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Culture
How Much Money Have You Spent On Your PS4?
You’re already out 400 bucks for Sony’s newest gaming console, but you’ve likely purchased a few other accessories and games to go along with it. So in the roughly one year since it’s launched, what’s that number add up to for you? Following our format for how much money you pumped into your Xbox One,…
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Player Glitches Into What Appears To Be Another Destiny DLC Zone
You’ll have to hop precariously around Destiny‘s Venus map to find this one, but it appears one player has discovered an exploit that eventually sends them warping through one of the game’s planned DLC maps in the area. Nowise10 explains how to get there in the video above, and in this shorter description: 1: Start…
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Culture
How Much Money Have You Spent On Your Xbox One?
You may have dropped the initial $500 (or, without Kinect, $400) it cost to actually own an Xbox One, but you no doubt pumped more bills into Microsoft’s new-generation console than just that since its launch. Games are the most obvious additions, but maybe you’re a stickler for a proper headset or needed a few…
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The Fastest (Fakest) Way to Reach Level 30 in Destiny
Once you hit level 24 in Destiny it’s pretty much a grind to grab the best legendaries and exotics, and then a grind to level them up to max capacity to slowly churn through the levels up to 30. But, thankfully, goldvision here has some phenomenal, totally useful tips to skip all that junk and…
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9/29/2014: Super Smashed Bros.
Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS is officially out, and in honor of that I present the Kotaku Selects roundup alongside this wonderful comic by Safely Endangered. Poor Kirby. Enjoy your weekend/catching up on this week’s best content/Super Smash Bros. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter…
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How Ridiculous You Sound Arguing For Your Favorite Technology
Android versus Apple, PlayStation versus Xbox…it really doesn’t matter. All those arguments usually come out sounding just about as silly as any discussion defending any major corporation would. Which is to say: why? Warialasky’s fruit fanboys in the video above make a few references to actual complaints people have shouted over at each other in…
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9/22/2014: Should I Tell Him?
Just a few hours after the infamous Loot Cave Death of 2014, I spotted this lonely level 13 waiting patiently to shoot at Hive scum. I didn’t have the heart (or, really, the easy means) to tell him his efforts were going to be wasted. For other (non-Destiny) news and articles from this week, head…
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There’s Already A New Loot Cave In Destiny
I mean, were we expecting anything else? Bungie may have nerfed the famous Loot Cave™ and several others yesterday that players had discovered would grant them with fast enemy respawns and therefore a higher chance of scraping loot and engrams together, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t others yet to be discovered. Now, this one…
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You’ll Finally Talk To Players You’ve Been Matched With In Destiny
In the midst of the big news that the Loot Cave is no more are a few other nuggets of news of things Bungie has planned for Destiny. More notably, for instance, that they’ll be giving players an option to communicate with other guardians they’ve been matched with in strikes and in the Crucible. Here’s…
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Destiny‘s Bravest Dancer
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of the dancing in Destiny here at Kotaku. But this montage takes the alien cake. YouTube user calloftreyarch leaves no path un-danced. He dances in the Tower, with strangers and friends. He dances on the massive spider tank. He dances while getting killed. There is no dance calloftreyarch…
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CultureDestiny‘s Toughest Challenge Cleared In Just 37 Minutes
That’s a new record for The Vault of Glass, the first raid released for Bungie’s new Destiny shooter. A team of five hunters and one lonely warlock managed to clear the whole thing in just 37 minutes, topping the last record of 1 hour and 50 minutes, both vast differences from the 10-hour-long ordeal it…
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9/15/2014: Just Enjoying The View
Fortunately no one in Destiny‘s Tower pushed me off while I attempted to grab the *perfect* screenshot. If you’re not attempting the first official Destiny raid this weekend, you can catch up on all our best stories from this week over at Kotaku Selects, as per usual. Otherwise, see you in the future. To contact…
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Player’s Secret Weapon In Destiny‘s Multiplayer Is…Sitting
Destiny‘s D-pad-mapped gestures are fun for expressing yourself to strangers in the Tower, or after a successful strike. But they’re a lot more useful when used in even more creative ways. Take Unspoken Ouch‘s tactic here, for instance. As you can see above, he uses the sitting gesture in a most devious way to confuse…
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Tips & Guides
These People Tried To Figure Out How Destiny‘s Loot System Works
If you’ve been playing Destiny, chances are you’ve been there. A purple orb ceremoniously pops out of a dying enemy, to the delight of every fiber of your being. A legendary item! Surely it’s a legendary item… But, somehow, it feels like every single time you take it to the Cryptarch to decode it, it’s…
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Tips & Guides
How To Preview Your Outfits Before Buying Them In Destiny
You know what’s really annoying? The fact that you can’t preview a Shader (the item that changes your Guardian’s outfit color scheme) in Destiny. Those things are expensive! Can’t just be buying them all willy nilly. Fortunately we have Destiny Tracker, a website that lets you preview your own character in every known Shader. That’s…
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9/8/2014: Sports Glitches Are The Best Glitches
Mainly because they are downright horrifying or hilarious, and nothing in between. Reddit user xluke discovered this glitch in NHL 15, thankfully for us and our weekend entertainment. Head on over to Kotaku Selects for other news and entertaining this to catch up on from the week. To contact the author of this post, write…
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Tips & GuidesA Good Spot To Farm For Weapons In Destiny
Wow. That’s a LOT of loot waiting to get picked up. Update 9/16: This spot is all well and good, but there’s another place, on the moon, that lets you rack up engrams much faster. YouTube user Completionist found the perfect spot on Venus to sit patiently as mobs of enemies roll in, ripe for…
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Tip: Destiny‘s Got A Special Store That Only Shows Up On Weekends
Destiny‘s not great about explaining all of the nooks and crannies and ways of getting more exotic weapons, but that’s ok because we have the Internet and the power of crowdsourcing. So here’s your latest tip. Xûr can be found in the Tower, but only on the weekends (Friday-Sunday) and he’s got quite the stock…
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A Guide To Making Your Destiny Character Extra Pretty
When you started Destiny you picked the blue skin that looks oh so ravishing with the soft pink hair, but what about your gear? Sure, you’re going to go for stats over fashion (most likely), but that doesn’t mean you have to be limited in your aesthetic options. My armor is pretty great, but it…
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Destiny Needs More Chat Options
We’ve probably all been there at least once before. You’re innocently going about your business, shooting around corners and throwing grenades to cover your teammates when a high-pitched voice on the other end lashes out: “What the f!@#, man! You’re such a !@#$!” In-game socializing doesn’t have the greatest reputation, but that doesn’t mean it’s a…
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