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Google vs The Pony Express

The latest Google Doodle video game celebrates the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express. You ride across America, collecting letters. To play, click the Google logo at google.com. It’ll take you about a minute. More back-story about the Pony Express and the five developers who made the game here

’90s Video Game Ads Were All That And A Bag Of Chips

From fish-eye lenses to Big Dog-style one-liners, 1990s video game ads had it all. And by “had it all” I mean “were absolutely ridiculous and almost hurt to look back on today.” This gallery of ‘90s ads, put together by Flickr user jonathantaylorthomasfan and passed along to us by a couple of anonymous tipsters last…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: The Ani-TAY Super-size Review: The Devil is a Part-Timer! • Grex’s Persona Q Review • Aldnoah.Zero 2: The Ani-TAY Review • Backlog Update: The Last Story Complete! Also, Pick My Next Game! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Guitar Hero is Back And I Really Like What I’ve Seen

Confession: if I had spent anything like as much time playing actual guitar as I did playing pretend guitar as a teenager, I might have had a very different career path. In the late days of the 2006-9 rhythm-action boom, some hardcore pretend musicians split out into Guitar Hero fans and Rock Band fans, but…

You Can Build Ships In World of Warcraft‘s Next Patch

In Warlords of Draenor’s first content patch, we only got a few Garrison tweaks and a selfie camera. But the second one is going to be huge: There’s a new raid, a new outdoor zone, dungeons are getting a harder difficulty setting, and there’s a new Garrison feature—the Shipyard! Tanaan Jungle, the currently unfinished level…

Mortal Kombat X‘s Streaming Steam Install Has Fans Angry And Confused

Since last night PC fighting game fans have been able to download the first three gigs of Mortal Kombat X on Steam — and that’s all. Understandable frustration follows. Mortal Kombat X is testing out a new sort of install system on Steam, in which a smaller initial download is offered to get players into…

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Here’s What GTA V Looks Like On PC

If the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game were a step up from the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions, then consider the PC version a slight step above them. Provided you can run it at its higher settings, anyway. The game helpfully includes its own benchmark test, which aside from helping you test…

This is World War Toons. If you like your Second World War authentic, serious and grim, this shooter (built for VR, and letting you control both infantry and tanks) might not be for you.

GTA V Streamers Get Their Games Stolen By Viewers

Those of you thinking of streaming GTA V on PC might want to finish the entire installation process before going live—or you might find yourself at the mercy of your viewers. Now that GTA V has launched for PC, lots of people are celebrating by streaming the game. Thing is, after you install GTA V…

GTA V Sure Has A Lot Of PC Settings (Which Is Nice)

It took its sweet time, but Grand Theft Auto V is now out on PC. And, in terms of PC ports of console games, it appears to have been worth the wait. I’ve been playing it for a while now and yes, it looks great, and yes, it’s still the same great game, but what’s…

Guy Injures Himself Playing…Candy Crush

Look, it’s one thing to hurt yourself playing Rock Band. But when you end up in medical journals for an injury sustained playing Candy Crush Saga, maybe it’s time to take a step back and assess your video gaming habits. An unnamed 29 year-old California man has become the focus of a report from doctors…

Cities: Skylines Interchange Goes Beyond Mere Road Porn

We’ve already covered Cities: Skylines user’s fixation with road porn, but this masterpiece goes beyond such tawdry titillations. This is a 6-way, fully-connected overpass interchange, made by Guanlong. It’s available for download in the Steam Workshop, and, I mean, just look at this thing. It’s the kind of design to make a mathematician (or civic…

Destiny’s House Of Wolves Expansion Won’t Have A Raid

Well, this is unexpected: Bungie just confirmed that Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion won’t include a six-player raid when it comes out in May. The game will receive a third raid at a later date, but it won’t be part of the expansion. In a new updateto the company blog, a Bungie rep had the…

One Of The Weirdest PC Performance Tweaks I’ve Seen In A While

This past weekend, I decided to play some Assassin’s Creed IV on PC. I don’t know why, I just did. Whatever. That’s not the point of this story. I played the game on PS3 back when I reviewed it, then played more on PS4 to appreciate how much better it looked on better hardware. But…

Tales From The Borderlands Is Killing It With The Musical Intros

Did I expect to love the heck out of Telltale’s Borderlands adventure game? I did not. And yet here we are. I played both available episodes of Tales From The Borderlands over the past week—there’ll be five, when all is said and done. I’m really into it so far, to the point where I’ve started…

The Time Cobra Commander Guest-Starred On Transformers

A couple days ago the folks at the Transformers Collectors Club teamed up with Seibertron.com to reveal their upcoming G.I. Joe crossover set featuring a character called ”Old Snake.” He’s an actual character from an actual Transformers cartoon. A very silly Transformers cartoon. While the third season episode “Only Human” never specifically refers to him…

Pokémon’s Newest Legendary Doesn’t Seem As Cool Anymore

For over a year now, anticipation around a legendary Pokémon called Hoopa grew exponentially—people found out about the monster via a leak in 2013, and the only way to attain it was to hack the game. Its taboo nature, plus its cool design made generating hype for Hoopa really easy. And then The Pokémon Company…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Every so often we wind up with a lot of staffers on vacation or out for illness or whatever. Short-staffed as we’ve been this month, we’ve still managed to run some pretty cool stories. My five favorites from last week: 10 Ways To Make Your Favorite Games Feel New Again | A fun, light one…

That Halo PC Shooter Doesn’t Look Terrible

When you first heard the words “free to play” and “Halo 3 engine”, you might have dismissed that weird Russia-only Halo shooter for the PC. You might also have been a little too hasty. Despite attempts by Microsoft to shut down outsider access to the game’s beta, folks in the English-speaking world have been playing…