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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate‘s DLC Missions Range From Terrible To Great

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s various add-on missions, given to those who preordered the game or who bought it on a specific platform, are wildly uneven in quality. The worst were even advertised in misleading fashion. The best should make Xbox One fans temporarily jealous of PS4 owners. Let’s break this down: The Terrible We’ll get the…

Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC Version Is Far From ‘Fixed’

When Warner Bros. decided to start telling Batman: Arkham Knight on PC again, you might have thought this disastrous story was finally over. Not quite, as it turns out. Despite months of patches, the game still has significant problems. First up, remember how older user reviews were being branded as “pre-release?” That changed overnight, and…

Smart Steam Players Read This RPG’s Fine Print, Got Rewarded For It

Most people just click through installations without actually reading what they say—especially if there’s some long, boring end user license agreement attached. But sometimes it pays to do a little reading, as some meticulous Steam players found out. Spotted by Quarter to Three, the new enhanced Steam version of Divinity: Original Sin came packaged with…

It’s A Very Good Day For JRPG Fans

There’s a new PSP game out today. To some people that might come as strange news, but to a certain circle, today has been eagerly anticipated for over four years: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter (SC) is finally out. Of course, we don’t know if it’s good. We don’t know…

Robin, Son of Batman, Faces His Supervillain Mom

Batman’s had lots of sidekicks over the years. Nightwing, Batgirl and Red Hood have all had gruff, tension-filled partnerships with the Dark Knight. But only one of them has been Bruce Wayne’s biological son. Trained to kill since he could walk, Damian Wayne is the most ferocious Robin ever. Now his mom wants him back.…

Mario Maker Players Are In An Arms Race To Make The Hardest Level Ever

There’s a brutal competition being waged in Mario Maker right now, and it’s inspiring people to make the most hellish Mario Maker courses they can think of. It all started with a course named “Pit of Panga: P-Break.” Uploaded last month by PangaeaPanga, Pit of Panga was so intentionally grueling, it made grown men cry…

One Of The Best Horror Games Is Getting A Sequel

Few games shook me the way Outlast did in 2013, so it pleases me greatly that we’re finally getting a sequel next year. So far, all we know about Outlast 2 is that developer Red Barrels is targeting fall 2016 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. They’ve released a very brief teaser: It seems…

South Park Takes On Gay Manga

This season of South Park has been one long dedication to Tumblr, culminating in an episode last night that dove headfirst into the world of yaoi. Earlier this week, the producers of South Park asked fans to submit their best gay fan art of Craig and Tweek, and boy did people deliver. Check out this…

Riot’s Trying To Improve League Of Legends’ Marksman Champions

Riot’s been teasing out a ton of changes it’s making to its ludicrously popular multiplayer game League of Legends this week. The biggest by far impact powerful ranged offensive units, known alternatively as “ADC” or “marksman” characters. Sounds like the bottom lane of League’s map is about to become very…different. The marksman changes are similar…

“I had a lot of sleepless nights, waking up in cold sweats from dreams of tidal waves sweeping over me.”—read this fascinating postmortem onCostume Quest 2, written by project director Gabe Cinquepalmi. Last-gen consoles ruin everything!

15 Interesting Things I Learned About Wild

When we first saw it at Gamescom last year, nobody really had any idea what Wild actually was. It had a caveman survival-game vibe, and a giant lady who lived in a tree. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Shown again during Sony’s European press conference two days ago, Wild has taken shape: it’s…

Let’s say you’ve been yearning for a hip-hop manga inspired by Nas’ seminal album Illmatic. Tephlon Funk might be just what you’re looking for. The demo sample makes it feel like a classic rap narrative told in dramatic, decompressed Japanese comics style. Check out their Kickstarter to see how you can help the creators make…

13 Year-Old Wanted Grand Theft Auto, Used PowerPoint To Convince Parents

So, michaelsiemsen’s 13 year-old son wanted a copy of Grand Theft Auto V, a very adult game designed for adults. To try and get his way, instead of stealing a credit card or crying for days, he did a very adult thing and put a PowerPoint presentation together Your first thought may be that it’s…

Starting today, Los Santos gets even scarier, thanks to a bunch of new additions to GTA Online. New masks and cars—including a tricked-out hearse—will be joined by Slasher Adversary mode, where one player stalks seven others in the darkness. Contact the author at [email protected]

Overwatch Has Some Cool Easter Eggs

Blizzard’s team-based shooter is now in beta, and those who played on the Japanese-themed map Hanamura, could discover a location with a bunch of silly arcade cabinets Super Siege Mode 3 is a nice reference to the Metal Slug series and The Lost Vikings VI is something similar to the shmup mini-game from the StarCraft…

Nintendo’s First Mobile Game Is Called Miitomo, Out In 2016

Today in Japan, Nintendo announced its first smartphone game. It’s a free-to-play title and called Miitomo. “Tomo” refers to “friend” in Japanese. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nintendo said that the app is ideal for players who are reluctant to reveal things about themselves or talk to others. In Miitomo, each player first makes…

When Video Game Screenshots Look More Like Photos

Screenshotter and photographer Andy Cullhas, with the help of fellow artist Berduu, put together a gallery called “Reality Bytes”, with the aim being “to showcase amazing images captured in videogames, images which blur the lines between the virtual and reality.” Below is an example of the kind of stunning work that they’re celebrating. Note that…

The (Fake) Story Behind The Very First Mortal Kombat Tournament

It’s hard to imagine, but the cast of Mortal Kombat weren’t always adults. At some point, they were kids. What could that have looked like? Well, Tedakin imagines it might be a little like…this: Kombat Kids is a ridiculous yet great fan-animation that looks at what classic Mortal Kombat characters were like before they became…

Forget No Man’s Sky. I’m Getting Hyped To Play Some Spore

In the fall of 2006, the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine published dueling Spore previews in the span of four weeks. John Seabrook, writing in the New Yorker, said that the game was “anticipated with something like the interest with which writers in Paris in the early twenties awaited Joyce’s Ulysses” Steven…

Why the Original Captain America Is Mad At the New Captain America

Steve Rogers used to be Captain America. Then a dramatic plot development made him old and he passed the mantle on to his best friend and superhero partner Sam Wilson. You’d think they’d still be cool after that. But, nowadays, the man who used to be known as The Falcon is on frosty terms with…