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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…

New Dark Souls 2 Update Is For Folks Who Thought Dark Souls 2 Was Easy

Dark Souls fans looking for a new challenge will be very happy with Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. I took a short break from the Souls world after marathoning through Bloodborne, but Bandai Namco smartly timed its Dark Souls 2 remix to Bloodborne’s release. The moment credits were rolling on Axiom Verge,…

I Can’t Believe It–One Of My Favorite Final Fantasy Games Is An MMO

I used to hate the idea of a massively-multiplayer Final Fantasy game. Then I finished the main story for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and it’s become one of my favorite entries in the series. I remember sitting in the audience of the Sony E3 press conference where Final Fantasy XIV was announced—the swell…

Destiny’s House of Wolves Comes Out May 19 [UPDATE: Trailer’s Up]

House of Wolves, the second expansion for Destiny, will be out in just over a month, publisher Activision announced today. We’ll be grinding again on May 19. Activision sent out a media blast this morning with a new trailer for House of Wolves, but it’s currently private. They say they sent the news early by…

GTA V PC Will Let You Make Your Own Films

Need another reason to get the PC version of GTA V, which you probably already own on console? The robust video editor coming with it might be reason enough. The trimming and sharing features shown in the new trailer for GTA V’s PC version look commensurate with the features in a lot of other video…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: When “Awesome” Games Aren’t Enough Anymore • Insert Songs and Anime • Nana: The Ani-TAY Review • Samurai Warriors: The Ani-TAY Review • Indie HYPE: I Am Bread TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The First Five Lizard Wizarding Minutes Of Son Of Nor

In the beginning gods created lizard-man and man. Then lizard-man learned magic, and things pretty much go downhill from there in Son of Nor. A strange little PC game from stillalive studios, Son of Nor tells the story of the last bastion of humanity in a world ruled by lizard wizards, which is incredibly fun…

New Ant-Man Trailer Makes Marvel’s Shrinking Hero Look Like a Badass

The first teaser for Marvel’s next solo superhero movie was a bit gloomier, focusing on Scott Lang’s messed-up life. Today’s new trailer brings the straight-up superhero stuff, making you believe that this guy will be able to kick bad guys’ butts. You’ll get a bunch of scenes of Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man facing up against Yellowjacket,…

Three Basic Rules of World of Warcraft Battlegrounds

The goals in Arathi Basin, one of World of Warcraft’s oldest PvP battleground, seem easy: capture strategic resource points with your team and hang on to them until you reach the required amount. That being said, these battles are just chaotic, without any sign of player cooperation. So Carbot made a short animation to help…

Tinder In The 80s Would Have Sucked

A whole bunch of vintage technology shows up in SuperMonkey’s video to make the 80s version of the popular dating app work on a home computer. It’d probably be shipped on a bajillion floppy disks and setting it up would have been harder than Star Wars: Rebel Assault on an old IBM XT-286. To contact…

There’s a Pro Soccer Player Called “Pikachu”

Whether you call it “soccer” or “football,” that doesn’t matter here. What does is that this dude is known as Pikachu. This, of course, is Pikachu, the Pocket Monster. [Photo: The Pokemon Company] And, via Globo.com, here is Pikachu, the Brazilian soccer player. [Photo: Gustavo Pêna] “Yago Pikachu” to be more exact. The Brazilian player…

Square Enix launched a new teaser site that reads “Star 20150 1.” It is supposed to update on April 14, and there’s speculation it’s for a new Star Ocean title. Don’t get your hopes up.

Sega, Capcom, and Namco Bandai are teaming up again for another Project X Zone strategy RPG. Dubbed Project X Zone 2: Brave New World, you can look forward to characters from Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Yakuza, and Mega Man (among others) mixing it up. It’s slated for fall 2015 in Japan. No word on…

Wildfire Is 2D Stealth, Only With Loads Of Fireballs

Wildfire is a 2D stealth game from a small four-man team, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the more interesting takes on sneaking around that I’ve seen in a while. There’s something about 2D stealth that makes me enjoy it more than its 3D cousins. The way the perspective plays out makes…

Five Emotions You Feel Killing Bloodborne Bosses

Bloodborne (and Dark Souls/Demon’s Souls) will make you feel like a million different emotions, most of them different forms of frustration. But what about when you’re successful? I’d argue that’s a little different. During my time playing From Software games I’ve taken down my fair share of bosses, and I’ve managed to isolate the five…

Skilled Dishonored Player Is A Relentless Murder Machine

There are few things in video games as hypnotic as watching a very good Dishonored player go about their business. In this clip, StealthGamerBR laughs at the notion of completing this mission the quiet/peaceful way, flying through the level like some white-hot invisible knife tornado. It’s a sight to behold.

Doom vs Akira Would Be A Manga For The Ages

It was funny seeing a Simpsons x Akira crossover, but those two series didn’t really fit. Doom, on the other hand, in this very cool image by jnkboy, slots alongside the classic manga just nicely.

Real-Life Batsuit Finished, Can Take A Beating

Industrial design student Jackson Gordon, who we saw in February putting his actual armoured batsuit through testing, hasnow finished. And it doesn’t just look the part, the thing actually works. While it’s not bullet-proof, the suit does show off its ability in this video to save you from loads of stuff less instantly hazardous, like…

I Love Games That Use Licensed Pop Music

One of my most enduring game memories is getting into a car in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and tearing down the road to Two Tribes on Wave 103. Pop is the perfect gaming accompaniment – why can’t we have more of it? Wave 103 is the greatest. It helps make Vice City into a…

This Family Really Makes Me Want To Play Farming Simulator 2015

I was idly contemplating what playing a Farming Simulator game for the first time would be like, because Farming Simulator 2015 is coming out on consoles in May. This family playing it together just made me super excited about it. I’ve written about how I’ve tried to get into Farming Simulator 15 before, when they…