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Shappi as Battleborn Kayle from League of Legends. Photo by Studio Zahora

The San Diego Comic-Con doesn’t have a formal anti-harassment policy for cosplayers. This petition is trying to get that changed

Man Builds Real ED-209, Has Twenty Seconds To Impress

Shawn Thorsson, master props builder and costume maker, has outdone himself this time with a life-size, movie-quality replica of RoboCop’s ED-209. Fulfilling a life-long dream of actually owning an ED-209, the behemoth only took around 3 months to build (albeit three months of very hard work), and while originally intended to be just a static…

Well, At Least The 2DS Continues To Look Nice

As useless as the 2DS is for most people in most circumstances, you’ve got to hand it to Nintendo when it comes to the system’s colour choices. I actually bought one earlier this year (before swiftly returning it), partly because the white+red colour scheme looked so much better than the standard 3DS options. The same…

Track: It’s Them | Album: Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop | Artist: Themselves Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Nice Day For A Swim

Gray Shuko is an artist who alongside some killer illustration work for stuff like comics and album covers has also worked for Blizzard. You can see more of Gray’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Wolfenstein, Described In 29 Screenshots

A lot of times, when I’m playing a game that I’m going to write about, I take notes. For Wolfenstein, though, I tried something different. I took a ton of screenshots instead. Think of them as postcards from my playthrough. Why? Because so much of what I loved about this game was in the moment.…

The Indie Gaming Bubble Might Be About To Burst

Veteran indie dev Jeff Vogel puts into words that niggling doubt in the pit of your stomach. That quote is part of a post Vogel has written on his blog that ties into some stuff we’ve been talking about over the past week. Namely, that there are too many indie games being made, and it’s…

How To Make Peggle A Lot Worse [Update]

There used to be a cool Peggle game on the New Zealand App Store. The same Peggle you could get everywhere else in the world. That game is now gone. In its place is a new Peggle game that is just the worst. Yes, the old Peggle – the one you paid money for then…

Japan’s Left 4 Dead Characters Include Schoolgirl, Bartender

Left 4 Dead is being released as an arcade game in Japan. None of the eight existing characters, however, are making the trip (despite featuring in the local releases of the console titles). Instead, publishers Taito have swapped in an all-new cast. We saw (and heard) them in action in some grainy footage from last…

Former Games Journo Writing New Star Wars Movie

Disney aren’t just going to squeeze millions from a new trilogy of Star Wars movies. They’re going to make stand-alone flicks too, and the first of those is due for release in December 2016. There are no details on what it actually is, but we do now know who’s behind it. Directing will be Gareth…

$130 Tyrion Lannister Wants You To Be His Champion

This impressive Game of thrones figure will go up for sale this weekend. Standing 8.7″ tall, he includes interchangeable hands, a goblet, a book and proper clothes. I this is the level of detail we can expect of threezero’s GoT figures, I can’t wait to see who’s next. And by that I mean, dear Korean…

First-Person Games Meet Strategy Games. In Space.

I used to play this old PC game called USS Ticonderoga. It was a pretty clunky modern naval simulation, but I persisted with it for one reason: it let you explore your ship in first-person. I can’t believe it’s taken this long for another game to realise how awesome that premise is. A big problem…

Here’s ZeniMax’s Specific Beef (Well, Beefs) With Oculus Rift

Oculus, makers of the Oculus Rift VR headset, and ZeniMax, owners of studios like id and Bethesda, are heading to court. It is going to get messy. ZeniMax is pissed, and in its case has presented a long, long list of grievances it has with Oculus Rift, boss Palmer Luckey and former id boss, now…

Island In New York Looks Like The Last Of Us

One of the refreshing things about The Last Of Us’ vision of the apocalypse was that it didn’t involve destruction. Mankind hadn’t been killed off by bombs, or aliens, but by nature itself, which was only too happy to reclaim our cities. It’s an aesthetic you don’t see very often in this, our real and…

Track: Disconnected Pt. 2 | Album: Shining Hours | Artist: Egadz Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The wonderful Kentucky Route Zero is now three episodes in. If you’re playing it, or have played it, and want to roll up your sleeves and get right into its many cinematicinspirations, check this out

Hey, You Can’t Park That There

Stephen Todd’s most recent professional work is, sadly, under lock-and-key, so here’s his awesome personal stuff instead. You can see more of Stephen’s stuff at his personal website 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…

Nintendo’s Dead Online Services Live! (For Now)

While Nintendo has officially killed off online functionality for the DS and Wii, the internet being the internet, people have found a way to keep it alive. Sort of. For now. Private servers and custom code are keeping DLC downloads and some multiplayer services alive, though it’s important to note that’s for a limited range…

Doom “Mod” Makes The Game Look Very 21st Century

It might be stretching the definition a little, but this Doom II mod is one of the most technically impressive things I’ve seen in a long time. For reference, this is what Doom II looked like upon release. While this is what the upcoming Total Chaos – Overgrowth looks like. Yeah. Wow. Some of the…