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Watch Us Kill For Weapons In This New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Mode
I promised you a video of the new Arms Race mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, so here it is. The objective pretty much mirrors the game’s other modes: kill the enemy team. But navigating the much more open area maps quickly makes you lose sight of anything team-based. As you secure kills, you’ll move up…
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Play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive On A Mirror’s Edge Map. With Zombies. And Parkour.
Let’s all admit that Dust was a fantastic map in Counter-Strike: Source. It was small enough to where the pace was always active, with the proper amount of choke points and alternate routes for optimal strategizing. But part of the charm of Source was discovering the community maps and mods. Valve understands that charm all…
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What’s More Fun Than Playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive? Watching Us Play It.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is officially available as of today. But if you haven’t touched the beta or purchased the game retail, feel free to get familiar with some of the old school maps and new(ish) school modes right here. This video gives you a glimpse at what the first-person shooting action in CS: GO is…
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The Hardest Games Only Truly Open Up When You Get Better At Them
Think about some of the hardest games you’ve ever played. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Guaranteed at least a considerable portion of those games must have come from your childhood days, on consoles long forgotten. When I think back to the games I’ve found most difficult, I remember how, with time and practice, they seemed to…
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The Little Games We Play Every Day Of Our Lives
Sometimes we create games out of nothing. They can be as simple and universal as “the floor is lava,” or unique and even complex ideas we let out imaginations run with. I’ve certainly spent car rides staring out the window imagining scenarios with random hero characters and villains. What games do you play in your…
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Listen To Sleeping Dogs‘ Kung Fu Master Rattle Off Hilarious Insults While You Train
Every time you pick up a statue in the open Hong Kong world of Sleeping Dogs, you can take it to your shifu (or your kung fu master). In exchange for the statue, he’ll teach you a new move to use against your enemies. But he’ll also insult your practice while you do so. Even…
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Look At My Awesome Parking Job in Sleeping Dogs
This is what happens when you build enough Face in Sleeping Dogs. Or at least this is what happens for me. I use all that hard-earned reputation for flashy sports cars. And then drive at such high speeds that I can pull off a parking job like this. It was so awesome it had to…
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ReviewsSleeping Dogs: The Kotaku Review
Oh, Sleeping Dogs. Thank you for rescuing me from this slow, slow summer. Before Square Enix/United Front Games’ open-world kung-fu game, the most recent exciting game was Spec Ops: The Line. And not even everyone was 100% in love with that Sleeping Dogs came just in time to stir up the doldrums. It had been…
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It’s Okay To Steal That Old Lady’s Seat If You’re Using It To Play Video Games
There’s a YouTube series called Subway Thoughts that I, as a veteran subway user, love. In the most recent Subway Thoughts, Kurttoons considers swiping a seat from an old lady to play Angry Birds or, you know, the thousands of other games we all click to buy and then forget about.
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People Twitch-Fly Into Helicopters and Other Hilarious Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Glitches
The Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod that’s currently in development for PC is pretty expansive. But that doesn’t mean it escapes the ever-present clutches of funny physics glitches. Take a look at players being sliced up by helicopter blades, and jetting off into the sky as a result of said funny glitches.
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A Mother Goes Insane Trying To Keep Her Kid Away From Games In This Animated Short
Oh, the perils of motherhood. Once you’ve introduced your kid to that first joystick, they’ll undoubtedly crave more. Gone are the days of bouncy red balls thrown in gleeful delight with other children. Only the upbeat soundtrack and glow of a television screen prevail. But one courageous mother is dead-set on introducing her son to…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. My, my, Mario. You’re looking quite dapper. That look is really working for you. Big thanks to Adam Marton, aka chaos13, for coming up with it. And to Corey for finding it. Moving on to our Best Of content…
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That Walking Dead Facebook Game Is Terrible. Here’s What They Should Have Done Instead.
I adore The Walking Dead. So when I heard about this drag of a Facebook game Kate wrote about, I worried. This is a game that represents one of my favorite graphic novels, so I worry that the experience of the franchise will be tarnished for a horde of perhaps non-gaming Facebook users. We can…
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The Only Thing I Listened To All Day Was This Chiptune Album
Benjamin Pena, also known as Producer Snafu, has put together an exciting chiptune album. In a way, it’s kind of a mess. It’s got beats all over the place, sometimes within a single track. He jumps from sweet to panicky in the span of just a few seconds. But you know what? I kind of…
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You Might Have Missed These Important Details In That New Black Ops II Trailer
Breaking down trailers into a step by step analysis, or even just viewing them in slow motion, can reveal a lot of interesting information about upcoming games. Did you notice, for instance, that Nintendo DS on the multiplayer battlefields of Black Ops II? You can totally play Pokémon with it in case you’re bored in…
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The Prettiest 8-Bit Montage of the Olympic Games Around
If you were wondering what the Olympic games might look like in 8-bit form, this montage video is here for you. As a bonus, the chiptunes track is just as pretty as the 8-bit art. Plus, it’s fairly educational, considering it gives you a neat rundown of what activities are considered Olympic sports The 8-Bit…
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There Are Four Glorious Gaming Tees That Need Your Money Today
Thanks to Tee Magnet, we have a pretty nifty round-up of awesome t-shirts awaiting your credit card numbers. Four of those are gaming related. Four of those are awesome. Four of those need your attention. Check them out above and below, and make your choice(s) wisely. Imperial Damacy [TeeFury] Occupied [Shirt Woot!] OOOOOOH! [Qwertee] Rapture…
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Turning Up The Gamma and Brightness in DayZ Is Cheating. Or Is It?
In a world lacking morality, these two DayZ players argue over whether turning up the gamma and brightness in a game is cheating. Personally, I don’t think it is. But that’s just me, not wanting to squint at my screen for hours. I already do that enough during the workday.
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Watch A Live Stream of Sleeping Dogs Right Here
If you’re as anxious as I am to get your hands—er, eyes—on Sleeping Dogs, you can watch the folks over at Machinima play through the game live, right here. Personally, I’m going to ignore everything about this game since it’s currently sitting snug in my bag waiting to be opened and devoured.
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