Designer Angelo Trofa is a football kit nerd, and since I am also a football kit nerd, I’ve long been a big fan of his work. So it’s nice to see that his contribution to the FIFA series—he designed the Ultimate Team Icons jerseys—are having their shirts brought to life.
Civilization IV player WastinTime has achieved something I would never have thought was even remotely possible: winning a space race victory in the strategy classic by launching a rocket two centuries before Jesus was born. It took an incredible amount of knowledge of the systems underpinning Civ IV for him to even attempt this, and…
Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Annihilation) is going to be playing mystery thief Carmen Sandiego in an upcoming live-action movie project for Netflix. Rodriguez will also be voicing the character in Netflix’s other Carmen Sandiego project,an animated series that’s due in 2019 Deadline reports that the movie “will be a standalone Carmen adventure that will…
Balazs Agoston is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Hungary. You can see more of Agoston’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…
Last week, YouTuber elrubius—who has over 28 million subscribers—put out a call saying he wanted 100 of the top Spanish-speaking Fortnite players to get together and play in the one game. That game went down earlier tonight, streamed live on YouTube, and over 1 million people tuned into watch. The game, organised for fun, brought…
Vengeance is what happens when someone takes the murderous revenge tale of movies like Kill Bill and turns them into a board game. Or at least tries to. A game for 1-4 players, Vengeance puts you in control of a person who has been wronged at the hands of criminal gangs, and who is now…
This is Sorairo-Days as Breath of the Wild’s Princess Mipha. Photos by Solita Delacruz. Costume design by SunsetDragon, trident by FullHealthCosplay
We see a lot of remastered games, but this is something different: Nico Vliek has done some hard work and remastered into big HD resolution 300 old Super Nintendo game logos. Why? They’re glorious, that’s why. Also because Vliek wanted to “support educational purposes” They’re so beautiful. If you want to see all 300 logos…
Electronic Arts’ Search for Extraordinary Experiences (SEED) Division—which sounds like an anime space force—has created a “self-learning AI-agent” that has managed to teach itself how to play Battlefield 1 multiplayer. In this blog post, Magnus Nordin from SEED details how his team, inspired by Google’s work with old Atari games, wondered “how much effort it…
Charles Lazarus, the founder of retail chain Toys ‘R’ Us, has died at the age of 94. His death comes just a week after the company announced its plans to close its US and UK stores Born in in 1923, Lazarus founded Toys ‘R’ Us in 1948, and was the company’s CEO until 1994. He…
Nintendo’s latest Zelda adventure followed up its winat the 2017 Game Awards with GOTY honours at tonight’s Game Developers Choice Awards, held as part of the 2018 Game Developers Conference. It also won Best Audio and Best Design. Tim Schafer, meanwhile, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and upon receiving it gave a lengthy,…
Rare’s Sea Of Thieves is the big game release for this week, so now’s as good a time as ever to take a look behind the scenes and check out some of the work that went into creating its Cartoon Caribbean. The first images you’ll see below are from the official book Tales from the…
This is Ginny Di and Going Postale with a very convincing Game of Thrones sister act. Once you’re done admiring the overall likeness, check out the detail on those costumes. Sansa’s dress looks like it walked straight off the set. Photos by Ratio Photography
This fan-made Tomb Raider piece is of course not an official LEGO product. There’s a bit too much going on for that. Less of a playset and more a mechanical diorama, it’s got a collapsing plane wing and, more impressively, a moving river/waterfall for Lara to navigate. It was made by Kevin Wanner, and you…
Track: Movements | Artist: Roots Manuva | Album: Brand New Second Hand Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Black Panther was good! It also looked good, so I figured I’d showcase the work of a number of artists involved with the film’s production, giving us a look at how the costumes and environments of Wakanda went from the drawing board to the big screen. Note that this isn’t everyone involved, it’s just a…
Bad North is described as “a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite”. That’s enough to get my attention. It’s coming to Switch first in the Summer, then Xbox One, PS4, PC and mobile a bit later.
PhotographerJason Laboy recently captured this Game of Thrones cosplay jamboree in New York’s Central Park, and not only did it feature a whole lot of swords, but a ring as well. First, the cosplay! And when I say the shoot involved “everyone” from the show, I’m not kidding: most of the Stark family turned up,…
It’s that time of year again when the Nipponbashi Street Festival is held on the streets of Osaka, and as always, some of the best cosplay in Japan was out in the sun enjoying/tolerating the crowds. Last year it was Persona 5 stealing hearts, but this year there’s a range of amazing costumes, from Nier:…
Gediminas Einikis is a concept artist and designer based in Chicago. You can see more of Gediminas’ work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…
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