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Track: Black Lake | Artist: Bjork | Album: Vulnicura Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

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Manuel Augusto Dischinger Moura is an artist at Blizzard. You can see more of Manuel’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…

Garfield Kart, As Told By Steam Reviews

Join Garfield and his friends in the funniest fast and fur-ious game! What character do you want to play with? Garfield, Odie, Jon, Nermal… you choose! Take part in n o h o l d s b a r r e d c r a z y r a c e s. Garfield Kart came…

Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games

Throughout her three years at Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, Lacy made it her mission to hire a woman into a leadership role. Lacy had heard plenty of excuses for why her female job candidates weren’t Riot material. Some were “ladder climbers.” Others had “too much ego.” Most weren’t “gamer enough.” A…

I Love When An Intense Game Forces Me To Take A Break

I’m a sucker for Flat Heroes’ simple look and how good it feels to bounce around putting off death, but my favorite part of this minimalist Switch platformer is the moment before the levels actually start. Flat Heroes claims to have over 300 levels, though I’m still in the first of its 10 worlds. Each…

Track: Teardrop | Artist: Massive Attack | Album: Massive Attack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Plastic Food Melts In Japanese Heat

This summer is dangerously hot in Japan. Just look what the heat did to this plastic matcha latte! In Japanese, plastic food is typically found outside many restaurants to show what’s on the menu. Called “shokuhin sanpuru” (食品サンプル), the plastic food is made from different resins and colored to look real. The plastic matcha latte…

Skyrim Lumberjacks Have It Rough

Today on Highlight Reel we have rough sawmills, broken vertebraes, No Man’s Sky moments, Black Ops 4 Beta kills, 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…

The Internet Reacts To D.va’s New Summer Skin

The Overwatch summer event is starting on August 9th, and Blizzard has slowly been revealing new skins in the lead-up. D.va’s new beach-y look has captured fans’ hearts. Reinhardt and Ana have also had new skins revealed to promote the new Summer Games event, but given that it will take place in a new map…

The Joy Of Super Mario Odyssey‘s Hint Art Challenges

While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you’ll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are visual puzzles that lead players to hidden Power Moons. Odyssey calls them Hint Art, and there are 21 of them scattered throughout the game. They’re visually intensive and clever, and they’re a great addition to the arsenal of mini-games…

The Week In Games: Urban Fantasy Football

This week’s offering of games puts Dead Cells on some new platforms, delivers the joy of Slam Land, and ports Monster Hunter to the PC. There are also some anticipated sequels this week, with Overcooked! 2 and a new Madden game smashing into consoles and the PC. It’s a good week if you like to…

Track: Summertime | Artist: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Album: Homebase Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Mexico Won The World Cosplay Summit With Street Fighter II 

This year, Team Mexico took top honors at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya with an impressive Street Fighter II performance. Here is their stage show, which is one of the best I’ve seen The reaction online in Japan was very positive A look at who won which awards Mexican cosplay duo Banana Cospboys, cosplayers…

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Tim Mcburnie is a concept artist from South Australia. You can see more of Tim’s work 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 professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment,…

‘Shop Contest: Who Did The Warcraft Bad Thing?

World of Warcraft is a game that is absolutely full to the brim with characters who are decent people and then turn very bad. This week saw Sylvanas Windrunner, the leader of the Horde faction, burn down a major in-game location. Or did she? This week is all about finding new culprits for World of…

What A ‘Live’ RPG Might Look Like

The next Dragon Age is going to be a “live service” game, but what does that mean for a story-heavy RPG? This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Kirk and I crack open the mailbag this week to answer YOUR questions about how to get into Dungeons & Dragons, how video game companies can afford…

Sunday Comics: The Title Guy

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 July 30. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 30. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Track: Quiet Man | Artist: John Prine | Album: John Prine Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.