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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Sometimes, when Saturday morning rolls around, I think, “Oh boy—two whole days to do all the work I didn’t get to during the week!” I’m like that, readers. But, since I work at Kotaku, sometimes that work is playing video games! I’m just going to admit that I’ll be playing some Overwatch, because I have…

10 Counter-Strike Bugs Valve Still Hasn’t Fixed

Counter-Strike is a game of skill and precision. In theory, it’s the sort of shooter where, if something goes wrong, you have only yourself (or your teammates) to blame. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. In the past, I’ve posted about how unreliable the game’s guns can be. Sometimes, shots that look like hits will…

The Overwatch Outfits At Our Cosplay Ball Blew Us Away

Hey look, it’s the guy from Hotline Miami! Great outfit, huh? But what probably actually drew your eye in the above shot is another awesome, massive Reinhardt outfit, which stole the show at our recent io9/Kotaku Cosplay Ball. Not that there wasn’t other terrific Overwatch cosplay, because of course there was. We had a Zarya…

What Video Game Shit Are You Too Old For?

I am old, Gandalf. I know I don’t look it, but I’m beginning to feel it in my heart. I’m in my mid-30s, and as of tomorrow I’ll officially be in my mider-30s. In video game years, that means I’m like 90. I’ve finally reached an age where, as Tracy Moore pointed out last year…

More Beautiful Sci-Fi Art From Simon Stålenhag

Things from the Flood is the second book from Simon Stålenhag, following on from his first, Tales from the Loop. They’re collections of his beautiful artwork, which combines idyllic imagery from a Scandinavian childhood in the 80s and 90s with…aliens and mechs. We’ve featured Simon’s art here before, but the images below are from Things…

Fantasy Games Become Cosplay Reality

Eylerwainis a cosplayer from Belarus who has put together fantastic outfits for Dragon Age,  StarCraft and Skyrim

Track: Days Gone | Artist: Tor | Album: Blue Book Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

There’s a lot of Disney cosplay going around, as you’d expect, but Hercules doesn’t get much love. Oh, except from CosplaySymphonyhere, with this amazing Megara. Photo by EosAndy

This may be the first—and last—time you ever see someone cosplaying as a character from PS1 platformer Tomba! Cosplay by Leon Chiro, photo by Alzak

Destiny, A Game About Cosplay…

Fenix Fatalist, by day a cosplayer herself, is also a cosplay photographer, and took (and edited) these shots of an incredible Destiny outfit by Colossus. Costume by FD Cosplay Shop

The Long, Strange History Of Video Games Sponsoring Football Teams

Video games and football have long gone hand-in-hand

Pikachu Car Used Drift, It’s Super Effective!

Today on Highlight Reel we have drifting Pikachu cars, bad driving, slams, boxes, 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! Halo 5 Guardians –…

The Super Mario Bros. speed record is broken again. Old champ Darbian has reclaimed the throne with a 4:56.878 run. The previous record, set earlier this week, was Kosmic’s 4:57:194

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Am I Too Ugly To Date?

Hello you electric blue angels of the abyss, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to master the Dim Mat. This week, we’re talking about what it takes to be more attractive. Is it all about the face? The body? The bank account? Or is there something more to it? What…

Podcast: The Good And Bad Of PlayStation VR

This week, Kotaku EIC Stephen Totilo joins the Splitscreen podcast to talk about PlayStation VR. What does it do? Does it virtually create reality? Let’s find out. I reviewed PlayStation VR yesterday, and Stephen and I have been using it and discussing it for the past week. We decided that it wasn’t difficult enough to…

Cloudy, With A Chance Of Doom

Jason Martin is an artist at id Software, where he most recently worked on the Doom reboot. We’ve actually featured Martin’s stuff before, but the last time was in 2012, so it’s well and truly time for a refresher, especially with all the Doom stuff to look at. You can see more of Martin’s work…

Track: Feel like | Artist: Alexandros | Album: Exist!  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

You Need To Get Out More, My Man

Luca Nemolato is a concept artist from Italy who hasn’t just worked in video games, but also on Hollywood movies like the new Independence Day, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jupiter Ascending (see above) and The Hunger Games You can see more of Luca’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To…

Overwatch’s Hanzo, As A Lady

Some very cool crossplay here by Rinrin from China. Note that the tattoo isn’t real, it’s just drawn/painted on to match the design of Hanzo’s from the game. You can see more of Rinrin’s cosplay at her Weibo page. Photos by Flow Vision

Ain’t No Party Like A Smash Bros. Party

Since Smash Bros.’ roster is drawn from other games, you might have thought it was impossible to cosplay as something genuinely, 100% Smash Bros. But that would be overlooking the humble Party Ball toddallthetime made this for GaymerX, and it is just too perfect.