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Why Does Everyone Want To Go Back To Jakku?

Mathieu Latour-Duhaime is an artist at EA Motive, and has worked on series like Star Wars: Battlefront, Thief, Tomb Raider and Deus Ex You can see more of Mathieu’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…

Track: Trespasser | Artist: Red Handed Denial | Album: Wanderer EP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment

Gunship Looking For All The 80s Cosplay

Synth lords Gunship are holding a contest where fans can dress up as 80s movie characters, act out some 80s movies scenes and have it featured in an upcoming video. Basically Sweding, if people still use that word. The fine print is here, but you’re basically acting out scenes that’ll be played over the top…

Track: Dream Lover (Live) | Artist: Faye Wong | Album: Random Thoughts Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

That Was A LOT Of Overwatch Cosplayers

We’ll have a massive gallery of DragonCon cosplay in the coming days, but until that’s ready I wanted to share something in particular that went down during the show: an immense gathering of Overwatch cosplayers. I’m not saying it’s every Overwatch cosplayer in America, but….I mean, it’s a lot of Overwatch cosplayers. These pics were…

Photographer Justin Henton shot this clip featuring some of the best cosplay at PAX West this year.

Nope, Those Annoying Steam Age Gates Aren’t Going Away

Steam has some issues. Valve says it’s working on fixing them, and as part of a progress update today, it finally took aim at the biggest one of all: Naz—I mean, constant age gates that never stop popping up no matter how many times you assure Steam you’re not two years old. The good news…

PUBG Is Getting A New Reward System

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has had a reward system for quite a while now, but fans don’t exactly love it. You can purchase randomized cosmetic crates with “Battle Points” that you earn in-game, but the system funnels you into spending real money too quickly for some people’s tastes. Enter the new “Supply” system. As part of the…

Track: Whoodeeni | Artist: De La Soul | Album: and the Anonymous Nobody… Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Artifact Seems Like A Very Valve Card Game

There are two things in this world that Valve evidently loves more than anything: hands-off approaches and the invisible hand of the market. And wouldn’t you know it: DOTA 2 card game Artifact is gonna have plenty of both. Artifact, a collaboration between Valve and Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, is coming out in…

Aya & Bayek Forever

Jeff Simpson is an artist at Ubisoft Montreal, where he’s got to work on stuff like Assassin’s Creed. You can see more of Jeff’s work at his Behanceand ArtStationpages. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the…

The Real-Life Celebrities Who Appeared In GTA

Grand Theft Auto games have had their fare share of celebrities and famous actors doing voice over roles, like Samuel L. Jackson as officer Tenpenny in GTA San Andreas or Ray Liotta as Vice City’s protagonist Tommy Vercetti. But the GTA franchise also has a lot of celebrities appear in-game as their actual selves. Some…

The Internet Reacts To Henry Cavill Playing Geralt In Netflix’s The Witcher

Henry Cavill, the DC movie universe’s Superman, will be playing Geralt of Rivia in the upcoming Witcher television series, Netflix said today. Fan reactions have been mixed to horny. The Witcher has a devoted fanbase both in author Andrzej Sapkowski’s native Poland and abroad, so the series’ showrunners had a lot on the line with…

Track: Highway to Hell (Live) | Artist: AC/DC | Album: Highway to Hell Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Sleepy Lil’ Town

Wayne Chan is an illustrator working in the video game business. You can see more of Wayne’s art at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional…

Sally From Peanuts Made Me A Better Teacher

Sally, the younger sister of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown, did not perform well in school. She wrote reports the morning they were due. She failed multiple exams. As an overachieving child, I attributed her poor performance to laziness. But now that I’m an educator, I understand where she was coming from. Sally had an abiding disdain…

The Week In Games: The Quest For Spider Destiny

This week we’ve got Spider-Man, Dragon Quest XI, a new Destiny 2 expansion, and a whole heap of other interesting games. I’m most interested in what’s going on with the Spider-Man game. I spent probably 200 hours of my teen life sucked into the Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, and if this is even half…

Track: Feels Like Summer | Artist: Childish Gambino | Album: Summer Pack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

If Sailor Moon Was Goth

CineCosu Studios’ series of reimagined Sailor Moon settings continues with this third, very cool instalment: Goth Sailor Scouts. Having done 90s fashion and boudoir, this shoot is based on some art done by Cosmic Spectrum, which depicts the scouts not as magical schoolgirls but as black-clad witches. “To that end”, CineCosu’s Dominique Zamora tells Kotaku,…

Cheese!

Koyorin is a freelance character designer and illustrator who has worked in video and board games. You can see more of Koyorin’s work at their ArtStationand Facebookpages. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and…