Doom Is Now Old Enough To Drink

This week, classic PC shooter Doom turned 21. So if you see someone in green slide up next to you at a bar and scream RIP AND TEAR, buy the guy a drink. To celebrate, John Romero, one of the key figures involved in the creation of the game, shared a ton of artwork from…

​Destiny‘s Vault of Glass Needs A Patch ASAP

Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below, raises the game’s level cap and introduces a whole new tier of more powerful armor and weapons. It also introduces a difficult new six-player raid. Problem is, those new additions have undermined the best thing the game had going up to now:The original Vault of Glass raid. For the…

Smash Bros. Basics That Everyone Should Know

Smash Bros. might be known for its random chaos, but that doesn’t mean you can’t own the stage with sheer skill. But to do that, you’re going to have to know what you’re doing. While we’ve shown you some advanced techniques before, here are some more basic ones, as shown by Super Smash Academy. Even…

Track: This Is The Place | Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers | Album: By The Way Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Even Smash Bros. Pros Accidentally Self-Destruct In Matches

One of the most hilariously clumsy things you can do in Super Smash Bros. is walk off the stage by accident. Or jump off. Or “Flare Blitz” off if you’re Charizard. We’ve all been there. But it’s particularly embarrassing when you trip and fall in the most Smash Bros. way possible during a tournament match.…

Are you playing Suikoden or Suikoden II for the first time this week? What do you think? Post all thoughts, discussion topics, and opinions below—I want to hear from newcomers in particular.

It’s Going to Be Real Hard to Do a New Teen Titans TV Show

Mostly because the best Teen Titans show—yep, Young Justice—has already been made. And then canceled. Earlier this week, word trickled out from chief creative officer Geoff Johns that shooting would begin next year for Titans, a TNT TV show based on DC Comics’ long-running Teen Titans series. Johns—himself a one-time writer of an incarnation of…

1960s Batman, SimCity 2000 Still Free, Vita Discounts, and More Deals

Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb, but you can get Batman The Complete Series Limited Edition Blu-ray for just $154 today. [Batman Complete Series] Here’s how much better it looks on Blu-ray, and some recommendations for must-watch episodes. It’s also part of io9’s Blu-ray Gift Set Guide Yet another Xbox One…

How To Bread Simulator Like Rocky

I am Bread, the latest game from the people who brought us Surgeon Simulator, is a great game on its own, even in its young stages of Early Access. But it is missing one crucial thing: 1980s sports montage music. If the title hasn’t given it away, the premise of I am Bread is straightforward…

Are you playing Far Cry 4? Are you playing online co-op, and doing so on a console? If it’s running well for you, let us know. If you’re running into bugs, let us know that, too! We want to get a sense of how the game is running these days. Thanks. To contact the author…

Final Fantasy VII Will Cost $16 On PS4

Fresh off the biggest trolling in video game history, Square Enix has announced that the upcoming PS4 port of Final Fantasy VII will cost sixteen dollars. For comparison, that’s about $1 more than your average digital title—or $4 less than Square’s own newly-released Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris—and about 1/4 the price of…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Chaika – The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle: The Ani-TAY Review • Pre-Cult: To the Moon • My Year in Reading: 2014 (and 2013, too) TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

How To Be A Gentleman In Dark Souls 2

Dark Souls 2‘s PvP isn’t just about combat skills. It’s always a sophisticated mind-game with well-timed gestures, moves and stylish manners. Gravy Zombie has a five-step guide/short clip filled with funny tips on how to engage in proper PvP. Step 1: Fashion First. It’s very important to pick the right set for each duel. Step…

Classic Counter-Strike Map Just Got A Complete Overhaul

Well you can’t say Valve only cares about Team Fortress 2. Train (or de_train), a classic map from Counter-Strike 1.6 times, just got a facelift and a redesigned layout for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive At first the new design with all the trains and cargo containers might look complicated for a fast-paced competitive map, but the…