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Claire Gary is an artist working at EA’s Motive studio in Canada as an animator. You can see more of Claire’s work at her personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of…

What’s Your Favorite Terrible Game?

Sometimes even the worst games can bring us great joy. Over the past two decades audiences have become enamored with the ever growing list of movies so bad they’re good. Standouts like The Room and Miami Connection have led the charge with cult followings and a resurgence of late night showings decades after their initial…

The Week In Games: That Face Says It All

2018 is here! A year set to bring us long awaited AAA titles and beautiful indie gems. Though… not this week. Winter is a notoriously harsh time for the world of gaming, and January is usually the low point of this chilly lull. But fear not! This January is giving us some exciting entries in…

What Was Your Favorite Video Game Moment Of 2017?

Which video game moment of 2017 had your heart aflutter? Did it make you cry? Did you scream furiously into the void? Did it leave you thinking about it hours, days, and weeks after you experienced it? Did you laugh so hard, liquids spewed out of your nose? One or all of the above? Cool.…

Sunday Comics: Still Super Mad

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Warning: Some of these comics are Christmas related. We are aware it is past Christmas. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published December 25.…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for having just installed a new graphics card and being pretty pumped to cancel all your plans and see how great all your video games look now. Yay! While looking back, I realized it’s been about a year since I was determined to finish The Witcher 3, and yet, readers, I have…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Am I Too Close With My Ex?

Hello, intertube horrormonkey swarms, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column coming to you live from Thimbleweed Park. As we watch 2017 sail off toward the Viking funeral it deserves, we have a new column full of dating dilemmas and drama. And as we look into the coming future, it only…

Track: Across The Universe | Artist: Fiona Apple | Album: Pleasantville soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

In 2018, PUBG Developer’s Priority Is A ‘Competitive,’ ‘Crash-Free’ Game

It was a photo finish, but the team developing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made good on their promise and “launched” the game before the end of 2017. During an interview last week, I spoke to Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene about what’s next. Throughout our conversation, Greene repeatedly stressed that the team views 1.0 as “the end of the…

Forget Bitcoin—These Guys Invest In Magic Cards

Rudy stands in front of his regal mahogany bookcase stocked full with classics like the Iliad, the Odyssey, and Arabian Nights. He holds a shrink-wrapped booster box parallel to his messy plume of hair. It’s Dark Ascension, the 57th expansion for the card game Magic The Gathering. “Anytime I could get these boxes for $70…

Assassin’s Creed Origins Is Better If You Play It Slowly

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re revisiting our predictions for 2017 and seeing what we got right (aka: mostly wrong). We also talk about Danganronpa V3, Leeroy Jenkins, and the delights of Assassin’s Creed Origins First up, Kirk and I go through the news of the week, talking about Final Fantasy’s 30th anniversary, the truth behind Leeroy…

Track: Hold On | Artist: Tom Waits | Album: Mule Variations Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Sunshine | Artist: Bent Knee | Album: Shiny Eyed Babies Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Modder Creates PUBG-Style Mode In Counter-Strike

Despite how different they are, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is, in some ways, the new CSGO. It’s the big Steam shooter du jour, and it’s stolen Counter-Strike’s realistic gun porn crown. But there’s one thing CSGO has CS-going for it that PUBG doesn’t: the ability to consume all other games, thanks to mods. Go 4 The Kill…

GoldenEye 007 Player Beats His Own World Record Twice In One Day

It was a Christmas miracle of sorts. On December 25 Ryan Gibbs beat his previous world record speedrun for the Runway level in GoldenEye 007 with a time of 30 seconds. Hours later he did it again, this time in 29 seconds. Gibbs’ feat is one of the most stunning achievements for an N64 game…

2017, As Told By Steam Reviews

One Steam review is a person shouting into the void. Two is an argument. A whole mess of them, though? That’s a deep, dark look into the collective psyche of Steam users. In 2017, we rounded up the best reviews of the year’s top Steam games and maybe, just maybe, learned a little something about…

The Year In Video Game Paintings, 2017

Another year, another crop of video game paintings doing their best to class up the place. I invited my artist friend Curtis back to lend their expertise to my folder full of screenshots of this year’s video game paintings. We saw a lot of references to existing artists, as well as a lot of strange…

Track: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (Live) | Artist: Neil Young | Album: Rust Never Sleeps Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Week In Games: Style Savvy New Year

2018’s just around the corner. Fortunately, you can end the year in style with a new 3DS game. Style Savvy: Styling Star comes out on the 25th meaning a whole new generation of 3DS and 2DS owners will know the power of color coordinated outfits. Other than that it’s the end of the year, so…

What Are Your Favorite Games To Play During The Holidays?

There was a period of time when every December I’d start up another playthrough of Mega Man Legends. It’s not a Christmas-y game by any stretch. And it’s not something I originally got as a present either. For whatever reason it just seemed to fit, helping me take a step back and appreciate the end…