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The People Who Roleplay As Cops In Grand Theft Auto

None of the handful of police roleplayers we spoke to said they were an actual officer. A lot of them do like watching the TV show Cops.

A Blood Red Sunset Over Osaka

Zudarts Lee is an artist from Taiwan. You can see more of Lee’s art hereand here 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 game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios.…

Our Favorite (And Least Favorite) PSVR Launch Games

PlayStation VR is now out for the PS4, but after spending hundreds of dollars on the headset, which games should you play? We played lots of them and have some thoughts and some favorites. BATTLEZONE Kirk Hamilton: Cool enough premise—tank wars!—but too much jank for my tastes. I felt imprecise and sloppy when I played,…

Track: Shelter From The Storm | Movie: St Vincent | Artist: Bob Dylan with Bill Murray  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Say My Name | Artist: Ólafur Arnalds, Arnór Dan & Douglas Dare | Album: Late Night Tales Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Inside A Nintendo Storage Room, Where They Keep Their Old Stuff

Nintendo Japan have today given fans a brief glimpse at what must be one of the most sought-after areas of the entire company: one of their storage rooms, where old consoles and peripherals are kept. Part of a series of posts celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda in 1986,…

Wonder Woman Cosplay Is Coming To Kick Your Ass

This Wonder Woman shoot takes elements of Megan Marie’s Warriorand Valkyrieoutfits and smashes ‘em together. Twice the costume, twice the ass-kicking. All photos by Fernando Brischetto / Photographes Sans Frontieres

Leon Kennedy, At Your Service

Cosplayer Leon Chiro has a slight twist on Leon Kennedy cosplay, going for his appearance in next year’s animated Resident Evil movie, Vendetta. Though I guess that’s also very similar to how he looked in Resident Evil 6

Valve Is Making A New Vive Controller [UPDATE]

Valve showed off a new, slicker controller for its HTC-backed Vive virtual reality system at the Steam Dev Days conference today in Seattle. While the event is not open to press, developers in attendance tweeted photos of the device from a slide presentation. The main new feature appears to be the ability to open your…

That Is A Lot Of Blizzard Characters

John Polidora is an artist at Blizzard. You like Mercy’s Halloween skin? He did the concept for that. And loads of others, of course. As a senior concept artist and character designer working on the game, that’s literally his job. I just thought I’d mention Mercy because as someone who mains as Mercy it is…

We All Live In An Official Lego Yellow Submarine

From silly children’s song to animated classic, The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” has been sparking imaginations since its 1966 debut. What better inspiration for the next official Lego Ideas set? Suddenly I know exactly what to get my mother for Christmas. Based on a design submitted to the Lego Ideas program by amateur musician and songwriter…

Track: Waterfall (Demo) | Album: The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition | Artist: The Stone Roses  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Don’t Ever Nerf This Overwatch Cosplay

The mech. The mech is the cosplay here. There’s someone inside it. Let’s be real, most D.Va cosplay you see involves people buying the same bodysuit online. Daniel Ramos and his wife put in work on this, though, building D.Va’s entire mech as an outfit so Daniel could wear it to the New York Comic…

Some Perfect Witcher 3 Cosplay

Here’s Lyumos as The Witcher 3’s Keira Metz, with one of the most elaborate cosplays from the game I’ve seen yet. And I’ve seen a lot I mean, the shot above lets you see how much work had to go into it, but some of the detail shots below show you just how much work.…

An Elegant Chun-Li For A More Civilized Age

Woo Kim is an artist from Korea. This is his take on an “Art Nouveau Chun-Li”, and I am in love with it. You can see more of Kim’s work below, and at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Track: Bonnie And Clyde | Album: Initials B.B. | Artists: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

No Sneaking Past This Excellent Dishonored 2 Cosplay

This is Empress Emily Kaldwin from Dishonored 2, by Isilmarille. Photos by kmitenkova

Track: Love$ick (feat A$AP Rocky) | Artist: Mura Masa | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Cosplay Photos Are So 2015, Now We Can Trap Them As 3D Models

3D company Sketchfab were at the New York Comic Con. Instead of taking photos, they were taking full-body scans of cosplayers, which is very cool if any of them ever want to be video game characters or action figures. Here are some more examples (press the play icon to load, then drag your mouse around…

The Best Photos From Kotaku’s Cosplay Party

Last week we held the first ever Kotaku + io9 Cosplay Ball in New York. It was great. Loads of cool people, loads of amazing outfits. Here are some photos to make you wish you were there (unless you were there, in which case, thanks for coming!). If you recognise anyone (or were anyone) in…