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Track: Frank feat. Tree | Artist: Blockhead | Album: Free Sweatpants Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Hacking 101

Cristiano Rinaldi is a concept and digital artist from Italy. You can see more of Cristiano’s work at his ArtStation page

Raiders of the North Sea, a very good board game about vikings, is coming to mobile on both iOS and Android sometime before April.

In this video by Rescue the Princess!, some of the most iconic villains from movies, games and anime get together not to plot or scheme, but twirl around in front of a camera looking fantastic

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Jacek Pilarski is a concept artist and matte painter based in the UK. You can see more of Jacek’s work at his ArtStation page

The Queen’s Golden Wii Has Been Found

Ten years ago, a THQ marketing stunt sent a gold-plated Nintendo Wii console to Queen Elizabeth II. She obviously never received the gift personally, which led People Make Games’ Chris Bratt to wonder: then where the hell was it? If the Queen never opened it, and THQ are long gone, then it was going to…

Our Favorite Cosplay From IKKiCON 2018

IKKiCON is an anime convention that was held in Austin from December 28-30. Mineralblu was there taking photos and videos, and you’ll find a selection of them below. You’ll also find both the cosplayer’s instagram handle and the character they’re cosplaying as watermarked on the image.  

Last Drinks

Enforcer 12 is a character designer and concept artist from China. You can see more of Enforcer 12’s work at their ArtStation page and personal site

Zelda, Banjo Kazooie Levels Modded Into Super Mario Odyssey

Perhaps to give Odyssey that Smash Bros/Nintendo Museum feel, modder ItzSkahas been importing custom levels into the Switch platformer, like Clanker’s Cavern from Banjo Kazooie and the exterior of Wind Waker’s Dragon Roost Island. It’s not just the textures, either; both levels have custom collectables as well. Here’s Clanker’s Cavern: And here’s Dragon Roost: If…

Artists Are Making Awesome “Paintings” In Source Filmmaker

Source Filmmaker is famous for the Saxxy Awardsand other machinima, but there’s a vibrant and fascinating scene using the program for “scenebuilding” (2D art) as well. Given the vast array of other, more popular options out there for digital painting, this might seem an odd and even counter-productive way to make art. After all, SFM…

Tokyo Streets

Thomas Dubois is an architect from France who also dabbles as a creative director and concept artist. You can see more of Thomas’ work at his ArtStation page

Hotline Miami Reimagined As A PS1 Game

Top-down bloodbath Hotline Miami is defined by its perspective, but horror dev Puppet Combo decided to flip that anyway and remake the game’s first level as a third-person PS1-like experience. If you dig that, you should check out Puppet Combo’s other 80s horror movie-inspired games on their Patreon, which are all very much this kind…

Bike Girl

Malcolm Wopé is a concept artist from South Africa. You can see more of Malcolm’s work at his ArtStation page

What Persona 5 Would Look Like On The Game Boy Advance

As of January 2019, there is only one version of Persona 5. But if/when we get a portable version, just like Persona 3 & 4 did, it…still won’t look like this. Unless it gets in a time machine. Pixel artist Sea Handler mocked up these screenshots of a Game Boy Advance version of the game…

Leaked Disney Infinity 4.0 Footage Is Deeply Depressing

Disney Infinity was a good idea with some very cool toys, and its demise had everything to do with corporate mismanagement and very little to do with Disney Infinity. So seeing this footage of what was supposed to be the game’s fourth iteration stings. Disney Infinity 4.0: Kingdoms, as seen here in this pre-alpha, for-internal-purposes-only…

The Pinkertons Are Still Around, Suing Over Red Dead Redemption 2

I have learned two things today. One is that publishers Take-Two find themselves in the middle of a legal battle over Red Dead Redemption 2. Two is that the Pinkertons, famous detective villains from the 19th century’s old, wild west are still around in 2019 As The Verge report, the Pinkertons—now owned by Swedish security…

Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends

Chris Glenn is a freelance concept artist based in Los Angeles. You can see more of Chris’ work at his ArtStation page

Sonic Crash Course: The Kotaku Review

There’s a new Sonic the Hedgehog board game out. And having spent the last week playing it with my kids, I think that aside from Mania it’s maybe the best Sonic game I’ve played in years, regardless of the medium. Sonic the Hedgehog: Crash Course—designed by Sean Mcdonald and published by IDW—is a family board…

Suspected Cosplay Stalker Destroys Seven Cars During Anime Con [Update]

A suspected arson attack, allegedly carried out by an “obsessed stalker”, has torched seven cars in the parking lot of a hotel where Anime Los Angeles attendees have been staying over the weekend. The incident took place early on Sunday morning, just before 2am. The night manager of the Azure Hotel & Suites in Ontario,…