How To Trick Dying Light Into Giving You Loads Of Money [UPDATE]

Dying Light is a game with a lot of loot and a lot of grinding. If you’re looking for an easy way around its loot grind to maximize your time spent killing zombies for fun and fun alone, fear not: players have uncovered a handy exploit to do just that. UPDATE: Techland keeps patching this…

Dad Says He’s Mourning His Son; WoW Community Rushes To Help

Everyone deals with death in different ways. For one man, the best way to navigate a son’s death was to try to dive into his son’s interests. Yesterday, a post on Reddit popped up that described a father’s recent dive into World of Warcraft—a game that his son loved, but that he was having trouble…

Spotify is coming to PlayStation, Sony just announced. It’ll replace Music Unlimited on both PS3 and PS4 starting in a few months. More details over on the PlayStation Blog

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Archer! In Speed Painting Form! • Tears to Tiara 2Impressions: Crouching TRPG, Hidden VN • Elihu’s Four in February 2015: Prologue • Ani-TAY’s OP/ED A Day Initiative – Week 2, Week 3, Week 4 • Spacemon – A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 4 TAY Classic—TAY…

Sure Seems Like The Newest Metal Gear Lets You Smoke Weed

Here’s a small detail that seems to have slipped everyone’s radar. Like many Metal Gear Solid games, the Phantom Pain lets you smoke. Only this time, the game says that the cigar contains a “medicinal herb.” While this “medicinal herb” could be just about anything, The Game Theorists argue that the fact the herb alters…

Reptile Returns In Mortal Kombat X, And He’s So Dreamy

The tongue, the acid spit, the evisceration — so adorable. The very first secret Mortal Kombat character is the latest combatant revealed for Mortal Kombat X. How far our little palette-swap has come since his clandestine Mortal Kombat debut. From hidden character with a combination of Sub-Zero and Scorpion’s powers to his own person or…

The Harsh Reality of Questing In RPGs

Accepting and completing a quest doesn’t always go as smoothly as planned. As DarkLegacyComics’ latest points out, it would be different than real life, thanks to quest logs and their limited capabilities. And while everything is accurate here—for example World of Warcraft‘s quest log can only hold up to 25 quests at a time—that reward…

Smash Bros. Characters Turned Into Gorgeous Pixel Art

We’ve seen how amazing Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver is at demaking characters from any video game into colorful sprites. His latest project, to draw every Smash Bros. character in the style of classic 2D fighters, is a big one. It’s an ongoing project, so be sure to check his Tumblr for more, but it’s already hard…

So Far, Nosgoth’s Team-Based Vampire Battles Feel Surprisingly Fun

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Nosgoth. In all honesty I only loaded up the beta because it was free and my love for Soul Reaver is strong. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK A few evenings later and I find myself returning to it because I want to, and not just because I need…

The First Sushi Restaurant on a Japanese College Campus

You’d think that Japan would have more sushi restaurants on school campuses. But nope, this appears to be the first of its kind in the country. Called Osakana Club Hama, the sushi restaurant is located on the University of Tokyo’s Kashiwanoha Campus in Chiba. Originally, it was located in Tokyo’s Nakano near one of the…

I guess when your game has lynx kittens, it makes sense to call your new trailer “Cuteness in Shelter 2.” Might and Delight’s follow-up to their first adventure-survival game, this time starring a lynx mom and her four kittens, is currently set to arrive on PC in February. Trailer’s above, enjoy.

Nintendo Still Profitable, Has Sold 50 Million 3DS Consoles to Date

Nintendo’s financial results for the October-December 2014 quarter are in, and they’re showing numbers reminiscent of the the ones we saw last time, which is good. The company reports an operating income of 31.8 billion yen (~$270 million) for this quarter, which puts their running total for the financial year at an operating profit of…

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