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How To Make Dying Light More Difficult
Dying Light has only been out for a week, but many players are already itching for bigger and better challenges than those in the base game. Since there isn’t a “hardcore mode” or anything like that yet, the best way to turn up the difficulty dial is imposing your own custom rules. Here are some…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 5, 2015 -
Someone Got Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out Running On Kinect
Even though Microsoft appears to have given up on Kinect as a serious gaming platform, the motion device still has some tricks up its sleeve. Programmer Paul DeCarlo found a way to play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out by waving his fists around, and it seems to work pretty darn well! This experiment was possible due to…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 -
Final Fantasy XV Sure Knows How To Do Nostalgia
Look, Square Enix—you can keep your fancy graphics and high-octane magic swordfights or whatever else you’re shoving into the next Final Fantasy. You guys know that all it really takes to reel back your old fanbase is a few bars of Uematsu. I mean, listen to this. LISTEN. This is the newly-released trailer for the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2015 -
The system requirements for Mortal Kombat X recently popped up on the game’s Steam page, giving us all a better sense of what it’ll take to render all that spine-ripping in gloriously hyperbolic detail. Thankfully, it won’t take all that much by modern high-end PC gaming standards. Huzzah!
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 5, 2015 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Game of the Week—You Can’t Kill The Metal [Brütal Legend] • Golgo 13: The TAY Manga Review • Grim Fandango, Reaping a Classic • Pokémon One a Day Series 2: Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff • Spacemon – A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Ch. 6, Ch. 7, Ch.…
By András Neltz Published February 5, 2015 -
Knives-on-Nunchucks Martial Artist Clearly Wants Real Life Soul Calibur
I don’t know if Polish martial artist Kacper Borowski plays Soul Calibur—though there is a pic with a caption of Sagat on his Facebook page. But if they make ever make movies about the medieval martial arts fighting franchise, the producers need to give this guy a call. Now, I’m partial to the feats on…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2015 -
Ten of the Funniest Besiege Builds
Besiege is a game where you construct catapults, trebuchets and other siege engines. But since it’s a physics-based game, the best and funniest creations—weight benches, Metal Gears, doomsday bikes—are far from any medieval construct. As you can see above ManwithNoname not just built a skinny guy lifting weights, but an entire weight bench. Planetaska‘s bikes…
By Gergo Vas Published February 5, 2015 -
Minecraft Player Turns Squids into Deadly Bombs
He also makes bats drop TNT, and does a couple more spectacular things. All without mods. The one responsible is YouTuber IJAMinecraft. He basically added several “new items” to Minecraft, actually altered vanilla items, by writing a 26000-character command block script in about 20 hours. They are: The Firework Bow The Unstoppable Boots Mighty Squid…
By András Neltz Published February 5, 2015 -
Japanese RPG Gets a Sequel After 15 Years
After 15 years, one of my favorite video game series is coming back. The Langrisser series was a video game series that debuted back in 1991 from game developer Masaya. The series enjoyed a relatively steady fanbase in Japan and some pockets of cult fandom overseas. Over the decade, the series managed to have 5…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 5, 2015 -
The Best Pokémon Cosplay
You wanna see the very best? Okay, here you go. Here is a round up of some of the most outstanding Pokémon cosplay the internet has to offer (thanks, internet!). Some pics are old. Some are new. Some are accurate recreations, while others are reworkings of Pokémon characters. They’re all wonderful. Oh! And if you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2015 -
The Final Disney Infinity 2.0 Characters Are Digital-Only, Because Tron
With tons of props from both movies in the series already in the Toy Box, it’s about time Disney Infinity 2.0 added a couple characters from Tron, and even if they’re from Tron: Legacy. Call me an old man who’s behind the times, but I will always prefer original Flynn, Tron and Sark to the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2015 -
Game of Thrones Star Breaks A (Mythical) 1000 Year-Old Strength Record
There’s a legend in Iceland that 1000 years ago a guy called Orms fláttr Stórólfssonar (or Orm Storolfsson) put a 1400lbs/640kg mast on his back and took three steps with it. It endures as a heroic test of strength in the region, but this week a real man took up the challenge and kicked Orms’…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2015 -
Dude Beats A Super Mario World Record Five Times In One Week
You thought that near-impossible Super Mario World glitch completion time was fast? It was just the beginning. While the guy who first demonstrated the glitch, SethBling, has whittled his world-record-setting completion time all the way down to 3:07.2, he’s been completely blown out of the water by another player who goes by the handle Dotsarecool.…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 4, 2015 -
Leaked Twitter Memo: ‘We Suck At Dealing With Abuse And Trolls’
Harassment and abuse have been constant problems for people who use Twitter, but the company itself has remained largely silent on the matter. A new leaked internal memo indicates that may be about to change, and Twitter might finally do something to combat trolls. In a memo obtained by The Verge, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 4, 2015 -
Pac-Man Ghosts Are Smarter Than You Think
Pac-Man might not seem like much next to today’s hyper-realistic gun, dungeon, and gungeon-packed blockbusters, but the tiny puck that aspired to manhood inhabited a surprisingly complex world. His nemeses, the ghosts, are still pretty clever, even by modern video game standards. PBS’ ever-interesting Game/Show took an in-depth look at Pac-Man‘s ghosts and the way…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 4, 2015 -
Guy Beat Dying Light With No Weapons
It was only a matter of time before some brave soul tried to make it through the terrifying zombie survival game Dying Light using only protagonist Kyle Crane’s hands and feet. Hats off to YouTuber BOYvsVIDEOGAME for providing extensive documentation showing just how it’s done. In the “No weapons, fists & kicks only playthrough” that…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 4, 2015 -
How People Use Twitch, Visualized
At any given time, there are tens of thousands watching and playing games on Twitch. Some people are obsessed with one game, other people watch lots of games. The service recently enlisted its “science” team to visualize what communities of Twitch look like, and it’s beautiful. Wait, they have a science team? Yep. It’s a…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 4, 2015 -
Smash Bros. Glitch Turns Everything Into A Tomato
Smash Bros. has dozens of items, all of which work in different ways. For whatever reason, one person’s copy of the game turns every possible item into a tomato, while still retaining the original item’s function. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all day. The issue, which is being encountered by Leron Tolmachev, is…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 4, 2015
