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Black Mesa: Hazard Course drops two brand new screenshots. The mod project, which aims to recreate the Hazard Course tutorial level from Half-Life (a level that was cut from the big HL remake, Black Mesa) has now entered its internal beta, and is looking at a 2015 release. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

Indies Stumble Upon Savagely Original Game Idea

Great indie games don’t just appear out of thin air. They’re the result of blood, sweat, tears and, most important of all, original ideas. And this might be the most original of all. If you’re confused, stick with it until 1:30.

It’s Kinda Like The Wind Waker, But With Flying

Well, this one came out of nowhere. Clouds Below is a very pretty (and free) game about flying. Well OK, there are other things too, but flying is the best part. I mean, look at this: “Wind-based platformer” sums it up pretty aptly. Really though, it’s got Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker looks and Skyward…

Angry Birds Arcade Game Looks Pretty Cool

You might have seen some Angry Birds arcade machines before, but they’ve just been big-screen ports of the mobile game. There’s an official Angry Birds arcade game coming, and it looks a lot more fun than the Angry Birds you’ve played and are now ignoring steadfastly. As Arcade Heroes reports, this isn’t your standard arcade…

Street Fighter V Beta Postponed Until…It Actually Works

Hope you weren’t super turbo excited for the Street Fighter V beta over the weekend, because the thing was a complete clusterfuck. So much so that the whole thing was called off, and won’t be back until “the experience is going to be a positive one for players.” The announcement was made in a very…

Just some League of Legends players, seeing if they can make Teemo appear. via Alex Hanly

How Shitty Is Each Of These Destiny Moves?

Anonymous Destiny teammates come and go. They’re here for a game or two, gone forever afterward. Some of them are cool, valued companions. Some are total assholes. The more Destiny PvP I play, the more aware I am of certain player behaviors—ways people celebrate and taunt, abuse the rules or simply abuse one another. I’ve…

The First Five Diablo-riffic Minutes Of Victor Vran

As an isometric fantasy action role-playing game, Victor Vran does a lot of the same things Diablo does. It also does several things Diablo doesn’t, which is what makes it awesome. For one, it’s got a main character with an impressively gravelly voice. (Update: In fact it’s Doug Cockle, the voice of Geralt in The…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

It’s supposed to be the slow season now, but last week was crazy. We got some really good stories on the site, thank goodness. Here are my top five… Sex Abuse Survivor Finds Comfort In Video Games – Patrick’s sympathetic, moving piece about a gamer coping with awful memories. All These Things Actually Happen In…

New Doom Combines Old And New, With Mixed Results

I played a couple matches of the new Doom over the weekend at QuakeCon. I come to you bearing Thoughts. Doom is fast and brutal, so I’m gonna deliver my impressions in the form of RAPID-FIRE BULLET POINTS. Warning: if you get too close to your screen, I can’t be held responsible for what might…

Watch Me Play A Game Where I Sell Weapons To Potatoes [DONE!]

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is what you get when you cross Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale with lots of starch, I guess. Here’s the premise: Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world. Use your…

Dragon Ball’s Old Safety Specials Are The Best

Did you know that Goku is pretty much a certified firefighter? Hell, did you know that Goku is qualified to talk to you about proper safety techniques when it comes to traffic laws and handling fire? I sure didn’t. Last weekend, I was shown two classic Dragon Ball safety specials by a friend, and while…

My Greatest Rocket League Moment

Everything was fine. My Rocket League partner and I had scored three times early on, and though the other team was scraping together a comeback with back-to-back goals, we were still ahead. But for some reason, my buddy decided to leave mid-match. Now, I was alone. 2-on-2 is my favorite way to play Rocket League…

Rosalina: “What are you smiling about?” Mii: “Dude, I almost had you.” Rosalina: “You almost had me? You never had me. You never had your kart.” Awesome GIF via the Mario Kart subreddit

In Brazil, Sega won the video game console wars of the 1990s. An article at Atlas Obscura delves into the Brazilian video game market, a weird place, one where a new PS4 costs three times as much as it does elsewhere. Contact the author at [email protected]

10 Secrets Hidden Inside of Five Nights at Freddy’s 4

Between all the jump scares and creepy animatronics, it’s pretty easy to miss some of the easter eggs and smaller details hiding in Five Nights at Freddy’s 4. But they are there, waiting to be noticed. Better yet, they might tell a pretty disturbing story about what’s ‘really’ happening inside of the game. Here are…

League Of Legends Designer Explains Why It Takes So Long To Fix Stuff

Despite being a very fun game, there are many, many things in League of Legends that desperately need to be fixed, improved upon, or added in the first place. A key figure at League’s development studio Riot wants the game’s tens of millions of fans to know that delays for crucial improvements aren’t the result…

Arkham Knight Glitch Gave Me a Weird, Super-Easy Watchtower Takedown

What’s up with those Arkham Knight soldiers running around like crazy? Batman hasn’t even done anything yet. Gosh, guys. After finishing up the main story in Arkham Knight, I’ve been patrolling the city and going through the various sidequests. You know, removing checkpoints, blowing up drones, defusing explosives… that kind of thing. A few days…

Fallout: New Vegas Mod Asks You To Survive A Hellish Icy Wasteland

That nuclear winter that everyone in Fallout wanted so badly? It’s coming, thanks to this awesome New Vegas mod. Check out the fantastic first trailer for Fallout: The Frontier, a huge mod that goes all-out with its winter theme: Specifically, Frontier features quests that have you surviving against the harsh elements—the developers note that moral…

The Witcher 3 is getting a New Game Plus mode for repeat playthroughs, developer CD Projekt Red just announced. Like the rest of the game’s DLC so far, it’ll be free. Great news, despite the fact that a lot of people haven’t even finished their first time through