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DayZ Delivers the Visceral Realism of Opening a Can of Baked Beans

DayZ is a challenging game, for sure. Is it “hard” though? Well, it doesn’t make things easy on you in the simple tasks, that’s for sure. This look at DayZ‘s most commonplace interactions, if they took place in real life, comes from Viva La Dirt League (aka “the closest thing the Internet has to a…

Kickstarter Says It Was Hacked; Change Your Passwords

Kickstarter this afternoon sent out an email telling users that hackers have compromised and accessed their data. While credit card information was not involved in the breach, Kickstarter is advising that users change their passwords here, and for any account where the same password is used. “Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone…

League of Legends is adding a sixth champion to each side, in the six-on six “Hexakill” mode coming Feb. 20. That means at least 20 percent more yelling and swearing in your match, until the mode ends on March 2, that is.

Assassin’s Creed Has a Board Game; It Comes Out in Two Weeks

The next Assassin’s Creed game releases on Feb. 26. Wait, what? Yeah, it’s a board game; something called Assassin’s Creed: Arena. The game is made by Cryptozoic Entertainment, who have handled board games for the Adventure Time and The Walking Dead licenses. It’s billed as “a strategic game of cat-and-mouse that pits 2-4 players against…

Here’s a start-to-finish look at the first mission in Thief, 10 days away from its Feb. 25 launch. Garrett’s trying to make his way back to his hideout during “Lockdown,” when, well, opportunities arise, as they usually do.

Tale of the Tape: How Punch-Out!!‘s Pugilist Performs in Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros.‘ inclusion of the Slight White Hope—aka Little Mac of Punch-Out!!—raises several interesting questions, from how his natural brawling skills will help him in the game to how his short stature might hinder him. Here to answer it all is GameXplain, with a detailed breakdown of the latest trailer. Seriously, there’s a lot…

The Best Gaming Headset

Almost six thousand votes later, you’ve chosen the Astro A50 as the best gaming headset. The Astro, a name synonymous with gaming headsets, took 31% of your votes, which only strengthens the brand’s previous recommendations by Kotaku Editorial and Lifehacker readers. [Amazon] Astro’s win may not surprise a lot of people, but the deep run…

The Best Of Kotaku, The Week Of February 10

While you’re (maybe?) munching down on half-priced chocolate today, feel free to browse all the articles I gathered up from this week over at Kotaku Selects. Also: share? Or enjoy this Pain Train comic. But, really, I don’t see why he couldn’t be a second sword. Dual-wielding is where it’s at. To contact the author…

Titanfall Server Problems Keeping Many From Playing, Microsoft Fixing [UPDATE 2]

Some Microsoft-run beta servers for the multiplayer-only, always-online game Titanfall have been down (or not working in some way) for at least three hours and counting on this, the first day of widespread access to the beta for the much-anticipated marquee next-gen first-person shooter. This, perhaps, is what betas are for! We don’t know how…

​’A Game You Can Play Forever’

Threes immediately captivated the people who started playing it, with folks bemoaning the lost hours and tired eyes they got in pursuit of ever-higher scores. But, over the last few days, any buzz surrounding Asher Vollmer’s second mobile game has been but a whisper compared to the roaring whirlwind surrounding Flappy Bird, which doesn’t exist…

Rockstar keeps adding content to Grand Theft Auto Online. Today, fittingly, they’ve added a slew of Valentine’s Day content with a criminal twist. Players are getting a chance to grab new guns, cars, clothes…a lot of it themed to fit the 1929’s notorious Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Details about the update are on Rockstar’s site.…

Want to buy Bravely Default, but embarrassed about the “sexy teenage butterfly” cover art? Check out these (hilarious) tips from Dorkly. My favorite: the ol’ Cool Game sandwich.

Sniper Elite‘s Kill-Cam Keeps Getting More Gruesome

The darkly satisfying x-ray kill-cam from Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 gave sharpshooting players a peek at bullets bursting through skin, bone and organs. Sniper Elite 3 adds two more layers to the mix. I love this stupid series so much, and the kill-cam is a big part of that love. It’s one thing to watch…

The Xbox One February system update begins rolling out today, according to Major Nelson. The update adds, among other things, the ability to see and manage your storage space, an on-screen battery power indicator, and USB keyboard support. Not as cool as March’s update, but it’ll do.

Did EA send you a Titanfall beta code for the wrong platform? Helpful tipster Tony points us to the EA Help website, where there are step-by-step instructions that promise to get your code snafu taken care of in two hours.

The GTA V Of JRPGs?

I’ve been playing a lot of Threes lately—to the point where every time I close my eyes I just see numbers sliding together—and all I can think is that it’d make for the perfect JRPG mini-game. Can’t you picture it? You’re roaming around the map, saving the world or whatever, when suddenly this sketchy dude…

There’s nothing more romantic than curling up with someone you love and watching Poison kicking ass in Ultra Street Fighter IV. And here I didn’t get Capcom Japan anything. for Valentine’s Day. I feel like such a heel. I should probably be punished.

Circle Stop, a nice reflex-test of a game, is currently free right now on iTunes and the Android marketplace. Go get it. And try to hit the pink parts, not the blue-ish green parts, and definitely not the blank white expanse. Have fun!

​Valve Now Letting Users Flag Steam Tags as “Abusive” and “Spoiler”

The rollout of Steam Tags has been full of highs and lows. It seems like for every funny or useful tag attached to a game, there’s been a lot more that are mean-spirited or judgmental. It’s been called out as a major failing of the system. Now, Valve’s looking to do something about it. In…

Gearbox Says They’re Not Making Borderlands 3 Now, For Good Reasons

Gearbox boss and former Kotaku guest-writer Randy Pitchford knows people would like a Borderlands 3 someday. He would, too. But the time is not right for Borderlands 3. It’s so not the right time for the inevitable mega-sequel that Pitchford’s studio isn’t even making the game. He swears! In a very good interview with our…