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Red Faction: Guerrilla, the free-roam action game where you blow up buildings on Mars, just got a free “Steam Edition” update on PC. Among other things, the patch moves the game to Steamworks, adding leaderboards, achievements and trading cards, and completely removes Games for Windows Live. Full patch notes here

A Game About Spanking. Consensual Spanking.

Hurt Me Plenty is a game about spanking. Consensual adult spanking, not debatably-traumatic-for-small-children spanking. It aims to do one thing games are notoriously terrible at: be sexy. (Warning: might be mildly NSFW, though not really.) The free game, as you may have surmised by now, is about spanking dudes. For the time being, it only…

Grand Theft Auto V Comes Alive At Night

The current-gen versions of GTA V are really something else—and it’s all in the details. So many small things pop out at you if you take the time to walk through the streets of Los Santos. This video by The XXI, which showcases the nightlife in GTA, is but a small taste of what I’m…

Gorgeous New PC Game Still Looks Too Good To Be True

Black Desert Online, the Korean MMO that has the bestcharacter creation system of all time, is about to enter open beta. So we get a new trailer, taunting us with how this game looks. Excellent What I love about the clips this team are releasing are that they’re not even bothering with any kind of…

Next Year’s Big Assassin’s Creed Is Set In Victorian London [UPDATE]

Next year’s Assassin’s Creed game will take place in London during the 19th century, Kotaku has learned thanks to an early leak. Farewell, Napoleon; hello, Jack the Ripper? This new entry in Ubisoft’s annual open-world action series, slated for release in the fall of 2015, will take us through the dirty back alleys and rattling…

Guy Beat Dragon Age: Inquisition Solo, On Nightmare Mode

If you’re skilled enough, you don’t need a party to play through the new Dragon Age—even on the hardest difficulty available, soloing Inquisition is totally possible. It won’t be easy, but at least one player has managed to do it. Meet BOYvsVIDEOGAME. This brave player went through Dragon Age solo on nightmare mode, and you…

Watch Someone Fling Far Cry 4’s Elephants Into Space

While it’s ostensibly a game about humans, Far Cry 4’s insane and aggressive animals have become the breakout stars of Ubisoft’s new shooter. And since this is a Far Cry game, players have been having quite a bit of fun poking and prodding at the beasts. Just how fierce has the “man vs. wild” mindset…

You Can Now Livestream Games On Steam

Ever since the dawn of the Twitch livestreaming age, it’s seemed like a no-brainer for Steam to add some sort of quick and easy broadcasting option. And yet for some reason (hint: it’s Valve), they’ve taken their time. But finally, it’s here. Valve explained the new feature, called broadcast, on an update page. Finding a…

Heroes Of The Storm Welcomes Warcraft‘s Mightiest Sorceress

Along with some holiday-themed outfits and the introduction of timed stimpack buffs, the latest update for Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm does frost mages everywhere proud. You show ’em, Jaina. Lady Jaina Proudmoore, leader of the Kirin Tor and ruler of Dalaran. She’s been kicking ass in Warcraft since back before there was a world…

The Legendary Pokémon That Only Hackers Own

Last year, hackers discovered a handful of Pokémon hidden inside the code of Pokémon X & Y.The Pokémon were called Diancie, Volcanion, and Hoopa. They looked cool, but, unfortunately, the series’ developers at Game Freak didn’t officially release any of them at the time. All the average player could do was look at screenshots of…

Majora’s Mask 3DS, Smash Bros. Wii U, Destiny, Sopranos, More Deals

Majora’s Mask is coming to 3DS. Take this opportunity to save a couple bucks with a preorder. If you missed your chance to grab Smash for $50 on Black Friday, you still can. Super Smash Bros. Wii U ($50) | eBay Take $10 off a $35 Amiibo Purchase | Toys R Us Destiny just got…

The Scariest Thing About Alien: Isolation? How It Can Ruin a Marriage.

There are good times to play scary video games and there are bad times to play scary video games. Doing the latter can mean you’re sleeping on the couch. If you’re lucky. The latest video from the folks at Good Game focuses on the horrific effects that Alien: Isolation has on one married couple. I’d…

Making The Sims 4 A Lot More Bloody

More often than not, The Sims 4 is a peaceful game. Players can kill their Sims if they wish, but Sims never kill each other. At least, intentionally. So what’s this guy doing—smiling serenely in his underwear, not acknowledging the blood all over his hands, like some whimsical Patrick Bateman? No, longtime Sims publisher Electronic…

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Life In A Nutshell In World of Warcraft‘s Draenor

No matter where you are in the new zones of World of Warcraft, Khadgar, the main NPC of the expansion, will pop up randomly to bug you. He’s everywhere. Thanks, MMO mechanics. Slightly Impressive‘s recent machinima is about him and about other, similarly elaborate observations of Draenor. The folks at Blizzard might’ve realized there’s just…

Warcraft‘s Most Dangerous Dragon Captured In Polystone, Still A Jerk

Deathwing the Worldbreaker. Formerly Neltharion, Earth-Warder of Azeroth. The reason behind the entire World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion. What a dick. Makes a lovely statue though. A statue that the folks at Sideshow have been teasing us with for years as part of their partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, which has already produced some stunning pieces…

Tiny RC Cars And Drones Battle For Precious Batteries

A two-wheeler trying to save its car friends, a teddy bear awaiting lifesaving batteries… There’s a lot of drama in Corridor Digital’s latest short where remote controlled cars are trying to escape a group of aggressive mini drones. This is really close to bringing a kid’s imagination to life—too bad most of the RC buggies…

A Guild Wars 2 sitcom starring Tyria’s famous band of heroes, Destiny’s Edge? I guess that could work—they already take up a good chunk of the screentime in GW2’s campaign, anyway. The pics are from a Friends intro mashup created by YouTuber and Guild Wars aficionado Levi. Watch it below. Guild Wars 2: FRIENDS from…

Poll: Japan’s Most Wanted Remake Will Surprise No One

If there’s one thing a whole bunch of gamers in Japan can agree on, it’s this: They really want a Final Fantasy VII remake. Some of the other choices in this PlayStation poll, though, might surprise you. Over ten thousand male and female gamers in Japan, ranging in ages from their teens to their 60s,…

What Would Happen if Humans Were Gone, Illustrated by The Last of Us

“Say a Homo sapiens-specific virus – natural or diabolically nano-engineered – picks us off but leaves everything else intact. How would the rest of nature respond if it were suddenly relieved of the relentless pressures we heap on it and our fellow organisms?” – The World Without Us, Alan Weisman. This post originally appeared on…