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How to Unlock Mortal Kombat X‘s Secret Fight

The old-school versions of Mortal Kombat were filled with hidden characters, features and in-jokes. You’d only ever see them if you fulfilled certain requirements. The new one has stuff like that, too, but they can be a bit more elusive. Here’s how to trigger a secret showdown in Mortal Kombat X As documented in the…

Tragedy Strikes In The First Five Minutes Of Westerado

Of course tragedy strikes in the early moments of Ostrich Banditos’ homage to Spaghetti Westerns. You don’t start off a gritty tale of revenge with the best birthday party ever. Originally released as an Adult Swim browser game back in 2013, Westerado was far too good of a game to be embedded in a website.…

Now That’s A Large USB Drive

Large in physical size, not in storage capacity. Computer enthusiast Christopher Parish modified a vintage “DEC RL02” drive—as big as a decent PC case—from the 70s so it can connect to modern PCs via USB. Technically this might be the largest and the heaviest USB storage device in the world. That removable platter in the…

Men Arrested for Alleged Robbery with PlayStation Light Gun

Two men were arrested this past Sunday for allegedly robbing a young woman in Itanhaém, Brazil. The crime was supposedly committed at gunpoint. Rather, light-gun point. That same night, the men has also allegedly robbed a young man in the same area, stealing his cell phone. According to Brazilian site G1 (via reader and G1…

GTA V’s PC Graphics Settings, Compared

We’vebenchmarked GTA V on PC, but if you’re wondering just what kind of difference moving the settings around actually makes, here’s a very helpful comparison video. wiliextreme’s clip goes through everything from texture quality to shadows to MSAA to ambient occlusion, showing the same spot in the game and showcasing just how much better/worse everything…

Maybe Scorpion Is A Little Too Popular In Mortal Kombat X

He’s on the cover of the latest Mortal Kombat game. He’s widely regarded as the one of the most iconic fighting game characters. Everyone knows the “GET OVER HERE” catchphrase. Despite being somewhat of a villain, Scorpion is well-loved by Mortal Kombat players. And why not? Look at him. He’s an undead ninja with hellfire…

Fallout Sniper Rifle Becomes Giant-Ass Slingshot

This Fallout sniper is not for headshots. It’s for shooting marshmallows at people. For science! (But mostly, for fun.) Joerg Sprave is back, and this time he has a special Fallout-themed slingshot that is surprisingly accurate: Here’s the original Sniper Rifle, for comparison’s sake: The slingshot is of course not made out of metal—it’s wood!…

Forging Loki’s Staff Is A Fittingly Convoluted Process

Trust a trickster god to wield one of the most complicated weapons the folks at Man At Arms: Reforged have ever had to recreate. Loki likely didn’t create the Chitauri scepter he carried in the first Avengers movie, but he’s the one who stuffed an Infinity Gem inside of it, so we’ll call it his.…

Very soon, GameStop will start buying and selling classic games and hardware—Wired’s got a new interview with some specifics on the upcoming program, which will include NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, PS1, and Dreamcast games and systems.

‘Invisible Nunchuck Guy’ And Other Video Game Retail Horror Stories

It turns out a whole lot of parents think video game stores are good substitutes for daycare. Not cool, parents. That’s according to the stories we’ve been getting from all sorts of current and former employees in the world of video game retail, who have shared with us tales of terrible customers, heartwarming interactions, and…

Why I Love Daredevil

Daredevil has superpowers I’d love to have but, honestly, I’d never want to be Matt Murdock. Spoilers follow for various plot points from Daredevil comics. Most superhero creations sell the upside of their power fantasies up front. You see their amazing abilities and fantastic feats first and learn about their terribly tragic pasts much later.…

Weed And A Nintendo Game Taught Me A Valuable Lesson About Parenting

I imagine that parents get struck with a revelation in the process of rearing a child that helps them appreciate the enormity of the task before them. I say “imagine” because I’ve never had a child. At least, a real one. But I was struck by that revelation recently thanks to a small, weird Nintendo…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Last week feels like it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for some reason. It was a good week. Here are my favorite Kotaku posts from it: Video Games, 2015 – Short, sweet and to the point. Luke Plunkett’s sequel to one of his other fine posts, Video Games, 2014.…

BioWare’s Star Wars Games Are Not Official Star Wars Canon

With the new Star Wars movies, Disney basically tossed out everything in the Extended Universe. At last week’s fan convention, someone asked what it meant for BioWare’s games. What “canon” means for Star Wars has changed in the last few years. While Disney is reigning in what is and isn’t considered “official,” it’s still open…

The First Five Minutes Of Insomniac’s First-Ever PC Game

The creators of Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive finally take the PC plunge with Slow Down, Bull, a delightfully simple game about a bull and his art. My how Insomniac’s grown over the past few years. In 2012 the 21-year-old development studio released its first non-PlayStation game with Facebook’s Outernauts. In 2013 came Fuse,…

A Closer Look at Batman v. Superman‘s Big Three Superhero Costumes

Here’s a better glimpse at the costumes that DC Comics’ biggest three superheroes will be wearing in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Batman’s new suit takes big cues from the Frank Miller iteration from The Dark Knight Returns and Wonder Woman’s gear looks a bit more colorful than the promo shots released thus far.…

Mod Turns Dota 2 Into A Third-Person Shooter

You know, I might actually play Dota 2 if it became a third-person shooter. We probably shouldn’t expect Valve to ever sign off on dropping Dota 2 into a completely new genre, but modder BMD_ has done it for them. BMD_ even pulled it off by using the actual Dota 2 tools and game engine,…

PSA: Update Your Rockstar Social Club Password To Avoid Hijacking

Since late last week the Rockstar support Twitter account has been hammered with reports of Social Club account hijackings keeping folks from playing games like Grand Theft Auto V. There’s a simple way to ensure this doesn’t happen to you—change your password. Judging by the volume of tweets the support team is fielding andc the…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Ani-TAY Winter 2015 Seasonal Overview • Power Rangers: The Movie Revisited • A Journey to the East: My time with Anime • Three Things Superheroes Should Learn from Netflix’s Daredevil • Exploring Music: JRPG Battle Themes TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.