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Dragon Age Players, Show Us Your Heroes
The first act of Dragon Age: Inquisition doesn’t really take place on a snowy mountain; it takes place in the game’s character creator. Anyone who’s spent any amount of time playing role-playing video games knows how important it is to create a really cool-looking character. Hopefully you read my tips articleand took your time with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedDragon Age: Keep Has 300 Different Choices
If you include all of the race and gender choices for your protagonists as well as all the decisions you can have them make, then there are 300 different options. Most of them are pretty minor, but it leads to more than 1,427,247,692,705,959,881,058,285,969,449,495,136,382,746,624 different possible world states for Dragon Age: Inquisition. Damn. If you’re interested…
By Dan Starkey Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Missing Feature World of Warcraft Fans Won’t Forget
There is one piece of Warcraft lore that won’t go away, no matter how much Blizzard tries (or doesn’t try) to bury it. People have waited for its arrival, breath bated, fists balled, for more than half a decade—half of WoW‘s lifespan. It is… a dance studio. It all began back when World of Warcraft‘s…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 20, 2014 -
ReviewsFar Cry 4: The Kotaku Review
I want to write a letter to all the animals I’ve met in Far Cry 4 First there was the confused monkey, who looked up at me with big, sad eyes during my bus ride into Kyrat. My mother had written, as her dying wish, “Take me back to Lakshmana.” The monkey had no idea…
By Yannick LeJacq Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fuck you, bird.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 20, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Cosplay by Braith, photo by SNTP
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UncategorizedA Dragon Age Sex Scene That’s Actually Pretty Great
Bioware games are known for many things, including the inclusion of romance and sex. But boy, did Bioware outdo themselves this time. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on romances in Dragon Age Inquisition, you shouldn’t keep reading! Now that we’ve got that out of the way, behold. This is the sex scene…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedOmega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s New Mega Pokémon, In GIFs
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire release for the 3DS tomorrow, and to celebrate that, here’s a trailer that goes over every mega Pokémon in the game…in anime form. It’s really pretty, and it kind of makes me want to start watching the Pokémon anime again. I kind of love that they make Mudkip seem like…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Pinball RPG I Always Wanted
Rollers of the Realm is a pinball/RPG hybrid. It’s also the type of pinball game I’ve wanted for a long time. Some of you may remember the old NES title Pinball Quest, a game that mixed RPG elements with pinball. It held a lot of promise, but 8-bit physics could just never do pinball justice.…
By Leo Wichtowski Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedYep, That’s Super Mario 64 In Doom
Not the most… expected combination, but the original Doom with a sugary sweet Super Mario 64 filling works surprisingly well, all things considered. Doom: The Golden Souls is a mod heavily inspired by Super Mario 64. It’s been in development for quite some time, but version 1.0 just butt-stomped onto the surface of the goomba…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Should You Get An Xbox One Or A PS4?
People ask us all the time whether they should buy a new-gen console? Should they get an Xbox One? A PS4? For a year, we’ve told people to not bother with either. Now, we think you should make the leap, especially if you’re a console-only gamer. But which one to get? We’re not going to…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedFinally, A Game of Thrones Video Game That Looks Worthy Of The Name
Could this be the first great Game of Thrones video game? It’s premature to start praising Telltale’s upcoming series before we’ve even gotten a chance to play it, but the stars seem to be aligning for this one. For starters, it looks great, as you can see in the just-released trailer below—our first good look…
By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedDragon Age Players Weren’t Supposed To Find This Creepy Easter Egg
Typically, when you fall through the map in a game you don’t expect to find anything aside from an endless void. But if you happen to fall through the map in the exact right place in Dragon Age Inquisition, you might find something a little weird. LeeCsM found this…thing after falling through the ground in…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Shadow of Mordor DLC Lets You Play As A Lady
If you feel like adding some estrogen to your orc-slaying experience, today is your lucky day—Warner Bros. just launched a free new DLC pack (for PS4/Xbox One/PC) that will let you replace boring ol’ Talion with a lady whose full title must be spelled out every time she’s mentioned: Lithariel, the Warrior Commander of the…
By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Discounts On Your Favorite Gaming Peripherals, Pre-Black Friday Deals
We’ve got a ton of great peripheral deals today, the highlights though (at least for gamers) are the Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse for $40, and the Razer BlackWidow mechanical keyboard for $90. Those were your favorite gaming mouse and keyboard, respectively, and we’ve never seen them for this cheap before. Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick ($360)…
By Shane Roberts Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedDestiny DLC Intro Leaks On YouTube
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for a new Destiny leak. This time around, it’s the cinematic intro for the upcoming ‘The Dark Below’ DLC, which Bungie will release on December 9. Says YouTuber Mr Jester6598: This is the opening cinematic for the Dark Below DLC out next month. I can not explain how to…
By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Assassin’s Creed Rogue: The TAY Review • PS3 Customers Prefer Curry, Xbox 360 Customers Prefer Sausage • Amiibo: The TAY Micro Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published November 20, 2014 - Culture
World of Warcraft Zones, Ranked
93. Silithus 92. Hrothgar’s Landing 91. Molten Front 90. Deadwind Pass 89. Hellfire Peninsula 88. Zul’Drak 87. Scarlet Enclave 86. Bloodmyst Isle 85. Desolace 84. Azuremyst Isle 83. Arathi Highlands 82. Borean Tundra 81. Vashj’ir 80. Blasted Lands 79. Deepholm 78. Crystalsong Forest 77. Badlands 76. Swamp of Sorrows 75. Felwood 74. Searing Gorge 73.…
By Gergo Vas Published November 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Folks Behind Halo Say They’re Fixing Matchmaking Today
As has become something of a tradition in the world of video games, Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched with some serious problems—after it came out last week, players struggled with matchmaking and online play in the collection of Halo ports ad remakes. Today, hopefully, things will get at least a little better. After some…
By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s a new Kingdom Rush out today. Called Kingdom Rush: Origins, it’s $3 on iPhone/Android and $5 on iPad, and is everything you might expect from a new game in the wonderfully addictive tower defense series: new towers, new heroes, annoying microtransactions, fantastic gameplay.
By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2014