Yannick LeJacq

Track: When I Grow Up | Artist: Fever Ray | Album: Fever Ray Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Far Cry 4’s New DLC Forces You to Grind Until You Die For No Good Reason

Far Cry 4‘s post-release stuff kicked off this week with Escape From Durgesh Prison, a new timed challenge mode that’s now available for purchase either individually or as part of the game’s season pass. Sadly, it doesn’t get things off to a great start. The pre-release hype for the Escape from Durgesh Prison—which was released…

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., is coming out for the 3DS on March 13th, Nintendo just announced during its Nintendo Direct stream. It’s a turn-based strategy game that pits Abraham Lincoln against space aliens, because why the fuck not? They also said that it will work with the Fire Emblem Amiibos being made for Smash Bros.

New Wave Of Amiibo Coming Soon

Nintendo offered up some news about its newly-minted Amiibo toy line during its Nintendo Direct stream this morning, including a few new models they said are coming this Spring. Pac-Man! The next round of Super Smash Bros.-centric Amiibo (there are 11 in total) are coming out in February. But we already knew about those. The…

A Scary Choose Your Own Adventure, Now Playable On…Twitter

“They’re here. Oh God! They’ve found you!” And so it begins. You have two choices: run, or hide. This is the beginning of a new and thoroughly disturbing adventure game I played earlier today. What makes it stand out from another terrifying horror game like Outlast or Amnesia is that the whole thing takes place…

Har Har Har

I know. I’m sorry. But once I saw this on the Amiibo Subreddit, I couldn’t resist. But seriously: who would win in a fight?

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Mario Kart

You can never get enough of Mario Kart trivia, if you ask me. Thankfully, the internet seems to feel the same way. Appropriately named YouTubers Fun Facts recently gave their standard treatment to Nintendo’s flagship kart racing game (I poured one out for Diddy Kong Racing after typing that). Watch the short clip here: Mario…

The Sims 4 Is Coming To Mac Next Month [UPDATE]

Well, it’s finally happening. Nested underneath an announcement about the game’s first paid DLC, The Sims 4 developers confirmed today that a Mac version will be arriving very soon. As in, next month. I know, I know: Took them long enough! I spoke to a few people at EA about The Sims 4’s Game Pack…

Far Cry 4 got its first bit of DLC today, “Escape from Durgesh Prison.” It’s a timed challenge mode that can be played alone or in co-op (the best way to play Far Cry 4, if you ask me). It also features permadeath, which sounds intriguing. The DLC is available for $10, or as part…

Legendary Secret Nintendo Song Found In Mario Kart 8

The easter egg to end all Nintendo easter eggs has just been unearthed in Mario Kart 8. As YouTubers Somewhat Awesome Games demonstrate in a video published yesterday, it turns out Yoshi was humming it all along—he was just being drowned out by the track’s music. If only we’d all listened to Yoshi better from…

Rock Band 3 Is Getting Its First DLC In Almost Two Years

Huh, so this is pretty cool. After 21 months of silence, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band 3 are getting some new songs, developer Harmonix announced today. It might seem strange for a game released in 2010 to get new content so late in the game. But then again: it’s not like…

Your PC Must Be This Monstrous To Play Evolve

After an annoying delay, the much-hyped multiplayer shooter Evolve is nearly upon us. Which leads to a more immediate question for all us PC gamers: will we be able to run the thing? Well, the game’s developer released its official specs today. And while they’re sorta steep, they’re certainly not insurmountable. Here are the minimum…

Six Of Us Debate Whether Rockstar Should Bring Back Max Payne

As we so often do, a few members of the Kotaku team got to talking about Grand Theft Auto yesterday. This lead to a discussion about one of Rockstar’s other, smaller titles: Max Payne. Specifically: where should it go next, if it goes anywhere at all? Stephen Totilo: San Andreas is my favorite GTA. Yannick…

Just an hour ago, almost a million people were playing Minecraft, Mojang’s Nathan Adams said on Twitter: For a point of comparison, Steam says that the number of simultanous Dota 2 players peaked at 913,625. Step your game up, Dota!

The Best Part Of This Marriage Proposal Is The Commentating

Smash Bros. pro Tantalus proposed to his girlfriend at a recent tournament put on by Xanadu. Staying true to the setting, the romantic scene unfolded with some extremely hype shoutcasting. As in: one guy screaming, “OH MY GOD HE’S GETTING MARRIED” so loudly you might’ve thought Olimar just won the entire competition. And since the…

Track: Teardrop | Artist: Massive Attack | Album: Mezzanine Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Best Musical Tributes To The New Super Smash Bros. (So Far)

Super Smash Bros. has incredible music, and plenty of it. It’s no wonder, then, that the game’s legions of fans have been playing around with it. There are countless remixes, covers, and chopped and screwed versions of Smash songs online already, with more undoubtedly to come. Here are some of our favorites. Many thanks to…

It Only Takes 18 Lines Of Code To Clone Flappy Bird

They may be quick and dirty, but that’s why Flappy Bird clones are such an inviting outlet for programmers looking to hone their craft. One such person has managed to resurrect the lost (but never forgotten) mobile gaming wonder with a fierce economy of technical language. Destructoid recently came across a crappily named Flappy Bird…

The Definition Of Boss

How can you see this and not have this song go through your head?