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Track: Mary Don’t You Weep | Artist: Prince | Album: Piano & A Microphone 1983 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Shame We Never Got An Overwatch x Disney Infinity Crossover

I realise this is an art fetish that may only appeal to me, but this is my feature, so fuck it, here we are. Marko Stanojevic is an artist from Serbia who has taken some of Overwatch’s most popular characters and imagined them as figures for Disney’s sorely-missed Infinity project. You can see more of…

Track: 18 Summers | Artist: Rome Hero Foxes | Album: ‘18 Summers Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Valve Adds Warnings To Steam To Protect Users From Scam Items

Yesterday, an issue that’s been simmering below the surface of Steam for a few weeks came to a head: Unscrupulous developers were releasing games that contained dummy items masquerading as Team Fortress 2 and DoTA 2 rarities that sell for hundreds of dollars. Now Valve has addressed the issue. Yesterday, Valve removed two different games…

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Franklin Broke Peanuts‘ Color Barrier In The Least Interesting Way Possible

Charlie Brown is hesitant. Marcie is shy. Lucy is cruel. Schroeder is aloof. But Franklin is just…perfect. He’s a strong student. He’s a formidable athlete. He’s a supportive friend—just a solid, good soul. Of all the Peanuts characters, Franklin is the most mentally balanced and secure in himself. As Peanuts’ only principal black character, Franklin…

Track: Let Me Know | Artist: Perfume | Album: Future Pop Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Oh Boy Look At This Doomfist Cosplay

Or, more specifically, just look at the metal arm on this guy. This is Zibartaswith a truly astonishing piece of work, replicating Doomfist’s artificial limb from the lights to the mechanics Yes, I know it’s not the same size as Doomfist’s actual arm. But this is the price you pay to actually make the thing…

All Hail Crab Tank

Ben Mauro is an artist who has worked on a ton of stuff in both video games and movies, from BioShock to The Hobbit to Call of Duty to Elysium The images you’re about to see below are some recent personal pieces, mostly spaceships and some ideas on what war looks like in the not-too-distant…

No Man’s Sky Horror Seems Friendly

Today on Highlight Reel we have No Man’s Sky NEXT clips, impressive Battlefield maneuvers and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on…

Steam Game Vanishes After Players Accuse It Of Mining Bitcoins On Their Computers [UPDATE]

For the past couple weeks, players of a PC platformer called Abstractism have suspected that something is amiss. The game has been accused of “cryptojacking” people’s machines, or clandestinely using their resources to mine for cryptocurrency. Today, after sustained outcry over the weekend, Abstractism was removed from Steam. Abstractism appeared on Steam on March 15…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I Keep Chasing ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girls’

Hello all you post-singularity sex marmosets, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that’ll patch in co-op multiplayer two years after launch. This week, we’re doing some relationship detox. How can a guy shed toxic beliefs about relationships, about women and what he needs to be a “real” man? And when a…

Speedrunner Beats The Wind Waker HD In Under One Hour

Most players will take days to complete The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, but speedrunners do it much faster. Thanks to a year full of new discoveries and attempts by hard-working runners, The Wind Waker HD has been completed, for the first time ever, in under an hour. The new Any% world record—a speedrun…

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The Internet Reacts To DJ Khaled’s Underwhelming Overwatch League Concert

DJ Khaled performed at this weekend’s Overwatch League Finals. The fans were not having it, not even when he yelled “Overwatch me!” Fans who gathered at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center this weekend to watch the Overwatch League’s Philly Fusion and London Spitfire duke it out in the League Finals were also graced by the musical stylings…

The Week In Games: Witness The Revolution

This week has a lot of games coming to platforms where they were not before. 1979 Revolution: Black Friday makes many leaps, Forsaken gets a remaster, and Yakuza 0 comes to PC. This is yet another week when Switch releases outnumber all other platforms, but there’s a wide range of games offered on all platforms,…

Track: Mr. Bojangles (Live) | Artist: Sammy Davis Jr. | Album: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: Live Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Some Of The Best Cosplay From The 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

Comic-Con, the biggest nerd show on Earth, wrapped up earlier this month, and aside from over-priced toys and exhausting panel talks there was also a ton of cosplay present. Mineralbluwas there braving the crowds for us to bring you this showcase of some of the best of it, featuring everything from very good cosplay dogs…

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Grafit Studio is an outsourcing and production company based in Russia, who have worked on games like Gwent and The Elder Scrolls: Legends. You can see more of Grafit’s work at their company site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…