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Currency Screw-Up Leaves Australians Unable To Buy Some Steam Games

Steam made the move from US currency to the local dollarydoo in Australia today, and all publishers had to do to ensure a smooth transition was tick a box saying they now supported the Australian dollar. Loads of them, including Microsoft and Konami, forgot. As Kotaku Australia have catalogued, plenty of big games on Steam…

Track: Acid King | Artist: Malibu Ken | Album: Acid King Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Amazon Japan Is Selling A Box With 63 Amiibo In It

And to think, it used to be hard to get your hands on some of these With the release of Smash Ultimate coming up, Amazon Japan has decided to round up every Amiibo available for characters in the game and put them all in the one box. Then throw in a poster as well The…

The Art Of Insomniac’s Spider-Man

Insomniac’s Spider-Man for the PS4 is out, it’s good and it looks good. Because of that, let’s take a look at a range of concept and promotional art that went into the game’s creation. Most of the images you’ll see below are also available in Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Art of the Game, a new book…

Guy Is Role-Playing As Preston Garvey In Fallout 76

Things have been a little grim for Fallout 76 since (and even before) launch, so some fans are trying to make their own fun with the game. Like RpTheHotrod, who is running around the wastelands of West Virginia pretending to be Fallout 4’s Preston Garvey, defender of Settlements. It’s achieved by combining “several audio clips…

New Card Game Keyforge’s Decks Contain “Unfortunate” Words

Keyforge is a big new card game where every $40 starter set contains randomised cards, meaning no two players will have the same experience. Publishers Fantasy Flight say this results in “104 septillion possible deck combinations”, which might explain why some of the first batch contained some words they maybe shouldn’t have. See, the reason…

World Of WarCraft Cosplayers Are Out Here Re-Writing Canon

I know, we’ve already run our BlizzCon cosplay gallery, but there was a special event being held at the show this year that I thought deserved its own spotlight. It was called Project Ebon Blade, and involved dozens of World of Warcraft fans trying out a new twist on the game’s canon. With outfits based…

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Joakim Ericsson is a Swedish concept artist and illustrator who has worked on games like Overkill’s The Walking Dead You can see more of Joakim’s stuff at his ArtStation page

14 Years Later, Half-Life’s Remake Is Almost Finished

I reviewed Half-Life remake Black Mesa—which began development in 2004—six years ago. It was great, but it was also missing something: the game’s final act, set on the alien world of Xen. That’ll be out next year, and if you’re wondering why it’s taken so long, it’s because the section has been almost completely remade.…

One Punch Man Cosplay Lights It Up

This is fullhealthcosplay with an absolutely astounding take on Genos from One Punch Man Just so you can see more angles of the lights + smoke display, here are some more vids:

The New Spyro Doesn’t Have Subtitles In Its Cutscenes, Which Is Crazy

While it has them during gameplay, the new Spyro Reignited Trilogy doesn’t have subtitles during its cutscenes. So anyone who is hearing impaired, or just likes to play with the sound down/off and wants to enjoy the game’s story, is shit out of luck. This is very much not normal, which is why what might…

A Bioware Animator Has Made An Awesome Short Film

EA’s Dante’s Inferno, released back in 2010, is a game you probably haven’t thought about in almost a decade. But animator Tal Peleg is out here doing superfan work, bringing the series back with a professionally made short film. Peleg—currently at Bioware, formerly of Naughty Dog, and creator of the Joel x Banderas gif—has been…

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Ivan Nikulin is a freelance concept artist from Russia. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his Patreonand ArtStation page

Soccer Star Learned About His New Teammates “On The PlayStation”

Krzysztof Piatek has been one of the revelations of the season so far, banging in 13 goals in just 11 games for Genoa. He might have been doing even better if he’d had any idea who his teammates were going to be before joining the club. In 2017-18 the young striker scored 21 goals for…

Frostpunk Is About To Become A Proper City-Builder

One of the few criticisms levelled at Frostpunk was that the city-building game only shipped with curated scenarios, not a more traditional (for the genre) sandbox mode. That’s about to change, with an “Endless Mode” due for release very soon. Coming as a free update for existing owners of the game, there’ll be two ways…

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Terry Wei is an artist and illustrator based in Nanjing, China. You can see more of Terry’s work at his ArtStation page

Adidas’ Latest Dragon Ball Sneakers Are Over 9000

Because the shoes themselves have mostly been trash, Adidas has been leaning on gimmicks to try and make their big line of Dragon Ball sneakers more appealing. The latest example being these Vegeta kicks. Based on the Adidas Ultra Tech, and featuring Vegeta’s colour scheme, here’s what they look like from the side: I would…

Witcher 3 Cosplay Just Keeps On Coming

I’ve been trying for three years now to get this site turned into a dedicated Witcher 3 cosplay blog, and while that hasn’t quite panned out like I was hoping, I’m going to keep on trying with shots like these. This is Ves & Roche from the Blue Stripes commando group, steadfast and strangely-dressed special…

Track: Get It | Artist: Nelson Dialect & Must Volkoff | Album: Magnetism Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Imagining The Star Of A Western Assassin’s Creed

Gislaine Avila is a character designer and illustrator from Brazil, who has some ideas about what a Western (the genre, not the hemisphere) Assassin’s Creed might look like. Below you’ll find a range of images depicting Delilah Graham, star of Assassin’s Creed: Gold Rush, a game that doesn’t exist, but which in my over the…