See What A Difference A Day One Patch Makes

Hint: In spooky-scary Shinji Mikami survival-horror The Evil Within, it’s a pretty big one. If your Internet connection is non-existent/unreliable, this is probably not the best news. The Evil Within‘s particular brand of survival-horror has been known to cause a bit of a mess, but not like this. Eurogamer took a PlayStation 4 retail copy…

Commander Shepard Killed More than 300,000 People

Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard may be the savior of the galaxy, but how many people did she kill along the way? Reddit user mocha820 tallied up every kill in a standard run through all three games and assembled some neat stats on the series. Warning: spoilers ahead. Mocha’s numbers are pretty shocking, but not all…

How I’m Preparing For WoW‘s Warlords Of Draenor Expansion

After nearly eight years of covering World of Warcraft from the same old character, I’m taking next month’s Warlords of Draenor expansion as an opportunity to start fresh with a class I’ve never played before. Meet Prachok, the rapidly-leveling Draenai Shaman. My Mage, Rande, has served me well over the years. He started off undead.…

The Last Of Us, Turned Into A Ghost Story

YouTuber Freako likes to mess around with The Last Of Us, putting Ellie’s shirt on Joel, or deleting characters. In this case though, the results are a whole lot spookier, accidentally turning TLOU into something like Beyond: Two Souls Freako started by deleting the character models for Joel and his brother Tommy. This makes the…

The Pokémon Company Welcomes iOS Campers To Camp Pokémon

Less than a month after the iPad release of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, The Pokémon Company returns to iTunes with Camp Pokémon, a free collection of kid-friendly mini-games that’ll give fans something to fool around with while waiting for Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby to come out. Set on a Pokémon-themed island, Camp Pokémon…

Alien: Isolation‘s first DLC is out next Tuesday, October 28. It’ll add three new maps to the game’s currently thin survivor mode, and will tell the story of a new playable character, a Seegson employee named Ransome. More info here; read our review of Isolation here.

​Super Smash Bros. Announcer Sings The Pokémon Theme

One of the pivotal parts of the any Smash Bros. game is an over-the-top announcer, and the current Smash Bros. one is no different. And guess what? It turns out the guy can sing as well. As part of an AMA on his YouTube channel, voice actor Xander Mobus karaoked the first half of the…

Indie Dev Resigns After Saying He’d Kill Gabe Newell

Yesterday, Valve took the indie game Paranautical Activity off Steam following a tweet in which the game’s developer Mike Maulbeck said he would “kill Gabe Newell.” Today, Maulbeck has resigned. The tweet, which Maulbeck said was written in jest, followed a string of complaints about the game being incorrectly labeled as “Early Access” on Steam.…

Smash Bros. 3DS XLs, Clone Wars: The Lost Missions, and More Deals

Best Buy has some decent prices on the 3DS XL today, but surprise: the deal includes the Smash Bros. editions Preorder to save on Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions. While the discount on the DVD version is deeper than the Blu-ray release, preorder price protection basically makes that a moot point. You’ll…

Looks Like Somebody’s Got A Hankering For Talion Meat

Ah, Shadow of Mordor orcs. So silly. And also so, so creepy when they want to be. Reddit user ootinii captured this particularly…vivid taunt from a nemesis I have yet to come across in my own orc-slaying adventures. I’d put it right up there with insane giggling as one of the most unsettling ways an…

Resident Evil Creator Doesn’t Want ‘Submissive’ Women In His Games

The man behind the Resident Evil series and The Evil Within doesn’t cater to the common horror trope of the helpless screaming female. In a recent interview withThe Guardian, Shinji Mikami talks about writing strong, independent women, and why he didn’t want RE‘s Rebecca Chambers in his game. Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield — the Resident…

The best moments from around the gaming world, all rounded up for you in one video — Highlight Reel! Check it out right here Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we bring you impressive plays, funny glitches, world records and intense moments in everything from League of Legends to Putt-Putt Goes To The Zoo. Here’s our latest…

Shadow of Mordor is adding some new epic runes and an alternate skin that lets you dress up as Sauron’s Black Hand, publisher Warner Bros. announced today. Keep in mind you only look like the villain—you’re not actually gaining evil powers. The free update is out now for the Xbox One, with PS4 and PC…

How To Get Rid Of The Evil Within’s Pesky Black Bars On PC

The Evil Within is one of those horror games that goes for a cinematic vibe, which can be irritating for some gamers who feel restricted by its field of view. The good news is that modders have already rigged up several solutions to this problem. The bad news is they only work on PCs for…

Calm Down With Funky Kong As He Makes Soothing, Gross Noises​

Hey Dude. Looks like you’ve had a stressful time. Looks like you might need a bodacious bro to calm you down. Don’t worry, bruh. I’m here for you, and so is Funky Kong. Docfuture1 (AKA Topher Florance, the dude behind A semi-alphabetical listing of Black actors with speaking roles on Friends) recently made this simultaneously…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Why Players Can’t Stop Playing Destiny • Hopefully Hatred Is a Better Game Than Its Trailer Promises • The Evil Within: What It Is And What It Could Have Been TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

America Picks Wasabi Ginger Lay’s Potato Chips For Some Stupid Reason

For the second year in a row, America has let me down. Lay’s 2nd annual “Do Us A Flavor” competition is over, andCappuccino did not win. I suppose I can understand not voting for a sweet, cinnamon and coffee flavored chip. I may have fallen in love with dark and creamy flavor, but I can…