Cosplay

The Best Cosplay From ColossalCon, One Of The Biggest Shows Of The Year

ColossalCon was held earlier this month in Sandusky, Ohio, and it’s easily one of the best cosplay shows of the year. Not only is it a regular con, but outside are some idyllic grasslands, and inside the resort is a pool. That means cosplayers are free to tackle massive projects like the Shadow of the…

To help get cosplayers started on their Assassin’s Creed Odyssey outfits—of which there will be many, because those two star characters are just to die for—Ubisoft have released a guide, showing the finer details on their costumes and the correct colours for each component

Cyberpunk 2077 Cosplay Is Here

CD Projekt Red has a long history of working directly with cosplayers on The Witcher, so it’s little surprise that the big showing for Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 this weekhas some A+ cosplay to go with it. Both cosplayers are dressed as V, the player character in the game. The woman lead is Maja Felicitas,…

It’s Hideo Kojima Dressed As Norman Reedus In Death Stranding

To help promote Death Stranding at E3, Kojima Productions had a life-size figure of star Norman Reedus made up, then dressed as he appears in the game’s trailer. If you’re wondering about the scale of that figure, it’s 1:1 Hideo Kojima-sized. Here’s the figure itself, with a detail shot of its Madame Tussauds-ass face: Kojima…

The Queen Of WarCraft Cosplay

Nargais one of the best cosplayers on the planet, especially when it comes to Blizzard games. This is her latest shoot, based on WarCraft’s Battle for Lordaeron. Nargais cosplaying here as the Alliance’s Jaina Proudmoore, and made the entire outfit and props herself. All photos by kmitenkova You might remember Narga from last year’s WoW…

A NSFW Cosplay Tribute To Shadow Of The Colossus

ColossalCon—one of the biggest cosplay shows of the year—just wrapped up in Sandusky, Ohio. And what better way to cosplay for a show called ColossalCon than by recreating the boss roster of Shadow of the Colossus Taking a similar approach to the NSFW group Overwatch shoot from last year (this was again organised by cosplay…

The Best Cosplay From Comicpalooza 2018

Comicpalooza was held in Houston last week, with over 40,000 people turning up to meet, buy some stuff, see some panels and yes, partake in some cosplay. The video and all photos below are by Mineralblu

The Saddest Witcher 3 Cosplay

The tale of Olgierd and Iris is one of the most tragic to be found in The Witcher 3, which when you consider the rest of the quests in such a bleak, brutal game is really saying something. This is Lyumos paying homage to the character with some incredible cosplay, with photos by Kira We’ve…

X-Men’s Rogue, by Anastasia Komori. Photo by Akunohako

And Now For Some Excellent Solo Cosplay

Here’s Sunjiwith one heck of a Han Solo/Alden Ehrenreich smirk. Photos by kmitenkova

Yakuza Cosplay Is My Kind Of Cosplay

It’s not easy cosplaying as Goro Majima, the spicy meatballs on the side of the Yakuza universe. For one, you need to be able to pull off some very tight pants. And then you need to nail his essence, which is so much arrogance and menace that the average actual human being just couldn’t do…

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The Cosplay Tailors From The Top Of The World

We try to keep our cosplay coverage as global as possible here on Kotaku, but there’s always room for surprises, stories from communities of fans we’ve never encountered before. Like some tailors from Nepal, who work full-time creating replicas of their favourite movie costumes. Baron Boutique is a company based in Kathmandu that was founded…

Samus Aran, Reporting For Duty

Here’s cosplayer Dani Buzzini channeling Samus Aran with a suit that not only looks the part, but lights up as well. Photos by Peterson Sim

Some Very 2018 Cosplay

I love this so much. That’s itsvictra with the memeplay, but know that this is not his first attempt at cosplay that is both terrible and incredible at once. Here’s Exodia from Yu-Gi-Oh: And maybe my favourite Smash cosplay of all time:

Dark Souls Cosplay That’s Good Enough To Die For

Here’s a pair of Russian cosplayers, zep-hindle & shion. They’ve not just made some incredible Dark Souls armour, but managed to include a very good and real Sif as well. shion is Ornstein, while zep-hindle is Artorias. Photos are by Nikolay Zharov

Tomb Raider Cosplay Strives For Accuracy

Loads of people faithfully cosplay as the new Lara Croft because she is a strong character with an outfit that is relatively easy to replicate. When it comes to the original Lara, beebinchknows how to do likewise in the most PS1-authentic way possible. You can see more of beebinch’s cosplay at her Instagram page, like…

The Best Cosplay From Gold Coast Supanova

Cosplayers from all across Australia converged on the Gold Coast last weekend for Gold Coast Supanova, giving us whole lot of great new costumes and fantastic cosplay photography. While the Gold Coast doesn’t have much in the way of big cosplay competitions, it does have a reputation as a great social event, so some of…

Time For Some Fortnite Cosplay

Despite its world-conquering popularity, I don’t see much Fortnite cosplay crossing my desk, so thanks toSami Bess for changing that. Her Ramirez is almost entirely hand-made, from the props to the armour to the tattoo. Even the boots were modified to make them look more like the character model. You can see more of Sami’s…

Musician FKA Twigs Gets Into Cosplay, Poses With Sephiroth

Singer FKA Twigs spent the past few days cosplaying as her original character Anomalie for her Instagram magazine Avantgarden, and it finished with a snap of her and a Sephiroth cosplayer at MCM Comic Con. FKA Twigs is multitalented artist known mostly for her moody, haunting music. Her first album, LP1, was released in 2014…