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CultureValve Probably Never Expected Anyone To Solve This TF2 Equation
“We’re not bread.” It was supposed to be a throwaway gag in Valve’s official video for Team Fortress 2‘s Love and War update, which launched almost a year ago. Yes, a year. It’s a video in which the whole cast is certain they’re going to die, so I suppose it’s only fitting that fans saw…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Counter-Strike Player Survives Having His Throat Cut
Anders Christian “Rullox” Johannsen, a veteran Counter-Strike player from Denmark, is lucky to be alive today after having his throat cut. Jesus. Ekstra Bladet (via Daily Dot) report that Johannsen —a former member of Viborg Vipers, but no longer a top-level player today— was attacked when he tried to intervene in an argument between a…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Welp, Dead or Alive 5 on PC Has Nudity Mods
Surprise! The thing absolutely nobody was expecting happened: some Dead or Alive players on PC have modded the latest game so they can play with naked characters. NSFW content ahead. Earlier this year, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round director Yohei Shimbori told MCV that Team Ninja, the developers behind the game, would “like to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 6, 2015 - Culture
New To Elite: Dangerous? Try This Steam Guide
Elite: Dangerous just came to Steam, and it’s getting all sorts of new players… who are discovering that piloting a spaceship is kind of a bitch. If you keep crashing and burning and screaming, “whyyyyyy” at the space gods, this guide will help. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Elite: Dangerous is tailor-made to help players wrap…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 6, 2015 -
CultureGTA Player Actually Makes This Landing
On today’s Highlight Reel we have impossible GTA stunt landings, realistic touchdowns, Bloodborne wardrobe malfunctions and much, much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Bloodborne – Bloodborne™ Wardrobe Glitch ttomato182…
By Chris Person Published April 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedThis Might Be The Last Time I Rave About Sunset Overdrive
Sunset Overdrive, arguably the best exclusive game on the Xbox One, has now ended the way it began: with a mix of not-quite-there meta-humor and a lot of very fun gameplay. Overall, I loved this game and am grateful that its last DLC gave me a gun that drops satellites on my enemies. Yes, indeed.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Earthbound Has Somehow ‘Sold Out’ On Club Nintendo [UPDATED]
If you wanted to grab digital code for a copy of Earthbound with your expiring Club Nintendo points, for a while, you were. For whatever reason, the game was “sold out.” UPDATE (11:45 pm): It’s back! The code fairy apparently visited Nintendo. Over at Club Nintendo, the company has outlined what you can use your…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
The GTA Players Who Push Cars To Their Limit
Last weekend, over a dozen players met up in GTA Online. They were all in decked out in trucks, jeeps, and other rugged four-wheel vehicles. They had one goal in mind: to cross the entirety of the Los Santos wilderness—rivers, mountains, forests and all. The rules were simple. The players would go on a cruise…
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UncategorizedWant to watch a two-hour analysis of the entire Call of Duty series? Good news—critic Noah Caldwell-Gervais has assembled an exhaustive, chronological critique of every main COD game to be released on PC. I watched it this weekend, and enjoyed the heck out of it.
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Sources: Amazon Spent Big Bucks On Crytek’s Engine
Last year, as the game company Crytek went through near-catastrophic financial struggles, they found help from an unlikely source: the tech giant Amazon. Amazon agreed to a huge licensing deal involving Crytek’s proprietary tech, CryEngine, according to four people familiar with the deal, all of whom spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak…
By Jason Schreier Published April 6, 2015 -
CultureA Hardcore Shooter From The Makers Of One Of Battlefield‘s Best Mods
Battlefield, eat your heart out. Squad is a 100-player military shooter from a melting pot of people who worked on Project Reality, a popular Battlefield 2 mod that made the game significantly more realistic. Without getting too long-winded about it, I will say Project Reality is the most fun I’ve ever had lying in a…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedMy Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
A weird thing about Kotaku lately is that stories we post on Friday nights have been performing really well. It used to be a dead time for us. No more! Even this GTA story blew up for us last Friday night way bigger than we thought it would (pun intended). Anyway, on to my favorites…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 6, 2015 - UncategorizedBy Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2015
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It Took A League Player Exactly 3,439,140 Mouse Clicks To Reach Diamond
Diamond isn’t the highest level one can achieve when playing League of Legends’ fiercely competitive ranked mode. But it’s one of the highest. Anyone who climbs that high has to put in some serious work into League. More than 3 years and 3 million mouse-clicks’ worth, according to one player’s recent measurement. Reddit user and…
By Yannick LeJacq Published April 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedNobody Explains Super-Speed Like the Muppets
You always see gotta-go-fast superheroes punching people when they fight bad guys. And, yeah, a fist delivered at the speed of sound will probably do the job of crushing evil. But a guy like Quicksilver doesn’t even need to hit a person to mess ‘em up real bad. The newest video from the folks at…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedBig YouTuber Says He Won’t Cover Nintendo Anymore
Joe “Angry Joe” Vargas, who commands nearly two million subscribers on YouTube, has decided to stop covering Nintendo games, following a dispute over a Mario Party 10 video. Angry Joe’s Mario Party 10 video was flagged by YouTube, and while it’s possible for him to keep the video online, he can’t make money off it.…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 6, 2015 -
UncategorizedSquare Changes Final Fantasy Character To Show Less Butt
Mobius Final Fantasy, an upcoming 3D mobile game that for now has only been announced in Japan, has some ridiculous outfits even by Final Fantasy standards, but at least one of them was a bit too ridiculous for Square Enix. Above (via Hachima) is Wal, the hero of Mobius (formerly named Mevius), whose butt and…
By Jason Schreier Published April 6, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Kamisama Kiss◎: The Ani-TAY Review • Backlog Update: DmC Complete! Now Help Pick My Next Game! • Magic Kaito 1412: The Ani-TAY Review • Why Doesn’t This Game Exist: The Trope-Conscious MMO TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published April 6, 2015 - CultureCosplay
The Coolest Cosplay from Sakura-Con 2015
The soul still burns at one of the oldest anime-centric fan gatherings in the U.S. How were the costumes? Positively nightmarish. Video game, anime and comic-book dress-up projects were all on display at Sakura-Con 2015. In this photos taken by Cosplay Boom, you’ll see two of Marvel’s deadliest heroes battle Ultron, giant Pokemon and a…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 6, 2015