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Shadow Of Mordor’s New Expansion Is A Huge Letdown

Shadow of Mordor is one of the best games I played this year. I had high hopes for Lord of the Hunt, its first major expansion, as a result. “New monsters!” I thought. “More nemesis orcs to fight, some of whom ride on top of the new monsters! What could possibly go wrong?” So many…

Anyone Want To Vouch For This $10 Dragon Age: Inquisition Upgrade?

Owners of the “deluxe edition” of Dragon Age: Inquisition, have you sat on the Skyhold Throne or ridden the Bog Unicorn? Standard edition schlubs like me can now buy the deluxe edition’s extra content (listed above) for $9.99 today. I’m thinking this is a pass. But if you have this stuff and think it’s worth…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Project Hydra—Corpse Party: Tortured Souls Episode 1 • How Bungie Can Solve Destiny’s Leveling And Loot Issues • Spacemon—A Pokémon Tabletop Story [Concluded] • The Amazing Music of Soul Blade TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The first episode of Life Is Strange, that intriguing-looking adventure game from the people who made Remember Me, is coming out January 30th, publisher Square Enix just announced. It’s coming to PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC, for $4.99. You can also buy a pass for all five episodes for $19.99.

The Hidden Origins of Two Warlords of Draenor Followers

Yulon on Tumblr found a really nice easter egg in Warlords of Draenor. The first followers—NPCs we can send out on missions for some extra loot—we can hire for our Garrisons both on the Alliance and the Horde side actually match characters from World of Wacraft‘s very first cinematic trailer that came out a decade…

The Honest League of Legends Trailer Takes The Game To Pieces

Not just the game, but the community as well, in a funny but justifiable way. It’s all there in SmoshGames’ latest video: the dangers of misclicking, irrelevant champions no one picks, and League of Legends‘ inevitable comparison to Dota League of Legends (Honest Game Trailers) [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

This shot of an alien alpaca in a car has little do with Starbound’s big upcoming Winter update, but it’s still amusing. Speaking of the update, it’s scheduled to come out in January, packed with content like tons of new items, a new playable race, ship upgrades, and more biomes. There’s a trailer for it…

Skylanders: Trap Team Introduces Two New Elements: Light And Dark

There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? The dark side… and the light… of Skylanders. Having teased players since the game’s October release, Activision finally reveals the two new elements being added to the Skylanders universe starting December 21. Since October 2 players have been banging their heads against the unknown element gates…

DayZ Celebrates First Birthday, Updates Plans for 2015

While DayZ itself will be turning three years old in about a month (the ARMA 2 mod came out in January 2012), its standalone release celebrated its first birthday just yesterday. To honor the anniversary, the dev team released a retrospective video and updated DayZ’s development roadmap for 2015. The clip clocks in at four…

Hatred, Yanked From Steam Just Yesterday, Is Already Back

Hatred, a controversial and violent game that only yesterdaywas pulled off Steam’s Greenlight service, is back. That was fast. Valve said yesterday of their decision to remove the game: “Based on what we’ve seen on Greenlight we would not publish Hatred on Steam. As such we’ll be taking it down.” We’ve contacted Valve for comment…

Well, This Is Certainly Hinting At Something…

This is the last screen you see after completing the story in Shadow of Mordor’s new DLC, Lord of the Hunt. Think this is referring to the long-awaited fight with Sauron? Probably.

Hey, Elite: Dangerous Is Actually Out Today

After months of early-access alphas and betas and gammas(?), Elite: Dangerous is officially out today. I’ve been playing various incarnations of Frontier’s space-sim off and on for a while now, and I dig it. I started back in August, when I went deep into my VR immersion tank and played a bunch of the game…

Indie Game Has One Hell Of An Intro

Lumino City is a gorgeous thing that anyone who enjoys pretty video games needs to play immediately. But while we’ve covered its exquisite hand-made backgrounds before, now that the game is out, we get to see something else that’s neat: the game’s intro sequence, which is one of the coolest I’ve ever seen. You can…

One Of The Most Powerful Weapons In Games Is… A Map

Swords, crossbows, and BFG9000s are cool and all, but they may as well be twigs and pebbles for all the good they do you when you’re lost. Enter the modern video game map—a perfect GPS, radar, and to-do list fusion born of mankind’s wildest organizational fever dreams. It’s one of the mightiest items in games.…

Megatron Can’t Stand Your Selfies

Millennials get a lot of criticism for their overt shallowness and constant need to interact, but it’s extra scathing when it’s coming from a guy in a Megatron costume. In a great example of doing your job very well, this costumed Megatron (apparently at Universal Studios) gives a great monologue about the need to live…

Sexy Calendar Features Topless Game Developers

Following on from the success of last year’s offering, there is now a second calendar available featuring lurid images of scantily-clad video game developers. Male video game developers, that is. Like last year, the focus is on indie devs, and while not every image features dudes with their tops off, there is still plenty of…

Subnautica, that cool-looking underwater exploration game by the folks behind Natural Selection 2, is now out on Steam Early access. Check out its trailer here—that’s a cool art style, no?

Uncharted 4 Could Look Better, Says Photographer

Most people probably looked at the first footage of Nathan Drake’s next adventure and were impressed by how Uncharted 4 looked. Not photographer Adam Myhill. He thinks the lighting in A Thief’s End could be improved. And went ahead and showed how it could happen. Myhill’s a guy who’s worked as a lighter, photographer and…

Luke, Stephen And Kirk On What’s Wrong With Assassin’s Creed Unity

Assassin’s Creed Unity is a game as big as it is broken, as divisive as it is lavish. So our three biggest Assassin’s Creed fans figured they’d sit down and get to the bottom of this conundrum. Luke Plunkett: So, we’re in a weird place here. Kirk, I know you’re down on Assassin’s Creed Unity.…

The Gross New Monsters In Shadow Of Mordor’s DLC

Shadow of Mordor got its first major DLC installment today, Lord of the Hunt. As the name suggests, the expansion is all about monsters—ones you can kill or bend to your will in various ways. Let’s take a closer look at some of these gnarly new beasts. Before I go into further detail about the…