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Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Am I Not Enough Of A ‘Real Man’?

Hello, all you electric love treats. Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that can help you wrangle your chocobos and canoodle your moogles. Let’s get right to it. Hi Doc. I don’t have a dating question per se, but I know you like to touch on toxic masculinity a lot, and I…

Final Fantasy XV, Now 30% Dreamier

Final Fantasy XV, a game about cute boys driving around, is now even cuter thanks to the animated treatment given to the game’s cast by artist David Adhinarya Lojaya. We featured David’s Final Fantasy art last year, but now that XV is out he’s returned to the series to draw the new game’s cast in…

What We Liked And Loved About Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Star Wars universe expanded in a whole new way with the release of Rogue One, the first in a series of live-action films exploring the bits between the main episodes. We assembled a ragtag band of Kotaku writers to talk about this very different sort of Star Wars movie. Set between the events of…

The Art Of 1313, A Star Wars Game We Never Got To Play

Star Wars 1313 was a big-money game in development at Lucasarts, scrapped after the publisher’s demise and seemingly never to return. We may never get to play the game, but we can look at its concept art and dream. It gives us a real good look at the design and feel of Coruscant’s seedy underbelly.…

Russia’s Cosplay Is Fantastic

Russia doesn’t just have some of the best cosplayers on the planet, but some of the best cosplay photographers as well. One of those is KIRA, someone whose photosI’ve featureda bit here recently, so I figured it was time for a showcase entirely of her work. You can see a lot more of KIRA’s photos…

The Week In Games: We Dream Of Half-Genie

The end of 2016 is nearly upon us, which means there are hardly any games left to come out. A few still remain, however. We searched long and hard, and managed to scrape together something resembling a list of games coming out this week. Fortunately, the rest of the year was filled with so many…

Sunday Comics: Eggnog Stranding 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published December 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Track: Cipher | Artist: Ben Prunty | Album: Cipher: the Score for Banking on Bitcoin Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

This Week In The Business: The End Of Esports’ Innocence

QUOTE | “Apparel is an essential part of running an esports team. That side of the business has to work for the rest to work.” – Erik Londré, head of events and influencers for esports team Fnatic, which just opened its own pop-up retail store in Shoreditch to sell merchandise and host events. STAT |…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s really cold in New York right now. That’s a great excuse to stay inside and play video games. I’m going to try to get back to The Witcher 3 this weekend, which fell by the wayside for other games. I’m also going to dive into more Astroneer, an early access survival game that just…

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Shaun Mooney is an artist who has worked for companies like Traveller’s Tales (the LEGO games) and Atomhawk. We featured Shaun’s work a few years back, but since he’s had a complete portfolio refresh, I figured we’d pop back in and have another look at his stuff. You can see more of Shaun’s art at…

Track: When I Grow Up | Artist: Garbage | Album: Version 2.0 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Fallout 4 Cosplay Always Gets The Scoop

This is Verisaas Fallout 4’s very own press sneak fuck, Piper. The weathering effects she’s done on the jacket and pants are so good I’m starting to wonder whether she actually just dug them out of the dirt somewhere. Photos by KIRA

Of Course Batman Loves Pop Punk

Today on Highlight Reel we have mopey piano solos, merciful titans, Let It Die boss battles, great Halo 5 shots 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…

Still Fighting Wars In Black And White

Casper Konefal is a concept artist at Bioware, where he’s worked on Dragon Age. You can see more of Casper’s work at his 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 video…

Podcast: What’d We Get Wrong About 2016?

In January, Kirk and I made a whole bunch of predictions for 2016. On today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, it’s time to see which ones were right. Way back on Episode 17 (whoa we’re old), your intrepid Splitscreen hosts made a bet. We each laid out 12 predictions for 2016—predictions like “The Last Guardian will be disappointing”…

Toy Time’s 2016 Holiday Gift Spectacular

Welcome to the first annual Toy Time Holiday Gift Spectacular, with special guests Batman, Spike the Dragon, The Walking Dead, Transformers and more. These are the toys and collectibles that would have made my Christmas list, were they not already sitting right over there. Originally planned as an elaborate video, the inaugural Holiday Gift Spectacular…

King Leoric Cosplay Is Metal AF

I love this Diablo King Leoric cosplay by Endryus Makdragon so much. Every time I cast my eyes over it half my brain says “yup, that’s Diablo”, while the other half goes “haha GWARcosplay”.

This is Eva as a very crazy Yuno from Future Diary. Photo by Wan Mei

When Your Mech Goes Up In Smoke

Overwatch cosplay byAngelina Vo. Photos by Johnny Ngo