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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…

It’s a psycho killer try-before-you-buy this weekend in Mortal Kombat X. If you bought the game but not the DLC, head over to MKX’s Living Towers this weekend to play as Jason Vorhees in what should have been a 13 round battle but ended up only being 6 because that’s no fun at all.

How To Get The Most Out Of Destiny’s Cool New Bounties

If you played Destiny anytime in the last 24 hours, you found a surprise waiting for you in the Tower. The Queen’s Wrath is back! (Okay, it probably wasn’t a total surprise, given that you had to download a big update first. And the game greeted you with a huge announcement pop-up informing you about…

Konami could suck worse. Sure, the future of the Silent Hill franchise is uncertain, its recent high-profile project canned. AsRedditor Imbarkus and friends demonstrate with this nightmarish image, Konami’sincreased focus on mobile could lead to the scariest Silent Hill yet.

The Legen-Dree First Five Minutes Of Not A Hero

Warning: Playing just five minutes of Roll7’s Not A Hero can result in facial detonation euphoria and the random affectation of a horrific British accent. Ask your doctor if Not A Hero is right for you. Because over-the-top violence is just fine when it’s pixels, Not A Hero is a gleeful romp through the innards…

This Week In The Business: $3.7 Million A Day

STAT | $3.7 million – Amount of revenue Mixi’s mobile game Monster Strike made per day last quarter, according to the company’s earnings report; that’s an increase of 829% in revenue over the previous year’s quarter Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Smartwatch is going to be a meaningful sector for…

Destiny Clan Takes Dancing To A Whole New Level

Anyone can dance in Destiny—the emote is one simple button press away. But nobody can dance quite like these guys can. That’s because the Husky Raid guys straight up choreograph their dance parties. They even add a lighting show element to it—and it makes for a spectacular view, as you can see in this video…

Darth Vader’s Got A Mystery Enemy In The Latest Star Wars Comic

By the time that Star Wars happens, the Jedi are practically extinct throughout all the galaxy. But in the latest issue of the Darth Vader comic, the Dark Lord of the Sith faces up against people wielding lightsabers. Not his son. Something far more sinister. (Spoilers follow. Hover over the top left of each image…

World Of Warcraft Bot Maker Calls It Quits After Massive Ban Wave

Blizzard just banned over 100,000 World of Warcraft accounts in the name of stopping cheaters. But did it work? It’s doubtful that all cheaters and botters are gone from WoW forever, but it sounds like Blizzard latest huff and puff succeeded in blowing them down. Bossland, creator of WoW’s most notorious bot, the PVP-centric Honorbuddy,…

Guillermo Del Toro Says Dead Video Games Have Left Him ‘Reeling’

The man behind Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim has had two big-deal video game projects crumble into nothing all around him. He’s kind of doubtful about ever trying to make another one. Can you blame him? Folks everywhere are mourning the sudden stoppage of development for Silent Hills, the title that would’ve followed up on…

Kotaku Asks: Video Game Personality Greg Miller [Q&A Over]

In January, Greg Miller quit his cushy job at IGN to go indie. Although it seemed like a risky move at the time, things have worked out for the longtime video game personality and his friends, who doubled down on video-making and podcasting and now rake in over $45,000 a month via Patreon support for…

Worth Reading: How Sega Totally Blew It With Saturn

Ahh, Friday. You’re here, I’m here, and that means Worth Reading, our weekly collection of the best games writing that’s not on Kotaku, is back. Hey, You Should Read These “Sega Saturn: how one decision destroyed PlayStation’s greatest rival” by Keith Stuart It’s wild to imagine a world where PlayStation wasn’t so dominant over Saturn,…

For Two Years, This Kanye West Game Has Been Hiding a Disturbing Secret

Guys. I’m kind of freaked out right now. That’s partially my fault. I’m in a confusing part of the internet right now, and it’s midnight, and I’m trying to figure out this creepy game I’m playing. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It was in Rolling Stone. It was onVice. It was on The Hollywood Reporter.…

The folks at Oculus have announced the recommended PC specs for the Oculus Rift, in case you wanna start shopping for sales on PC graphics cards sometime in 2015. Here’s what you’ll need to get by: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater 8GB+ RAM Windows 7 SP1…

Kudos, Square Enix! The publisher has moved their E3 press conference an hour later, to 10am PT on Tuesday, June 16, to avoid overlapping with Nintendo’s 9am digital presentation. Props to Square for being flexible.

The One Character In League Of Legends Who’s Truly Terrifying

There was a loud bang, like metal falling on top of metal. Then nothing. I wanted to ask my teammates what the hell it was. A few minutes later, I heard it again. Then again. Something is here, I thought, dread creeping into my mind. Something is coming Another ominous clang. The sixth or seventh…

The Amazing Bloodborne War That Lasted Two Hours

When RhoParkour decided to invade Chihaya_1996’s world in Bloodborne, little did he know it would turn into a standoff that lasted for hours, thanks to a convenient door glitch. (Apologies for the Twitch video playing automatically. There’s nothing we can do about it.) Our story begins pretty normally. RhoParkour was looking for someone to kill,…

Get a Look at Batman: Arkham Knight’s Superhero Team-Ups in Action

The next Batman game will let players switch from the Dark Knight to other characters working to protect Gotham City. Let’s take a look at the Dual Play feature in action. It’s a Batman and Nightwing reunion in the video above, as developer Tim Hanangan walks through a combat sequence from the upcoming superhero title.…

Cows Invade Diablo III On Its Third Anniversary

Happy Birthday Diablo III! The game came out three years ago and an anniversary like this means a special event. This time it’s a Cowpocalypse, and it’ll be a nostalgic one for all Diablo fans. Effective immediately, we encourage all residents of Sanctuary to steer clear of the wilds. From dawn on May 15 to…

Dragon Ball Z‘s Android Saga As Pulp Fiction

Time travel is a little bit different in artist Ástor Alexander’s version of the Dragon Ball Z Android Saga. He made four awesome fake covers, featuring Dr. Gero, Android 17 & 18, Cell, and Trunks. So, it7s almost everyone introduced after the Frieza saga, but with a 60s pulp fiction look. Dayshot is an image-based…