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Artist: Lazerhawk | Track: Skull & Shark | Album: Skull & Shark Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Reminder: Not every piece of Zelda cosplay has to be about Link or Zelda. Or at least, not a Zelda dressed as a Princess. Rei-Suzuki is Impa, while TheEyeProjectsis cosplaying in his original design for a male Sheik/Sheikah. Photo by Collin van den Bos.

Heeeere’s (A 3D Model Of) Johnny

Marko Ivanovic is a 3D artist from Serbia who works in both film and video games. You can see more of Marko’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”…

EarthBound, The Arcade Cabinet

At Camp Fangamer later this month, there’ll be a very special arcade cabinet in attendance: a custom arcade version of Earthbound. It’s running EarthBound Reshuffler, a ROM hack that randomises almost everything in the game; enemy names, stats, items, NPC sprites, the works. The game is going to be played and streamed all weekend long,…

Chime was one of the best games ever released on Xbox Live Arcade. That was five years ago, though, so here comes Chime Sharp, a sequel (this time on PC) that looks to both add new stuff while fixing elements of the original game.

Tough Final Fantasy Achievement Made Easier With Robots

There’s a challenge in Final Fantasy X (and an achievenemt in FFXHD) that tests the player’s ability to dodge lightning. It’s really hard for humans, but luckily, humans can build robots to help. Taking place in an area called the Thunder Plains, the challenge is called Lightning Dodge, and gives players a split-second warning to…

Via Gamasutra, there’s a great translated interview from 1997 with Nintendo legend Gunpei Yokoi on shmuplations, where he talks about his work near the end of his career (he sadly passed away later that year).

The Princes & Princesses Of Cyberpunk

Adrian Dadich is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Australia. His cyberpunk/anime character art is just incredible. I think my wallpaper needs have been taken care of for the next 12 months, at least. You can see more of Adrian’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in…

Lizard Squad Member Found Guilty Of 50,700 Charges Of “Computer Crime”

A member of Lizard Squad, the group responsible for numerous attacks on gaming sites and platforms over the past year, has been found guilty in Finland of a comical 50,700 charges “related to computer crimes”. And yet he won’t be going to prison. The Daily Dot reports that Julius “zeekill” Kivimaki, who is only 17,…

How Game Of Thrones’ Badass Zombie Battle Was Made

I don’t want to spoil things for you, but the epic battle at Hardhome, easily the highlight of Game of Thrones’ fifth season, wasn’t filmed using real zombies. Here’s how the scenes were actually shot. SPOILERS BELOW AND IN THE VIDEO Visual effects company El Ranchito, who worked on the episode, have posted a VFX…

Pixar Movies, Ranked

A definitive ranking of every Pixar movie ever made

Artist: Tad | Track: Jinx | Album: 8-Way Santa Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Big Mech, Big Head

JC Park is a concept artist from Korea who has worked on games like Aion and Legend of the Cryptids. He’s one of the best in the business. You might not know it from the games he’s worked on (since most are for Korea), but you’ll know it after seeing his art. If you like…

New Shmup Lets You Fly, Or Shoot, But Not Both

Aerobat is a shmup with a difference: you can charge your engines, or fire your weapons, but you can only do one of them at a time. Which sounds nuts until you see the bobbing gliding and weaving in the trailer above. Argh, it looks so good. It’s coming for PC, and you check out…

Twitch Is Playing Metal Gear. It’s Not Going Well. (Update)

Metal Gear Ghost Babel, the Game Boy Color title that relied on precise timing and expert stealth, is now being played by an anonymous mob, able to input random commands at will. What could possibly go wrong? Unlike the crowd-played Pokemon, which ended up OK, this is already turning into something more akin to Twitch’s…

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Comes To Life In Amazing Cosplay

We’re still a few months away from the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, but that hasn’t stopped Rick Boer (and friends) from putting together a very impressive set of outfits based on the game. Rick is dressed as Jacob Frye, star of Syndicate, while the Victorian-era costumes in the background were provided by Victorian Dreams.…

It’s Not A NES, It’s A Gaming PC

In decades past, this casing may indeed have housed a Nintendo Entertainment System, but these days it’s home to a decent little gaming PC. Built by a PC Gamer reader, it packs an “Intel Core i5-4670K CPU, an ASRock Mini ITX motherboard, and an MSI GeForce GTX 750 video card”. It’s a tight squeeze, but…

The 5 Best TV Shows For Little Kids

One of the worst things about being the parent of a small child—I’m talking 2 to 5ish here—is the television. Green shit, sleepless nights, food spitting, all of those things are manageable, but the hours of inane TV they start to watch as they develop tiny, useless little brains? It’s the worst From shows that…

The Future Of Video Game Hair: A Hilarious Shampoo Commercial

NVIDIA HairWorks is a cool and interesting piece of tech that already exists in games, but you probably never use it, because it absolutely kills performance (hi, Witcher 3). Still, development and progress continues, and here’s what you can do with HairWorks’ version 1.1 when you don’t have to worry about things like in-game framerates.…

Take Me Back To Vice City, Please

Espen Sætervik is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Massive Black. You can see more of Espen’s work at hisArtStation 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 corner. Fine…