Titanfall for $5, Alienware Alpha, More Pre-Black Friday Deals

Titanfall is $5 today. There’s no need to wait around for Black Friday deals; a lot of them have already gone live. Be sure to bookmark our Black Friday deals post, and keep checking back for the latest. The list will surely expand over the coming days, but the Best Black Friday App Deals are…

LEGO Minifigures Series 13 Includes A Hot Dog, A Unicorn And Much Joy

A German ad for the next wave of LEGO Minifigures — and by extension the next set of playable characters for LEGO Minifigures Online — has surfaced, proving that really weird dreams do come true. Minifigure collectors around the world are rejoicing today, as the coolest figure in January’s upcoming set comes in a costume…

I Wish Sunset Overdrive’s New Weapons Were Part of the Original Game

Sunset Overdrive, the Xbox One’s whacky new open-world shooter, got its first batch of downloadable content this week. The most important part of the DLC is a weapon pack that adds four new guns to the game. They’re all really good—so good that I wish they’d been in the original game. The four new guns…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dragon Age: Inquisition (for PC), the TAY Review • Stuff Yourself: Top 5 Games for a Thanksgiving Gaming Binge • Some Rambling about Serial Experiments Lain • Game of the Week — Hunting Metroids In Your Pocket [Metroid II: Return of Samus] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Works Better As An 8-Bit Game

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES was brutal. The 2014 movie reboot was horrible. CineFix‘s 8 Bit Cinema mixes together two bads to make a not bad at all. The 8 Bit Cinema version of the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has me wondering if the movie and the NES…

How To Get Six Awesome Followers For Your World of Warcraft Garrison

Warlods of Draenor introduced garrisons to World of Warcraft, with followers who can be sent on special missions to get some extra loot. Not all of them are hard to get, and there are a few really awesome ones who are simply hidden around the map, and you only need to know where to go.…

Team Fortress 2 Mod Makes Gameplay Smoother And Jazzier

Sometimes a small addition to a game can really mix things up, turning it into a completely different experience. In this case, a brilliant, funny experience: Sekti42’s Smooth Jazz mod for the Heavy’s Minigun in Team Fortress 2 changes all the sound effects of the weapon to various jazzy ones. With mods like this people…

Famitsu reports that according to the Pokémon Company’s data, Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire sold a total of 3.04 million copies worldwide in three days. This is notable for two reasons: first, the figures exclude digital copies sold, and second, the game’s not out in Europe ’til Friday. Impressive.

Far Cry 4’s Worst Animals

The creatures of Far Cry 4 make up a rich and varied ecology, largely split into two groups – things that run towards you, and things that run away. And elephants, which are amazing. In fact, the only problem with elephants is that once you start riding one, you have to stop eventually. This post…

Clearly, This is what Rock Simulator Should Have Been

In Rolling Sun, you’re a rock. Well, technically, you’re a god whose avatar is a rock. Point is, you control a rock and solve physics puzzles in some really fancy environments, all the while unlocking new skills. See? Already better than Rock Simulator The game’s been in development for PC since 2012 in one form…

PS4 title Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair was supposed to be released next February in Japan. It has been delayed to April 2 “due to various circumstances,” according to Famitsu

Fake Star Wars: Force Awakens Trailer Is Most Impressive

You are not looking at a real trailer for The Force Awakens. Sorry! It’s phoney. Fake. And fan-made. But you know what, for what it is, this is pretty good. Uploaded by YouTuber Romeo Lux who wrote, “Awesome! Great tone to this trailer! Now I just can’t wait for the real thing!” As pointed out…

Dream Of A Destiny x Daft Punk Crossover

I’ve finally given up on Destiny. And feel like a better man for having kicked the habit. But boy, if there’s one thing that would get me back into the game, it would be novelty Daft Punk armour. Because really, we were all only playing it for the shiny new gear anyway. These pieces were…

System Shock On Sega Genesis Could Have Been A Thing. Maybe.

System Shock, one of the most innovative and beloved PC games of all time, could have also made an appearance on the…Sega Genesis. Though it was a bit of a long shot. Writer Joe Martin has sharedthis old pitch document from System Shock, in which publisher Origin discuss the potential merits of bringing Looking Glass’…

Counter-Strike‘s Pro Cheating Scandal Might Be A Good Thing

Hear me out: Counter-Strike‘s pro cheating scandal—which has seen three top-tier players get banned and others put under a hot magnifying glass of scrutiny—sucks right now, but it could be a good thing in the long run. Or it could create standards the sport can never live up to. I know, I know: on paper…