Track: Lover’s Day | Artist: TV On The Radio | Album: Dear Science Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
The first time I saw a dancing corpse in Far Cry 4, I stopped dead in my tracks. It was in the middle of a tense firefight at the bottom of one of the radio towers scattered across the chaotically beautiful world of Kyrat. I’d just shot a full clip into a soldier trying to…
Sunset Overdrive, the Xbox One’s whacky new open-world shooter, got its first batch of downloadable content this week. The most important part of the DLC is a weapon pack that adds four new guns to the game. They’re all really good—so good that I wish they’d been in the original game. The four new guns…
Sony has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over claims that the company falsely advertised its PlayStation Vita console when it was first released in 2012. The company is now required to issue refunds to Vita customers affected by the advertising. As spelled in a blog post, the “main point” of the…
Shocking as this may be to hear, video games aren’t always realistic. But just how unrealistic are they? A group of physicists took a look at Super Mario Galaxy recently, and their findings show the true extent of the iconic plumber’s disregard for the laws of nature. The tongue-in-cheek study “It’s a-me, Density!,” published in…
It’s only been out for a matter of days, but Far Cry 4 has already proven itself quite the treasure trove. Before it was released, an easter egg was discovered that was actually an alternate ending. Since then, one of its creators has continued to hint there’s another, even more secret ending gamers haven’t uncovered.…
Newcomers to Far Cry 4: greetings! I hope you’re enjoying your time in Kyrat so far. It’s a pretty dangerous place though, isn’t it? Here are some of the things I’ve discovered that help me stay alive. Before I get into the nitty gritty details (and there are a lot of those in a game…
There used to be two main ways to take outposts in Far Cry: sneaking around and stabbing everyone inside, or going in guns blazing. Thanks to the addition of the tiny helicopter, though, Far Cry 4 players have discovered a third option: death from above. Here’s YouTuber “punish” showing us all how it’s done in…
If I had to sum up people’s reaction to Far Cry 4 in a single sentence, it would have to be: “Fuck these birds.” That’s one of the first things Kotaku’s Steve Marinconz said to me when we started playing online. I’d already played 30 hours of Far Cry 4 at that point, but Steve…
I want to write a letter to all the animals I’ve met in Far Cry 4 First there was the confused monkey, who looked up at me with big, sad eyes during my bus ride into Kyrat. My mother had written, as her dying wish, “Take me back to Lakshmana.” The monkey had no idea…
Far Cry 4 is the kind of game that’s deeply in love with its loot. It wants you, the player, to love its loot too. So it packs the stuff full of silly jokes and insular references. Here are some of the silliest I’ve seen so far. Is this a Grand Theft Auto V reference?…
See, it’s funny because Far Cry 3 was set in a tropical fantasy land called “Rook Island.” As far as I can tell, this is the best thing to come out of Far Cry 4’s loot system. By that I mean it’s the only good thing to come out of Far Cry 4’s loot system.…
When Shadow of Mordor first arrived in September, it was met with heaps of well-deserved praise. The last-gen versions of the game arrived today to considerably more muted fanfare. After playing a few hours on my PlayStation 3, I can see why. This is not the Mordor I remember falling in love with. I’ve only…
Have you ever wondered what the deal is with Toad and Toadette? You know what I mean. As in: where do little baby Toads come from? Or are you too caught up in how cute the two of them are? Hey, I can’t blame you if that’s the case. Nintendo recently addressed the question of…
Far Cry 4 is the kind of game that lets you make a lot of mistakes. The first night I started playing, I walked into an abandoned house and spotted a hornet’s nest. I shot it for no particular reason. A swarm of hornets flew out and killed me. The next time I saw a…
Mario Kart 8 got a big new update yesterday, complete with its first batch of DLC goodies. Players and fans have been looking forward to this with the highest of high hopes ever since Nintendo announced it back in August. So let’s take a closer look at what we’ve got. First, a quick reminder of…
Track: Alejandro | Artist: Lady Gaga | Album: The Fame Monster Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Mario Kart 8 got some new stuff today in a DLC update. The thing we were all most excited for, by far, was getting to play as Link in Mario Kart. A little too excited, by the looks of it. Let’s be honest, we all knew this was going to happen. Prescient Mario Kart players…
Just like Nintendo promised, the first batch of Mario Kart 8 DLC goodness has finally arrived today. And boy does it look exciting. I’ve only just managed to get my Wii U properly updated and ready to race, but Mario Kart players have been posting breathlessly about the new stuff since the earliest hours of…
The heartfelt and deeply personal indie game That Dragon, Cancer is shifting gears. Ryan Green, who is making the game to tell the story of his son’s death from terminal cancer, says that it will no longer be an Ouya exclusive. Green and his co-developers have launched a new Kickstarter to help finish it in…
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