Shadow Of Mordor: Just As Funny In The Real World
Shadow of Mordor is already a pretty funny video game. Still, I'm glad that hasn't stopped Mega64 from taking it into the real world and trying for a few more laughs.
Rust Chooses Players' Race For Them, Things Get Messy
Many games let you choose your character's race, but not Rust. The chaotic survival game is doing its best impression of the gene pool—randomizing who's white, black, and everything else—and players have reacted in unexpected ways.
How To Make Cities: Skylines Look Like Borderlands
Love Borderlands' cartoony vistas and pastel-colored expanses? Well, now you can make your game of Cities: Skylines look just like it—minus roughly a million gallons of blood, of course.
We're Really Digging Pillars of Eternity
A few of us have been playing Pillars of Eternity, the lovely new crowdfunded PC role-playing game that sets out to re-create the vibe of old Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate.
Beard Growth Comes to Video Games
Finally! As anyone with facial hair will tell you, it grows. Except in video games, where beards seem suspended in time. Not anymore.
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection: The Kotaku Collection
You can play Borderlands 2 and its associated DLC and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and its DLC today, just like you could yesterday. But this time, it’s all packaged together for the new-gen consoles in a definitive collection with some new features, like four-player splitscreen.
The Talos Principle, last year's terrific puzzler from the developers of Serious Sam, is getting an expansion called The Road to Gehenna. Following a different character, it'll launch on PC this spring, and come to PS4 and Nvidia Shield later this year.
DayZ Player Sings (And Plays Guitar) For His Life
What could've been just another blood-soaked tale of DayZ douchebaggery turned into something, well, kinda beautiful.
42-Player Civilization Game Fixed, Resumes Destruction Of Planet Earth
My pessimism was for naught. The giant 42-player, AI-only Civilization V game that had seemed doomed has in fact been saved, and the surviving Civs are free to resume soaking the dirt with the blood of their enemies.
Valve Rejects DOTA 2 Character, Player Makes It Anyway
I'm not sure Valve was serious about their rejected redesigns for DOTA 2 hero Faceless Void, but that hasn't stopped a fan from painstakingly modeling one for use in the game.
The First Five Fairytale Minutes Of Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries
I'd be remiss if I didn't correct my headline with the official tagline for Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries. This is no fairy tale. There's nothing fair about it.
In-Game Kickstarter Rewards Can Be... Distracting
Anyone who enjoyed isometric PC role-playing games like Baldur's Gate will undoubtedly love Pillars of Eternity, which has taken over my life for the past few days. It's really, really excellent.
What D&D Is Bringing To The CRPG Party
We're in the middle of an incredibly welcome computer role-playing game resurgence, so it's only fair the key inspiration for the genre chime in. Check out the first single-player campaign gameplay from Sword Coast Legends.
Five Nights At Freddy's Twitter Roleplay Is Scarier Than The Games
Yesterday on Twitter I bore witness to something amazing—nine hours of Twitter-based Five Nights At Freddy's role-playing. It was horrible. I was riveted.
Brutal Half-Life Mod Soaks Gordon Freeman In Blood
If you've never heard of it, Brutal Doom is a mod that turns an already-violent shooter into something hilariously bloody and full of gibs. Well, Brutal Half-Life is that, only for Half-Life.
Damn, Ori And The Blind Forest Is So Beautiful
Ori and the Blind Forest is a pretty good video game! But we're not here today to talk about the game. We're here today to look at the gorgeous art that went into making it.
Besiege: A Tale of Rebellion and War
Siege engine building sim Besiege is far more than just a vehicle for funny robots. What better way to show it than with an epic story-driven machinima series?
Three Fourths Home now has an extended edition. The new version of the heartbreaking narrative game adds an epilogue that's nearly as long as the original story. There are also new stories from main character Kelly's brother, Ben. It's an astounding game. Highly recommended.
Guy Uses Team Fortress 2 To Come Out To His Friends
Coming out to friends about any sort of sexuality or queer identity is terrifying. What if they don't understand? What if they don't like you anymore? One Team Fortress 2 player decided to tell his friends in a language they all understood: the game itself.