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The Comedian, The Fool & The Barbarian

Hicham Habchi is an artist from the United Arab Emirates who has previously worked for companies like Ubisoft. You can see more of Hicham’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…

Mods Keep Skyrim Looking Shit Hot In 2016

iriarshamposted these screenshots over the weekend, to remind us all that despite its advancing years and creaking engine, Skyrim—with help from fans—continues to look absolutely stunning. A massive part of that has to do with the mods he’s got running, of course (includinga trioof ENBeffects), but then would people bother—or would the results be as…

BB-8 Cosplay Is Cute Enough To Kill Stars

You know how R2-D2 is actually controlled by the 3’8″ Kenny Baker? This BB-8 cosplay is kinda like that. Only without the desert heat. Or adults. The suit was made by William Minamoto, one of the best droid builders on the planet, while the kid inside is his daughter.

We’re Getting Dangerously Close To Photo-Realistic Video Game Landscapes

What you’re seeing here is a process known as “scanning”, or “photogrammetry”. It’s not new, having already been used to generate the landscapes in games like Star Wars: Battlefront, but as you’ll see, as the technology involved (and the skill of artists) advances, so too do the results. Just look at this. That’s not video,…

Pinball Was Once Illegal

Pinball. The great American (mechanical) pastime. It’s about as innocent as gaming gets, especially compared to the blood, drugs and sex you find in video games. Yet bizarrely, for decades, pinball was actually declared illegal in some of America’s biggest cities, including New York and Los Angeles. This piece originally appeared 4/4/12. It had nothing…

NBA 2K16 Players Furious Over Deal Gone Wrong

In 2014, 2K Sports promised that if their NBA2K Twitter account ever reached one million followers that players would receive a sweet bonus. Well, that day has finally arrived, and the bonus is…not sweet. The original promise, dated May 30, 2014, was: The account ticked over one million this week, and 2K did indeed make…

Jako, The Angry Little Mako

Timothy Rodriguez is a freelance artist from France who has done work for companies like Bethesda, Warner Bros. and Applibot. You can see more of Timothy’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Amazing Nathan Drake Cosplay Enters…Uncharted Waters

I mean, sure, you could just dress up as Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. Or you could become him, and spend a day running around waterfalls, climbing trees and abseiling with an AK-47 and flares. Italian cosplay superstar Leon Chiro opted for the latter, and ended up with these incredible shots taken by Alessio “Fotomania” Buzi

Geralt & Ciri Say Goodbye

There will come a day when I stop posting amazing Witcher 3 cosplay. But it is not this day. Ciri is Miranda Hedman, Geralt is Tim Filin

Track: Jazz (We’ve Got) | Artist: A Tribe Called Quest | Album: The Low End Theory

Over 250,000 People Have Pirated A Leaked Copy Of The Force Awakens

If you were wondering why you’ve suddenly started seeing lots of very high quality Force Awakens gifs over the last day or so, you’ve got your answer. As TorrentFreak report, the REPLiCA pirate group have gotten hold of a Force Awakens Blu-Ray a few weeks early and uploaded HD versions of the film on torrent…

Video Games Tell Stories That Live With You Forever

Many video games tell a story. But the stories we tell about games are often very, very different. The tales you tell and retell down the years (and decades) are more often than not those from around the game. Who you were, where you were, what you were doing and who you were doing it…

Track: Pork Ginger | Artist: Tricot | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sega said today that Yakuza 0, the newish prequel to the Japanese gangster series, will be released on PS4 in the West in “early 2017″ (it was out in Japan in 2015). If you want to know why this is exciting news, just look at this

Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, Reporting For Duty

It’s weird, for all its influence in both games and film, not that many people cosplay as characters from the Alien series. So it’s awesome seeing this ver1sa, not just because it’s OG 1979 Ripley, but because it’s so good. I like the make-up work to increase the likeness, but I love the uniform. There’s…

Skull Helmets? Are We The Baddies?

Division48 is a small Polish studio that has worked on games like The Witcher 3, Hard West and Dying Light You can see more of Division48’s work at their studio siteand at artist Grzegorz Przybyś’ page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

Awesome Dystopian Sci-Fi Art? Don’t Mind If We Do.

Josan Gonzalez has the second volume of his awesome sci-fi comic/art book The Future is Now up on Kickstarter Below are some pieces from the book. They should cover your desktop wallpaper needs for, oh, around forever Since Volume One sold out so quickly, the Kickstarter is also offering people who missed out the chance…

That Lightsaber’s Not For You, Rey

We’ve highlighted some Rey cosplay here before, but none as specific as this, which recreates an outfit she wears for only minute or two at the very end of the film. Cosplay by AlyCat

The Beautiful Sketches Behind The Witcher 3’s Ending

I know, we’ve already done a big showcase on the art of The Witcher 3, but these sketches from Marcin Karolewski are so good that they deserve their own feature. Karolewski did the work for Division 48, a studio based in Poland If you haven’t finished The Witcher 3, BE WARNED. Those who have will…

Spelunky’s Journey From Pixel Game To Console Classic

It’s rare that gamers ever get to hear the full story behind how (and why) a game was made. So it’s awesome that Derek Yu, the creator of Spelunky, has written a book that does just that. Published by Boss Fight, Spelunky is Yu’s autobiographical, full-blown account of the making of the game, going very…