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Picking Apart A Single Frame In DOOM 

Ever wonder what exactly goes into rendering each painstakingly detailed frame in a game like DOOM (2016)? Well, Adrian Courrèges, a software Engineer based in Tokyo, has you covered Taking an in-depth look at one particular screenshot, Courrèges explains step-by-step all of the different processes and considerations at play: Unlike most Windows games released these…

Destiny Player Discovers Rise of Iron Ghost Fragment

It’s September which means back to school for some, pumpkin spice lattes for others, and for a deranged few, obsessively combing through the world of Destiny in search of new items and secrets. With Rise of Iron just around the corner, Bungie is paving the way for the game’s third year with a patch that,…

Rule of Rose Is Now 10 Years Old And Still Savagely Twisted

I was young when I saw the not-at-all good 1990 adaptation of Lord of the Flies, but the scene where Piggy dies is still etched into my memory. It’s the first time I can remember seeing kids kill other kids on screen. Since then, Battle Royale and The Hunger Games have made the concept much…

Steins;Gate is now on Steam. Richard Eisenbeis called the game “simply a fantastic visual novel” when he first reviewed it and I have to agree. So go send emails into the past and watch the diabolic horror that ensues, if you’re into that sort of thing. The follow-up, Steins;Gate 0, is already out in Japan

Hey Kotaku, It’s Me, Your New Weekend Editor

What keeps you up at night? The fear of failure? The fear of success? Bills to pay? That one exotic engram you can never seem to find? It’s a weird question to ask so early on a Saturday Morning, I know. I began this introduction the night before. I thought it would be easy to…

Overwatch Player Never Touches The Ground In The Game’s New Level

I’ve featured one dedicated Overwatch wall-rider before, but this person has turned it into an art form. If you’re in need of some chilled-out Friday afternoon viewing, I can’t recommend Seba’s wall-ride of Overwatch’s new level, Eichenwalde, enough. This combination of slick movement and soothing beats will heal you from the grotesque wound between weekends…

Two Years Later, The Sims 4 Sex Mods Have Gotten Intense

Normally, ‘woohooing’ in The Sims 4 is pretty tame…that is, unless you download some of the latest mods. (NSFW WARNING.) Released a couple of months ago and further updated this week, WickedWoohoo is a mod that allows players to do an extraordinary number of new sex-related acts within The Sims 4. Seriously: the feature list…

This weekend, Overwatch will be available for free on PS4 and (disappointingly) for only Xbox One owners with an Xbox Live Gold membership.

World Of Warcraft: Legion Progress Report: The Other Side Of The Level Cap

When you’re working through the post 110 content of World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion with one Alliance character and are getting bored of running through the same content on five others, sometimes you need to take a walk on the Horde side. We’re at the end of the second week of Legion, and I’m progressing…

One Man’s Maddening Quest To Walk Across An Entire No Man’s Sky Planet

The planets in No Man’s Sky are supposed to be, well, planet-sized. Most players will only see a small percentage of any locale, if that, before boredom sets in and another planet is explored. One man, however, decided to undertake a pilgrimage that tested the limits of his sanity, if not the limits of the…

Meet Kotaku‘s New Staff Writer, Heather Alexandra

On the 22nd of August, Kotaku welcomed Heather Alexandra to our ranks. On Kotaku, Heather’sbeen producing thoughtful, critical videos about abstract concepts in games for a few months, but now, we’re proud to have her full-time as a staff writer. Hooray! We’ve seen Heather explore “time” as the scariest video game monster, as well as…

Witness World Of Warcraft: Legion‘s Amazing Steam Death Cave Before It’s Gone

The air is festive and steam-filled inside the cave of the northeastern coast of the Broken Isles, as the bodies of Horde and Alliance players alike form a pile around an orb that must be clicked to complete the Legion expansion’s recently-discoveredsecret world quest I’ve been working my way through the Kosumoth the Hungering quest,…

Rise of Iron Gear Is Already Dropping In Destiny

It’s an exciting time in the world of Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space, killing aliens and gradually realizing that nothing really matters because we all die alone. A new patch that launched yesterday in preparation for the upcoming Rise of Iron expansion (which goes live on September 20) is full…

We’ve updated our story on FaZe Clan’s controversial and unreleased video game. 19-year-old CEO of iCazual Entertainment, co-producer of Starnet Eclipse, has responded to our requests for comment. You can read our update here

Mercy may be off the market, according to a Blizzard customer support rep. A Redditor reached out to Overwatch’s publisher asking whether he could marry the winged, Swiss healer. Their response? “I’m afraid it’s her decision, and she already offered her digital heart to the most noble, handsome, fit, intelligent and morally upright character in…

The Unreal Engine 4 Recreation of Star Wars Looks Real Good

Jason Lewis, a senior environment artist for Obsidian Entertainment, started a personal project earlier this year that was meant to teach him the ins-and-outs of Unreal 4. That project soon ballooned, and other developers at Obsidian got involved in making what they’re calling an “interactive fan art piece.” As spotted by 80 Level, the recreation…

Bethesda Says Sony Won’t Allow Skyrim Or Fallout 4 Mods On PS4

Earlier this year, Bethesda announced plans to allow mods for Fallout 4 and the upcoming Skyrim remaster on PS4 and Xbox One, an unprecedented move that made console RPG fans very happy. But now, embarrassingly, it looks like mods will be an Xbox exclusive. In an update on their website today, Bethesda said that Sony…

Guy Tries To Play Battlefield 1 With Voice Commands, Gets Absolutely Wrecked

From clearing Dark Souls with a guitar controller to besting Ocarina of Time with a dance pad, players always find new ways to play games. Slimecicle tried to fight the good fight in Battlefield 1 using only his voice. It doesn’t go well. There are moments of potential glory. Slimecicle manages some wild rides in…

The First Yo-Kai Watch Movie Gets Its Day In North American Theaters Next Month

The highest grossing Japanese movie of 2015 is coming to North American theaters next month for an entire day! Level-5 and Eleven Arts are bringing the English version of the time-tripping first Yo-Kai Watch movie to select U.S. theaters on October 15. With a new season of the cartoon airing on Disney XD, a second…

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night won’t be out in 2017. It’s been pushed back to 2018, and additional developers are being brought aboard to finish the title.