Co-op Half-Life Comes to Steam on Friday

Sven Co-op, the now 17-year-old Half-Life co-op mod, is getting its standalone Steam release on the 22nd—this Friday. It’ll launch as a free download with several maps, including the original Half-Life campaign, reworked for the mod’s newest version. First announced in summer 2013, this Steam release also marks the arrival of the 5.0 version of…

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The Original Captain America Is Coming Back

Right now, there’s only one Captain America flying through the skies of Marvel’s mainline comic-book universe. But later this year, the original super-soldier will be back in the red-white-and-blue. And don’t worry about current shield-wielder Sam Wilson; he’ll sticking around. That’s right: two Caps at the same time. Tonight’s news coincided with a TV special…

Japan Won WW2, And Now Rules America With Giant Mechs

United States of Japan is an upcoming novel that the author says is a “spiritual successor” to Philip K Dick’s classic The Man In The High Castle. Only, instead of the Japanese and Germans sharing the US in the 1960s, Japan is the sole oppressor, and they’re lording it over America with an army of…

Shadow of Mordor Orc Starts Retreating Way Too Late

Today on Highlight Reel we have loads of kills, hammer time, sick rocket mopeds, cowardly uruks, and 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. Halo 5…

Steam Achievement Reminds Players That They’ve Failed Completely

I just got annihilated by a boss monster in a time somewhere between “the blink of an eye” and “the memory span of a newborn goldfish.” I should be fuming. Instead, I’m grinning like an idiot. The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a new Steam undersea action-adventure game in which you, the last…

Pacifist Call Of Duty Player Refuses To Shoot The Bad Guys

Kent Sheely is playing through the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, only he’s doing it with one very strict rule: no killing. OK, so it’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s the gist: An attempt to play through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without killing anyone. The rules are I’m only allowed…

15 Small Things GTA IV Does Better Than GTA V

Grand Theft Auto games are all about attention to detail. A million little things come together to form the massive simulations we’ve come to know and love—and it’s fascinating to look at what, specifically, goes into defining a GTA space. CrowbCat has a comparison video that pits GTA V against GTA IV, and in doing…

Mario Maker Level Named After ‘Unsolvable’ Math Problem Lives Up To Its Name

I’ve watched a Super Mario Maker player by the name of ReflectivistFox play through a stage called Fermat’s Last Theorem twice now. It takes nearly eight minutes, involves an unthinkable number of perfectly calculated moves and jumps, and I can’t fathom the patience it took for ReflectivistFox to figure it out. The level’s author, Mr_Enzyme,…

Fallout 4 Mod Makes Preston Garvey Chill The Fuck Out

The most annoying thing about Fallout 4 has finally been fixed, courtesy of modders. Thank god. If you’ve played Fallout 4, then you’re probably well-acquainted with the nightmare that is Preston Garvey’s endless settlement quests. It’s always the same: you save one shitty settlement, only to be instantly tasked with defending another crappy settlement where…

Arkham Knight’s Best DLC Moment Gives Batman an Impossible Choice

I saved the Ra’s Al Ghul mission in Arkham Knight’s Season of Infamy expansion because I had high expectations. My reward was one of the best moments from any Batman video game. I never believed that Batman would kill the Joker. However, I’ve always believed that, under the right circumstances, Batman would kill Ra’s Al…

Mad Max-Themed Counter-Strike Map Has Cars, Furious Roads

Counter-Strike plus drivable cars, customizable bases, and lots and lots of sand? This is no ordinary custom map. RealFreemanTV posted a teaser of CTX and Jarro’s CSGO: Truck Wars map, which they describe as an homage to Mad Max. It definitely looks the part. Basically, the goal of each match is to fortify your base…

Oxenfree: The Kotaku Review

Teens, alone on an island, unearthing malevolent spirits. Beers and bonfires on the beach, and a dramatic game of Truth or Dare. Ghostly voices over the radio, and an abandoned military base with a secret. These are the potent ingredients of Oxenfree, a sharp, spooky new adventure game that you should totally check out. Here’s…

10 Ways To Make Your Favorite Games Feel New Again

Games have rules. It’s sort of their “thing.” But just because a game suggests you’re supposed to play it one way doesn’t mean you can’t come up with some rules of your own. Whether you do it consciously or not, you probably restrict the way you play games. Maybe you force yourself to live with…