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Fun Facts You Might Not Know About The Legend of Zelda

There’s always more to learn about all the Zelda games Nintendo released over the years. The trivia-themed series Did You Know Gaming offers some fun facts from the first Zelda game to Skyward Sword in their latest video. My personal favorite is the bit about the two failed CDI games, but there’s a lot more…

This isn’t a Kingdom Hearts screenshot—it’s a 3D recreation of Maleficent’s throne room by environment artist Andy Hansen, with hand-painted textures inspired by Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. The project’s one-year journey is chronicled in this six-page Polycount forum thread, and the full image can be found below. Maleficent’s Throne Room [Polycount] Dayshot is an image-based feature…

Microsoft Sweden Rebuilds Its Award-Winning Offices in Minecraft

The build was created by Microsoft Sweden’s event manager, Daniel Steinholtz—and after finishing the map itself, he even took it upon himself to conduct a little virtual tour. The office building, which is found in the Akalla district of Stockholm, won the “best-looking office award” in a nationwide competition last year. This happened almost exactly…

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Yup, That’s A Violent Tech Demo

The guys making indie shooter Strafeare concerned with a few things. Paying tribute to the glory days of 1996, for one, but also doing that in the most 1996 way possible: by going to town on their game’s use of the ol’ claret. This trailer, of their famous patented “Über-Gore” tech, shows what happens when…

Assassin’s Creed Unity Has Problems, But I Still Love It

Assassin’s Creed Unity is a game with a ton of problems, some hilarious, some of greatconcern. So in a lot of ways, I agree with Stephen’s reviewof the game. I can understand why people are down on the game. But I also don’t care. In spite of everything, I just can’t stop loving it. Why?…

Kojima To “Premiere” Metal Gear Online Next Week

Next week’s Video Game Awards will see an appearance by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, where he will “premiere” something called Metal Gear Online. Weird name, that, since we already had a game called Metal Gear Online on the PS3. Who knows, maybe this is a new version for new systems. Or part of Metal…

GTA V’s Rangers Are Ever Vigilant

They’re always on the look-out. For crimes against animals. Looking For Crime [Nurolight]

The Xbox One Is Basically Indestructible

Which new-gen console is more durable? Which can fall from a place high enough to kill a man and keep ticking? This is certainly one way to find out. Oh, and loser gets chainsawed in half. Wired’s Battle Damage segment subjected the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles to an endless torrent of torment. Or…

Far Cry 4, As Told By Steam Reviews

Now thatFar Cry 4has been out for a while, players have had a chance to experience its absurd chaos. So it might not surprise you to hear that people have a lot of amusing things to say about Far Cry 4 Judging from Far Cry 4‘s Steam reviews, people seem particularly taken with the wildlife…

Persona Q Almost Defeated Me, But I Won’t Let It Win

On Sunday afternoon, I almost threw my 3DS at the television. I didn’t do this, fortunately—would’ve been bad news for both the 3DS and the television—but the urge was there. I just wanted Persona Q to understand what I was going through. See, I was wandering around the third labyrinth of Atlus’s new dungeon-crawler, minding…

Unlike Other Games, Bugs Actually Make Far Cry 4 Better

The first time I saw a dancing corpse in Far Cry 4, I stopped dead in my tracks. It was in the middle of a tense firefight at the bottom of one of the radio towers scattered across the chaotically beautiful world of Kyrat. I’d just shot a full clip into a soldier trying to…

I Like Smashing Things With A Hammer

Sometimes hitting things with a hammer is just so cathartic. Where Is My Hammer is a nice little game made as part of the Indies VS Pewdiepie game-jam happening over at Game Jolt. It’s available as a free download and is perfect if you’ve had a bad day. Wish to tweet words at me? I…

Ubisoft Apologizes For Assassin’s Creed Unity With Free DLC

The upcoming “Dead Kings” expansion pack for Assassin’s Creed Unity will be free for all players, Ubisoft announced today. It’s their way of saying sorry for shipping a broken game There’s no release date for Dead Kings just yet, but anyone who buys Unity on PS4, Xbox One, or PC will get this DLC for…

Titanfall for $5, Alienware Alpha, More Pre-Black Friday Deals

Titanfall is $5 today. There’s no need to wait around for Black Friday deals; a lot of them have already gone live. Be sure to bookmark our Black Friday deals post, and keep checking back for the latest. The list will surely expand over the coming days, but the Best Black Friday App Deals are…

LEGO Minifigures Series 13 Includes A Hot Dog, A Unicorn And Much Joy

A German ad for the next wave of LEGO Minifigures — and by extension the next set of playable characters for LEGO Minifigures Online — has surfaced, proving that really weird dreams do come true. Minifigure collectors around the world are rejoicing today, as the coolest figure in January’s upcoming set comes in a costume…

I Wish Sunset Overdrive’s New Weapons Were Part of the Original Game

Sunset Overdrive, the Xbox One’s whacky new open-world shooter, got its first batch of downloadable content this week. The most important part of the DLC is a weapon pack that adds four new guns to the game. They’re all really good—so good that I wish they’d been in the original game. The four new guns…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dragon Age: Inquisition (for PC), the TAY Review • Stuff Yourself: Top 5 Games for a Thanksgiving Gaming Binge • Some Rambling about Serial Experiments Lain • Game of the Week — Hunting Metroids In Your Pocket [Metroid II: Return of Samus] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Works Better As An 8-Bit Game

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES was brutal. The 2014 movie reboot was horrible. CineFix‘s 8 Bit Cinema mixes together two bads to make a not bad at all. The 8 Bit Cinema version of the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has me wondering if the movie and the NES…