In Rainbow Six Siege, you’re never completely safe. Case in point: in this GIF by uhmsay, an enemy is hunkered down with the (reviled by many) riot shield and heavy armor in a difficult-to-breach room. And yet, their death is still swift and brutal. The lesson? When in doubt, reinforce the floor. And here’s the…

The Rick and Morty Version of Pokémon Is Brilliant 

Pocket Mortys is a shameless rip-off of Pokémon —but that’s exactly what makes it so good, too. There are no cute monsters to collect in this mobile (iOS, Android) game. Instead, Pocket Mortys riffs off the fiction of Rick and Morty itself. Thanks to the show, we know that there are many different universes with…

What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

It’s clear enough that a lot of us here at Kotaku liked Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The game earned a positive review and a spot on our best of 2015 list. All the same, our three biggest Assassin’s Creed nerds had yet to sit down and talk it out. As we did with Assassin’s Creed III,…

Heroes Reborn Is A Garbage TV Show But Damn It’s Got A Cool Game

For a single season, Heroes was a fun TV show. Somehow, it stayed on for another three seasons, but I didn’t stick around to find out why. The equally boring Heroes Reborn reboot is on its way out, bringing with it yet another surprisingly good tie-in game that makes great use of the license. Wait,…

The New Star Trek Game Is Great at Fan Service, Bad At Being Fun

Weaving Star Trek characters from all different eras and realities into one galaxy-spanning game is a wonderful thing. Wrapping that concept around a twisted mass of free-to-play mechanics and bugs is not. In these days of Star Wars fever, I proudly identify as a Star Trek fan. I’ve watched every episode of each television series,…

Unstoppable Destiny Player Goes Solo In Trials Without Dying

These days, people are running out of things to do in Destiny, a video game where players travel through space trying to overcome their Destiny malaise. So what can a godly PVP player do to occupy his time? Well, if you’re Ramblinnn, you tell your Trails of Osiris teammates to leave so you can go…

Seven Public Domain Books That Would Make Great Games

Once a work enters the public domain, it is no longer subject to copyright laws. A publisher can print their own edition of the Beatrix Potter books, a filmmaker can make a film of any of Shakespeare’s plays, and a game developer can adapt any of the characters, scenes, or even whole stories from public…

How Not To Complete Your Dragon Ball Cosplay 

Let’s be honest. All you actually need are an orange Turtle School gi and some spiky hair to complete your Dragon Ball cosplay. You do not need a mini-segway, hoverboard, whatever. According to ETToday, a man in a Dragon Ball costume was spotted riding a Flying Nimbusthrough the Taipei streets. In the above photo, he…

These Bare-Assed Birds Would Be Great in a Shooter

As far as I know, there isn’t a class-based multiplayer shooter with bare-assed birds like these. But dammit, there should be. Japanese Twitter user Takio-chan, who now works as a CG graphic designer, recently uploaded these character models, which were done while in vocational school. [Image: Takio-chan] [Image: Takio-chan] [Image: Takio-chan] No wonder they’ve been…

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…