Via Gamasutra, Shenmue Dojo have got hold of and uploaded a copy of a very old Shenmue documentary, released ahead of the first game’s launch back in 1999. It was included on the first Dreamcast Express, a demo disc available only to members of the Dreamcast Partners Club in Japan. Even if you’re not into…
Giorgio Grecu is an artist based in the UK who has worked for companies like Rare and Atomhawk. You can see more of Giorgio’s work at his personal site andArtStation 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…
Ashly & Anthony Burch (you know, from HAWP and Borderlands) have just written a book. It’s all about Metal Gear Solid. What follows is an excerpt. Called…Metal Gear Solid, it’s out on August 17, from Boss Fight Books. The summary: Before they co-created the hit web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?, Ashly and Anthony Burch…
Mad Max is post-apocalyptic. Adventure Time is post-apocalyptic. I think you know where this is going.
All those years watching Seinfeld, and I never noticed this, sothanks to Tim Rogersfor the pic: turns out the media shelf in the background of Jerry’s apartment, which is mostly full of his old VHS tapes (like Navy Seals!), is also home to a few NES games. You can clearly see SimCity there (which is…
The Zelda series is no stranger to tipping its hat to Westerns. From Spirit Tracks to Gerudo Valley, there’s cowboy blood in Hyrule’s veins. Thing is, it’s always been subtle. This new vid from beatdownboogie, though, throws subtlety out the window. Ganon is a bad cowboy, Zelda is a cowlady and Link, well, Link does…
Wes Johnson is Cloud and Sarah Quillian, aka Adella, is Aeris. Photographer Jan-Michael Losada made a whole series out of this, with some very cool underwater shots, so be sure to check out the rest of the pics.
Spencer Kernbuilt a new PC recently, but he didn’t just go and build any old tower with some fans. He wanted a Minecraft-themed computer, and boy did he make one. The Redstone PC is a cube that resembles the Minecraft resource, but the attention to detail goes way past the case. Spencer customised the peripherals…
John Grello is an artist at Xaviant, the studio behind first-person fantasy game Lichdom: Battlemage. You can see more of John’s work at his 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” button in the top-left…
GRIN, the studio behind Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries, has closed down. In a blog post, founder Wim Wouters writes “…our public silence the last few months already said a lot. It is not out of disrespect that our communication dropped to almost zero… it is out of shame”.
Video games look really good when there are vehicles moving, guns firing and buildings exploding. Something they don’t do as well are the little things. Like smoking, kissing, or…putting on a pair of pants. From GTA to The Witcher, intimate, very human actions like clothing changes in games are never actually shown, because the animation…
Mafia, a very good GTA-a-like released all the way back in 2002, did not feature multiplayer. Now, thanks to some fans, it does. Having been working behind the scenes for years trying to get this up and running, last week the Lost Heaven Multiplayer team finally launched a public release of their efforts, and the…
I finished The Witcher 3 over the weekend, and I’m currently feeling a little…well, empty. But also reflective, on how it was such a remarkable game, not just for its writing, but for more superficial things. Namely, that it’s one of—if not the—most beautiful video games I’ve ever played. Which was helped a little by…
Track: Orchard | Artist: Windhand | Album: Soma Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
When Hoosker Don’t crashed his bike playing GTA V, he probably figured—as the opening seconds of this video suggest—that he’d just get up and get another vehicle. No big deal. Oh, how wrong he was. Before too long, the game’s driving AI has…had some problems. By 1:50 it’s a warzone.
Pontus Olofsson works as an artist at Paradox Interactive, where he most recently did some stuff for Magicka: Wizard Wars You can see more of Pontus’ 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),…
Hi fellow editorial staff members! It’s 2015, and the internet is full of gifs. Here’s how to make your own. Doesn’t matter if you work at Kotaku or are some random person who stumbled upon this post accidentally (hi!), you’ll get the same results. MAKING GIFS There are two ways to make gifs. One is…
From this vid about ChinaJoy 2015
Nausicaä cosplay that isn’t Nausicaä! Reki-Konran, take a bow.
Rinoa from cosplay duo Eyes On Me does her best impression of Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Lockhart.
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