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The Best Cosplay From Sydney’s Biggest Anime Convention

Sydney’s biggest anime convention, Smash, has come again to Rosehill Gardens, bringing with it a cavalcade of bright and colourful cosplayers. With a focus on the Japanese side of things, Smash gets quite a different range of costumes to the ones you’ll regularly see at gaming expos or comic cons — though there are some…

Track: Proteck Ya Neck II The Zoo | Artist: ODB | Album: Return to the 36 Chambers Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

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Erica June Lahaie, aka aurahack, is a 2D artist and UI designer who has worked on games like The Shrouded Isle and Children of Zodiarcs You can see more of Erica’s work at her personal site, she sells prints hereand you can check out her Patreon here To see the images in their native resolution,…

The Week In Games: Rabbids Ahead 

Summer must be winding down because the release schedule is starting to ramp up. Knack II is just around the corner! But this week belongs to Mario and the Rabbids and a few other late August slackers. Absolver’s out this week, along with another episode of Life Is Strange. And of course, the long awaited…

World’s Best Geralt Cosplayer Meets Geralt’s Voice Actor

Here’s German cosplayer Maul,who may as well be Geralt of Rivia in real life, meeting voice actor Doug Cockle outside GamesCom. This is…maybe not the worst approach to handling the upcoming Netflix series?

Podcast: The Great SNES Classic Pre-Order Disaster

Were you able to pre-order an SNES Classic this week? Don’t worry: neither were we. Let’s all cry together on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen Two important announcements before we get to the main show: 1) Kirk and I will be doing a 12-hour streaming marathon on Tuesday August 29 called “KIRK AND JASON FORCE EACH OTHER…

What Are You Dreading About Tonight’s Game Of Thrones Season Finale?

Season seven wraps up tonight. What’s the worst thing that could happen? I started out extremely hopeful for the show’s developing third act back in July. It seemed like the boulder set in motion all the way back in season one had finally picked up enough momentum to start moving things along to the many…

Sunday Comics: It’s A Solar Eclipse

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 August 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 21. Read more…

Track: Land of Feeling | Artist: Here We Go Magic | Album: Pigeons Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This Week In The Business: Microsoft Tries To Crackdown On A Bad Habit

QUOTE | “I think in the past we have made the mistake of announcing some exclusives a little bit too early. We’re trying to learn from that mistake and do better, so we have a bit that’s in development now that we’re not talking about.” – Microsoft Studios Publishing GM Shannon Loftis points to the…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Weekends are for making up for last week’s lousy meal prep by toning down your learning to cook ambitions a little. Also, video games. I’ve had a lot of conversations about games I haven’t finished this week. There are so many excellent games I’ve yet to see the end of (including, I cannot believe I’m…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Can I Have More Casual Hookups?

Hello all you Twitternet meat hordes, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column whose pre-orders are only available at 1 AM. This week, it’s all about sex: who wants it, who doesn’t, where to find it and whether deciding to wait on it is a losing proposition when it comes to…

Why We Love Secret of Mana

Today’s announcement of a Secret of Mana remake (out February 15, 2018 for PS4, Vita, and Steam) was welcome news to at least two of us here at Kotaku. To explain why Square’s classic action-role-playing game is so special, we had an impromptu VGCHAT. Jason Schreier: This morning Square Enix announced a brand new, pipin’…

Seven Magnificent Cowboys

Erikas Perl is the boss of Goodname, a studio in Lithuania that does art for games, movies and animation. You can see more of Goodname’s work at their company site, and check out more of Perl’s stuffat his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the…

Four Years Of Incredible New York Comic Con Cosplay

Photographer Andrew Boyle has been going to the New York Comic Con for years, and has decided to do something with the hundreds of images he’s taken of cosplayers over that time: put them in a very fancy coffee table book. It’s called Heroes & Villains, and while there are some snippets of text here…

Popular Battlegrounds Streamer Apologizes For Getting YouTubers’ Embarrassing Video Of Him Taken Down

For weeks, one of the most popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds streamers, Grimmmz, has been getting tormented not with guns or frying pans, but with car horns. Yesterday, some players gloated about “stream honking” him and posted a video as proof. Upon seeing this, Grimmmz lost his cool and got the video taken down. He quickly came…

Geralt’s Ass Is Chiseled

Today on Highlight Reel we have lucky shots, butts of stone, teleportation, lucky shots, bike flips 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! For…

Arby’s Celebrates Game of Thrones Finale With… Turkey Legs?

Starting Sunday, August 27 at limited locations across the U.S., Arby’s is going to be selling big honking turkey legs. Just handing meat-covered bones out the drive-through window. Here is your meat covered bone, sirrah. Now get thee hither to yon Game of Thrones finale. I am not opposed to seeing this Renaissance Faire staple…

Track: The Wassailing Song | Artist: Gold Frankincense And Blur | Album: The Wassailing Song single  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Escapists 2 Starts With Prison Breaks, Then Gets A Lot Weirder

The Escapists was a surprise Steam hit about breaking out of a variety of prisons, each with its own layout and routines. The Escapists 2 still has prisons, but they’re joined by a series of weirder, wackier locations and situations. Released earlier this week, The Escapists 2 has, like its predecessor, become a Steam hit.…