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Street Masters, a beat-em-up board game we wrote about last year, now has an expansion (and a reprint of the original game!)

B-Boy Recreates Smash Bros. & Overwatch Moves

This is Martin Cochingco, a man able to take a bunch of ridiculously exaggerated video game animations and somehow recreate them in real life. Here he is recreating some select Smash Bros. victory animations, from Bayonetta to Sonic to Captain Falcon to Green Mario. And here he is with some friends doing some Overwatch animations:…

Tree Queen

Toraji is an artist based in Tokyo. You can see more of Toraji’s work at her ArtStation and Instagram pages.

Grand Theft Auto V Mods Continue To Look Incredible

NaturalVision Remastered, a mod we’ve covered previously, takes Grand Theft Auto V—already still a very good-looking game!—and turns it into something extraordinary. It’s just got its final update, and surprise, it now looks even better. In a chat with PC Gamer the mod’s creator, Razed, explains that the last update was also one of the…

It Takes Two To Cosplay As Doctor Strange

This is wrussell9 cosplaying as Doctor Strange, getting more than a little help from the Cloak of Levitation, aka his sister elliebabygurl

Massive Fallout Mod New California Is Out Today

Fallout: New California, an enormously ambitious mod for Fallout: New Vegas, is now out, finished and ready to play. New California—built from the bones of an older mod called Brazil— is set in between the events of Fallout 2 and Fallout New Vegas, and to simply call it a “mod” is to sell it short.…

The Art Of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

It’s one of the biggest, prettiest games of the year, so it’s a treat tonight to be able to share some of the work that went into the creation of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Below you’ll find a ton of art from Odyssey’s production, from characters to environments to 3D to animation to promotional. It’s not…

A Song Made Entirely Using Breath Of The Wild

Tom Jackson, aka Liltommyj, makes video game remix videos. This new one, for Breath of the Wild, uses nothing but the game’s own music and sound effects. You can see more of Tom’s work here

Far Cry 5 Does A Great Half-Life 2 Impression

Far Cry 5’s arcade mode lets you build custom maps, and not all of them have to be set in the wilds of Montana. Some of them can be set on the outskirts of City 17. This map, called Lost Coast, is a fantastic recreation of the classic Half-Life 2 level. It can’t replicate everything,…

Welcome To The Thunder Dome, Overwatch

Yan Liang is an artist from China who has given some of Overwatch’s stars a makeover. You can see more Yan’s work at his ArtStation page OTHER WORK

From Nothing To Ghost In The Shell, Just Like That

It’s currently Inktober, which means artists around the world are sharing their traditional sketches online. There’s so much good stuff out there, but I was absolutely blown away by this piece posted by Korean artist Kim Jung Gi, where he’s able to draw a Ghost in the Shell scene completely freestyle. No outlines, no reference,…

Some Perfect Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Cosplay

Here’s cosplayer Skunk absolutely becoming Odyssey’s Kassandra. Not only has she nailed the costume, but some of her shots even went so far as to include a huge, actual eagle. UPDATE: I’m told it’s actually a Harris Hawk, thanks @wingbeaten! The costume itself does not scimp on the detail; the chest is made of thick…

Zelda Really Needed A Frog Village

Ziggy Zhu is a concept artist from China who, as a tribute to Breath of the Wild, decided to design his own village for the game. It’s beautiful. And very froggy. The village hook is simple: it’s built in a swamp, and everyone is a frog, and they all love sumo. And I love Frog…

Wait, There’s A Ghost Ship In The Witcher 3?

The Witcher 3 is a big game, so big that even three years later it can still surprise us. The series’ official Twitter account posted this earlier today: And not a single one of us—that’s thousands of combined hours in the game—had ever seen the thing. Throw in the fact loads of players never see…

Putting Usain Bolt In FIFA 19 Hardly Seems Fair

You may remember Usain Bolt as the fastest man on the planet, but ever since retiring from sprinting in 2017 he’s been trying to make it as a professional footballer. And by God, he’s actually doing it. With a dream to ultimately play for Manchester United, Bolt had a run with some Norwegian teams earlier…

Mario Is Dressing Up As Luigi For Halloween

In a loving tribute to his brother Green Mario, who was tragically murdered earlier this year, Mario has decided to spend Halloween dressed as a rotting corpse. You might think it tasteless, but this is a bold new era for Nintendo. A company once renowned for its traditional views is now making phone games and…

Not Here To Win Hearts Or Minds

Rafael Amarante is a freelance concept artist and designer from Brazil who has worked on games like Halo 2: Anniversary You can see more of Rafael’s stuff at his personal site

We Were All Wrong About Mario’s Nipples

The world lost its shit last yearwhen Mario emerged from the seas topless, his nipples bare and out there. They were thrilling and new to behold, but it turns out they weren’t as new as everyone thought. The tirelessly excellent Supper Mario Broth have found that Mario’s nipple debut actually came a year earlier, in…

Obama Does Not Care About Pokémon

Barack Obama, the 44th President of The United States Of America, a 57 year-old man and father of two, does not care one bit for your pocket monsters. ATTN: got him to sit down to help make a “get off your ass and vote” video for the upcoming midterms recently, leveraging his charm and wisdom…

YouTube Is Down [Update: It’s Back]

[UPDATE 10:46pm – It’s back]. In case you haven’t already noticed, YouTube is currently down. Not parts of it, but the whole damn thing. So if you were hoping to watch some longplays, grab a movie quote or lose yourself in a spiralling maelstrom of dangerous conspiracy theory bullshit tonight, you’ll have to change your…