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March At Dawn

Jama Jurabaev is a senior concept artist at Lucasfilm, and has recently worked on movies like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ready Player One and The Crimes of Grindelwald You can see more of Jama’s stuff at his ArtStationpage.

Cosplay Is Outgrowing Cosplay Conventions

For decades, cosplay conventions have followed the same basic formula: everyone goes to a hotel or convention centre, they meet up, they take photos, they party after then they go home. As cosplay grows in size and scope, though, some cosplayers are finding that the same ol’ same ol’ just isn’t enough anymore. At the…

A Letter To The Apex Legends Player I Probably Disappointed

Dear person I played Apex Legends with the other night: I am so sorry. We got off to a rocky start. Our third player disconnected before the match began, so we were a duo in a world of trios. You landed hot, dropping straight into an area with a couple other teams, and I was…

Low Tide at the Pier. Olango Island, Philippines. By Martin Tan | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

April Cannot Come Soon Enough

Song Nan Li is a concept artist from China working in the games business. You can see more of Li’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Google Stadia Boss Answers (And Dodges) Our Questions

This afternoon at GDC 2019, Google Stadia boss Phil Harrison announced the tech company’s plans to launch a game streaming service that will stream high-end games in a Chrome browser. But how good, exactly, does your internet have to be in order for Stadia to work? And do you need one of Google’s new Stadia…

There’s Nothing Like That Three-Star Puzzle Game Feeling

Every time I feel like I’ve grown past the need for validation from triple-starring a level in a puzzle game, I find myself drawn into a game like King’s latest, Pet Rescue Puzzle Saga Say what you will about Candy Crush Saga creator King, the Activision-owned developer knows how to make puzzle games feel good.…

Track: Saturday Night | Artist: Suede | Album: Coming Up  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Road Taken. Tribalj, Croatia. By Eduard Tucaković | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Our Favorite Cosplay From Emerald City Comic Con 2019

The Emerald City Comic Con, held in Seattle, draws around 100,000 visitors each year, and many of them are cosplayers. Here are some of our favourites from 2019’s show. These photos were all taken by Smorgan Images. You can see more of Smorgan’s photography at hispersonal account and cosplay page UPDATE: And here’s a video…

This Is Arthur, Survived The Apocalypse, 13/10

Alexander Sköld is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Sweden. You can see more of Alexander’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page

Grand Theft Auto V Role-Playing Has Taken Over Twitch

For the past five days, I’ve been glued to Twitch, unable to look away from the virtual car crash that is popular streamer Sodapoppin playing on a modded Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server. Since the middle of last week, popular Twitch streamers have been flocking to a Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server called…

I’m Trying Not To Panic About A Bug In The Division 2 [Update 3: Fixed?]

The Division 2 is mostly very good, but a bug that the developers acknowledged on Saturday has me scrambling through my checklist of what to do when a game isn’t working right. The bug involves in-game skills, which are special attacks tied to gadgets such as drones and seeker mines that players use throughout the…

The Week In Games: Go, Ninja, Go, Ninja, GO! 

It’s time to become a deadly ninja! Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice releases this week and it looks great. I’ve never been a big fan of From Software games like Dark Souls, but something about Sekiro is calling to me. I too want to be a cool ninja. I really can’t believe this game is being…

Track: Call Me (Come Back Home) | Artist: Al Green | Album: Call Me Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Palace Pier. Brighton, England. By Jeremy Hosking | Official Site JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Star Destroyers At Sunset

Tomasz Jedruszek is an illustrator from Poland who has done a ton of work for stuff like Magic cards, Warhammer 40K, board games and video games. You can see more of Tomasz’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Cancelled Dreamcast Game Looks Like An Online Pioneer

These days, Visual Concepts are best known as the studio behind the NBA 2K series. But at the turn of the millennium they were making a demo game for the Dreamcast that, as rough as it looked, was very much ahead of its time. That game was called Internet Game Pack, and as Hidden Palace…

Track: A Cover Is Not The Book | Artist: Emily Blunt & Lin-Manuel Miranda | Album: Marry Poppins Returns (Original Soundtrack)

‘Shop Contest: Sonic & Tails Hit The Road

Sega revealed a new animated series of shorts based on the upcoming Team Sonic Racing. In all fairness, Sonic doesn’t really need a car. But if he and Tails are in cars anyways, why not hit the road and go on a road trip? I want to know where they visited on this amazing road…