A 23-year-old man has been arrested after his plot to try and assassinate the French President was uncovered by the users of a video game forum. The man, who was arrested last week, threatened police with a knife when they arrived at his home, and had planned to kill the newly-elected President Macron during France’s…
After a year’s hiatus, Max LaFave has a new Oblivion video out. If you’ve never seen the originals, they are about as good an impression of Bethesda’s world as it gets. Just in case, here are the first three from 2016: And here’s the new one. It’s very good.
Reminder: this isn’t just an American holiday weekend. Canada Day was on July 1, and to celebrate, here’s TWCosplay as Captain Canada. Photos are by JC2. If you’re wondering why he flipped Marvel’s Captain America and didn’t go as Captain Canuck, his girlfriend Hybrida Cosplay explainsthat “He’s a huge fan of Captain America (and cosplays…
Once people actually got inside, Anime Expo was of course one hell of a cosplay show. Here’s one early, personal highlight: a crew dressed up as Persona 5’s battle menu. That’s nonokirias Yusuke (in his winter uniform), while behind the signs are thatsketchasaurus and arktoons Fun fact: they were actually kicked off the showroom floor…
Steve Chinhsuan Wang is a concept artist and industrial designer who has worked for companies like Microsoft, Ubisoft, Ironklad and Gameloft. He most recently helped out on Firebase, one of Neill Blomkamp’s new short films You can see more of Steve’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their…
Good Smile Company, creators of the excellent Figma series, showed this off over the weekend. There were no other details but there doesn’t really need to be. He’ll cost around $50, like any other Figma, and might come with some extra gear. Or might not! He’s already got two weapons here, and it’s not like…
Red Alert 3, the game with the greatest cast and FMV cutscenes of all time, has three factions: the Allies, the Soviet Union and Japan. A team of Chinese modders have been working for years to add to that roster. The Eastern Loong mod, first released in Chinese in 2012, adds China as an entirely…
Here’s a little arcade cabinet housing for the Nintendo Switch, so you can play Street Fighter II as nature intended. We saw one of these recently that didn’t work, so here’s one that actually does. Shea Silverman made this by ripping the guts out of an 8Bitdo SNES pad, building a housing then getting that…
Track: Griezzell Greedigutt | Artist: Canberra Cannons | Album: Canberra Cannons Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
StarCraft Remastered will be out on August 14, Blizzard just announced.
Not Normal is a short film made using Grand Theft Auto V. Come for the chilling tale of murder on the streets of Los Santos, stay for the absolutely ridiculous visuals possible when LA filmmaker Matt MacDonald gets his hand on a modded version of the game. Here’s the actual short: But for those interested…
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting the team in our New York office. The best part of that was the burgers and beers! The worst part was having to spend 40 hours on a plane going from Australia to the US and back. Or so I thought. Even a couple of years ago,…
Super Baseball 2020, one of the greatest sports games ever made, is coming back to the PS4 and Xbox One on June 29.
Track: The Holy Ghost | Artist: Must Volkoff (feat. Nelson Dialect)| Album: Aquanaut Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Team Fortress 2 has been out for ten years, and is still around—and very popular—today. In that time you’d think that Valve would have managed to make it prettier, but as this video shows, some of TF2’s visuals have actually gone backwards over the last decade. CrowbCat’s video here compares the original 2007 version of…
Leandro Franci is a concept artist and illustrator from Brazil, who for the past decade has been working across both entertainment and advertising. You can see more of Leandro’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…
To make sure this cosplay video was as true to the source material as possible, Rescue the Princess managed to find an abandoned quarry in Japan, then went and shot some multiple endings WARNING: NIER SPOILERS AHEAD You can watch the alternate endings by getting to the end of the video below then clicking on…
If you’ve seen Wonder Woman, you’ll remember that at the start of the movie, a young Diana has her history explained to her via an enormous painting. Here’s a very good look at that image, courtesy of the artists who worked on it. And yes, that’s plural: it took a bunch of artists to put…
2 Kawaii 4 Comfort is a web series about a group of friends who decide to attend an anime con. It’s a very good show about a bad trip that just gets worse the longer you watch. Beginning earlier this year, you can watch the entire first season below. It gets a bit dark and…
Destiny, a video game about waiting for Destiny 2, can be a fast and stressful experience. So why not unwind with this most unexpected of video game tie-ins: an official colouring book for adults. Shipping in August and costing $11, the book wasn’t actually illustrated by Destiny’s roster of artists; instead, the job was given…
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