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Culture
Life On The Wall
Ulysse Verhasselt is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Finland. You can see more of Ulysse’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…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2018 -
CultureCosplayGalleryAn Italian Cosplay Showcase
Romics is a big cosplay show that takes place twice a year in Italy; there’s a main show in October, and a Spring edition that’s held in April. This is a look back at the Spring show, with a video shot by Muffin Geek
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2018 -
CultureShop Contest
‘Shop Contest: Snake? Snake! Snaaaaake!
There’s nothing like going home again, and seeing our friend Solid Snake in the codec screen with David Hayter’s voice coming out of his mouth has got me feeling all nostalgic. And that means Metal Gear ‘shops. I’m missing Solid Snake these days. It seems like just yesterday that I was infiltrating Shadow Moses and…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 19, 2018 -
CultureSplitscreen
Prey‘s Director On The Polarizing Final Act: ‘There Was Definitely Too Much’
The problem with developing a video game is: Sometimes you need to stop. Even when you’re not totally happy with your final act. This week on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss all that and more. First, Kirk and I talk about the appeal of Dead Cells, the problems with video game grind, and Diablo III coming…
By Jason Schreier Published August 19, 2018 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Plenty Of Room
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 August 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 16. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by M.S.…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 19, 2018 -
CultureGTA 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…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 18, 2018 -
CultureShop Contest
‘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…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 18, 2018 -
Culture
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…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published August 18, 2018 -
CultureHelping 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…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 17, 2018 -
Culture
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…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 17, 2018 -
Culture
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:
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2018 -
CultureCheck 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 15, 2018 -
CultureSpeedrunner 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…
By Ethan Gach Published August 15, 2018
