Yannick LeJacq

How To Step Up Your Screenshot Game In The Sims 4

It’s very easy to capture screenshots in The Sims 4. All you have to do is press “C.” Capturing screenshots that actually look good is a totally different story. More than many other games, The Sims forces you to act like a photographer or filmmaker. Here are some ways to do that. I, for one,…

Supergiant’s wonderful action RPG Transistor is now available for Mac and Linux, developer Greg Kasavin announced today. Huzzah! If you need to refresh your memory about how great the game is, check out our original review

“If games don’t offer us complex heroines, then we apparently stop looking for them.” That’s critic Maddy Myers discussing kink, sex positivity, and female empowerment in Bayonetta in an excellent essay for Paste. Give the whole thing a read, and remember to check out our review of Bayonetta 2

Someone’s Finally Making A Gaming Laptop With A Mechanical Keyboard

There are a few key things that keep PC gamers tethered to their desks, one of them being the awesomeness of having the “click clack” of a quality mechanical keyboard punctuate their gameplay. Impressive as they may be, laptops haven’t been able to replicate that experience…yet. MSI to the rescue! Today the hardware developer unveiled…

Shadow Of Mordor’s New DLC Will Put Monsters On Top Of Other Monsters

Is there anything more menacing than Shadow of Mordor’s grisly assortment of orcs and uruks—especially the ones with super creepy taunts that nobody knows how to kill? Well, how about one such grisly uruk riding into battle on top of an acid-vomiting ogre? That’s the new kind of orc-killing Middle-Earth fans will get once Shadow…

Sunset Overdrive, Without All The Cursing

I’m not usually the sort of gamer who’s uncomfortable with excessive profanity or gore, but I found Sunset Overdrive’s tone grating enough at points that I decided to give its swear filter a shot last night. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually makes the game a lot more charming in its own…

Art Installation Is Really Just A Terrifying Character Creator

No, this image isn’t another in a long line of otherworldly NBA 2K15 face glitches—though I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that. It’s from an “interactive installation” that sounds like it was engineered to make terrifying facial animation glitches. In other words: it’s the world’s scariest character creator. The exhibit is known as “Chameleon,” and…

FIFA 15 Is Really Broken on Mobile (UPDATE)

FIFA is best known as a console and PC game, but EA’s hit soccer franchise has had a dedicated mobile audience for years now too. Some fans have had a hard time enjoying FIFA 15 Ultimate Team since it arrived last month for iOS and Android devices, however, because it’s been marred by technical issues.…

I Love This Sims Costume

So good. Might have to steal this idea for Friday… via Reddit

Tips For Playing Sunset Overdrive

Well hello there, fellow denizens of the awesomepocalypse. Looking forward to firing up Sunset Overdrive on your Xbox One in the near future? As I noted in my review: this can be a really great game, but appreciating it requires some extra legwork. Here are some tips to help you get there. Have A Lot…

Sunset Overdrive: The Kotaku Review

“I started this game collecting trash,” my character quipped late in Sunset Overdrive, “and now I’m collecting trash again.” She was defending a makeshift boat that was trying to escape the zombie-infested wasteland of Sunset City. It was a thrilling chase scene. So why were we collecting trash in the middle of it? Well, see:…

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

Dying In Sunset Overdrive Is Pretty Goofy

Dying a horrible death in a video game is usually, well, horrible. If only there was some way to add a little style and grace to the whole process. What’s that you say, Sunset Overdrive? You think you can make being eaten by a horde of unsightly mutants downright charming? Well, we’ll have to see…

The Orcs Of Mordor Are Having A Bad Day

Even since the game got its snazzy new photo editor, Shadow of Mordor fans have been doing their best to capture the game’s ultraviolence in all its gruesome glory. But what about all those quiet, sentimental moments that unfold in the midst of all the orc-killing? Sauron’s forces have feelings too, you know. YouTuber Bart…

​Your PC Must Be Très Magnifique For Assassin’s Creed Unity

The next big Assassin’s Creed game, Unity, looks like it’s going to be very pretty and very French. Both are good things in my book—though given that I can’t actually speak French and my last name is “LeJacq,” I might be a tad biased. There’s one thing we can all agree on, however: its PC…

Looks Like Somebody’s Got A Hankering For Talion Meat

Ah, Shadow of Mordor orcs. So silly. And also so, so creepy when they want to be. Reddit user ootinii captured this particularly…vivid taunt from a nemesis I have yet to come across in my own orc-slaying adventures. I’d put it right up there with insane giggling as one of the most unsettling ways an…

Shadow of Mordor is adding some new epic runes and an alternate skin that lets you dress up as Sauron’s Black Hand, publisher Warner Bros. announced today. Keep in mind you only look like the villain—you’re not actually gaining evil powers. The free update is out now for the Xbox One, with PS4 and PC…

How To Get Rid Of The Evil Within’s Pesky Black Bars On PC

The Evil Within is one of those horror games that goes for a cinematic vibe, which can be irritating for some gamers who feel restricted by its field of view. The good news is that modders have already rigged up several solutions to this problem. The bad news is they only work on PCs for…

This Final Fantasy VI Wu-Tang Clan Mash-Up Is Weird And Wonderful

If you’re wondering what this image is, yes: it’s a silhouette of a chocobo with the iconic Wu-Tang “W” cut out. And yes, that can only mean one thing: someone finally mashed up key verses from the Wu-Tang Clan with songs from Final Fantasy VI. The end result is about as whacky as you’d expect.…

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s PC system requirements have now been revealed on the game’s Steam page. Unsurprisingly, the game is a meaty one—requiring 55 GB of free hard drive space and 6GB of RAM for its minimum requirements. Read the full list of specs below. Also: keep in mind, these are the minimum requirements.…