Sure,it’s on PC now, but the Yakuza series is synonymous with three generations of PlayStation consoles. And for good reason: Nintendo and Microsoft had their chance, but simply weren’t interested in the Japanese gangster saga. The latest issue of Edge magazine has an enormous interview with series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, where he reveals for the…
Artur Treffner is a freelance concept artist based in Estonia. You can see more of Artur’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional or…
An original, unopened box of 1999 First Edition Pokémon cards has sold at auction in the US for the staggering price of $56,000. Via Kotaku AU, Huggins & Scott Auctions sold the box last week, with bidding opening at $20,000. There’s a reason for the steep price that goes beyond nostalgia: pristine Charizard holo cards…
RTX, Rooster Teeth’s big annual convention, was held in Austin earlier this month, and amidst the panels and live shows was some very good cosplay. Here’s a selection of the best of it, thanks to Mineralblu, who was there taking pictures (and video) for us. Blizzard, please make “Baby Bjorn Dad 76″ an official skin,…
Miguel Nogueira is a freelance concept artist from Portugal. You can see more of Miguel’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page EDIT: Damn it, the top image cropped it, but if you’re about to question the headline, she has four arms. You can see that more clearly in the full-size shot below. Fine…
The creation of the SPACE FORCE is the dumbest fucking thing, and deserves nothing but the ridicule it is receiving. AND YET: below is a very good idea that an actual space force in the future, when a force in space is actually required, should use.
Reader Stephen Hancock was cosplaying as a Monty Python character at Gen Con earlier in the month. I’d tell you just who it was, but the name is too long for our publishing platform to fit in an opening paragraph. So I’ll have to put it here. It’s Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter…
WhileAdidas are working with Dragon Ball Z, Converse have teamed up with a more peaceful Japanese property for an upcoming line of sneakers. There’ll be six Hello Kitty shoes released in total across three models (two designs each for the Chuck Taylor All Star, Chuck 70 and One Star), which means prices are going to…
Alexander Matovykh is a freelance concept artist from Russia. You can see more of Alexander’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional or character…
I don’t mean “oh you can play old games on your phone”, everyone knows that. I mean playing old games using an actual floppy disk drive. This video by LGR shows how its done, using a phone’s USB port to hook up a drive, get it working and read by the phone and then allowing…
Video games in Germany have always had to censor Nazi imagery, because to display that content would violate the country’s constitution. Now, after pressure from the German Games Industry Association, the government has relaxed its interpretation of some laws and will allow it in certain circumstances. The government has moved from a blanket ban on…
Oh hey, people are still doing this anime intro thing, excellent. This one’s for the original Metal Gear Solid It’s weird, at the time this game looked amazing. Then for a very long time people thought its crude 3D visuals looked like shit. Now it looks amazing once more, and we can rejoice in the…
Blerdcon is a show that was held last month in DC. It’s a celebration of Blerd culture, which began as a space for “Black Nerds” before spreading its wings and growing to encompass LGBTQ, disabled and other peoples of colour as well. Here’s the show’s official description: Blerdcon is an event that highlights and celebrates…
To commemorate 500 million PlayStation consoles sold over the last couple of decades, Sony will be bringing back that 90s styling and releasing this blue, transluscent PS4 Pro. Both the console and controller are see-through, letting you peek through the casing to see the guts inside, while the surrounding plastic is a very fetching shade…
Park JunKyu is an artist from Korea. Here, among other pieces, is his take on a more futuristic version of some of Capcom’s most famous fighting game characters. You can see more of Park’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…
God of War has a very nice photography mode, which was put to the test recently in an official contest held by PlayStation The winning entries were fantastic. Stuff like this: And this: I wanted to draw particular attention to another of the winners though, Cristiano Bonora, who for weeks has been filling his Flickr…
Real Madrid, a very real and historic football club, have this week started selling the jerseys of a very fake player: Alex Hunter, star of FIFA’s singleplayer story mode. Having built up to it last year with a false start and some loan deals, this year’s game finally has Hunter signing with one of the…
EmuParadise, one of the world’s longest-running and most popular emulator communities, announced today that in the face of recent legal action against pirate sites it will be “changing,” in effect ceasing to offer ROM versions of Nintendo’s (and any other company’s) old classics. MasJ, the site’s founder, says: It’s not worth it for us to…
Track: T69 Collapse | Artist: Aphex Twin | Album: Collapse Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
The team behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are so sick of hearing people say “fix the game” that they’ve opened a website specifically geared at “fixing the game”. It’s called FIX PUBG, which “is a phrase that we’ve been hearing a lot lately”, the site says. “Bugs, performance problems, and quality-of-life issues have been limiting PUBG’s true…
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