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Revisiting The Intro Scene Of Half-Life

Last night, we started a playthrough of Half-Life on Kotaku’s Twitch channel. Punchy shotguns and nasty aliens make for a fantastic shooter experience, but the game begins less dramatically, with a long train ride. It’s one of the most memorable openings in gaming history, but it’s the least Half-Life thing about Half-Life When Half-Life released…

Dragon Quest XI Coming West Next Year

Dragon Quest XI comes out today in Japan, and to celebrate, creator Yuji Horii announced plans to bring it to English as Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age. There’s no word on which platforms it’ll hit, but publisher Square Enix says it’ll be out in 2018. “The game is currently being localized into…

Dishonored‘s Party Level Rewrote The Rules Of Stealth Games

The mission seems to be going well enough; it’s been tough, but you’ve persevered, making your way through some tense situations by avoiding the gaze of patrolling guards. You’ve just infiltrated the enemy base—now it’s time to assassinate someone. You’re hiding, maybe in the bushes or around a corner, and wham, some guard spots you.…

James Bond’s Moonraker, Remade In Planet Coaster

The scale of what people are creating in Planet Coaster is incredible. Latest testament to people’s imagination, and/or insanity: Moonraker. It’s a recreation of the classic James Bond film, but as a theme park ride. And the ride doesn’t just cover one aspect of Moonraker, or highlight the rocket. It runs through the whole film,…

Fantastic Survival Game Neo Scavenger Is Now On Mobile

Neo Scavenger doesn’t look like much. In a world of visually beautiful, sprawling survival sims like The Long Dark and Ark, it hardly stands out. But it’s one of the best survival game out there, and now you can play it on mobile. Developed by Blue Bottle Games, Neo Scavenger came to PCs in 2014.…

Konami Updates MGSV: The Phantom Pain, Makes Ocelot Playable on FOBs

Never mind that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain came out in September 2015 or that most people are now playing something else. Konamireleased an update for the game, making Ocelot playable onForward Operating Bases. Here are the patch notes regarding Ocelot: Ocelot is finally available in FOB missions !　 You can play as Ocelot…

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In honor of Doomfist going live in Overwatch today, here he is performing the entire cast’s highlight intros, courtesy of GRZ NGT If you’re wondering how that would even work in light of Doomfist’s particular build and the fact that, for example, Bastion is a robot who got rejected from the Transformers for being a…

Civilization VI Just Made Some Pretty Big Changes

Alongside the release of Nubia, Civilization VI has a “Summer Update” out today that makes a number of surprisingly major changes to the game. There’s a lot to sift through, including tweaks to many individual Civ’s traits, but the most important ones fall into two categories: early-game expansion and the game’s user interface. Firaxis have…

Duck Hunt, Recreated In Halo 5

Halo 5 will probably never be anybody’s favorite Halo, but it might end up somebody’s favorite Zelda, Mario Kart, or (now) Duck Hunt—because nobody ever said the world needed to make sense. This map is actually more than a simple remake, though. “Duck Hunt,” as created by Halo 5 Forge user Spartan Blood 1 and…

The Witcher 3’s Wind Is Beautiful

There are a lot of things that keep me coming back to The Witcher 3, but few are as effective—or as quaint—as the game’s wind. Yes, the game looks gorgeous by traditional reckoning. The textures, the lighting, the animation, it’s a good-looking video game by video game standards. But there are a lot of good-looking…

We’re starting a playthrough of Half Life right now on our Twitch channel. They’re waiting for you Gordon, in the test chammmbbbeerrrr…

Angry Joe’s Fans Can’t Deal With Him Taking A Vacation From YouTube

YouTuber Joe “Angry Joe” Vargas is famous for his funny game reviews, but over the years, the growth of his channel has put a strain on his ability to produce them. After announcing he was taking a break from game reviews for two months, fans have lashed out at the creator, who has since disabled…

 Galaxy Of Pen And Paper Is An RPG About Playing An RPG

In 2012, Brazil’s Behold Studios released Knights of Pen and Paper, a video game that captured the experience of a bunch of players sitting around a table playing a fantasy role-playing game. Galaxy of Pen and Paper, available today on PC, iOS and Android, does the same thing, only better, and in space. The game…

Fans Try To Solve The Mystery of Dream Daddy’s ‘Cult Ending’

Dream Daddy, a popular new dating simulator in which you date hot dads, has a reputation for being a heartwarming game. But since its release, players have started wondering if there’s something more sinister hiding beneath the original story, thanks to rumors of a “cult ending” that is allegedly hidden in the game’s files. Rumors…

Titanfall 2‘s Free New Horde Mode Is A Great Reason To Return To The Game

Titanfall 2 may have faded from the public consciousness since last fall, but the developers at Respawn have continued to add free stuff to their already excellent first-person shooter. The most recent addition, which landed earlier this week on PC and consoles, adds a four-player cooperative horde mode. It’s a good time. The mode, called…

Sealed Copy Of Super Mario Bros. Sells For $30,000

You read that right: A mint-condition sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from one of its earliest print runs sold at auction for $30,100.44 on eBay yesterday afternoon, and the seller confirmed to Kotaku that the buyer has paid up. The seller, a longtime retro game dealer based in Pennsylvania called DKOldies, put the game…

Sundered Is A Beautiful Game That Makes Me Very Angry

Sundered is a new platforming action game from Thunder Lotus Games, creators of Jotun. It has gorgeous hand-drawn visuals, Metroidvania-style exploration, fast-paced combat against swarms of vicious enemies and a knack for making me want to put my controller through the screen. Playing as Eshe, a wanderer in a ruined world, players are tasked by…

For Honor Is Finally Getting Dedicated Servers

Medieval fighting game For Honor is finally adjusting its ambitious and controversial online system and adding dedicated servers. The move, announced today, follows months of player complaints that the online-only fighting game’s connectivity issues made it too frustrating to play. For Honor players have struggled with lag, slow matchmaking and random disconnections since the game’s…

Cities: Skylines’ PlayStation version has a release date of August 15th You can ruin tiny simulated peoples’ commutes on so many platforms!