There’s Actually A Point To Halo‘s Dumbest Achievement

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a so-called “mystery” achievement, whose description is simply “inscrutable, mysterious.” The way to unlock it might seem totally arbitrary (and kinda lame), but it actually ties into a story from Halo‘s distant past. As seen in videos like this one from OneTickShaka, unlocking the achievement is as simple as…

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The Master Chief Collection‘s Multiplayer May Be Getting Better Soon

Been frustrated with the multiplayer matchmaking in Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Microsoft knows it’s a problem and is working to fix it. A big part of the appeal of the Master Chief Collection was getting to experience re-mastered versions of Lockout, Blood Gulch and other classic maps from older Halo games. But finding and…

Realistic Cosplay Of Futurama’s Farnsworth Is Effin’ Terrifying

*coughs, sips water* Good news, everyone! The good folks over at Tested (who you may remember from their Zoidberg cosplay) created a hyper-realistic mask of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth from Futurama, with all his ghastly proportions intact. The video above shows the exact process they went through to achieve such a phenomenal recreation. The end…

Hey, it’s a familiar and awesome voice in the latest trailer for Tales of the Borderlands! Patrick Warburton—the dude best beloved for playing the live-action version of the Tick and voicing Brock Samson—will be part of the acting crew in Telltale-developed game spinning out of Gearbox’ RPG shooter series.

Someone Finished Skyrim’s Story In Under 40 Minutes, A New Record

If I were to take a guess, I’d say most players probably never make it through more than half of Skyrim’s story, if that—finishing it at all is a feat, nevermind finishing it fast. Speedrunner DrTChops recently nailed the new world record for beating Skyrim’s story, with a playthrough clocking in at 39:32. The “any…

I Wish Battlefield Hardline Let Me Be a Cop ALL The Time

My favourite part of the single player stuff in the preview build I recently played of next year’s Battlefield Hardline’s was being a policeman. My least favourite, the Battlefield bit. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK You see, the early police procedural moments here are a glorious change of pace—full of arrests and tiny…

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Use this Coupon for Rare Deals on Consoles, Credit, and Subscriptions

Code CPLAY10 is going to grant you some pretty awesome prices. Let’s go through them. Brings this Super Mario 3D World Wii U Bundle down to $260 and no tax. This is likely to be the best Wii U deal prior to Smash Bros. Wii U’s release. [Wii U] Assassin’s Creed Unity ($40) | eBay…

Heists are finally coming to GTA Online, Rockstar said today—the much-delayed multiplayer feature will go live during the first update after the game comes out on PS4 and Xbox One next week. No word on when that update will go live, but heists will be available on all four consoles.

Did you know there’s a new Picross out today for 3DS? I sure didn’t. Nice surprise to wake up to. Thanks, Jupiter!

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: A Q&A With the Creator of Spell Saga • Game of The Week — Of Punches, Kicks, and Purple Hair [Oni] • How Historically Accurate is Skyrim? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Several People Already Reached Level 100 In Warlords of Draenor

While most of us are still trying to survive the crowded starting zones of World of Warcraft‘s new expansion—and play “pixelhunt for the questgiver” as you can see above—some quick players have already managed to climb through all that and reach level 100 in a couple of hours. The game launched nine hours ago here…

Ubisoft Says They’re Working on Fixing Assassin’s Creed Unity

Aside from being one of the dullest entries in the best-selling series, Assassin’s Creed Unity appears to be riddled with bugs. While some of these problems are funny, others make the game hard to play. Today, Ubisoft is talking about how they’re going to start fixing the newest Assassin’s Creed game. A blog post on…

Naruto Gag Art is Confusing, Chaotic, and Hilarious

The manga may be over, but the gag art lives on. Note: Images in this article contain spoilers for Naruto It’s pretty much a law of nature that anything that reaches a certain level of popularity is subject to parody and internet memedom. However, with the popular shonen manga, Naruto, the cut-and-paste collages – called…