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The Fallout Vaults That Performed Messed Up Cloning Experiments

Vaults in Fallout are no strangers to horrific experiment—according to the lore, that’s why vaults exist in the first place. Vaults were constructed for social experiments, the likes of which couldn’t be carried out in any other circumstance. A few vaults in particular happened to mess with cloning technology. One vault, for example, arbitrarily decided…

​If You Had A PSN Account In 2011, Here’s How To Get Free Stuff Now

More than three years ago, a crippling internet attack brought down Sony’s PlayStation Network and interrupted service for more than a month. Legal showdowns ensued and today, people in the U.S. who used the company’s online services can begin the process of getting their share of a $15 million settlement. Here’s how. E-mails have started…

The Future Of Random Encounters

Hi. Welcome to Random Encounters. It’s, uh, been a while. When I first started this column, back in 2012, the JRPG genre was in a strange place. It felt like a lot of Japanese game developers were going through transitional phases as we all watched to see what would happen with next-gen consoles. Final Fantasy…

The Rare Destiny Gun That Nobody Seems To Have [UPDATE]

This week, hard mode launched for Destiny‘s Crota’s End raid. Along with tougher enemies and lightly remixed battles, hard mode brought the opportunity to win a number of cool new guns. But the rarest of them, a rifle called Necrochasm, appears to be mysteriously missing in action. Some background: Shortly after The Dark Below expansion…

What’s Your Favorite MOBA?

MOBAs are all the rage these days. But the hybrid part-action, part-RTS, part-turret defense genre is also so new still that there haven’t been that many great ones yet. So which is your favorite? Are you a League of Legends loyalist? Have you been won over by Smite already? Do you prefer Awesomenauts, the wild…

Bulbasaur Isn’t Neccesarily The First Pokémon

Trivia time! Which Pokémon came first? The answer may not be what you think. According to the Pokedex, the answer seems clear-cut: Bulbasaur, the cabbage-like Pokémon, is number one. So it’s gotta be the Pokemon that comes first, right? No, actually. The “first Pokémon” varies depending on how you look at it, and what criteria…

Worth Reading: Jill Valentine’s Chest, The Perfect Tutorial, And More

Hope everyone enjoyed the debut of Worth Reading last Friday on Kotaku! Every week, I strive to bring you a brand-new set of provocative writing, commentary, crowdfunding projects, and plenty more. You might not agree with what you find, but that’s often the point. Let’s dive in. The night before a flight is the worst.…

Saints Row IV: Re-Elected Sale, Minecraft LEGO, and More Deals

If you pick up the newly-released Saints Row IV: Re-Elected + GAT Out Of Hell pack for PS4 or Xbox One today, Best Buy will toss in a free $10 gift card. [Saints Row IV: Re-Elected + GAT Out of Hell [PS4/One], $50 plus $10 Best Buy gift card] If you’d prefer a cash discount,…

Square Sure Put A Lot Of Work Into Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

Here, for your enjoyment, is an official Square Enix comparison video that shows how they’ve transformed Final Fantasy Type-0 from a dark ugly PSP game to a GORGEOUS new-gen console game. Well, OK, it’s not that gorgeous. Everything looks a touch too glossy, and a lot of the textures are clearly carried over from the…

A Classy Way To Settle A Dispute In League Of Legends

Figuring out who’s going to do what before a League of Legends battle officially begins is as crucial a process as it is a rushed one. Tensions can run very high as a result. Three players had a wonderful way to pre-empt any name-calling when a potential conflict suddenly reared its head recently: with rock,…

Watch Pikachu Lay The Smack Down In New Pokémon Fighter Trailer

The world got its latest look at Pokkén last night and, damn, it sure looks brutal. It’s no joke when pocket monsters rumble, yo. The fighting game version of the popular creature collection franchise got streamed last night, with a few new Pokemon characters revealed. Suicune and Gardevoir will be joining Pikachu in the martial…

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Dying Light’s add-on multiplayer mode “Be The Zombie” will be free for all players, developer Techland announced this morning. Previously, the DLC had only been available as a pre-order bonus, which enraged many prospective fans who are justifiably sick of that sort of thing. Phew!

Richard Scarry’s Busy World Transformed Into A Silicon Valley Town

Richard Scarry’s lovely children’s series Busytown becomes a deeply disruptive, data-driven, gluten-free Silicon Valley town in Tony “Lunchbreath” Ruth’s project, with the appropriate jobs and descriptions. It’s an ongoing project so probably more characters will pop up on the creator’s Tumblr, not just Cryptocurrency Expert elephant or Lowly Worm, who’s now a confident Brogrammer. To…

Ten Secret Locations in World of Warcraft

Some are easy to find, some are well hidden, but Azeroth and the surrounding worlds are big enough to have special places to which no quests direct you and that most players don’t know. Nixxiom on Youtube collected 10 of them and their exact location on the map so that we can all find them.…

Oh Hey, a Giant Monster in Starbound

While the game already had giant monsters in the form of summonable bosses, this is an early test for “a huge monster generator”—yes, randomly generated giant monsters. That should make for some exciting exploration if or when it gets implemented. Tiy, lead dev for the currently-still-in-early-access space sandbox game, tweeted out the animation recently, mentioning…

The Kingdom Hearts Remakes Were ‘Good Training’ For Kingdom Hearts 3

Working on the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5 remixes has been good training for Kingdom Hearts 3, said Tai Yasue (co-director and game designer on Kingdom Hearts 3 and the Kingdom Hearts 1.5/2.5 HD remasters) in an interview in London. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “We have been working on 3 and 2.5…

Armello hit early access today. I’ve been playing it this afternoon and it’s pretty good! Gorgeous, as expected, but be warned: as advertised, it’s very much a card game, so don’t go into it expecting a more video game-like RPG experience.

PC Game Combines Two Very Unlikely Genres

Starr Mazer is a shmup. Starr Mazer is also a point-and-click adventure game. Which sounds like a nightmare of a combination, but this actually looks cool as hell. It also sounds cool as hell, with a soundtrack that features artists like legendary Capcom composer Manami Matsumae (Mega Man), The Protomen, Alex Mauer and Shovel Knight’s…

Ronin, as you’ll see about three seconds into the above video, is basically Gunpoint vs Mark of the Ninja, a fantasy combination if ever I’ve dreamt one up.