Destiny’s story has been a punchline since the game came out. Story? What story? Destiny has a story? Good joke! And yeah, okay, yeah. Fair enough. This article was originally published on September 1, 2015. Of course, there is a lot of careful world-building going on in Destiny. You just wouldn’t know it from playing…
For nearly twenty years now, the Metal Gear Solid franchise has featured some of the most iconic characters and design in the business. As we say goodbye to Hideo Kojima’s involvement with the series—and maybe the series itself—I figured today was a good time to look back on the best of Metal Gear’s art. Most…
The desert soldier Azir has been a powerful presence for much of League of Legends’ current season, with the mage being picked or banned in practically every major tournament game. Now little more than a month away from the World Championship, Riot is finally knocking the guy down a peg. To those unfamiliar: Azir is…
Sony’s announced the big features coming to PlayStation 4’s upcoming 3.00 firmware update, and there’s lots to get excited about. PlayStation Blog has the details, revealing the firmware’s internal codename was “Kenshin.” There’s no release date yet, unfortunately, but it should be before the end of the year. The most exciting additions include streaming to…
Silent Hills might be dead, but Kojima sure as hell ain’t letting the memory fade away. Earlier this year, we caught a glimpse of a P.T. easter egg that allowed Metal Gear Solid players to use Lisa, P.T.’s infamous ghost, as a distraction against enemies. But that’s not the only Silent Hills shout-out in the…
Maybe you’ll like Mad Max more than Kotaku’s Chris Suellentrop did, and if you’re gonna be playing on the PC, I’ve got some good news. Warner Bros.’ track record with the PC lately is not so great. While Shadow of Mordor was excellent, Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Knight were both trainwrecks. With Batman,…
Here you can see two King Leorics cast their giant-tomb-summoning ults so they cinch together perfectly, creating a closed rectangle that looks very scary to be stuck inside. Is this the Heroes of the Storm equivalent of a WWE “Hell In A Cell” cage match, as xWretchedWorldx described it on Reddit? Yes. Yes it is.
Track: Power | Artist: Kanye West | Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
A quick reminder, in case you have a few gold chests left to find. A little while back, Bungie announced that all year-one Destiny players who complete a series of challenges in the game would earn an exclusive emblem that they could lord over all the rookies who’ll join up when the Taken King expansion…
Kindred Spirits on the Roof is a game about two ghosts who are eternally bound to a school—and the only way they can finally rest in peace is if they get to bone each other. Really. Steam has gotten a number of erotic games like this over the past year, many of which have been…
Rage messages. Friendly connections. Outrageous stories. Scams. Duel invitations. We’d love to hear your stories, see your videos, or laugh at your screenshots of outstanding video game messages you’ve gotten from other players, if you’ll share them with us. You can comment on this very post or email me at [email protected] with your story, I’ll…
Last night, the storied American League of Legends team Cloud9 (C9) beat Team Liquid 3-1 in a best of five tournament match, securing themselves a spot in the upcoming World Championship in the process. Doing so completed one of the greatest comebacks in League eSports history. The North American League of Legends Championship Series finals…
Let’s stream some Metal Gear Solid V. Eat it, Jimmy Kimmel For the next hour or two, I’ll be playing through a couple of side-ops and showing off a lot of the gameplay in the fifth Metal Gear Solid. I’m going to do my best to avoid spoilers, so we’ll stick to side-ops and non-critical…
So you just woke up from a nine-year coma, you’re missing an arm, and there’s a giant horn implanted in your forehead. Whatcha gonna do? Whether you’re a series newcomer or an experienced Metal Gear Solid cut-scene watcher, allow us to give you some helpful tips for getting the most out of Metal Gear Solid…
A little more than 10 years ago, not long after I quit my job to become a freelance writer, a colleague warned me that sometimes the work could be grueling and unrewarding. “I want to talk to you when you’re writing a story only for money,” he said. It took a decade, but I finally…
Last year, game developers Bloober Team released one of the worst rated titles on the PS4. This year, they’re back with a horror game with a very unusual premise—and it’s actually pretty damn good. Layers of Fear is an early access Steam game where you play as a painter who has gone mad in his…
I expect weirdness from the sequel to Barkley Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden, but even I was taken aback by the discovery of a turn-based basketball mini-game. We recently learned the Kickstarter-funded sequel won’t arrive until early 2016, but a playable version was being shown over the weekend at PAX Prime in Seattle. The line…
The two men arrested at the Pokémon World Championships last month for unlicensed gun possession will be held without bail for the next four months. After reviewing the threats they made online, the judge decided they posed a danger and could not be let out on bail, as the AP reports
My go-to mobile game for time-filling fun used to be Drop 7. Then it was Threes. These days it’s Sage Solitaire, a new riff on solitaire from the ever-interesting developer Zach Gage. I’m making pairs, straights and flushes, often while listening to a podcast. I’m hooked! The game’s default mode is free, and it’s fun…
If you’ve been jealous of folks playing Star Wars: Battlefront in the game’s private alpha, EA’s announced the game’s beta will begin sometime in early October. The beta will also mark the debut of a new, mysterious game mode called Drop Zone. Contact the author at [email protected]
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