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Nathan’s Top Ten Games Of 2014
Did I do this right? I’m not sure if I did this right. 2014 was an amazing year for games. 2014 was the worst year for games in recorded history. I don’t think there’s been a more polarizing time for video games and those who play them in, er, ever. Busted, hunk-of-scrap big-budget releases are…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 24, 2014 -
All those Christmas lights people put up for the holidays? NASA can see it from space. Woah.
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 24, 2014 -
You Can Control This Guy’s Real-Life Christmas Tree From Minecraft
This is incredibly cool. Also, given the Internet’s proclivity for dousing good intentions in gasoline and setting them on the troll-iest of fires, a little bit crazy. Ryan Carter has wired his real-life Christmas tree to sync up one-to-one with his elaborate Minecraft holiday setup. Using a series of switches and a ton of redstone,…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 24, 2014 -
The Coolest Custom Stages For Super Smash Bros. Wii U (So Far)
Super Smash Bros. finally came to the Wii U last month. Creative types that they are, avid fans have been having a lot of fun with the game’s new level editor—making neat-looking custom stages and posting them online for others to draw inspiration from. Let’s check out some of them, why don’t we? Before I…
By Yannick LeJacq Published December 24, 2014 -
Sony’s The Interview Now On Xbox Store, Coming To PlayStation Network [UPDATE]
Sony Pictures’ controversial comedy The Interview, pulled from theatrical release last week in the fallout of a massive hack of the studio, is now officially viewable in a variety of places, among them, on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. Above is a screencap of Microsoft’s Xbox Video service on the Xbox One, where you can watch the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2014 -
All I Want For Christmas Is This Digimon Game For North America
Earlier this fall Bandai Namco released Digimon All-Star Rumble in North America. That’s not the game long-time fans wanted. We wanted Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, the sleek and stylish role-playing game coming to the Japanese Vita in March. It was an honest mistake, really. Unless you’re a pretty hardcore fan of the monster collecting series,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 24, 2014 -
GTA V Players Celebrate Christmas With Deadly Snowballs
How do you celebrate Christmas the GTA way? In a word: murder. Okay, maybe it’s more like two words. Festive murder. Now that it’s snowing in GTA Online, players are finding all sorts of funny things to do with snowballs. In Los Santos, people pack snowballs with rocks and razer blades, apparently. Watch as majestic_steed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 24, 2014 -
Destiny Glitch Tells An Unexpected Story
It’s not too often that a glitch plays out as more than just a funny moment or even an exploitable trick. But this Destiny glitch is…exceptional. Player leftyfl1p shares the video above that tells the story of Billy, the adventurous Thrall that wanted to lead his fireteam to a chest filled with potential armor and…
By Tina Amini Published December 24, 2014 -
Learning To Like (Some) Video Game Chores
I was skeptical about the new(ish) 3DS game Fantasy Life back when our own Jason Schreier praised it as “the best to-do list I’ve ever played.” Too many games feel over-stuffed with too many chores as is—too many-no-fun-fetch-quests, too many collectibles, etc. But I’ve come around with this game. I explain my change of heart…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2014 -
Assassin’s Creed Initiates, the semi-reliable web-based service used to track players’ progress in Assassin’s Creed games, will be down for extended maintenance over the holidays according to Ubisoft, which is making—good news—all those Initiates-tied gold treasure chests accessible to all players with online connections. (The chests usually require players to be at certain Initiates ranks…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2014 -
Hitman Is The Official Worst Host Of A Christmas Party
You probably don’t want to attend a Hitman-hosted Christmas party. Unless you like tons of murder and awkward physics, of course. Then I guess you do. Playful YouTuber Robbaz celebrates Christmas once again by playing through video games for us, this year wandering through a Christmas party in Hitman: Blood Money. The mission—You Better Watch…
By Tina Amini Published December 24, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Secret Santa 2014: The Great Gift Reveal • #GamerProblems • Shin Sekai Yori is a Great, Believable, Coming of Age Dystopian Anime TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published December 24, 2014 -
How To Bring More Holiday Cheer To The Sims 4
Well, it’s about that time of year when you get to see a lot of your family. Your virtual family, that is. Despite The Sims 4’s many warm and fuzzy qualities, though, the game doesn’t come with a ton of stuff to help put you in the mood for the holidays. Modders to the rescue!…
By Yannick LeJacq Published December 24, 2014 -
Bungie’s Destiny Holiday Card Is A Jerk
Yeah right, Cryptarch. Not falling for that one again. Bungie means well of course, but I see that bastard standing there with his feigned sincere smile holding that promise of a purple item and all I can think is “Where were youthree months ago, when the rest of my pals were running Vault of Glass…
By Mike Fahey Published December 24, 2014 -
Pokémon’s Pallet Town Theme Played Perfectly On The Game’s Note Mats
That’s how you do it. A perfect execution of Pallet Town’s theme by Kemos Tay, using the note mats in Pokémon ORAS‘s Secret Base, with the bass line being played on the bottom screen and the main melody on top. You can even hear the furious mashing of the D-Pad. Pokemon OR/AS Secret Base –…
By Gergo Vas Published December 24, 2014 -
This single piece of concept art is all the info we have so far on Harebrained Schemes’ next Shadowrun Returns campaign, which is hitting Kickstarter next month Dragonfall was a huge improvement over the original game/campaign, so it should be interesting to see what they’ll come up with next. A Preview of Our New Setting:…
By András Neltz Published December 24, 2014 -
Student Project Looks Like it Came Straight From a Big-Budget Game
It reminds me a lot of the Tomb Raider reboot, actually. The atmosphere is spot on. This is another project from Montreal’s NAD—the National Animation and Design Center—completed in fourteen weeks by a group of seven students, using Unreal Engine 4. It’s called “Trailed,” and it’s about a woman trying to survive in what appears…
By András Neltz Published December 24, 2014
