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The Wrong Pac-Man Just Got Into the Video Game Hall of Fame

There’s a World Video Game Hall of Fame now, and the first class of inductees was announced yesterday. Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Doom, and World of Warcraft are to video games what Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner are to baseball Canonball—the process of assembling a canon—is one…

Witcher 3 Fixes Money Exploit By Adding Cow Army

It used to be easy to earn money in The Witcher 3 by killing cows over and over again. The game’s most recent patch, however, has a clever way of stopping you from exploiting the world’s bovine. Patch 1.05, which just went live for PC players, brings with it many important changes, including a bigger…

Kotaku Asks: SpyParty Designer Chris Hecker [Q&A Over]

Game designer Chris Hecker, best known for his long-in-development game SpyParty and for his consistently insightful comments on the video game industry, is here to answer your questions. Hecker has worked for various game companies over the years, including Maxis, where he developed a great deal of the animation tech for the simulation game Spore.…

Horror Game Uses Phones To Turn Your House Into A Complete Nightmare

A game like this booted up on a dark night when you’re completely alone seems like a sure-fire way to shit your pants. Night Terrors is an alternate reality game where you use your phone to see digital terrors. In a way, it looks a lot like the house-centric horrors P.T. offered on the PS4—except…

Looks like Amazon just spoiled one of Microsoft’s E3 announcements: there’s a new Xbox One model with a 1TB hard-drive launching onJune 15. It’ll include that new controller with a headphone jack.

Worth Reading: How Games Help Us Cope With Death

Not only is it Friday, but it’s time for another roundup of the best writing in games from this past week, too. Hey, You Should Read These “Planned to Fail” by Taylor Hidalgo No one wants to be a bad teammate, but c’mon. I can relate to Taylor Hidalgo confessing a desire to help those…

Hearthstone Players Aren’t Pleased About Expensive New Skin

Yesterday, Blizzard finally announced plans to add a new hero to Hearthstone: the dwarf king Magni Bronzebeard. Except, well, Magni isn’t actually a new hero. He’s a new portrait Yep, for the hefty price of $10, players of Blizzard’s stellar digital card game can replace the current warrior portrait (Garrosh Hellscream) with Magni, in all…

YouTube’s Top 10 ‘Trending’ Games For May

Courtesy of YouTube, we’ve got their list of the hottest games on the video giant for the month of May. Was there any doubt which game would win May? As explained in our post for the top 10 last month, YouTube determines “trending” status through a combination of number of video uploads and watchtime. Here’s…

Lucas from Earthbound is headed to Super Smash Bros. on June 14 at 8 a.m. PDT, according to Nintendo. Maybe they’ll make another joke about Mother 3 at E3 soon, too. Contact the author at [email protected]

Let’s Speculate About the Future of the Marvel Universe

Ever since yesterday, Marvel’s been talking about how the next version of their superhero universe will look a whole lot different. And a new teaser image gives a glimpse of even more changes, including a female Wolverine. Time to put on our thinking caps, true believers. Is That Tony Stark in the Iron Man Armor?…

If Classic Games Had an Impossible Difficulty Mode

Instead of making some classic games harder using the usual methods—more difficult and faster enemies, timed levels, broken controls—the folks at Dorkly created a special, rather unfair mode for games that weren’t necessarily famous for being impossible. Here’s Pac-Man, Sonic, Harvest Moon, RollerCoaster Tycoon (no fun allowed edition), Street Fighter, Solitaire (hey that game can…

World of Warcraft Professions Wouldn’t Make Much Sense In Real Life

Not that anyone had ever complained about it—in a game where you can loot gems and rifles from boars—but it’s still funny to see them in a different perspective. Here’s DarkLegacyComics’ take on enchanting. Enchanters in World of Warcraft turn gear we don’t need to dust and all kinds of essences and then use that…

Spike Lee Is Writing A Video Game Campaign

Welcome to 2015, everyone. Director Spike Lee has signed a deal with 2K where he’ll be writing the singleplayer campaign for NBA2K16. The game’s cover will even carry his trademark branding of a “Spike Lee joint” If this sounds weird, remember, NBA2K16’s career mode isn’t like your typical sports game.It’s as much an RPG as…

One minute, you’re driving along enjoying Project CARS. The next minute, you’re not. (via oktnxbai)

Valve Thinks It’s Cracked Typing With A Controller

Since the dawn of controllers, companies have struggled with the challenge of getting people to type words using just a stick (or d-pad) and some buttons. The latest company to take a shot at this Holy Grail Of Couch Gaming is Valve. Many others have come before them, and have either failed, relied on stupid…

Censored Witcher 3 Nudity Is Pretty Funny

The Witcher 3 has blood and nudity by the boatload, but that stuff doesn’t fly in some countries. The result? A bit of silly censorship. Warning: these videos are NSFW and contain Witcher 3 spoilers. Censored Gaming captured scenes from The Witcher 3’s Japanese and Middle Eastern versions, both of which dial back gore and…

The second season of Knights of Sidonia—our pick for the best anime on Netflix—kicks off on July 3. Here’s a trailer.

Fans Have Already Come Up With Wild Theories About Fallout 4

Maybe the trailer Bethesda released yesterday for Fallout 4 teased more than people realize—or at least, this is what some hardcore fans are speculating right now. Reader Stefan Andersson sent us note of a popular theory making the rounds on Reddit and other websitesright now, all revolving around Fallout 4’s protagonist. You know, this guy;…

A Doom Mod About Anime Ninja Girls

Wish Doom had more anime ninja girls, katanas, and screaming power metal? Well then, you’re in luck. The DemonSteele mod has been around for a bit, but it’s still updating and will soon add a second playable character. It has a melodramatic story about demons invading Earth and farming and more demons invading Earth, but…

A Horror Game About Two People Trapped In The Same Body

One person is a 13-year-old girl, another is a ghost. That’s a hell of a premise. The Music Machine is not a jump scare factory, and you won’t spend your time running from monsters. At least, it hasn’t done that in the 20 minutes or so I’ve spent with it. No, The Music Machine is…