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New Evidence Suggests Super Meat Boy Speedrunners Cheated

Super Meat Boy’s challenging platforming and hidden secrets have turned it into a popular game for speedrunning. A new method for detecting cheaters now suggests that some famous runs might not be what they appear to be. There are two kinds of Super Meat Boy speedruns: real-time attacks, which show the entire game without interruption,…

Nazi Death Dog Is Having Some Stomach Issues

Today on Highlight Reel we have robot stomach issues, Napoleonic headshots, psychedelic Battlefront II loot boxes, 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…

Track: Gigantic (Live) | Artist: Pixies | Album: Surfer Rosa Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Drink Up This “Soda Pup” Meme

How about a nice bottle of soda pup? This internet meme shows how dogs can look like carbonated beverages. All you need is a drink label and a bottle cap! (Be careful that your four legged friend doesn’t chew on or eat the damn cap.)  Photos of “dog cola” started appearing on social media sites…

Here Is Excellent Dragon Ball Cosplay

With their green skin and antennae, Nameks are not easy characters to bring to life. Cosplayer Takatsuki, however, makes doing so look effortless. Her Dende cosplay is on point. Wonderful! Takatsuki also posted a few making-of photos on Twitter, including a green make up test. If you like Dragon Ball, you can follow Takatsuki on…

This is Molza, from Cyprus, with some excellent Ramona Flowers cosplay.

Track: カルマの犬 | Artist: Paranoid Void | Album: Literary Math Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Adelaide Has Some Pretty Amazing Cosplayers

The Australian convention season has been farewelled with one last hurrah — Supanova Expo in Adelaide. Yes, the year is essentially over for cosplayers, who will now finally clean up all the worbla scraps and abandoned wigs lying around their houses. Before we’re done, however, we’ve got a gallery of some pretty top notch cosplay…

Kiki’s Priority Courier Service

Rayner Alencar is a freelance artist and illustrator from Brazil. You can see more of Rayner’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the…

Battlegrounds Cheat Makers Are Advertising Their Hacks In-Game

The era of the door-to-door salesman might be over, but purveyors of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds cheats are happy to bring their wares directly to you for a personal demonstration. Which occasionally involves owning the crap out of you. Players selling PUBG cheats and hacks have popped up in the game itself in recent months, demonstrating their…

The Week In Games: Xenoblade Strikes Back 

Xeno is Greek for “foreigner,” though Xenoblade Chronicles 2 hardly seems like a stranger at this point. A cult classic in the PS1 era with Xenogears, a lackluster trilogy of vague prequels with the PS2’s Xenosaga, and then a series stumbling toward renewed JRPG greatness across three different Nintendo platforms in the modern era. Clearly…

Track: Minority | Artist: Green Day | Album: Warning Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Speedrunner Gets $1,000 Donation While Playing Ocarina Of Time Thanks To Sheer Luck 

Speedrunner Cheese was attempting a 100% run of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time when the unthinkable happened. A Twitch viewer in the chat dropped a cool grand on the streamer to celebrate some bizarre random number generation. 100% speedruns require players to do just about everything there is to do in a…

Sunday Comics: That’s No Turkey

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published November 25. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 20. Read more…

Track: Old Friends | Artist: Simon & Garfunkel | Album: Bookends Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This Week In The Business: Knocking Loots

QUOTE | “We really don’t like making money off players who are in denial of their addiction. And that’s what a large part of free-to-play gaming is all about.” – Clicker Heroes developer Playsaurus explains why it’s abandoning the free-to-play model for Clicker Heroes 2 QUOTE | “What occurs with ‘loot boxes’ does constitute gambling…

I Accidentally Got The Worst Ending In The Witcher 3

I recently finished the main plot of The Witcher 3. You might have been following my love affair with it through my stories on the topic, or my weekly “What Are You Playing” posts featuring Geralt in various states of undress. My reward for 110 hours of hard work? Accidentally being a terrible dad. This…

Track: Dead In The Water (Live at RTÉ 2FM Studios, Dublin) | Artist: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds | Album: Who Built The Moon?  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

A Little Adventure

Jon Juarez is a freelance artist and illustrator from Spain. You can see more of Jon’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page. You can also buy prints of some of his pieces at his online store To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…

Track: You’re The Best Thing About Me | Artist: U2 | Album: Songs of Experience Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.