Final Fantasy XV Demo Players Are Finding Things They’re Not Supposed To

The only thing better than a lengthy demo of a game people have been waiting nine years to play? Breaking it. Turns out, escaping from Square’s big bad demo barrier is actually pretty easy. You just have to, er, get hit by a car. Observe, in this video from Based Squall: After that, you can…

Ever wonder how many skulls there are in each part of the mines in that one Heroes of the Storm map? Reddit’s MGTakedown just broke the answer down with a handy and simple illustration. Now go do the MOBA thing of memorizing all those numbers and then raging at your teammates for failing to do…

The Future Of StarCraft II

StarCraft II‘s final expansion is right around the corner. The end—some kind of end—is in sight. What happens afterward, though? While Blizzard’s definitely going to pull the curtain closed on StarCraft II‘s multi-part story (a major component of the two major expansion packs), the plan is to keep updating for a lengthy span of time…

Veteran Game Designer Canceling Ports After Atari Legal Challenge

If you were looking forward to playing Jeff Minter’s Tempest-inspired TxK on a platform besides Vita, keep waiting. For now, Minter is relenting to Atari’s demands. Minter revealed yesterday that Atari had been hassling him about TxK, claiming the Tempest 2000 designer was infringing on Atari’s copyrights with TxK. When the news spread, the two…

​The Problem With League Of Legends’ Lore

Keeping track of lore in a MOBA often seems as valuable as watching porn for the story, to quote one recent critic of League of Legends’ latest character reveal. I tend to agree. But YouTuber Gnarsies makes a good case for why having terrible lore really does matter—even for a seemingly plotless gaming genre. Watch…

Speedrunner Misses Beating His Own Ocarina of Time Record By Two Seconds

“No, no, no, no,” said the speedrunner, as he realized his last-second mistake. Speedrunner ZFG holds the world record for beating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time under the 100% speedrun condition, clocking in at four hours, 25 minutes, and 25 seconds. 100% of Ocarina of Time means tracking down and obtaining all health…

It’s early days for VR, which means there aren’t many games to get excited about. EVE: Valkryie, however, in one of the few “real” games coming. I’ve always loved my time with the game, and the newest trailer shows how the atmosphere is coming together. It looks gorgeous You can reach the author of this…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: It’s Not A Nintendo Hybrid, It’s A Nintendo Ecosystem • Sunless Sea: How I Consistently Fail to Resist its Sirens Call• Trainime Reviews: Caboose Edition • Indie HYPE: The Flame in the Flood • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Ch. 18, Ch. 19 TAY Classic—TAY…

StarCraft II  Mod Swaps Unit Abilities, Makes Everything Confusing

“RaceSwap” is an awesome, yet confusing mod where all three factions of StarCraft II get retextured to look and act like a different faction. Protoss units and buildings now look Terran, while Terran looks like Zerg and Zerg looks like Protoss. Even if you are familiar with the game, with blinking Marauders and flying Hatcheries,…

Poll: Anime That Are Better Than the Original Manga

Often when you see an anime, you might think the original manga was better. But do you ever feel the reverse is true? That the anime is more interesting than the source material? A recent Japanese poll asked just that. According to website My Navi, five hundred adult men and women were asked which anime…

Get Rich Beating People Up in Yakuza 0

Yakuza 0 rewards you for beating the crap out of street thugs and gangsters in the form of gobs of cash. Gobs and gobs of cash. The story of Yakuza 0 takes place in Japan in the 1980’s. History lesson time, kids! Back in the 80’s, Japan was enjoying an economic bubble the likes of…