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Yooka-Laylee World Record Speedrun Requires Clipping Through Walls, Bee Avoidance

There’s a new world record speedrun for Yooka-Laylee. Held by runner Kainalo and coming in at a lightning-fast 13:57, the run is a great example of all the tricks in a runner’s bag. I’ll admit that my interest in Yooka-Laylee is pretty thin, and that Heather Alexandra’s criticisms that “it pads playtime with demanding an…

‘Shop Contest: Make Hope County Weirder, Winners!

Hope County has zombies and apocalyptic cults, but I wanted it to be weirder, and you definitely didn’t disappoint when I asked you to add odder things to Far Cry 5 If the Far Cry universe can extend to any zone, then I think that we should see a wider variety of creatures, places, and…

This Week In The Business: Is Selling 50,000 Copies Enough?

QUOTE | “Our hope is to find a balance between games that sell a shitload of copies and are good, and games that may only sell 50,000 copies, but are also good. We think it’s important to do those type of games. We do all the spectrum. We’re not saying no to games because we…

‘100 Percent Uncensored’ Sex Game Now Out On Steam, But Only In Certain Regions

If you were hoping to spend your weekend not with Spider-Man or Lara Croft, but instead with the outerwear-despising anime girls of the long-awaited “100 percent uncensored” Steam visual novel Negligee: Love Stories, I’m not gonna judge. But I am gonna tell you that even though it’s now out on Steam, you still might not…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for binge-watching BoJack Horseman, but since I have a Switch, I can play games while I do it! I’ve been playing Bastion on Switch, and I’d forgotten how great that game is. Its colorful world feels even more special on the small screen of my Switch. I’m also excited to check out…

The Internet Reacts To Animal Crossing‘s Isabelle In Smash

Isabelle, the beloved assistant to the mayor from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The internet, myself included, has lost their collective mind. Let me set the scene: I’m 13 years old. For Christmas, I get the first game console that’s truly mine and not my older brother’s. It’s a…

Track: Eleven Days | Artist: David Byrne, Cyndi Lauper, Fatboy Slim | Album: Here Lies Love Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: System / Meltdown | Artist: Enter Shikari | Album: A Flash Flood Of Color Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Lookin’ Out My Back Door | Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival | Album: Cosmo’s Factory Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Have Some Delicious Digital Ramen

Twitter user Kame404 makes digital food models of treats people know and love, such as Cup Noodle instant ramen, Mister Donut style “Choco Fashion” donuts and more. Yum! I’m so hungry. Check out Kame404’s Twitter for more.

Think Conveyer Belt Sushi, But With Cake

This past July, Cafe Ron Ron opened in Tokyo’s Harajuku. Little plates circle around the restaurant, but instead of raw fish, they serve up sweets. The restaurant has an all-you-can-eat deal. For 1,800 yen ($16), you can stuff your face with as many desserts as possible over the course of forty minutes. A drink is…

The Best Cosplay From Rose City Comic Con 2018

Rose City Comic Con was held in Portland last week, and photographer Justin Cosplay was kind enough to send in some shots (and video) he took of the event. You can see more of Justin’s work at his Instagram page

Cyber Punk

Nana Dhebuadze is a freelance concept artist from Ukraine who has worked for companies like Plarium, the studio behind Vikings: War of Clans You can see more of Nana’s work at her ArtStation page

The Internet Reacts To The New Silly iPhone Names

Apple announced some new phones today, and they’ve got real silly names. Every other year, like a curse, Apple released new models of the iPhone. This year’s are called the iPhone Xr, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max. These are baffling names, though I know once they’re in the wild I’ll be dying to have…

Do You Smell Your Video Games?

Here’s a fun fact about me: I was born without a sense of smell. Here’s a fun fact I learned today: people like to smell their physical video games. Help me square these two facts, readers. While browsing reddit today, I came across a thread about someone surprising their wife with a video game. A…

Beating Dead Cells Fast Is Mostly About Running Away

Behold someone who has clearly played a ton of Dead Cells kicking the game’s ass in record time and making it look easy. Motion Twin’s side-scrolling rogue-lite came out just last month, but before that it spent a year in Early Access on Steam. That’s given a lot of players plenty of time to master…

Roadhog!

One of the coolest things from PAX West this year was shyaku_cosplay’s Roadhog cosplay, so it’s a treat to be able to showcase some close-ups of the costume. All photos below by Ashley Russell

New Tomb Raider Cosplay For A New Tomb Raider Game

With Shadow of the Tomb Raider out this week, a couple of cosplayers took to nature to pay tribute with their own takes on 2018’s version of Lara Croft. Cosplay by 2playergame | Photo by Flash Bang Cosplay Capture The cosplayers are kat.ofalltrades and 2playergame, while the photographer is Rex Yau, aka Flash Bang Cosplay…

It Appears Nobody Is Home

Kamila Szutenberg is a concept artist based in Germany who has worked for companies like Bethesda and Slitherine. You can see more of Kamila’s work at her ArtStation page

Steam Approves ‘100 Percent Uncensored’ Adult Game

Things were looking dicey for a little while, but it seems like Valve is set to start allowing uncensored adult games onto Steam. Well, some of them, anyway—starting with Dharker Studio’s lingerie-centric visual novel, Negligee: Love Stories. Today Dharker announced that the game—previously stuck in limbo while Valve sorted out tools that’d allow users to…