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The Director’s Commentary Is The Real Hero Of The Deadly Tower Of Monsters

I was going to record commentary for my play through of Ace Team’s action-packed love letter to terrible ‘70s science fiction movies, but The Deadly Tower of Monsters brought its own, and it makes the game. The newly-released hack-and-slash adventure is filtered through VHS artifacts and studded with the tropes that defined just about every…

Co-op Half-Life Comes to Steam on Friday

Sven Co-op, the now 17-year-old Half-Life co-op mod, is getting its standalone Steam release on the 22nd—this Friday. It’ll launch as a free download with several maps, including the original Half-Life campaign, reworked for the mod’s newest version. First announced in summer 2013, this Steam release also marks the arrival of the 5.0 version of…

Now That Hideo Kojima Is Free, He Can Do What He Wants

Last year certainly didn’t seem like fun for Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. But that was 2015. This is 2016. This past December, Kojima has set up his own studio, Kojima Productions, a name that sounds vaguely familiar, and he and his team are working on a PS4 title for Sony. Unfettered by the…

The Original Captain America Is Coming Back

Right now, there’s only one Captain America flying through the skies of Marvel’s mainline comic-book universe. But later this year, the original super-soldier will be back in the red-white-and-blue. And don’t worry about current shield-wielder Sam Wilson; he’ll sticking around. That’s right: two Caps at the same time. Tonight’s news coincided with a TV special…

Nintendo’s just announced that Bravely Second: End Layer is coming on April 15. There’s also a Fire Emblem Fates-themed 3DS XL hitting February 19 for $200, though it’ll come without the game. Contact the author at [email protected]

Pacifist Call Of Duty Player Refuses To Shoot The Bad Guys

Kent Sheely is playing through the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, only he’s doing it with one very strict rule: no killing. OK, so it’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s the gist: An attempt to play through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without killing anyone. The rules are I’m only allowed…

15 Small Things GTA IV Does Better Than GTA V

Grand Theft Auto games are all about attention to detail. A million little things come together to form the massive simulations we’ve come to know and love—and it’s fascinating to look at what, specifically, goes into defining a GTA space. CrowbCat has a comparison video that pits GTA V against GTA IV, and in doing…

Diablo III Has Hooked Me Again

I thought I was done playing Diablo III, a game I happily zipped through as a demon hunter when it came out on PS4. I played with friends, cleared the story, hit level 70, barely understood what Adventure Mode and Paragon Points were and put it down. That was more than a year ago. Here…

Mario Maker Level Named After ‘Unsolvable’ Math Problem Lives Up To Its Name

I’ve watched a Super Mario Maker player by the name of ReflectivistFox play through a stage called Fermat’s Last Theorem twice now. It takes nearly eight minutes, involves an unthinkable number of perfectly calculated moves and jumps, and I can’t fathom the patience it took for ReflectivistFox to figure it out. The level’s author, Mr_Enzyme,…

Fallout 4 Mod Makes Preston Garvey Chill The Fuck Out

The most annoying thing about Fallout 4 has finally been fixed, courtesy of modders. Thank god. If you’ve played Fallout 4, then you’re probably well-acquainted with the nightmare that is Preston Garvey’s endless settlement quests. It’s always the same: you save one shitty settlement, only to be instantly tasked with defending another crappy settlement where…

Jonathan Blow’s next puzzle game, The Witness, arrives January 26, and he’s announced it’ll cost you $40 on PS4 and PC. While a game’s pricing is not usually noteworthy—and Blow has been raising expectations on The Witness for a while now—I suspect this may come as a surprise for some people. Heads up!

Arkham Knight’s Best DLC Moment Gives Batman an Impossible Choice

I saved the Ra’s Al Ghul mission in Arkham Knight’s Season of Infamy expansion because I had high expectations. My reward was one of the best moments from any Batman video game. I never believed that Batman would kill the Joker. However, I’ve always believed that, under the right circumstances, Batman would kill Ra’s Al…

Oxenfree: The Kotaku Review

Teens, alone on an island, unearthing malevolent spirits. Beers and bonfires on the beach, and a dramatic game of Truth or Dare. Ghostly voices over the radio, and an abandoned military base with a secret. These are the potent ingredients of Oxenfree, a sharp, spooky new adventure game that you should totally check out. Here’s…

The new $800,000 Kickstarter project Hero’s Song has a lot of talent behind it, including Name of the Wind author Patrick Rothfuss and veteran composer Inon Zur (Fallout, Dragon Age). It’s run by John Smedley, former boss of Sony Online Entertainment.

10 Ways To Make Your Favorite Games Feel New Again

Games have rules. It’s sort of their “thing.” But just because a game suggests you’re supposed to play it one way doesn’t mean you can’t come up with some rules of your own. Whether you do it consciously or not, you probably restrict the way you play games. Maybe you force yourself to live with…

Movement In Blade & Soul Is Extremely Cool

Martial arts MMORPG Blade & Soul launched in North America and Europe today, bringing with it one of the most gut-wrenchingly awesome movement systems I’ve ever experienced in the genre. Hold on to your stomachs, kids. You may have seen this before—Blade & Soul has been out in Asian countries since its 2012 launch in…

One of the best places to spot video game deals, Cheap Ass Gamer, has been dealing with a series of hacks. The attacker (or group) claims they’re after a child molester, but haven’t made clear why they’ve targeted CAG. The site claims passwords weren’t compromised, though emails and usernames may have been.

A Great Port Can’t Save The Most Boring Resident Evil Game

It doesn’t matter how pretty you make Resident Evil Zero—it’s still Resident Evil Zero. It’s easily one of the weakest entries in Capcom’s survival horror series, but if you’re interested in fighting zombies on a train, you’re suddenly in luck. It’s been a little over three years since Resident Evil 6 was released, and while…

Virtual Feats, But A Real Sense Of Accomplishment

The last time I talked to my mom on the phone she told me I should be starting to think about retirement. She told me I should be thinking about my future. I was thinking about where I was gonna get the $150 I needed for my insurance premium and still eat. After I hung…

The Star Wars Game I’ve Played Every Day For Three Months Straight

This is Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. It’s a game I called “another f**king mobile Star Wars card game” when it was announced. A game I called “not bad . . . not great, either” at launch. A game that’s been part of my daily routine since mid-October. EA introduced Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes…