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Sega and Creative Assembly announced a new Total War game over the weekend. It’s a sequel to last years excellent Total War: Warhammer

There Is Nowhere To Hide From Hanzo Cosplay

While Hanzo mains are bad, Hanzo cosplay is just fine. We actually saw this cosplay briefly last year as part of a video, but this is a shoot by Fauxtography Geek that gives Rian Synnth’s costume its own time to shine.

Spend Some Quality Time With Nier: Automata’s Director

In this latest instalment of the excellent toco toco TV, everyone gets to remotely hang out with Yoko Taro,the director of Nier: Automata It’s not just an interview about his processes and the game; like the other episodes in the series, it takes you to a place of great importance in Taro’s career/life, in this…

The New Day Enter Wrestlemania With Final Fantasy Tribute

It’s Wrestlemania time, and hosts The New Day are doing their thing, entering the arena with a Final Fantasy homage. There are also Moogles present.

Look At This $699 Witcher 3 Statue

How much do you like Yennefer of Vengerberg? Because as you’ve probably sorted out by now, $699 is how much this 22-inch statue of the sorceress by Japanese company Prime 1 costs. I mean, it’s a good statue. But boy, even if it does feature a “slayed Forktail at her feet” (which looks cool) and…

Scully Always Was A Believer

Lisa Sterle is an illustrator, concept artist and graphic designer. You can see more of Lisa’s work at her personal site 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 both…

Build-A-Bear Have Some Great Keyboards

Because you may not have been inside one of these stores in a long time/ever, let me show you that Build-a-Bear have some of the most amazing keyboards on planet Earth. I was in a store on the weekend with my kid, bracing myself for the pricing for a birthday party, when I saw another…

Diego Maradona Wants To Sue Konami

Diego Maradona wants to “initiate legal actions” against Pro Evolution Soccer publishers Konami, who he says used his likeness in a video game without permission. PES 2017, the latest game in the series, has a stable of retired players it calls “Legends” that are available for use in its myClub mode. This includes guys like…

A real-time WW2 game from the guys behind RUSE and Wargame? With 400 units, and up to 10v10 multiplayer on massive maps? You have my attention, Paradox.

DayZ’s Creator Has A New Game About Space Stations

DayZ creator Dean Hall, fresh off cancelling a video game about space, has announced a new video game about space: Stationeers It’s a game about building and managing a space station, and can be played either in singleplayer or as a collaborative effort with friends. To dampen expectations that this is some kind of massive…

Zelda Is Also A Sick 90s Skate Video

If you’re wondering why EA don’t go and make a new Skate game, it’s because they don’t need to. Nintendo went and did it already. Know that I’m just as anxious as you watching this guy surf on that ancient shield… Vid by Run Button

Some Better Cop Games Would Be Nice

I played Beat Cop this week. On Monday, I was excited! It looked like Police Quest! By Wednesday I’d given up, because it’s not a good video game, and that’s disappointed me more than I thought it would have. Beat Cop is a side-scrolling game that, with its 80s aesthetic and focus on police procedure,…

This is one of the best infographics I have ever seen. It’s deeply broken, of course, since Sombra’s agonising ARG scorched the search results, but still.

I’ve Got A War Inside My Head. It’s Got To Set Your Soul Free.

Vitalii Smyk is a concept artist at Ubisoft. You can see more of Smyk’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 both their professional…

Mass Effect: Andromeda Cosplay Gets The Stare Right

This is Nebulaluben—who in space-related cosplay circles also does a mean Destiny—as Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Peebee.

Track: You Got It (Or You Don’t) | Artist: Ecstatic Vision | Album: Raw Rock Fury  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Most of the time when we post about a promising fan-made project, we never hear from that project again, because fans are rarely also professional project managers. But this Halo game we wrote about last yearis making good progress!

The Fantastic Space Art Of Paul Pepera

Artist Paul Pepera, who worked for companies like id, Valve, and 343 Industries, passed away suddenly on March 27. One of the co-founders of Astroneer developers System Era, Pepera worked on games like Halo 4 and Red Orchestra 2 “Many knew Paul in this industry as an artistic tour de force”, a statement on System…

Some Terrific Dishonored 2 Cosplay

This is Maul(who you’d know from his Witcher work) as Corvo and Maja Felicitas as Emily Kaldwin, doing Dishonored 2 proud with some top-tier cosplay. Photos by the always excellent eosAndy, who knows that a good location is half the battle.

Civilization VI’s AI Gets A Much-Needed Fix This Week

One of the most annoying issues with Civ VI’s AI since launch has been the severity of warmonger penalties. Raise a finger against another Civ ever, even in defence, and you’re in trouble for the rest of the game. That’s not very fair, so it’s getting a fix. The game’s Spring Update will scale warmonger…