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A Cosplayer Is Running For Political Office

This is Cara Nicole Trujillo. For the past few years, she’s been active on the Arizona cosplay scene. Now, she’s also active on the political one. Phoenix New Times report that Trujillo is officially running for the Arizona Legislature as a Green Party candidate, appearing on this November’s ballot. On her official site, Trujillo mentions…

Track: Can You Celebrate? | Artist: Namie Amuro | Album: Ballada Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Developer Claims Activision Nuked His Game From Steam Over Call Of Duty Guns [UPDATE]

Yesterday, Steam dinosaur game The Orion Project got yanked from Steam. Trek Industries’ David Prassel posted an update to Steam claiming that his game was the victim of a DMCA claim from Activision. And then the real fun began. It should be noted that we reached out to Activision and Valve for comment, but they’ve…

Overwatch Players Stage A McCree Shootout For The Ages

Today on Highlight Reel we have shootouts, flesh-eating horses, Dark Souls nopes, Mei denial, 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! Rainbow Six Siege…

My, What Big Tanks You Have

Nenad Gojkovic is a freelance artist from Serbia. You can see more of Nenad’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…

Watch Us Play The Last Leviathan, An Open World Pirate Ship Building Game

The Last Leviathan is a new Steam game about physics-based ship building. If you can dream it, you can make it and then use it to sail an open ocean. Even if it’s Mega Man or a giant floating dick. I mean, you had to have seen that coming. The Last Leviathan is currently in…

The Adventure Time Folks Make A Lovely Hatsune Miku

Making it’s U.S. debut at Anime Expo this weekend, 1000toys’ 35 Mechatro WeGo & Hatsune Miku figure is Frederator Studios’ take on Japan’s popular virtual idol. So of course, celery stick-wielding mech. Frederator’s signature blend of sweet and innocent with a side of lurking crazy shines through in this design. On one hand, aww she’s…

Track: Not Dark Yet | Artist: Bob Dylan | Album: Time Out of My Mind Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Colossalcon’s Pool Parties Look Like A Blast

Remember when I said one of the biggest draws for Colossalcon every year are the pool parties? Yeah, this is what I was talking about.

The Perfect Video Game Cosplay

Look, I just can’t see how video game cosplay can ever get more authentic than this Assassin’s Creed effort.. Dude’s not just dressed as a pirate, he’s swinging around on an actual old-timey sailing ship. This isLeon Chirodoing his thing, to the point where he climbed the rigging and, in true Edward Kenway fashion, did…

Slayer Shock is basically a procedurally generated Buffy The Vampire Slayer game. Developer Minor Key Games (Eldritch, Neon Struct) describes it as “is a role-playing shooter about hunting vampires in Nebraska.” The best part? It generates “episodes” and “seasons” with their own storylines and characters. Oh, and it’s all inspired by professional wrestling. It’s out…

People Searching For A Steam Summer Sale ARG Are Getting Desperate

For a little while, every major Steam Sale came with a meta game attached. Over the years, they grew more elaborate, culminating in last year’s Steam Summer Sale Monster Game. But then Steam Sales changed. Now there’s no meta game to be found. Last year’s Steam Holiday Sale signaled the beginning of the end. Steam…

Due to some personal obligations, we’re just doing one episode of Highlight Reel this week. Sorry for the delay everyone, it should go up some time tomorrow. Watch the most recent episodes here. As always, you can submit your amazing or funny clips if you have them [email protected].

How Star Wars: Battlefront’s Beautiful Levels Were Made

Andrew Hamilton was Lead Environment Artist on DICE’s Star Wars: Battlefront. So if you’ve ever paused during the game just to admire how utterly gorgeous the vegetation and dirt is, he’s one of the main people to thank for it. I wrote about the game’s use of “photogrammetry” earlier this year if you need a…

Track: Waiting | Artist: The Rentals | Album: Return of the Rentals Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

It’s Crazy How Much Work Goes Into A Quality Cosplay Photo

Instead of just posting some images of Rainer—one of the best Final Fantasy cosplayers we’ve ever seen—dressed as FFXIII’s Lightning, let’s instead take a look behind the scenes at just how much fire, lighting, rain and smoke can go into a quality cosplay shoot. It’s courtesy of Mezame, a photographer from Singapore who went all…

Iron Man Cosplay Is Ready To Fly

Iron Man cosplay? Nothing new. Iron Man cosplay that has thruster jets which look like they fire? Very neat Wayne Berendhuysen from EHV Props is the creator of this Mark 39 variant of Tony Stark’s suit, which uses gas particles and 10-watt floodlight LEDs to simulate the effect of thrusters coming out of his hands…

Track: California | Artist: Dj Shadow | Album: The Mountain Will Fall Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

A lot of websites and galleries would have you think that it’s only young women who are cosplaying. Men vs Cosplay 2017 is a 365-page calendar that would like to remind you that is very much not the case.

Witcher 3 Cosplay Gets The Whole Gang Back Together

Yeah, we’ve featured some damn fine Witcher 3 cosplay here over the last year, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this effort to get Geralt’s whole crew together in one shot. This shoot from the recent Denver Comic Con (where they won best in show!) pretty much nails it. Cosplayer credits: Geralt, Yen, Trissand…