Screw Kimmel, I’m Streaming Some Metal Gear Solid V [UPDATE: Done]

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…

Tips For Playing Metal Gear Solid V

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…

Mad Max: The Kotaku Review

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…

Layers of Fear Is The One of The Biggest Horror Surprises of The Year

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…

Barkley 2 Gets Even More Absurd With Turn-Based Basketball

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…

Free iOS Game You Should Try: Sage Solitaire

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…

How Microtransactions Actually Work In Metal Gear Solid V

Last week, the website GameSpot reported that there was a paywall on Metal Gear Solid V’s PVP mode. Turns out that’s not true. Let’s cut through the misinformation and clear up exactly how Konami is trying to get your money here. Anyone playing through the newest Metal Gear will eventually unlock a feature called Forward…

Smite‘s Latest God Brings The Eye Nipples

Unwilling to concede defeat after being decapitated by the Yellow Emperor, Chinese warrior-poet Xing Tian battled on, using his nipples for eyes and his bellybutton as a mouth, as you do. The eye-nippled champion arrives in the PC version of Hi-Rez Studios’ god-powered MOBA today via the Indomitable Spirit update, which also nerfs my giant…

Awesome Zerg Cosplayer Rushes Terran Convention

One of the most impressive cosplays at this year’s Otakuthon in Montréal, Canada was Starcraft-related. But this time it wasn’t a Kerrigan or other similar costume we usually see at conventions, but an incredibly well-made zerg Hydralisk. Starcraft’s iconic ranged, snake-like unit is anything but humanoid, so walking around in a costume like this would…

Diablo III’s New Hardest Difficulty Looks Brutal

Diablo III’s latest patch is now live, and among other things, it introduced four new difficulty levels to the game. While Torment VI wasn’t that tough, the new hardest setting, Torment X, when played properly, makes the game look like a bullet hell shmup instead of a hack and slash RPG. Here’s a two-minute example,…

That’s some damn good pixel art Looks straight out of a high-quality RPG—even though it’s not: it’s “merely” an isometric, 23-color piece done by DeviantArt’s noaqh. You can check out his other pixel art scenes over here, in his gallery folder Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…

Ace Attorney 6 Was Just Announced

Well, Capcom is making a new Ace Attorney game. To be more precise, it’s making the sixth Ace Attorney in the main series. Details are scant, but according to Famitsu, the latest numbered entry will feature a new game system that enables quicker gameplay. The 3DS game will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game…