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Track: Ghosts | Artist: Japan| Album: Tin Drum Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

GTA V World Record Speedrun Is A Grueling, Fascinating Ten Hours

Speedruns are all about completing a game quickly, and the world record for 100%ing Grand Theft Auto V is a breezy ten hours of skydiving, helicopter flying, bike racing, and story missions. It’s a wonder to behold. Clocking in at 10:15:44, ToriksLV’s world record 100% speedrun is about completing all of the tasks of GTA…

‘Shop Contest: Cowboys Go Everywhere, Winners!

Do you wonder where the cowboys go when they wander off the map? Well our devoted community ‘Shop Experts are here to show you. Last week I asked everyone to help me out with some speculation. If the map for Red Dead Redemption 2 is so big, then there must be some weird places to…

This Week In The Business: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

QUOTE | “Assume months at this point.” – Valve representative SeanJ, in response to a developer’s question of when the Steam storefront’s new features for filtering adult content would be released. The representative said games with adult content are not being allowed to debut on Steam until those tools are ready. QUOTE | “Due to…

Helping Hand Is A Clever Idea That Falls Flat

Helping Hand begins with your character getting into a car accident and smashing almost every bone in their body. In the game, you can only communicate with your left hand. It’s more interesting than actually being in a full-body cast, but not by much. The main conceit of Helping Hand is pretty brilliant: you’re in…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for finally making that pasta dish you spent all week planning to make but then kept ordering delicious takeout instead. Also, video games. I don’t have a lot of free time this weekend, but my friends have been bugging me to play some Overwatch with them. I have, in return, been bugging…

Track: Everlong (Live) | Artist: Foo Fighters | Album: The Color and the Shape Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Fall In A River (Live) | Artist: Badly Drawn Boy | Album: The Hour of Bewilderbeast Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Hit A Rock, Get To The Top Of Hyrule Castle, Easy

18 months on and people are still finding crazy stuff to do in Breath of the Wild: here’s Zantssmacking a rock a few times and ending up on top of Hyrule Castle To save you asking “how the hell did he do that”, here’s an explanation on how the hell he did that:

Check Out Some Concept Art For The Upcoming Metal Gear Solid Movie

Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is directing the Metal Gear Solid movie, and to get the pre-production ball rolling he’s got some of the best artists on the planet to create some very early concept art. Vogt-Roberts personally commissioned the artists—many of whom we’ve featured here on Fine Art previously—as part of the visual development…

Speedrunner Finally Ties Perfect Dark World Record, Screams His Head Off

Yesterday Kevin “KevinDDR” Birrell managed to beat Perfect Dark’s Air Force One level in 52 seconds. This made him the second person in history to do so, tying speedrunner Karl “Sim Threat” Jobst’s record, set back in November 2017. From the decibels Birrell let loose upon completion during a livestream, the run was clearly more…

Track: Muhammad Ali | Track: Round 2: I Am the Double Greatest | Album: I Am The Greatest! Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Transient | Artist: Makari | Album: Hyperreal Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Welcome Home

Allon Kremer is an artist from the Netherlands. You can see more of Allon’s work 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 or character art…

Track: Good News (Mono) | Artist: Sam Cooke | Album: Good Times (single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Leg It

Artur Treffner is a freelance concept artist based in Estonia. You can see more of Artur’s work 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 or…

What A Rocket League Comeback

Today on Highlight Reel we have Rocket League comebacks, We Happy Few glitches, Hitman Skeet shooting, 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…

The Week In Games: Monsters And Warfare

This week has some varied games, from JRPG throwbacks to MMO expansions, and as the summer goes on the releases are getting weirder and weirder. I’m all about the classic game experience, and I’m very interested in the fact that we’re getting Bard’s Tale games alongside the classic Tanglewood and a purposeful throwback in Cosmic…

Track: Late in the Day | Artist: Supergrass | Album: In It For The Money Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Summer Cosplay Heats Up Japan

Besides self-produced manga and art, Comiket is famous for all the cosplayers it attracts.