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Oh I Love What You’ve Done With The Place

Alex Brock is an artist from Tucson who has worked on games like HEX: Shards of Fate. You can see more of Alex’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page

Hellblade: Senua’s Cosplay

You don’t see much Hellblade cosplay around, but this shoot by Anna “Ormeli” Moleva and photographer Aku more than makes up for a lack of quantity.

Track: Plato’s Tripartite | Artist: Protest The Hero | Album: Volition Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment

Monster Hunter Cosplay, Perfected

I know, we’ve already posted shots of this cosplay, but husband and wife team Kamui just took the costume out in the wild for the first time and I mean just look at this.

The Internet Reacts To Kanye West’s Bizarre New Video

Kanye West has a new song. It’s a lot. Kanye has been having a year. He’s dropped an album, said that slavery was a choice, said that he’d like to have sex with his sisters-in-law, was the creative director of the Pornhub Awards, and now has a video that’s taking the internet by storm. Let’s…

The Week In Games: Bastion Of Hockey

This week brings new games, from a new NBA 2k to the Switch port of Bastion Personally, I have a vested interested in NHL 19, which is part of a game series that I always look at from afar in awe and wonder. One of the previous games in that series allowed you to play…

Track: Tabun, Kaze | Artist: Sakanaction | Album: Sakanaquarium 2017 10th Anniversary DVD Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

When Marvel Meets My Hero Academia

Marvel: ‘Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history’. Cosplay: This unexpected coming together of two franchises comes courtesy of chriswithcamera (photographer) and cosplayers cutiepiesensei (Iron Bakugo), xkirakelly (Thordoroki) & myladygabriella (Captain Deku) The costumes were all designed by cutiepiesensei, but each cosplayer was responsible for building their own outfit. 

Cleared For Take-Off

Arnaud Caubel is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Ubisoft. You can see more of Arnaud’s work at his ArtStation page

Track: Head Over Heels | Artist: Tears For Fears | Album: Songs From The Big Chair Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

‘Shop Contest: Make Hope County Weirder

Despite an influx of zombies and a trip to Mars, Far Cry 5‘s Hope County hasn’t changed all that much since the game released earlier this year. As we reported earlier this week, not a long is changing, even if it feels like it is. So it’s up to the ‘Shop Crew to fix this…

Why Destiny 2 Embraced Its Most Hardcore Players

Are games like Destiny better when they’re more complicated? Is appealing to the most hardcore players the best way to go? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. First, Kirk and I talk about the brilliant new Spider-Man for PS4, one of my favorite games of the year. We talk about the combat, the web-slinging, the…

Sunday Comics: Amazing Fighting Strategy

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published September 6. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Track: Shadows Of My Name | Artist: Emma Ruth Rundle | Album: Some Heavy Ocean Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

‘Shop Contest: Bring Me Pictures Of Spider-Man, Winners!

I asked you to bring me pictures of that dastardly devil Spider-Man, and now I know where he hides when he’s not swinging around New York. He’ll never be safe again! You might think he’s friendly and neighborhood-oriented, but what I have learned over the course of viewing a number of pictures of Spider-Man is…

This Week In The Business: A Streamer’s Life For Me

STAT | $30,000 – What it costs to have a top-tier streamer play your game for an hour on their channel, according to IndieCatapult’s Steve Filby, who was marketing manager on Motion Twin’s Dead Cells. (Motion Twin didn’t pay up, but devised a strategy that resulted in big streamers playing the game for free.) QUOTE…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for trying to decide if I should get someone to water my plant while I’m away or just water it a lot before I leave and hope for the best. It’s also for playing video games. I’ll be on a train for a while, so I’m pretty excited that so many great…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: My Ailing Mother-In-Law Is A Toxic Nightmare

Hello all you deathwatch love nodules, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, a dating advice column to surpass Metal Gear. This week, we’re about emotional (and occasionally physical) self-defense. We know it’s ok to leave toxic relationships, but what about when that toxic person is family? How do you handle someone who sees “boundaries” as…

One Part Of Hyper Light Drifter’s World Still Haunts Me

I’ve played Hyper Light Drifter a few times now, and I always start by going North. I’m drawn by the chilly, snow-covered peaks. But once there, this particular dead and lonely world rocks me to my emotional and spiritual core. Hyper Light Drifter came out on Switch Thursday, two years after its original PC release,…

Track: Tired of Being Alone | Artist: Al Green | Album: Al Green Gets Next to You Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.