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Rules For Eating And Drinking In Japan

Visting Japan? Or perhaps you already live in the country. Here are some handy rules to follow for eating and drinking protocol. Generally, Japanese society is rather lenient towards the manners of foreigners. As long as you try to follow along with how things are usually done and don’t leave a mess after yourself, you’ll…

Some excellent My Hero Academia cosplay from nickrod99

Always Two, There Are

Rong Chen is an artist from China. You can see more of Chen’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 you’d…

Wreckfest Santa Transforms Into Glitchy Nightmare

Today on Highlight Reel we have Father Christmas body horror, Rainbow Six Siege moments, Battlefield V spider soldiers, 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…

Track: Bring It On Home to Me | Artist: Sam Cooke | Album: The Best of Sam Cooke Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

*NEW MEME COSPLAY* *ME* *OLD MEME COSPLAY* 

I like cosplay. But as we’ve explored recently, I have a special spot in my heart for meme cosplay Especially when it involves actual quality cosplay! In this case- some Sailor Moon buyer’s remorse. Neptune is tanzoir, Usagi is mathildesommer and Uranus is sophieriis

Them’s Fightin’ Words

Vladimir Krisetskiy is a concept artist and illustrator from Russia. You can see more of Vladimir’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…

The Week In Games: Defiant Treasure Trackers

It’s very hot right now, so I guess it’s time for a hot week of games. There are a lot of thinks I am excited for this week. The Lion’s Song is hitting the Switch, an adventurous Captain Toad is coming to the Switch, and Octopath Traveler is finally coming out, also on the Switch.…

Speedrunner Raps About Mega Man, And It’s Pretty Good

I experience a lot of secondhand embarrassment when I hear someone in the world of video games attempting to rap, but streamer MelloFlowz really pulls out all the stops with a couple bars about, well, streaming and Mega Man. The link between video games and hip hop is a strong one. Video game soundtracks, especially…

‘Shop Contest: Create More Fortnite Mysteries

Fortnite is chock full of mystery right now. The sky has broken and weirdness is on the loose. In this week’s ‘Shop Contest, we’re going to get even stranger. Things are blinking out of existence within Fortnite, and some of them are even appearing in our world, so there is literally nothing that could happen…

Why We Play Tough Games

What makes people want to play nails-tough games? When do they risk feeling like a waste of time? On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. First, Kirk and I talk about GDQ and hot dog eating contests before getting into all sorts of video game topics like Cyberpunk’s E3 demo audio leaking, Google’s plans for…

Sunday Comics: Kiryu Insurance

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 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 5. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

Track: Isabellae | Artist: Higher Brothers | Album: Black Cab Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Three Lions 98 | Artist: Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

‘Shop Contest: Video Game Independence Day, Winners!

Video game characters are patriotic, probably, so I asked you to create some images that depicted what your favorite characters were up to for the most American of holidays. July 4th rolled around. I saw a firework. It rained. But while I was literally listening to the screams of a thousand teens whose outfits were…

This Week In The Business: The Future Is Games-As-A-Service…For Some

QUOTE | “Anyone who has ever said ‘this is the future and this part of gaming is dead’ has been proven wrong every single time. We like to try it all. For a long time we wanted to try a multiplayer game and we had this idea. We shouldn’t be afraid.” – Bethesda studio head…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for getting sick just as the weather stops being too hot to go outside. What the hell? Guess I’ll stay inside with some video games. Over the 4th of July I played Fortnite for the first time. I was, unsurprisingly, terrible at it, because I am not that great at battle royale…

Track: Rain | Artist: The Beatles | Album: Paperback Writer single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

What Aliens, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park & Terminator Would Look Like As Anime

Dmitry Grozov, aka Ahriman, is a freelance artist from Russia who has an uncanny ability for taking things that aren’t anime and making them look like they came straight off a bootleg 1980s VHS. Aside from the properties in the headline he’s also done Predator, Ghostbusters, Fifth Element, Judge Dredd, Beetlejuice, Die Hard, even Robocop…

Valve Shuts Down New Way Of Estimating Game Sales On Steam

In April, Valve made changes to Steam that bolstered user privacy while hammering a few nails into the coffin of unofficial sales tracking monolith Steam Spy. The service is not 100 percent dead, but developers have been searching for alternatives. Last month, they found one. Now it’s been shut down, too. Tyler Glaiel, a developer…