Watch Destiny’s Big Raid Boss Go Down in 17 Seconds

On Hard Mode too. Nothing else to really say about that. It’s just damned impressive. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @dcstarkey

The Evil Within, Gone Wrong Thanks To Glitches

Shinji Mikami’s latest take on survival horror looks like an intense affair full of blood and guts. But it also occasionally has some bugs—many of which make the game way more hilarious than it intends to be. Here are some of our favorite picks of glitches or goofy moments that people around the web have…

A Guide To Playing (And Beating) Smash Bros.’ Little Mac

So you want to play as Little Mac. Or, lets be real, you want to learn how to best deal with Little Mac, a highly popular character in Smash Bros. You’ve come to the right place. Little Mac is rather infamous right now, as he is a powerful character that many people like to play…

Sony just published a list of additions it’s bringing to the PS4 with the upcoming 2.0 system update. A few neat things stand out, such as the ability to add a PS Plus game “to a PS4 owner’s library without downloading it.” Or shout, “Find face!” at your console and have it respond. Read the…

Shadow Of Mordor Studio Can’t Replicate Players’ Orc Problems

Last week, I wrote about a strange issue Shadow of Mordor players have been reporting since the game came out: Orcs they insisted they’d killed kept coming back from the dead. Developer Monolith has now told me that while they’re aware of people’s confusion, they’re also having a hard time testing for a solution. To…

Q&A: The Lead Designer Of Destiny‘s Vault of Glass

Last week I got on the phone with Bungie’s Luke Smith, lead designer on Destiny‘s Vault of Glass raid. We had a cool chat, and I included a bunch of quotes in the feature we just ran on the main site. However, I thought some people might be interested in reading our full Q&A. Smith,…

What’s The Coolest Thing You’ve Seen In A Game Lately?

Highlight Reel is Kotaku‘s new feature that rounds up the best moments in gaming. Stunts, glitches, killsprees, speedruns — if it’s something impressive that happened in a game, we want to show it off! Check out some of our episodes so far right here, and send in your own clips to [email protected]! You can watch…

FREE PayDay: The Heist, South Park Is 20 Bucks, and More Deals

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a Game of the Year Contender for many, and it’s down to just $20 today. [Stick of Truth] PlayStation 4 Console ($360) | Rakuten | Promo code RRRTreasure Xbox One + LIVE + Destiny ($430) | eBay DualShock 4 Controllers can be had for $40 right now. [DualShock…

You Can Grab 89 Star Wars Comics for $15

The Humble Bundle has been branching out from just games for a bit now, but today they have 89 comics available if you pay at least $15. You’re reading Numbers, a blog on Kotaku that examines games and culture through the lens of math and statistics. To contact the author of this post, write to…

10 Minutes Of Co-Op In Far Cry 4

One thing I’m looking forward to about Far Cry 4 is the game’s interesting-sounding co-op multiplayer. Sony, which is trying to sweeten the deal by letting PS4 players invite friends who don’t own the game into the action, just released a new gameplay video showing how the game’s collaborative modes will play out. The part…

Your Shadow Of Mordor Screenshots Just Got Snazzier (UPDATE)

What’s better than ogling buckets and buckets of orc gore inShadow of Mordor? Spiffing up those same heaping piles of gratuity with Instagram-esque filters, you say? Well, if you actually did say that, then boy do I have the thing for you. Shadow of Mordor developer and master of not communicating effectivelyMonolith Productions stealthily introduced…

Someone Made Sheet Music For Jeff Goldblum’s Jurassic Park Laugh

If that ridiculous song of Jeff Goldblum’s unique laugh from earlier this year wasn’t enough, now it’s time to train our voice or take out those ukuleles, because someone made the ridiculous laugh’s sheet music transcription. Piece of cake! Take note of the “con brio” direction right at the start. It means you to perform…

Snake, what are you doing? Even if your name is Snake, you don’t have to transform into one! That’s not how you sneak up on enemy guards. Where is your cardboard box? via Sexyserperior [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

Giant Murderous Martian Cockroaches are Coming to the 3DS

Japan’s grizzly sci-fi action manga is getting a video game adaptation. Following in the footsteps of the hit manga series, Attack on Titan, the manga series that has bug-powered humans fighting giant Martian cockroaches,Terraformars is getting its own 3DS game. Labeled as a single-player “3D battle action” genre game, Terraformars: Battle on the Crimson Star…

Super Smash Bros. Isn’t Finished Being Made

With Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS out, creator Masahiro Sakurai’s job is only half done. When one fan asked him how it felt to be done with the development on Super Smash Bros., he replied, “I’m not done yet…” “Game development is very hard.” Sakurai went on in his column in Weekly Famitsu. “You…

Tetsuya Nomura Is Busy with More than Kingdom Hearts III

Now that he’s no longer helmingFinal Fantasy XV, Tetsuya Nomura seems to have a lot of free time to work on other projects. The Nomura version of Japanese virtual idol, Hatsune Miku, is currently on display in New York until the 19th as part of a Hatsune Miku art exhibit. Asked by Weekly Famitsu in…