Skylanders: Trap Team: The Kotaku Review

It’s that time of year again. Time to set aside last year’s toys in favor of a shiny new batch of Skylanders: Trap Team figures. Seriously, set the older toys aside – you won’t be needing them for a while. In preparation for the arrival of the latest iteration of Activision’s hugely successful toys-meets-games franchise,…

Keep Your Shadow Of Mordor Combo Going Forever

Speaking of impressiveShadow of Mordor feats, YouTuber Rabbit’s Respawn has come up with a combination of power-enhancing runes which allows players to run the map in one potentially never-ending combo. 413 hits is just the beginning. My first taste of Monolith’s hit Middle-earth adventureonly came this morning, so I’ve got a ways to go before…

The Honest Destiny Trailer Celebrates “Gaming’s Hottest 7 Out Of 10”

“The storytelling of Halo, the scope of World of Warcraft and the co-operative fun of Borderlands — may eventually get patched in.” Thus begins the brutally Honest Trailer for Destiny, “The video game equivalent of a beautiful mansion full of cheap Ikea furniture.” Okay, easy target, but Smosh Gamescompletely nails Bungie’s latest, especially with one…

Evolve Looks Good, But Is It $750 Statue Good?

Everybody loves 2K Games’ upcoming competitive monster shooter Evolve, but do they love it enough to start paying off a two and a half foot tall, 35 pound polystone statue of the game’s Goliath? As lovely as the Goliath statue from TriForce is, it’s an incredibly hard sell for me. I can see shelling out…

Destiny’s Vault of Glass Has Been Defeated (By Us)

Thanks, team. That was one for the books.

Silent Hills P.T. In Minecraft Is Spooky, Hilarious

Seriously, this is so spot-on. For those not in the know, P.T. is an interactive teaser Konami released to announce that Metal Gear (more like Metal FEAR) creator Hideo Kojima and famed horror director Guillermo del Toro (more like Guillerm-boo del OhNo!) have teamed up to make the next Silent Hill, titled Silent Hills. P.T.,…

Every First-Person Shooter Crammed Into One

Bedlam (not to be confused with that otherBedlam) is a loving tribute to pretty much every first-person shooter since the dawn of time. Or at least, you know, the dawn of video games. It is, functionally speaking, a whole bunch of different styles of first-person shooter, all in one game. There are levels themed after…

Smash Bros. Tells Us ‘Y Cant Metroid Crawl’

Remember PaulyU, the Wii U owner that documented his troubles with Super Metroid on Miiverse? He was the guy that wondered “y cant metroid crawl.” Well, it looks like Pauly got a shout-out in the latest Smash Bros. Here’s Pauly’s famous question: And here’s Smash Bros.‘ answer to that question, as spotted by @Electivirus: Mystery…

The entire 164 track Banjo Kazooie soundtrack is available on Bandcamp. Ex-Rare audio maestro Grant Kirkhope put up the whole thing, which includes everything from level themes to cheerful, five-second victory chimes. You can name your price. Go revel in glorious bird/bear nostalgia and the happiest main theme ever.

There’s A Pretty Good Blade Runner Reference In Alien: Isolation

It’s wild to think that one film director—Ridley Scott—is responsible for two of the most influential sci-fi films of all time. Alien: Isolation, the (pretty good!) new horror game from Creative Assembly, pays direct homage to one of those films, Scott’s 1979 horror classic Alien. What I totally missed while playing it (I can’t believe…

I Want To Play Video Games, Not Grind Through ‘Content’

Earlier this week, Techland announced that its new zombie-killing adventure Dying Light will have “50+ hours of gameplay.” Some might considering this good news. I don’t—at least at face value. Why? Because 50 hours is a long fucking time to spend in any video game, and I don’t trust Techland enough as a developer to…