides Great Loot Around Cramped Corners

As part of the game’s September update, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds placed a new town on its large, murderous island. Kameshki’s remote location might leave you scrambling to run to the playzone but the collection of loot you can find makes it a tempting detour. Among the town’s residential houses and small cargo depot is a surprising…

How Speedrunners Are Racing Through Green Hill Zone, Sonic Mania‘s Most Contested Level

Green Hill Zone’s loop-de-loops and tropical scenery make for one of the most iconic stages in Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic Mania’s version of GHZ adds new complications and complexity that’s turned it into one of the game’s most hotly contested speedrun courses. 2-D platformers like Sonic Mania thrive on the notion of fast, uninterrupted movement…

Okami HD, one of the most gorgeous games ever made, is getting ported to this console generation. It will release on December 12th on PS4, Xbox, and PC.

Zelda Speedrunner’s New ‘World Record’ Was Actually Done With Hacking Tools

Two days ago, dragonbane0 set a new speedrun world record for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. It was his first time running the game outside of practice. He’s now revealed that the speedrun was achieved using WiiU modding tools that he’s releasing to the wider community. Update—11:05 p.m.: We have changed this article’s…

We’re going live with a playthrough of Link: Faces Of Evil right now on our Twitch channel, Mah Boi!

Someone Made A Video Game Where You Play As Sisyphus

Sometimes, you just can’t win. Sisyphus is an absurdist game by George Prosser that recreates the well known Greek myth into a frustrating button masher. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. In Greek myth, Sisyphus was a cruel king who cheated death by trapping Thanatos in chains. As punishment for his crime, he was made to…