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A $50 “Game Of The Year” edition of Shadow of Mordor is coming out May 5th—as in, next week—for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC. No word on last-gen versions. If you haven’t played Mordor yet, this is a good chance to get all its post-release goodies without having to pay extra for the crappy…

Someone Made A Cool Browser Version of A Link To The Past‘s Map

It’s a live HTML5 version for browsers and everything from the classic SNES game’s overworld is there. Here’s the whole map, made by the folks at “Jadsdsengine” (via r/nintendo). It might take a few seconds to load. But after that you can zoom in to see every animation, NPC and enemy closely or zoom out…

Here’s a short Xenoblade Chronicles X clip that demonstrates how online group quests will work. People can form “Squads” and participate in special “Squad Quests” (the footage starts at the 0:45 mark in the video) to kill tougher monsters for better loot. Just like in MMOs. via Siliconera To contact the author of this post,…

Kobe, Japan. August 2014. By Brian Ashcraft | Kotaku Screengrabber is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

You’ll Need to Play This Game Again, And Again, And Again…

Sonder (still) sounds like a really cool game! To recap: it’s a sci-fi game where you don’t play as a single character, you play through the same events as every character. The more you observe and learn each time you play, the better prepared you’ll be for your next go through. Like Life is Strange,…

The World Is Ending And I’m Choreographing A Dance Number

In the dark future of Omega Quintet the world is being overwhelmed by an evil force and the last vestiges of humanity—some 20,000 souls—huddle together for survival. Time for an idol group dance number! The greatest weapon humanity has in Omega Quintet is hope, and what’s more hopeful than big-eyed anime girls dressing up in…

Obama Thanks Japan For Giving Us Anime

What anime could you see Obama watching? Kill la Kill? Sailor Moon? Swimming Anime? I bet he loves Attack on Titan. “Eren Yeager is my boy” – Obama, probably. The reason that I’m speculating about this is because Mashable has a clip of President Obama thanking Japan for things he thinks young people are fond…

Reminder: You Can Now Buy Mewtwo In Smash Bros.

You can stop feeling jealous about all the people who got to test drive Mewtwo early: the legendary Pokémon is now up for sale in the Smash Bros. shop. Buying the menacing monster will set you back $3.99, or a little more if you purchase him for both the Wii U and 3DS version ($4.99).…

Choose Your Shadowrun Games Wisely

Today marks the launch of Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown on Steam, a game that’s not at all related to the other two Shadowrun games on Steam or the recently Kickstarted third. Confused? Great! That’s why I wrote this. So Shadowrun Chronicles is completely unrelated to Shadowrun Returns? Well, not completely unrelated. Both are digital takes…

The Pros And Cons Of Paid Steam Mods

That was some week for PC gamers, huh? Last Thursday, Valve announced a new feature that would let Steam users charge for Skyrim mods. By Monday, following severe backlash, it was gone It’s clear that Valve made some serious mistakes while implementing this system—maybe they should’ve tested it out more; maybe they should’ve curated more;…

Five Nights at Freddy’s Creator Is Teasing Everyone With A Secret

Five Nights at Freddy’s fans think they’ve figured out exactly what the Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 will be about. How are they so sure? They’ve found a few hidden clues left behind by the game’s developer. If you go to the official websiteof FNAF creator Scott Cawthon and look at the webpage’s HTML, you…

Okay, Maybe The Gameplay Isn’t My Favorite Feature Of Smite

Thelatest patch for action MOBA Smite dropped today, adding achievements, a brand new god, a revamped store interface and all sorts of item and god balance tweaks. Great! I’ll just watch this menu animation for the two dozenth time then. As much as I enjoy playing the free-to-play PC (and soon Xbox One) game, there…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Isn’t As Great As I Remembered It

Everyone has that one game they still remember playing for the first time. For me, it was Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Looking back, it seems weird—other games occupy my personal best-of list, but something about Human Revolution struck a distinct chord with me. It is a game I love. With the recent announcement of a…

Who Do You Want to Draw The Next Dark Knight Batman Story?

The legendary comics artist who drew The Dark Knight Returns won’t be handling the art chores for its upcoming follow-up. So who should? Part of the reason Frank Miller became an iconic superhero comics creator was the strength of his artistic chops on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. But, over the past two decades,…

Stan Lee Teaches The Art Of The Cameo

While some of us aren’t too keen on seeing comic book legend Stan Lee’s name in front of things, there’s something about the idea of a Stan Lee Cameo School that just makes sense. In this Audi-sponsored short, directed and co-starring incredibly lucky comic book fan Kevin Smith, we see Stan the Man in his…

Reminder: You Have One Day to Get PT Before It Disappears Forever

The Silent Hills game that Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro were working on won’t be happening. And, come tomorrow, Konami’s pulling PT—the super-scary demo used to hype the game—from the Playstation Store. So, if you want to experience the only playable slice of Silent Hills ever released, you better grab it soon. In the…

D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, the Xbox One exclusive from Deadly Premonition designer Swery65, is coming to PC. The developer confirmed the port to a fan today. D4 was a weird, weird game. It’s not quite the classic Deadly Premonition was, but it’s absolutely worth checking out whenever it shows up on PC. Of course,…

Destiny/Game of Thrones Coincidence Or Easter Egg?

On one hand, there are so only so many ways you can design a window. On the other hand, what’re the chances that Peter Dinklage’s character in Game of Thrones would be sitting next to something that looks so much like Peter Dinklage’s character in Destiny? (via Reddit) We made this gif to illustrate: You…

Dota 2 Is Getting Faster

Valve finally got around to releasing its anticipated 6.84 patch notes for Dota 2 last night, meaning that there are some big changes coming to the popular MOBA this week. The updates are characteristically extensive. And insane. There are too many buffs, nerfs, tweaks, and reworks in 6.84 to list them all here. But let…

Square Addresses The Top XV Criticisms Of Final Fantasy XV

As it turns out, Final Fantasy fans have OPINIONS. And Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata is listening very closely to those opinions. In a presentation last night that was chock full of interesting details about the upcoming fifteenth Final Fantasy game (for Xbox One and PS4; no release date yet), Tabata and Square Enix…