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Ground Control To Major Dimitri

Lars Sowig is an artist at DICE who has previously worked on games like The Division 2 and Warface You can see more of Lars’ stuff at his ArtStation page

The First Diablo 4 Cosplay Was Perfect

When Diablo 4 was announced over the weekend, there was some very large and very professional cosplay to go along with it. Like they’ve done with recent Overwatch character reveals, Blizzard hired professional cosplayers to help out on the news, in this case getting Henchmen Studios—one of the biggest and best costume/prop workshops around—and make-up…

Track: Hung Up | Artist: Madonna | Album: Confessions On A Dance Floor 

‘Shop Contest: Sports!

Do you know what we need more of? Sports. More sports content. Let’s create some more sports content, featuring some of our favorite video game heroes and villains. Like the greedy and evil Wario, a person who probably doesn’t even care about sports. He just cares about money! Your challenge this week: Add video game…

Sunday Comics: Phew, That Was A Close One!

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Oct. 31. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 28. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

Ragnaros Lives

Far and away the most impressive piece of cosplay I’ve seen at BlizzCon is this wildly elaborate take on World of Warcraft raid boss Ragnaros, aka “the big angry fire boy from Molten Core.” Cosplayer Holly “Kaleidoscope Costumes” Cowie has wanted to make it for a decade. Surrounded by a horde of gawking BlizzCon attendees…

‘Shop Contest: Luigi’s Other Creepy Adventures, Winners!

Last week I asked you folks to show me what other spooky adventures Luigi has been a part of in the past, you know between Luigi’s Mansion games. It turns out he has been involved in some truly scary situations. Poor Luigi. Our winning image this week comes from raftos who created Hideo Kojima’s take…

Jellicent Has Killed Thousands Of Sailors

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Jellicent! Jellicent Details Type: Water/Ghost Average Height: 7′ 03″ Average Weight: 297.6 lbs. First Added In Generation V The…

We Live In A Society That Loves To Kickflip

Hello! This week Waluigi runs very fast, we talk about all the war crimes Yoda committed, we watch a weird live-action trailer for Super Monkey Ball HD, we learn that Luigi’s Mansion is nearly 20 years old and we discover The Joker can skate. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week A great review, but…

Hong Kong Protests Are Growing Outside Of BlizzCon [Update]

When this year’s BlizzCon in Anaheim, California kicked off this morning, a crowd of more than 30 protesters gathered outside the convention center to show support for Hong Kong in the wake of Blizzard’s recent suspension of Hearthstone pro Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai. Update, 9:30 PM ET: This story has been updated since its original…

Overwatch 2 Announced With Emotional Trailer

Blizzard has finally announced Overwatch 2, the next iteration of the developer’s massively popular first-person hero shooter. It’s a sequel with all-new maps, heroes and modes, including player-versus-environment modes and a new player-versus-player mode called “Push.” In the new announcement trailer, revealed today at Blizzcon, Overwatch heroes Mei, Winston and Tracer touch down in Paris,…

Track: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | Artist: Darlene Love | Album: A Christmas Gift For You

The Next World Of Warcraft Expansion, Shadowlands, Takes Players Into The Afterlife

Announced today at the BlizzCon 2019 keynote, the seventh major expansion for World of Warcraft is called Shadowlands. The followup to Battle for Azeroth, coming in 2020, sees former Horde Warchief turned master villain Sylvanas Windrunner unleash death across the world of Azeroth and players venturing into the realm of the afterlife. In a dramatic…

Blizzard Announces Diablo IV

Diablo IV is coming, Blizzard said today, finally confirming the much-anticipated sequel after years of speculation. A new cinematic trailer for the game showed a group of treasure hunters fighting against what could be demons, or private equity executives. Blizzard says the game takes place “many years after the events of Diablo III, after millions…

‘We Moved Too Quickly’: Blizzard President Apologizes For Hong Kong Incident

Before Blizzcon’s opening ceremony, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack somberly addressed the crowd with an apology for Blizzard’s harsh punishment of Hearthstone esports pro Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai. “Blizzard had the opportunity to bring the world together in a tough Hearthstone esports moment about a month ago and we did not,” said Brack. “We moved…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for baking a cake. I think I could stand to eat a whole cake. I haven’t gotten very far in The Outer Worlds, so I’d like to spend more time with that. I’ve also been playing a lot of Lonely Mountains, which is so fun, even though I spend most of my…

How To Spot Fake Classic Video Games

Fake classic games are everywhere: At the flea market, in your local game store, on eBay, and maybe even mixed in with your own collection. The bootleggers who make them are churning them out, meaning that the market will only become more saturated with them as the years go by. If you’re going to collect…

Track: Hometown | Artist: French 79 | Album: Joshua 

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