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The NBA’s Tallest Player Is 30 Feet Tall, Crushes Fans

John John is, at 30-feet, the tallest man in the history of the NBA. Jimmy, at 1-foot, is the shortest. They’re…not your average NBA2k16 players. These two clips by GamingWithOva show what happens when you push the game’s engine to its limits. Mostly, it can cope, but some things—like arms—don’t quite make it. John John’s…

13 Years Is A Long Time In Hollywood

Consider this Now watch this: Even if Force Awakens ends up being complete trash, these movies look like they were made in difference centuries, not different decades.

Here’s The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

With tickets going on sale today for the first new Star Wars movie since the last Star Wars movie, a proper trailer has also been released for Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Here it is.

Who Doesn’t Love GIANT TANKS

Al Brady is a concept artist based in the UK who has worked on games like Battlefield Hardline, and movies like Guardians of the Galaxy. You can see more of Al’s stuff here and here. Oh, and you can buy prints here! To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

Fans Create The Ultimate Star Wars Tabletop Game

There are two very good Star Wars tabletop games out there right now. One set in space, one set on the ground. This custom scenario combines the two, and looks like the 2-1B’s knees. Made by Beasts of War, it takes the core set of rules from X-Wing and applies it to the atmosphere of…

Track: Neighborhoods | Artist: Yppah | Album: Tiny Pause Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

DraftKings Crackdown Hits Video Games

Nevada’s ongoing investigations into daily fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel aren’t just impacting sports fans; they’ve affected followers of games like League of Legends and DOTA 2 as well, with fantasy esports site Vulcun forced to cut off players in the state. As part of a statement posted on the company’s site (via Gamasutra), there’s…

Prey for the Gods Is Basically Shadow Of The Colossus, For The PC

A bleak landscape, battles against massive enemies which you can climb over…Prey for the Gods is as Shadow of the Colossus as you can get without actually playing Shadow of the Colossus The game’s description even says “you must survive the colossal dangers that you encounter”, in case you hadn’t picked it up already. Not…

Star Wars: Battlefront Trailer Is Strangely…Emotional

Get out of my head/fantasies/emotions, you relentless holiday season marketing machine.

StarCraft II Match-Fixing Scandal Leads To Arrests & Lifetime Bans

Team Liquid is reporting that up to eleven people have been arrested in Korea in association with allegations of match-fixing and illegal gambling on StarCraft II matches. A statement released yesterdayby the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) names one of those arrested as Park Wae-Sik, head coach of the pro team Prime. Another named is Choi…

World’s Best Smash Bros. Player Loses, Ending 53-Tournament Streak

Gonzalo “Zer0” Barrios, a Smash Bros. Wii U player so good that he hadn’t lost a tournament in over 50 attempts (and had a “bounty” on his head), finally lost a tournament this weekend. At the MLG Finals, Zer0 went down 3-2, 3-1 to Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada. You can see it go down below (the…

Good Evening, Kotaku

Alexey Shirokikh is an artist from Russia. I want to eat these colours. All of them. You can see more of Alexey’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), click on the “expand”…

Reader Frederick Nakos snapped this Jason Voorhees cosplay at the Quebec City Comic Con over the weekend. Terrifying.

Guy Builds Actual Handheld Railgun

Railguns are an actual real thing, but for most people, they’re just a killer gun they used a lot in Quake. Which might explain why this guy went out and built himself a working, handheld version of the experimental weapon. NSA_Listbot’s 3D-printed gun (above) can blast out pieces of copper-plated tungsten (below). Here’s what it…

Shepard-Commander Would Be Pleased With This Mass Effect Cosplay

Hey, it’s Legion! Everyone cosplays as Shepard. Nobody cosplay as Legion, so nice job DashyProps Love the “blown open” effect on the chest that makes it look like the outfit’s empty. Love the fact the suit lights up even more. Photo by Lark Visuals Photo by Ryan Daquioag

Adventures In Awkward PC Hardware Marketing [Update]

Please stick around for the final pan-around of the crowd. Update:

A Simple Option That Can Help Stop Streaming Takedowns

The battle between video game streaming and copyright law is a nightmare, starring heartless YouTube robots, takedown notices and threatened livelihoods. If only there was a quick and easy way around this. Oh wait. There might be. One of the biggest—and most incidental—problems facing streamers is the use of game music in their clips. If…

Track: Mother Mary | Artist: Average Rap Band | Album: Stream of Nonsenseness Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

This is Wanderer, “an episodic 2D adventure game blending cinematic platformer and RPG”.

Art From Blizzard, League of Legends & Capcom

Trent Kaniuga is a veteran artist who has worked extensively in both video games and comics. Blizzard fans especially might recognise his contributions, where he’s been involved in everything from vanilla WoW to Diablo III to Hearthstone Trent has also worked on League of Legends, and below you’ll see examples of his designs on stuff…