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Dark Souls Player Conquers His Own, Tougher Version Of The Game
TheUrbanOrb claims he’s “not a masochist,” but consider this: no shield blocking, getting hit, or leveling up. These are a few of the self-imposed restrictions he struggled through during a recent Dark Souls run, the end of a multi-year journey that began when his dream of playing the piano was taken away. In late 2009,…
By Patrick Klepek Published May 18, 2015 -
Minecraft Player Named ‘MojangSucksDick’ Gets Pranked By Mojang
Making a username in a fit of rage can lead to some pretty silly situations. Just ask the Minecraft player who gave themselves the username ‘MojangSucksDick.’ A few years ago, Reddit user jessemoforice had trouble logging into their Minecraft account. So instead of logging into their already existing account, they made a brand new one.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 18, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
I take a couple of days off last week, and the staff goes and publishes some blockbuster stories. Those two events can’t be connected! My five favorite stories from last week: The Horrible World of Video Game Crunch | “This made me come to the realization that crunch was not some occasional occurrence before you…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2015 -
Smite‘s Squirrel God Is Appropriately Nuts
Enough withthe teasing. Today Hi-Rez Studios officially reveals the Norse squirrel god Ratatoskr, one of Smite’s most versatile MOBA combatants yet. First off yes, there is a Norse squirrel god, and while Ratatoskr is more of a messenger, carrying information up and down the world tree, if Mercury qualifies, so does this freakishly cute rodent.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2015 -
A Beginner’s Guide To The World Of The Witcher
Good news: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a really cool game. Bad news: It’s dense and complicated as hell, and requires you to keep track of a ridiculous number of people, places, and concepts. Don’t worry: I’m here to help. Wild Hunt is likely going to attract a bunch of new people to the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 18, 2015 -
League Of Legends Will Hide ‘Eye Candy’ For Serious Players
League of Legends players take the game seriously. Super seriously. So seriously that those pesky pretty little things on the Summoner’s Rift map like butterflies and dragonflies start to look like serious eyesores that get in the way of winning. I mean: you can’t even attack them! But Riot can. In a small post on…
By Yannick LeJacq Published May 18, 2015 -
Meet Orgrim Doomhammer, star of next year’s Warcraft movie. Wired’sgot a first look at the digital movie star, voiced by actor Robert Kazinsky and rendered by Industrial Light and Magic. What do you think? I’m not used to orcs having so much body hair, but I dig it.
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2015 -
Our First, All-Too-Brief Look at the New Doom
Looks like those demons are getting serious upgrades, huh? It’s only a teaser—and may not be gameplay—but this short clip above represents the first glimpse of the next installment in Id’s legendary shooter franchise. Publisher Bethesda will be showing more (be kinda hard to show less) at E3 next month. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2015 -
Suicide Squad Set Footage Shows the Joker Slapping Harley Quinn [GONE]
You didn’t think the Clown Prince of Crime was going to be all lovey-dovey, did you? The clip above—from what looks like surreptitiously shot video—purports to be from the set of David Ayer’s upcoming Suicide Squad movie, which assembles a bunch of DC Comics villains for a big black ops mission . There’s no real…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2015 -
A new expansion called Rising Tide will be making Civilization: Beyond Earth bigger—and wetter. The add-on will bring oceanic exploration, along with new enemies, factions and Diplomatic Traits to the game when it releases this fall. Contact the author at [email protected]
By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2015 -
Nothing Traumatizing Happens In Telltale’s New Game Of Thrones Screens
Telltale’s Game of Thrones Episode Four: Sons of Winter iscoming soon, and not one of the new screenshots will leave you staring at your screen in horror for minutes after the show ends. Available soon for consoles, PC, Mac and mobile, Episode Four spins the continuing tale of the House Forrester, who’ve had a relatively…
By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2015 -
Smash Bros. Gets Modded with Dragon Ball Z
And, of course, it’s called Super Smash Bros. Brawl Z. Of course! As Smash Boards and Event Hubs point out, Japanese YouTuber InD Mark-2 has been uploading Smash Bros. mods with DBZ characters and move sets. (Though, the original mods are apparently from Brawl Vault Modders. The teen Gohan, for example, was done by CaliKingz01.)…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2015 -
It’s Not An Action Movie Trailer, It’s A Taylor Swift Music Video
Yannick’s beloved Taylor Swift doles out weapons to every woman she knows and walks about in slow motion in her music video for “Bad Blood”, narrated by Kendrick Lamar. It’s about a dozen different movies I’d like to see set to a song that’s not quite as catchy as the other ones I’ve heard. Maybe…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2015 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hot Pockets
Nothing goes together like gaming and Hot Pockets, unless the Hot Pockets marketing team is at the helm. Let’s show them how it’s done in this week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Hot Pockets are horrible crap you should probably not eat. I say this not because I hate Hot Pockets, but to calm any fears that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2015 -
Every Fairy From The Legend Of Zelda. Even The Hideous Ones.
Which is your favorite fairy from The Legend of Zelda franchise? Our old friend MasterOfHyrulehas compiled a video featuring each and every—what the hell is that thing? Someone kill it! Set it on fire! Glue an Xbox One game to it! Okay, we’re safe. My personal favorite fairies are the ones from Ocarina of Time…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2015 -
There’s Metal Gear Solid Hiding In This Week’s My Little Pony
Apparently Snake’s box hiding box isn’t as fool-proof as we thought. Even Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima managed to spot it. It’s no secret the makers of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic love their video game references, like last year’s BioShock Infinite Easter egg. And this isn’t the first time Metal Gear Solid…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2015 -
Puzzle & Dragons Z’s Freedom Bores Me
After years of dealing with the stamina restrictions and constant rotation of powerful paid content in the mobile version of Puzzle & Dragons, the pay once, play forever structure of Puzzle & Dragons Z for the Nintendo 3DS sounded like a dream. Sometimes dreams are stupid. Behind the annoying microtransactions and frustrating, play-limiting stamina bar…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2015