Kojima To “Premiere” Metal Gear Online Next Week

Next week’s Video Game Awards will see an appearance by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, where he will “premiere” something called Metal Gear Online. Weird name, that, since we already had a game called Metal Gear Online on the PS3. Who knows, maybe this is a new version for new systems. Or part of Metal…

GTA V’s Rangers Are Ever Vigilant

They’re always on the look-out. For crimes against animals. Looking For Crime [Nurolight]

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Unlike Other Games, Bugs Actually Make Far Cry 4 Better

The first time I saw a dancing corpse in Far Cry 4, I stopped dead in my tracks. It was in the middle of a tense firefight at the bottom of one of the radio towers scattered across the chaotically beautiful world of Kyrat. I’d just shot a full clip into a soldier trying to…

I Like Smashing Things With A Hammer

Sometimes hitting things with a hammer is just so cathartic. Where Is My Hammer is a nice little game made as part of the Indies VS Pewdiepie game-jam happening over at Game Jolt. It’s available as a free download and is perfect if you’ve had a bad day. Wish to tweet words at me? I…

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…