A Tragic Story Of Two Best Friends Who Loved Dark Souls

When Dark Souls makes adults weep into their hands, it’s usually because of the game’s brutal difficulty. But reddit user TartarusRex0707_ recently lost his best friend, and shared a touching story of their bonding over Dark Souls (Again, you can read the whole post here, if you’d like.) “My best friend and I were Dark…

Two Of The Greatest Games Of All Time Hit New 3DS Today

Nintendo’s handling of the Virtual Console has been, by any measure, horrendous. But they’ve still got the rights to some of the greatest games ever made, including Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid, which both come out for New 3DS today. Also on the docket is Donkey Kong Country 2, which isn’t…

Super Mario Bros. World Record Beaten With Near-Perfect Run

There’s a new world record for beating Super Mario Bros. quickly—and it may be the fastest possible time that a human can achieve. That’s why Darbian, the man behind the new record, is now hanging up his hat. Earlier this month we actually profiled Darbian and his quest to get a “perfect” run of Super…

Podcast: Final Fantasy XV Has Our Hopes Up

Everyone is sick on this week’s JRPG-packed episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, but hey, that’s just part of the fun. Today we’re talking about Final Fantasy XV and the newest demo, which isn’t so great as a standalone experience but makes for a tantalizing taste of what’s coming later this year. (God I hope it’s good.)…

When Counter-Strike Meets Fallout, Everybody Dies

Counter-Strike is a game of hair-trigger reflexes, twine-thin seconds that stretch like eons. Fallout’s VATS system actually is that. Time literally slows down, and you get to pick shots to maximize strategic potential and/or head-exploding-ness. Westracer combined the two in a snazzily edited video, and the result is a fast, funny ride: It’s a shame…

The Village Is The Biggest Official LEGO Minecraft Set Going

Coming June 1, the LEGO Minecraft Village is a $199 box containing 1,600 pieces used to create something an 11-year-old could create on their computer in an hour. Plus it comes with an enderman, which is somehow scarier in LEGO form. Look at this beautiful box filled with fabulous prizes. It’s the sort of box…

That’s One Way To Play Overwatch

Blizzard’s shooter isn’t even out, yet some folks already found ways to play the game absolutely unintended ways. Instead of chasing each other on the map, these players have set up a silly orb deflecting mini-game. It’s a reminder of Team Fortress 2 days and Pyro Airblasts. Symmetra is firing her orb to the ninja…

Korean StarCraft II Players Sure Know How To Hide Their Identity

Using lower case Ls and capitalized Is to create barcode names to remain anonymous sort of became a trend in competitive StarCraft II, and sometimes it results in perfect ladder moments like this one above. Currently almost everyone in the Korean top 100 and everyone, except the number one player, in the Korean top 20…

Blizzard Hit By Multiple DDoS Attacks

Players couldn’t log into games like World of Warcraft and Diablo III for several hours last night thanks to a series of DDoS attacks that flooded Blizzard’s servers, the developer said. Blizzard says they’ve since thwarted the problem, though some login issues could linger this morning. DDoS, which stands for Distributed Denial of Service, refers…

When Kerbal Space Program Hype Reaches Dangerous Levels

Pictured above: a flying revolver destroying a locomotive, in a creative expression of one’s hype towards Kerbal Space Program’s big upcoming 1.1 patch Made by redditor JeanTheDragon, the winged gun was an answer to a series of Hype Trains posted to the KSP subreddit in anticipation to the update. Here’s one such train, created by…

No, thank you, Animal Crossing Today marks the 15th anniversary of the original Animal Crossing’s release on the N64 in Japan. To celebrate, Nintendo put together this cute retrospective video.

Cities: Skyline City Destroyed By A Tidal Wave Of Shit

This was once a bustling Cities: Skylines metropolis of 200,000 people. Now everyone is dead. As you’ll see below, flawless128 built a giant sewage mountain/pool, filled it with poop water then unleashed it upon the city. The resulting sewnami is a thing of devastation, yes, but also beauty. (via PC Gamer)

Two Oculus-Exclusive Titles Can Now Run On The Vive

Any game you play on the HTC Vive will work with the Oculus Rift. But the Rift has some games that are supposed to only run on Facebook’s VR headset. Or, should I say, had Revive, currently in alpha, is “a proof-of-concept compatibility layer between the Oculus SDK and OpenVR”. It basically means that, in…

Sandstorms, Segregation, And Other Challenges Of Running A Women’s Video Game Convention In Saudi Arabia

When people talk bustling gaming scenes, Saudi Arabia is not the first place that comes to mind. It does, however, have one, and it’s growing slowly but surely, despite geographical hurdles and cultural stigma. GCON is the first ever women’s video game convention in the country. Running it has been… difficult. Tasneem Salim is one…