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The BestsThe Best Far Cry Game
Don’t look now, but the Far Cry series is almost twelve years old. With four main games and a collection of expansions and spin-offs, there’s a lot to look at when surveying the series, but only one of those games is the best And the best Far Cry game is Far Cry 2 Let’s get…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedFan Cuts The Hobbit Into A Single, 4-Hour Movie
The first thing I thought after watching The Battle of Five Armies was “boy, that’s a movie that didn’t need to be made”. Now, thanks to the power of fans and the internet, we can pretend around half of Peter Jackson’s entire Hobbit trilogy never happened. A guy by the name of tolkieneditor (via Daily…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedWinning Hearthstone Play Had A 0.00041% Chance Of Happening
Over the weekend, during a Hearthstone tournament, one player lucked into a killer combination not once, not twice, but three damn times in a row, beating the odds in extraordinary fashion This happened during week 8 of the ESL Hearthstone Legendary Series. Video here: Some context: The player who starts on top, Kitkatz, has a…
By Jason Schreier Published January 19, 2015 -
CultureGTA Monster Truck Pulls Off Sweet Judo Move
Today on Highlight Reel we have a load of H1Z1 clips, a monster truck pulling off a harai goshi in GTA V, new animations for Battlefield 4 and 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…
By Chris Person Published January 19, 2015 - CultureCosplay
No, Zelda Is The Girl, Link Is The…Oh
Cosplay by Talia Mira, photo by Beethy
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedDestiny Player Builds Robot To Grind For Him
Playing Destiny can be time consuming, especially if you want to level multiple characters. Naturally, players are finding low-effort ways to get the job done, some of which don’t require physically playing the game at all. A player that goes by the handle yavin427 recently shared a method with Reddit, and it involves using a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedAfter unlocking “The Void,” the Mario Kart 8 hackers have started to put stuff inside of it. In their latest video, the fraternal modding duo MrBean35000vr and Chadderz show what happened when they started dropping odds and odds (like giant stacks of goombas) into an empty track they found in the game. Neat! Also just…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedOne man keeps unearthing hidden, secret parts of Team Ico’s games and one of NomadColossus‘ most recent finds reveals extremely moody beta sections of Ico that didn’t make it into the final version. Well worth a look if you love this PS2 classic game.
By Evan Narcisse Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedFan-Made Silent Hill Game Is Nearly As Creepy As The Original
In case you forgot, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and horror movie maestro Guillermo del Toro are making a new Silent Hill together. If you’re not excited/weeping in terror at the prospect, you might actually be one Silent Hill’s soulless denizens. Sadly, it’s still a long way off. Thank goodness for fan games. Silent…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
People Really Want The Smaller New 3DS
Last year in Japan, Nintendo released two new models of the New 3DS. Next month in Europe, Nintendo will release two new models of the New 3DS. And on February 13 in North America, Nintendo will release… one model of the New 3DS. Yep, instead of getting to choose between two different versions of Nintendo’s…
By Jason Schreier Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorld’s Best Jigglypuff Player Makes Opponent Give Up in Smash Tourney
Don’t be fooled by Jigglypuff’s cutesy exterior. In the right hands, the pink Pokémon can be an absolute monster. Smash Bros. veterans know about Jigglypuff’s moveset, including a move called “Rest.” Basically, it’s a special move that makes Jigglypuff fall asleep—which makes it very risky if the player whiffs. Balancing this is the fact that,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
New League of Legends Mode Lets You Be A Jerk, Goes Predictably Awry
Like any popular competitive multiplayer game, League of Legends has its go-to characters and its…less well-loved ones. To shake its champion selection up, the game recently started testing a new gameplay mode that has people choose the opposing team’s lineup, rather than their own. What could possibly go wrong? The new mode, known as “The…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Preorder Savings on GTA V for PC, Dragon Age Inquisition, More Deals
A killer preorder deal in first or third-person. Grand Theft Auto V PC + San Andreas + $1.3M in-game currency for $46 with code SAVE23-PEROFF-MOSANT. [GTAV (PC), $46] Dragon Age: Inquisition is back down to $45 today, time to ignore all other things going on in your life. [Inquisition, $45] The DualShock 4 and Xbox…
By Shep McAllister Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Advanced Warfare Cracks Down On Players Killing Themselves On Purpose
In a fireside chat over the weekend, Sledgehammer Games’ studio head Michael Condrey discussed ongoing matchmaking optimization for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and cracking down on players who spend entire matches sitting in a corner killing themselves. It may be hard to get into a match with players you can actually kill — Condrey…
By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2015 -
ReviewsSaints Row: Gat Out Of Hell: The Kotaku Review
“Is that all hell’s got?” Johnny Gat, main character of Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell, would often taunt as I mowed down Satan’s demonic hordes. As the game went on, I couldn’t help but find myself asking the same question. It’s not that Gat Out Of Hell is particularly bad in the grand scheme…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Visual Evolution of Spawn
Todd McFarlane’s demonic anti-hero comic Spawn is reaching its anniversary #250 issue this month and Image is not only celebrating it with a triple-sized release, but with some cool small things like this illustrated chart, that shows all of Spawn’s costumes. With Spawn issue #250 coming up at the end of the month…. I thought…
By Gergo Vas Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Simple Fun: How do you Enjoy Playing Games? • The Ani-TAY Interview: Ani-Kei Strikes • Yours and My Romance Counseling – Quick Review • Top Ten Most Popular Ani-TAY “Top” Lists • Don’t Watch Fafner in the Azure: Exodus Unless You Saw The First Show TAY Classic—TAY…
By András Neltz Published January 19, 2015 -
UncategorizedMeet The New Man In Charge Of Final Fantasy
The director of Final Fantasy XV is reading your comments, Kotaku. Hope you’ve got good ones. Hajime Tabata, the newly-elevated Square Enix superstar who is helming the next two major Final Fantasy games—Type-0 HD (this March) and XV (eventually)—told me on Friday that sometimes, when he has spare moments, he goes through Kotaku comments and…
By Jason Schreier Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
Then And Now: Five Generations Of Radeon Graphics Compared
Last month we compared half a decade’s worth of DirectX 11-capable GeForce cards in the latest and greatest PC games to see where Nvidia has made the biggest performance leaps and which GPUs have aged the best. We had never compared so many GPU generations under the same conditions and the results were fascinating. So…
By Steven Walton Published January 19, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Surprising Results of Selective Pokémon Breeding
Is that… a “Chargizard”? Concentrating on recessive genes and breeding Pokémon the Dorkly way might not get you to the end of the game, but it definitely has other advantages. This special method, you can see it below, works well with starter Pokémon, but what about the ones that are a bit weirder. Koffing? Diglett?…
By Gergo Vas Published January 19, 2015