Years Later, Fans Are Still Trying To Fix Aliens: Colonial Marines

To recap: Colonial Marines was shit. But where Gearbox and friends failed, a very dedicated fan is still plugging away trying to make things right. TemplarGFX is working on something called ACM Overhaul, which seeks to, well, overhaul much of the game’s content and either replace it or make it work better. That means new…

UFC 2 Fighter Gets The Physics Knocked Out Of Him

Today in Highlight Reel we have devastating knockouts, DOOM streaks, Star Wars dunks and much, much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below UFC 2 – double…

The Force Awakens On Game Consoles

Like the Force, there is a light side and a dark side of purchasing a digital copy of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on your PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. The light side involves the iconic fanfare and a jovial BB-8 rolling across the screen. And the dark side is the PlayStation 4. No fun…

Cosplay Photographers Are Tired Of People Stealing Their Work

Judging by how often you see them in the course of a day, cosplay photos must be some of the most valuable items on the internet. It’s a shame, then, that the people actually responsible for them get so little credit (or reward) for taking and starring in them. Whether it’s Twitter accounts posting “Sexy…

VR Talk Show Is Awkward And Amazing

The first episode of The Foo Show, a virtual reality-based talk show hosted by Tested’s Will Smith, begins with a trio of gawky avatars sitting around discussing the game Firewatch. Then they step inside, and it’s pretty magical. Smith and his guests, Campo Santo’s Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman, move jerkily about like old Thunderbird…

I Think You Mean “Loss,” Street Fighter V

Subnautica Developer Explains Why He Won’t Add Guns To The Game

Underwater survival game Subnautica has a lot of things that can kill you. As has long been a point of contention among players, you can’t do much to kill things back. This weekend, one of the game’s developers revealed the reasoning behind Subnautica’s lack of lethal weapons. Charlie Cleveland, Subnautica’s game director, responded to a…

Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, the mobile version of the game that first appeared on browsers in 2013, will be heading to North America on April 7 It’ll be available for iOS and Android devices.

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Am I Wasting My 20s With Her?

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that also protects Hell’s Kitchen with anti-gentrification fists of justice. This week, we’re going into our heads to unfuck our emotions. How do you make sure that you’re not going to wake up in the future and realize you wasted your 20s? How…

Finally, A Great Trailer For A Virtual Reality Game

It is notoriously difficult to convey what a virtual reality video game looks and feels like to people who aren’t wearing virtual reality goggles. This trailer for Vive launch game Fantastic Contraption, however, nearly nails it. The mixed-reality video from indie trailer maker Kert Gartner inserts live-action footage of a person playing the gizmo-building VR…

There’s Something Not Quite Right About The New DOOM

I hadn’t even finished downloading the beta on Friday when the first messages began flooding in. “If the campaign for the new Doom is anywhere near the quality of the multiplayer beta, then that’s the franchise over,” the most scathing take read. This post originally appeared 4/3/16 on Kotaku Australia It wasn’t that bad. But…

Donald Trump Tweets A Terrible Campaign Ad That Rips Off Mass Effect

I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my least favorite racist on the Citadel. Continuing his tendency to Tweet absolutely anything,no matter how ridiculous, Donald Trump recently shared the following video with his 7.3 million followers: Yes, that is Mass Effect music and voice acting throughout the ad, which appropriately ends with a title card reading…

15 Minutes of Uncharted 4’s Beautiful Madagascar Level

Surprising absolutely no one, Uncharted 4 continues to look amazing. Naughty Dog released a new chunk Uncharted 4 footage today, and though it’s brief, you can spot all sorts of cool details within: Some highlights… The mud physics! They’re great. Naturally, trying to drive your car up a very muddy incline is difficult, if not…

The Great Wars Of EVE Online

EVE Online is a complicated game full of politics, subterfuge, and grand-scale wars. Factions rise and fall, corporations are overthrown, and you don’t have to play the game to know that a lot of what’s going on in it is really cool. Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online by…

A 3D Legend Of Zelda Tribute You Can Play In Your Browser

Or at least while it lasts. A pair going by Scott and Mike are well on their way to creating a playable voxel-based The Legend of Zelda in honor of the game’s 30th anniversary. Hosted at Zelda30Tribute.com (via Nintendo Life), the fan recreation is built entirely in WebGL, mixing 3D voxels with the music, sound…

Snacktaku Eats Honey, Chili And Coffee Peanut M&Ms

This fall M&Ms is adding one of three new peanut flavors to its lineup. Much like the presidential race, they’re asking folks to eat each one and vote for which tastes best. Which one gets my vote? Originally published 4/3/2016 Now I may not know much about how the American political process works, but I…

A More Mature Super Mario

Super Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom becomes a dark world with some intimidating enemies in artist Sylvain Sarrailh’s fantastic fan-art. The top pic’s set in a crystal cave, while this second one looks like one of the first stages of any Mario game. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]