Final Fantasy XV‘s New Demo Is Delightful

Nearly three years ago, while showcasing what we now know was a game that had barely even started development, the people behind Final Fantasy XV demonstrated a flashy fight between the hero Noctis and a Final Fantasy stalwart, the hulking Iron Giant. We only got bits and pieces of the battle, but what we saw…

Modders Take Ark: Survival Evolved To The Moon

Part of what’s made Ark: Survival Evolved such a big hit is the blend of Stone Age tropes and resource gathering. Players feel like they’re surviving by their wits. Would the same mechanics feel as good on the moon? A new mod aims to give players the chance. Ark: Moon Survival is a conversion mod…

Late Night McDonald’s Visit Turns Into Touching Tale Of Love, Loss And Redemption

Twitter user Josh Raby went to his local McDonald’s drive thru at 1 AM to get himself a milkshake. What he received was a dramatic tale of love, loss and redemption that began with “Holy shit hello, you are at McDonald’s.” While we at Snacktaku are on top of all things taste and texture related…

Dark Souls 3: The Kotaku Review

Including Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 marks the third Souls game in as many years. Dark Souls 2 was disappointing, so is Dark Souls 3 a return to form? Mostly. Playing From Software’s Souls games used to feel like joining a private club. Now, nearly seven years after Demon’s Souls, the games are played by millions.…

AVADirect Avant P870DM-G Laptop Review: What A Difference A Desktop GPU Makes

Gaming on a laptop normally requires a sacrifice of graphics power for form factor. AVADirect’s Avant P870DM-G gaming laptop houses a Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 desktop GPU, and it makes a hell of a difference. While the Avant is on the thicker and heavier side of the gaming laptop spectrum, weighing more than 10 pounds…

My Quest To Kidnap Every Guard In Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

My parents didn’t like video games; I was forbidden from playing them when I was growing up. So, most of the “games” I played as a kid were demos. I learned to get a lot out of those abbreviated pieces of video games, developing a taste for playing the same content over and over again,…

Players Keep Finding Secret New Fatalities in Mortal Kombat X

Fighting game enthusiasts have been going over Mortal Kombat X with a fine-toothed comb ever since the game’s first iteration almost a year ago. Tons of secrets and easter eggs have been discovered but fresh ones keep popping up. It’s been one big gory treasure hunt. NetherRealm have pumped out a bunch of periodic updates…

World of Warcraft Is Getting New Challenge Modes, Similar To Diablo‘s

A new, revamped Challenge Mode is coming to dungeons in World of Warcraft: Legion, with multiple difficulty levels and some really nasty affixes. It’s something similar to Diablo III’s Greater Rifts. Right now players can run 5-man dungeons on Normal, Heroic and Mythic difficulties. These are all relatively easy once you have the gear and…

Ratchet & Clank Strikes A Perfect Balance Between Old And New

In the middle of my second play through of Ratchet & Clank I realized the re-imagined version had begun to infect my memories of the original, and I was okay with that. The realization actually began on my second trip to Planet Veldin, where the Lombax with dreams of high adventure first encounters the reject…

Tetris, Running On A Tiny LCD

Besides Doom, Tetris is one game that gets all kinds of silly ports all the time. Enthusiast Numeric compressed the game into a 10×16 frame and made it work on a very tiny character display. A number of these displays let users upload custom characters, and if someone’s into coding in C, and has an…

Codemasters Acquires Recently Shut Down Driveclub Studio

Codemasters, the British publisher and developer behind the F1 and Dirt racing series, among a long list of other games, is joining forces with DriveClub’s recently shut down developer, Evolution Studios. In addition to Codemasters taking on “most” of the studios’ staff, former Evolution Group Director Mike Hocking will also become the company’s new VP…

Minecraft Times Square Is Way Less Crowded

And, since the Minecraft version of Times Square is not an absolute clustereff of pedestrians, you get to hang around and enjoy the sights. Yay! Built by PlanetMinecraft’s qq1394236817 for a larger city map, this recreation needs a little bit of tweaking to run on your copy Minecraft. By default, when you download the map,…

Gears Of War 4: The First Trailer

It’s time for Gears of War: Son Of Marcus Fenix Sorry Mike, no more statues of Marcus in this debut trailer for the game. But we do get a continuation of the series’ penchant for covers (complete with bad timing), so there’s…that. To refresh, some gameplay was shown off at E3 last year Gears of…

Remember, Gal Gadot isn’t the only Wonder Woman around. This is cosplay superstar Meagan Marie, and while the outfit isn’t new (it’s a spotlight feature in *PLUG* our cosplay book*END PLUG*), this is still a great new image from Kayhettin