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A Wild Theory About Toy Story’s Most Hated Character

After finishing the first Toy Story, I wouldn’t blame anyone for having zero sympathy for Sid Phillips, Andy’s mean next-door neighbor. Sid tortures his toys and makes them into things resembling abominations, for crying out loud.But what if we got this character all wrong? What if Sid reformed his ways, and became someone nobler? The…

EA Access subscribers will get a sneak peek at Dragon Age: Inquisition five days before it comes out, Electronic Arts just announced. It’s only a six-hour demo, so don’t get too excited. But hey, at least your progress will carry over. Subscribers can also get a 10% discount on the Xbox One store. Read more…

I’m Excited People Are Making Silly Shooters Again

I had a lot of problems with Sunset Overdrive when I first started playing it. As I wrote in my review, the game’s humor really rubbed me the wrong way. But I haven’t really been able to put it down in spite of that. It’s a real challenge trying to stay mad at something so…

A Haven For Horrible Call Of Duty Players

Along with the return of players-versus-bot multiplayer, Advanced Warfare introduces the wonderful Combat Readiness Program, a mode where people who really suck at Call of Duty multiplayer can anonymously feel better about themselves. There’s no voice chat. There are no names — soldiers are labeled either ‘Friendly’ or ‘Enemy’. Not all of the participants are…

​Why Cosplayers Love Dressing Up as BioWare’s Characters

I like Mass Effect. Other people out there like both Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Do you like either enough to craft an outfit inspired by the sci-fi or fantasy action series and wear it out to conventions? No, me either. But, let’s hear from the brave creative people who do in fact cosplay as…

The Best Prices So Far on the Xbox One, PS4, 2DS, and Lots More Deals

No denying November is here. This is the best day of gaming deals so far this year. PS4 Get a Free Year of PlayStation Plus when you buy a PlayStation 4 Console and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Amazon White Sony PlayStation 4 Destiny Bundle ($410) | eBay PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 Wireless Controller…

Six Days Later, PS4’s v2.00 Update Is Still Causing Problems

It’s been almost a week since the rocky 2.00 firmware update went live on PS4, and although Sony has acknowledged all of the issues it’s caused, there’s still no ETA on when things will be fixed. PS4 v2.00, which came out last Tuesday, has triggered a number of widespread problems over the past few days,…

A Cheat Sheet for Alien: Isolation’s Weirdest Plot Holes

Alien: Isolation gave players an incredibly tense outer space horror game that successfully invoked the essence of the movie it’s based on. But, if you stopped and thought about what happens, not every thing makes sense. Some of it is downright silly. Like a lot of horror fiction, Isolation needs to keep pushing players into…

Kevin Spacey: The Kotaku Review

How is Kevin Spacey’s performance in his big video game debut? That all depends on which of the three versions of Spacey Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign is serving up at the time. Warning — the videos below contain mild story spoilers. Mission Briefing Spacey The least enjoyable of the three Advanced Warfare Kevin…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Fantasy Life: The TAY Review • Hidden Treats in… Your Favorite Games • The 13 Spoopiest Songs in Video Game Music • Five Things to Look Forward to at Blizzcon 2014 TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Ten Things I Took Away From Advanced Warfare‘s Campaign

Our yearly installment of Call of Duty is upon us, and while I’m taking a couple of days to play Advanced Warfare‘s multiplayer the way it was intended before posting my review, I have conquered campaign mode, and learned so much in the process. It took me around six hours to make it through Advanced…

​Teenagers Fight Each Other in the First Smash Bros. Game

“Wait, why are you wearing me?” Such is the power of Kirby, young one. You might expect the teenagers featured in the latest video from the Fine Brothers’ React channel to not know what they’re doing when playing Super Smash Bros. for N64. And that’s kind of true, since there’s a bunch of befuddlement on…

It Only Takes An Entire Server To Kill This Level 103 WoW Boss

The “Darkmoon Faire,” a classic week-long event in World of Warcraft, started yesterday with daily quests to do, exotic vendors to visit, mini-games to play and a level 103 world boss to kill. That might be tough with the current level cap of 90, but it’s not impossible. All you need is a lot of…

Huge LEGO Pirate Island Even Has A Functioning Waterfall

Two talented LEGO builders, Eli Willsea and Grant Davis built a a pirate-themed island for this year’s BrickCon and they didn’t mess around. It’s a gigantic build with old ruins, secret coves treasure and a brilliant working waterfall that flows with tiny bricks. And how does this work? The mechanics are deep inside the mountain…

Minecraft’s Industrial Revolution Maps Are Suitably Magical

After all, building “just” dreary factories in a world like Minecraft’s, where industry clashes with magic, wouldn’t make much sense. So what we get instead is the industrial revolution turned up to 11, sometimes with dragons, sometimes with giant robots. Planet’s Minecraft’s Industrial Revolution contest finished its one-month run last week with a total of…

Nothing Says Funeral Like a Quick Time Event

In the early moments of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s campaign mode, the player is given a choice — press or hold a button to pay their respects to a fallen comrade, or just sit there awkwardly watching the screen until they get bored and wander off. Not much of a choice, really. Circulating on…

​Super Smash Bros. Glitch Bans Players for 136 Years

That’s a long time, but maybe just wait until the Wii U version comes out in a few weeks? Recently, Japanese Twitter user Zenaorz1 uploaded this image of a 71,582,030 minute ban—which equals 136 years. The image has been retweeted over one thousand times, and Zenaorz1 was left wondering what caused this. [Photo: Zenaorz1] As…

Unaired TV Show Is The Most 90s Thing Imaginable

Remember Nick Arcade? This is the show’s unaired pilot episode, filmed in 1991 and featuring a host that wasn’t Phil Moore. What it does feature, though, are some amazing haircuts, as well as one of the first public showings of a game called Sonic The Hedgehog. It’s pretty easy to see why host Neil Sherman,…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Fire Emblem

Whatever happened to Fire Emblem 64? What’s with Casual Mode? How come we had to wait so long for the Fire Emblem series to come West?Did You Know Gaming has the answers. It’s hard to imagine Nintendo’s flagship strategy role-playing game series had six games and thirteen years under its belt before it made its…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: A Date With Death

Earlier this week one of our writer’s documented herexhaustive efforts to get it on with Death in The Sims 4. Surely getting a date with Death is easier than that. I’d say all we need is some sort of image manipulation program. What sort of date do you take the amorphous personification of the end…