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Metal Gear PC Mod Turns People Into Birds 

You know how you can swap Snake’s model with Hideo Kojima’s in the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes? Well it seems like that trick isn’t limited to people. The video above is what happens when you overwrite the raven models with Kazuhira Miller’s (and add Queen.) As reddit commenter Einhander pointed…

Watching these two Little Macs go at it with a bizarre, looping barrage of punches is genuinely mesmerizing. This video comes from Lythero, who’s fast becoming one of my favorite Smash YouTubers thanks to the perfect way the clips capture the game’s oddball humor. Watch more over at their channel Also, for posterity’s sake, here’s…

Ninja Far Cry 4 Player Kills 24 Dudes In Under Two Minutes

Ok, so this videoby YouTuber Frank Zappa racing through De Pleur’s fortress in Far Cry 4 and stealth-killing baddies like a boss was obviously rehearsed. But man, those long-distance knife throws! It’s also fun to imagine that it’s actually Frank Zappa ninja-running Far Cry rather than Ajay Ghale. The feat reminds me of the epic…

New Destiny Leak Could Show What’s Coming Next

Curious about the future of Destiny? Here’s a leak you might find interesting—a graphic purporting to lay out what developer Bungie’s got planned for the rest of 2015 and beyond. The image, which has apparently been floating around the internet since October but only drew widespread attention this morning thanks to a massive Reddit thread,…

The 12 Best Video Games Of 2014

We came, we saw, we played. We nominated, we debated, we decided. Here, in alphabetical order, are Kotaku‘s top 12 games of 2014. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Destiny Divinity: Original Sin Dragon Age: Inquisition Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Kentucky Route Zero, Act III The Last of Us: Left Behind Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Rusty’s Real…

Hi Kotaku, I’m Patrick Klepek

You might know me, you might not, but my name’s Patrick Klepek, and I’m the newest addition to the Kotaku family. I’ve been writing about video games in various forms since I was 14-years-old, and spent most of the past four years as the news (and horror) editor at Giant Bomb Yep, 14-years-old. I somehow…

I Finished These 26 Video Games in 2014

Here we go again. For the ninth year in a row (since 2006!), I’ve counted up how many video games I either started or finished in the past 12 months. Let’s see how I did. As always, some notes: I only list games I played on my own, outside of any shows like E3 where…

Pass Go and Collect 200 Rupees, 33% off Shovel Knight, and More Deals

Shovel Knight was one of the most celebrated indies of 2014, and it’s 33% off today on both theWii U and 3DS eShops. I dare you to listen to part of the soundtrack (above) and not buy it. You won’t have to chop too much grass to afford this collector’s edition Legend of Zelda Monopoly…

Tekken 7 Is Getting Series’ First Saudi Arabian Character, ‘Shaheen’ 

Continuing its tradition of cross-cultural sensitivity, Tekken is getting its first Saudi Arabian character for the new installment due out this year. His name is “Shaheen,” and he looks exactly like one would expect a Middle Eastern man to in Tekken 7 Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada showed the guy off on Twitter recently: Rumors…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How Video Games Helped Me Through Life – Part 1 • Rockmandash Reviews: Narcissu 1st & 2nd • Wallet Damage: Winter Sale 2014 • Koda’s Anime Favorites of 2014 • Playing Mass Effect 2 for the First Time • Sony, Why Can’t I Change My PSN Name?…

Destiny‘s Latest Exploit: Pulling Out Your LAN Cable

I like to think I’m pretty Internet savvy, so when someone first told me that the latest cheese for Destiny involves yanking out your ethernet cable, I thought they were screwing with me, like when some forum miscreant says that “Alt-F4” is the solution to your web problems. Turns out they weren’t. It’s real. Yep,…

SNES Turned Into Dracula’s Tomb From Castlevania

Thanks to its smooth design, modding the PAL version of the Super Nintendo seems like a fun thing to do. There’s a lot of room for redecoration. Belgian artist Vadu Amka transformed one of these into a Castlevania-themed crypt of Dracula. It took him 80 hours to complete and it’s full of brilliant little details…

2015 According To 1995 Game Alien Soldier

Neon Genesis Evangelion with its armageddon and Back to the Future II with the hoverboards are just weak compared to Treasure’s 1995 side-scroller Alien Soldier, which is a crazy futuristic ride You’ll know immediately their 2015 is wilder than anything else when the intro starts rolling: But that was just the warmup: via Galacticenkidulgaa [Tumblr]…

This is what progress on a Minecraft survival map looks like. The GIF was made by redditor plexigraswho, along with several other redditors, is playing on a map called FinalNewWorld (named after the seed used to generate it). my survival world progress so far [r/minecraft] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

Website Related to Half-Life Remake Broadcasts Emergency Message

No, this has nothing to do with Half-Life 3. Instead, it has everything to do with Black Mesa, Half-Life’s 2012 remake A website related to the remake, BMRF.us (with “BMRF” referring to the Black Mesa Research Facility, the setting of the majority of Half-Life), has been updated to feature a single image, part of which…

Beautiful Skyrim Photos Look Like Postcards

Skyrim may be a video game from 2011 – like dogs years, this makes it almost old – but it’s still one of the best-looking video games on the planet, as you can see in these incredible screenshots. They’re part of a collection called Dawn’s Beauty – The Landscapes of Tamriel, which has been put…

Refugee Revisits Her Homeland Via The Oculus Rift

Julien Yuri Rodriguez’s grandmother fled Cuba in 1958. She hasn’t been back in the real world, but thanks to a virtual reality experience built by her grandson, she can now get close. Rodriguez, a filmmaker teamed up with Andres Rivera for Paisajes de mi Abuela (My Grandmother’s Landscapes), and involved the pair travelling to Cuba…

Kevin Spacey Gets The GOTY Award That Really Matters

Struggling to find a host or two for your next advertisement-driven video game awards show? Maybe give Mega 64 a call. Of course, this “game of the year” video goes on for too long and strays wildly off-topic, which should be terrible, but *looks at this website banner* yeah it’s just fine!

Sony Offering Discounts, PS+ Extensions After PSN Downtime

Sony’s PlayStation Network was heavily disruptedover the Christmas period, which kept paying customers from their content and services. To make up for this, the company is extendingpeople’s PS+ subscriptions and offering a future discount on a PlayStation Store purchase. Here’s the deal, and its announcementmessage, in full (the compensation is bolded). Hi Everyone, Happy New…

Jason’s Top 10 Games Of 2014

2014 was a year. There were video games. Here are my favorites. Threes Perfect. Addictive. Timeless. Hearthstone It’s hard to imagine that a tiny free-to-play digital card game could be so accessible, addictive, and thoroughly satisfying to play. Nice work, Blizzard. Destiny Simultaneously the best and worst game of the year. The game that I…