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YouTube’s 10 Most Popular Games Of All Time

According to the people at YouTube, they are: Minecraft Grand Theft Auto (series) League of Legends Call of Duty (series) FIFA (series) Garry’s Mod The Sims (series) Five Nights at Freddy’s (series) Puzzles & Dragons Dota 2 A press release hyping YouTube’s 10 anniversary says that list is based on “watchtime.” Not many surprises here,…

How To Quickly Clear The Jungle In League Of Legends

Jungling is one of the trickiest things to do in League of Legends. Thankfully, there are tons of experienced players out there who are willing and able to lend a helping hand. YouTube channel foxdropLoL—a great resource for beginners or really anyone trying to hone their skills in League of Legends—recently put out a short…

Nintendo’s E3 Plans Include A World Championship Comeback

Nintendo has announced its E3 plans: the Nintendo World Championships are coming back after 25 years. What?! The championships are on June 14. The company will also have a “Nintendo digital event” on June 16 at 9 a.m. PDT, and their Treehouse group will return with another set of all-day livestreams. Yes, Nintendo’s event is…

The Fabulous First Five Minutes Of Final Fantasy X-2

The Final Fantasy X-2 Remaster with Bonus Final Fantasy X hit the States this week, once again raising the all-important question, “How can you hate a game that opens with a dance number?” First off, sorry about the “singing”. I couldn’t help myself. Secondly, I completely understand why so many Final Fantasy fans hate this…

Everything is Weird and Awesome in the Newly Remixed Marvel Universe

A bizarre patchwork planet. A police corps made up of hundreds of Thors. A major supervillain finally getting his lifelong wish. Yep, Secret Wars is ramping up in the best way. The goings-on in the new issue of Marvel’s big crossover comics event—crafted again by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic—pick up after the abrupt, “guess…

The Ratchet & Clank movie finally has a cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to the core cast from the games, IRL celebrities Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Bella Thorne, Sylvester Stallone and Rosario Dawson will star in the film. Please, please let this game-to-movie adaption be good.

Eight Months Later, Destiny Players Are Still Hunting For Secrets

Last Tuesday, a Reddit user named DemonCipher13 wrote a passionate call for help on a subreddit dedicated to Destiny, a video game about the mysteries of space. “The time has come,” DemonCipher13 wrote, directly addressing David “DeeJ” Dague, a community manager at Bungie, the studio that develops and maintains Destiny. “Help us. Is there anything…

WarCraft‘s Iconic Villain Kael’thas Joins Heroes of the Storm

Slipping in before Heroes of the Storm’s official release Blizzard added another fan favorite to the game’s ever-growing roster: The wretched mage Kael’thas Sunstrider from The Burning Crusade and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne Using his also iconic “fel-green” Verdant Spheres and various fire attacks, he’s completely true to the crazy villain we faced maybe…

Music Video Turns The NES Into A Deadly Weapon

It’s mostly ‘80s nostalgia in the video for The Fjords’ “All In”—until the kid pulls out his NES Zapper and starts blowing people away. The first sign that something’s not right in the video comes as the young boy lays out an arsenal of fake Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. The Massacre? Fireball? Rocket? I’ve not…

Captain America As An NES Game

The power of the NES might have been too much for a game like this, but CineFix’s fake Captain America: The Winter Soldiergame just looks great as a late NES, early SNES game, something from the early 90s. The clip is following the events of the second movie, ending with the messy battle on top…

Dragon Quest VIII—an excellent JRPG that was first released in 2004 on the PS2—is being re-released (with improvements, like an orchestral score) on the 3DS in 2015. It’ll be out in Japan on August 27.

Here Are 24 Songs That Will Be In The New Guitar Hero

Presented without comment (via Rolling Stone). The Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling” Blitz Kids – “Sometimes” Ed Sheeran – “Sing” Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” Gary Clark, Jr. – “Don’t Owe You a Thang” Green Day – “Nuclear Family” The Killers –…

With thesuccessor to Castlevania funded on Kickstarter, now is a great time to read former Kotaku columnist Leigh Alexander’s take on what makes Castlevania so great—and why people keep going back to it.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Has Pre-Order Incentives, Of Course

You need a cheat-sheet to figure out how to get what you want out of any new game these days. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is no different. Here’s what we’ve figured out so far about navigating your way to buying the game. Syndicate will be the next major Assassin’s Creed game, moving the series to Victorian…

GTA V Mod Unlocks 30 Different Special Hidden Areas

There are some areas of GTA V that you were never meant to see or visit. Good thing mods don’t care about rules. NewTheft has footage of a GTA “All Interiors” mod, which lets players visit locations that were cut from the game, or only accessible via missions. This includes stuff like special offices, police…

League Of Legends Is Too Expensive

Here’s a sad truth: Unless you have thousands of hours or hundreds of dollars, it’s impossible to enjoy more than a sliver of League of Legends. Yes, obviously League of Legends is a free-to-play game. That’s always been one of its defining characteristics. The unique problem League faces now, which it didn’t face when it…

My Crackpot Theory About A Tease In The Witcher 3

Partway through The Witcher 3, two characters had a conversation that got my head spinning. Heads up! Some plot spoilers for The Witcher 3 follow. Nothing too major, but if you want to experience the game totally fresh, better to steer clear. Everyone still here? Okay. Here we go. After the lengthy first act of…

Attack on Titan Has The Best Miiverse Community

Today, Attack on Titan: Humanity In Chains releases for the west on the 3DS. But since the Japanese version of the game has been out for a while, that means the game’s Miiverse forum is already chock full of fantastic art. It’s surprising what people can pull off with such limited tools! Let’s take a…

“I think Banjo-Tooie’s the better game.” So says Kotaku reader BlackmanFord in a series of comments below the chat we published yesterday celebrating Banjo-Kazooie. Read his thread for some Tooie love.

What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Age Of Ultron

You went to see Avengers 2. We went to see Avengers 2. Let’s talk about Avengers 2, too. A bunch of Kotaku staffers went to go see the latest movie featuring Marvel’s premiere super-team. Some of us liked it more than others. Some people made fun of Hawkeye. Not me, though. Spoilers follow for the…