Making A Destiny Helmet Seems Like A Grind

Prop maker Gary Sterley has put this video together showing the amount of work that goes into just one aspect of making a quality Destiny helmet. So, yeah, if you’ve ever wondered why it’s so expensive to buy one of these custom pieces, now you know. Labour costs The timelapse shots are handy! If only…

H1Z1 Players Have Created An Actual Fight Club

You know the first rule of fight club, don’t you? Well, these H1Z1 players broke it a bunch. But in the process, they herded other hapless players into a tooth-and-nail brawl to the death, and I’d like to think that having a fight club at all is more important than remembering to not talk about…

Joystiq, an essential read for many years for gamers interested in gaming news, shut down today, a victim of cost-cutting by parent company AOL as it gets folded into Engadget. All of us at Kotaku wish the entire Joystiq team the very best. Read Joystiq editor Ludwig Kietzmann’s farewell.

​What Are You Playing This February?

It’s February! That magical month where we all start to feel like maybe winter will end… and then the weather turns, and it’s super awful and dark and cold again. Last month I forgot about this post and wound up running it in the middle of the month, but I’m determined to get us all…

Vietnam Contra Game Is A Huge Bummer

Aliens! You can always feel good about killing aliens! Too bad imaginary Contra clone Hanoi Strike is set duringthe Vietnam War. It’s a different kind of hard. The soul-crushing kind. Modern war games like Spec Ops: The Line have tried to put players in the middle of combat scenarios weighed down with horrible moral consequences.…

Life Is Strange‘s Mouths Are Freaking Me Out

As Keza’s already mentioned, you’ll want to play Life Is Strange. It’s a clever and heartfelt ode to being an awkward teenager, albeit one who can rewind time by holding out their hand. But I can’t help but get distracted by one of my modern gaming pet peeves: horrible lip-syncing. It’s not terribly apparent in…

Schools Use Genius Plan To Stop Students From Checking Their Phones

For some students, putting away their phones during class is an impossible task. Normally, schools develop rules and polices about cell phone use, and students happily ignore them. But at a couple of universities, the administration is trying something new: they’re turning “don’t check your phone during class” into a game. Using an app called…

Only One LGBTQ Person Allowed Per Team In LoL Tournament [UPDATE]

Garena, operator of League of Legends in places like Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Philippines, is hosting an all-women eSports competition. Hurrah! There’s just one problem: they’ve put a limit on the number of LGBTQ people allowed per team because they might offer an “unfair advantage.” It’s a puzzling policy that could’ve, admittedly, been mangled…

Hotline Miami 2 Voicemail Is Weird As Hell

If someone asked you to dial a random phone number, what are you gonna do? Not call it and find out what’s on the other end? That’s doubly true if it’s from the creators of Hotline Miami We know Hotline Miami 2 isn’t far off, but an official date has eluded us. Or does it?…

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Discount, Humble Star Wars Bundle, More Deals

Newegg is coming strong with the preorder deals yet again. Today you can save $7 on the upcoming Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, which is almost certainly the best preorder price we’ll see. On the fence? Here are your questions, answered. Preorder Final Fantasy Type-0 HD [PS4] ($53) | Newegg | Promo code EMCANAP43 Preorder Final…

Hidden Details Buried In The Dark Souls II Expansion’s New Trailer

A patch to prepare Dark Souls II for its upcoming Scholar of the First Sin update is coming on February 5. Though Scholar of the First Sin itself doesn’t arrive until April, Bandai Namco’s revealed a tiiiiny bit more of what’s in store for players who return to Majula in a new trailer. There’s still…

My Brain Just Melted While Reading This

It used to be so easy to buy video games. But just try wrapping your head around how Tecmo explains the various ways to buy the upcoming Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters: Players wanting a taste of what DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round has to offer can play the main game…

Now You Can Make Your Own Damn Warcraft IV

So you want a fourth Warcraft RTS? Join the club. And although Blizzard doesn’t seem to plan on making Warcraft IV any time soon, it just got way easier for some enterprising fan to do it themselves. Yep, Blizzard just announced that Warcraft III models are now live on the remarkably robust StarCraft II map…

Guy Beats All of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out Blindfolded

For some reason, high-level gamers like to take on Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out blindfolded. Folks have gotten awfully close to beating everyone including Mike Tyson without their eyes. But this latest attempt looks the first one to actually do it. To clarify, Sinister1’s attempt at Awesome Games Done Quick 2o14 got him all the way up…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Haters Problem • Reclaiming the Mario Kart Throne • Five Games in 2014: Retrospectin’ • OP/ED A Day By Ani-TAY – Week 5 • Codename STEAM Impressions: My Time With Tears to Tiara 2 is Ruining My TRPG Skills • The Arrow! In Speed Painting Form!…

Fallout 3‘s Lone Wanderer as a Silly Balloon Sculpture

He even has a proper Pip-Boy 3000. The bakery might ruin the immersion, but this is where the creator, DjDrummer, makes his balloon sculptures, though usually not gaming related ones. Here’s the Lone Wanderer in his full glory. I wonder what perks this version would have. Increased poison resistance? Silent running? Unique dialogue options? To…