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Someone Is Making Five Nights At Freddy’s Even Scarier

On its own, Five Nights at Freddy’s can bea terrifying, tense experience. Now imagine that you’re playing against other actual people, and not just computer-controlled animatronics. Sounds like it would be a more intense experience, yeah? While you’re trying your best to watch all the cameras, three other people get the chance to try to…

Glitched Out Smash Bros. Does Horrible Things To Nintendo’s Finest

I wouldn’t blame anyone for looking at this footage and confusing it for a Smash Bros. knockoff, or a rejected Nintendo game. Just look at how messed-up the characters look. It’s almost like they’re crying out in pain, waiting for someone to end their suffering. But no, it’s definitely the Wii U version of Smash…

​How To Get Far Cry 4 Running More Smoothly on PC

Far Cry 4, Ubisoft’s new bird-attack simulator, is a very nice-looking game. Unfortunately, a lot of PC gamers are having issues getting it to run smoothly. The game is generally a lot of fun, but the PC version suffers from regular micro-stutter, an issue with which PC gamers are becoming all too familiar. If you’ve…

How To Capture Legendary Pokémon In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Between Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there are dozens of legendary Pokémon—not all of which are easy to find. But if you’re set on hunting them down, you’ve come to the right place. First thing’s first. Hunting for many of these Pokémon becomes easier after you’ve beat the game. That’s because, as you may know,…

Just in time for Persona Q, Atlus has announced Etrian Odyssey V—a fifth entry in their addictive dungeon-crawler-RPG series. Teaser trailer (in Japanese) above.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s Mega Pokémon, In Shiny Form

The coolest Pokémon of all, in their rarest, most sought-after form. Woah. As you might know, mega stones can transform Pokemon into more neater, more elaborate versions of themselves. There are 48 megas in the new Pokémon games. Shiny Pokémon, meanwhile, are special Pokémon that come in unique colors. There is only very slim chance…

Grand Theft Auto V’s Biggest Mystery Is Getting Even Weirder

There were already weird things connected to the highest point in Grand Theft Auto V‘s sprawling fake Los Angeles. Secret messages. Instructional glyphs on an enigmatic mural. UFOs that appear only under certain conditions. Off-kilter stuff for a gritty, mostly down-to-earth game like GTA V. But, with release of new-gen versions of Rockstar’s hit, the…

Destiny‘s New DLC Will Finally Give Us More To Do

If you’re fiendishly addicted to Destiny like I am, your number one complaint is likely this: once you get past level 20, there’s not enough to do. Well, also there’s the terrible writing, the unskippable cut-scenes, the infuriating random loot tables, the awful grind for upgrade materials, the lack of raid matchmaking, the fact that…

Dragon Age: Inquisition Starting at $45, Black Friday Game Prices

Ready to spend the holidays playing Inquisition? Us too. Great deals on it today. PC Dragon Age: Inquisition ($45) | GreenMan | 1MZ9FW-H92JSD-2CT74F PS4 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart 360 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart PS3 Dragon Age: Inquisition ($50) | Kmart Kmart has the 360 version listed twice, meaning that one of…

Smash Bros. for Wii U‘s Soundtrack has 437 Songs

According to a thread on Smash Boards, a Gamefaqs user has found all 437 available tracks in Smash Bros. Wii U. The full track list and the stage each song can be played on is listed below. Battlefield / Big Battlefield: – Battlefield – Multi-Man Smash – Trophy Rush – Credits v2 (Remix) – Menu…

Total Hours of Smash Bros. 4 Played So Far and Other Stats

Smash Bros. for Wii U has a “World Status” mode, which lets you watch a ticker of random statistics collected from players. These include total number of hours played, total number of Kos people have gotten, and the total distance the Sandbag has been launched in home run contest. All of this is show on…

A Game Industry Layoff That Didn’t Suck (And Four That Did)

Today we’ve got another roundup of stories from people who have gone through the layoff cycles that have become oh-so-common in the world of video games. For months nowwe’ve been covering the way game publishers and development studios treat their employees in an attempt to spotlight the painful and unstable environment behind many of the…

A late-July Kotaku post about the fate of numerous Elder Scrolls characters cited an English-language source that had failed to credita French article that it was largely a rewrite of. Our post has been updated to reflect that. We recommend you check out the French piece (you might need Google translate!).

The world’s premiere avian dating simulator is coming to PlayStation in 2015. The English release ofHatoful Boyfriend, the visual novel that took the video game and bird-watching communities by storm a few years back arrives on PlayStation 4 and Vita in the 2nd quarter of 2015. This is the oddest, most wonderful news.

The Safest Way To Take Outposts In Far Cry 4

There used to be two main ways to take outposts in Far Cry: sneaking around and stabbing everyone inside, or going in guns blazing. Thanks to the addition of the tiny helicopter, though, Far Cry 4 players have discovered a third option: death from above. Here’s YouTuber “punish” showing us all how it’s done in…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Great Controls Are Like Great Food: Simple and Satisfying • The Company They Keep: How Log Horizon Ruined Sword Art Online II • Smash Preorder Woes! • How Bioware turned Dragon Age from a ‘Dark European Fantasy’ into a High Fantasy Wonderland TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

Dragon Age: Inquisition Benchmarked: Graphics And CPU Performance

As a long time fan of the series, our mobile editor Tim jumped at the opportunity to preview Dragon Age: Inquisition ahead of release last month. As with Kotaku‘s impression of the final release, Tim concluded that the fantasy RPG’s third iteration is a must-play. Fortunately, that should be doable for most gamers with official…

Bowser Would Easily Win LEGO Mario Kart

Or would it be Wario? It’s hard to pick, since every character and vehicle looks fantastic in this collaborative LEGO Mario Kart diorama by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia Luigi’s death stare is still there, just a bit different. Take a closer look: LEGO Mario Kart by 74louloute, 7kyubi7 and fujiia [Flickr] To contact the author…

Of Course, Warlords of Draenor Has A Dragon Ball Easter Egg

We knew WoW devs liked Dragon Ball, but Talador, one of Warlords of Draenor’s new zones, is home to an entire scene from Dragon Ball Z. Near Shattrath City you can find two really strange orcs. Once of them is Goh’kuu and the other is Napp’agosh, who must be Vegeta’s sidekick Nappa. And the orcish…

RoboCop’s ED-209 stands proudly over a flaming wreckage in GTA IV Hopefully GTA V will have (at least) the same level of modding support on PC—giving up all this crazy cool stuff would be a real shame. This one was made veteran modder JulioNIB; there’s videos and screenies below, and you can download the mod…