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Captain America, by Mike Dee. Photos by Gamilia

Halo ODST Cosplay Is Born To Kill

Dutch Props is a prop builder and cosplayer from (wait for it) the Netherlands. He’s also a member of the Stony Cosplay group, who specialise in Halo cosplay gear, and whose stuff is so good they’ve worked directly with Microsoft on ads and videos. This is his ODST cosplay gear. Love the cigarette packet, nice…

Enter The Gungeon Secret Lets You Play As A Bullet Who Shoots Bullets At Bullets

Enter The Gungeon is a roguelite dungeon crawler that’s taking Steam by storm. As players are discovering, it’s riddled with secrets, like it’s been shot in the head a bunch of times by a gun that fires secrets. Case in point: the mysterious “Case Closed” achievement. (Minor Enter The Gungeon spoilers ahead.) If you go…

Track: The Rains of Castamere | Artist: Ramin Djawadi & Sigur Rós | Album: Game of Thrones: Season 4 Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Good Evening, Dragon Ball Fans

Igor Wolski is a Polish artist who has worked across video games, comics, movies, board games and commercials. You can see more of Igor’s workat his personal site 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…

Zombie Suitcase Probably Isn’t Making It Past Security

Today on Highlight Reel we have zombie packing, rocket league goals, running, flying rats, nice spikes and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, 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 Dragon Age:…

Players Fire Bullets From Their Faces And Other Weird Counter-Strike Facts

In first-person games, the disconnect between what you see and what you are can be tremendous. What you see: your own hands, sometimes a gun. What you are: an awkward flesh mound stapled to a camera, portions of which you have no control over. The always excellent 3kliksphilip has put out a new video in…

Late Night McDonald’s Visit Turns Into Touching Tale Of Love, Loss And Redemption

Twitter user Josh Raby went to his local McDonald’s drive thru at 1 AM to get himself a milkshake. What he received was a dramatic tale of love, loss and redemption that began with “Holy shit hello, you are at McDonald’s.” While we at Snacktaku are on top of all things taste and texture related…

Track: God Knows… | Artist: Aya Hirano | Album: Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase Relevant scene from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

What It’s Like To Cosplay For Money

For most people involved, cosplay is a hobby, but for some it can be more

There’s Witcher Work Needs Doing

Bartlomiej Gawel is principal concept artist at CD Projekt Red, the developers of The Witcher series. You’ve seen some of his stuff here before,in our big Witcher 3 feature, but this is both a showcase of his wider portfolio, as well a chance to see some of his best Witcher 3 stuff without a giant…

Track: Welcome to my Room | Artist: DJ Cutman | Album: Miitomo Grooves Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Remember, Gal Gadot isn’t the only Wonder Woman around. This is cosplay superstar Meagan Marie, and while the outfit isn’t new (it’s a spotlight feature in *PLUG* our cosplay book*END PLUG*), this is still a great new image from Kayhettin

Force Awakens Han & Leia Cosplay Is The Best

Some esteemed guests at this year's Emerald City Comic Con

The Week In Games: Praise The Sun

Am I using that right? I was fully prepared to go full-out Ratchet & Clank for this week’s The Week in Games header, but hopping into that game to grab a screenshot would have led to me playing for several hours and not doing this post at all. I think I made the sensible choice.…

Sunday Comics: It’s A Cave Filled With Bats

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 April 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Virtual Reality Year One

QUOTE | “Year one of VR is not going to see huge, AAA budgets… as more headsets get out there, and as we’re growing our capabilities the scopes of the games will get bigger and bigger” – Ubisoft Red Storm creative director David Votypka, giving insight into why the publisher’s first two VR projects—Eagle’s Flight…

The Wild Eight is a co-op survival game with a story, quests, and established characters. It’s pretty atypical for the genre, and it makes for an enticing idea stew when paired with a deathly cold setting (ala The Long Dark). The game is on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight right now. It might also be a…

Being A Shopkeeper Is The Hottest Job In Steam’s Version Of The Hunger Games

The Culling is a Steam hit that’s essentially Hunger Games: The Video Game. Set loose in a massive environment with nothing but the clothes on your back, your goal is to be the last person standing. So of course, players have invented a 100 percent non-violent role. Yep, in a round-based competitive game of life,…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s getting hot over here on the west coast. So hot! Better stay in and play games instead. Now that the big VR headsets are shipping and I’ve exhausted myself making videos of VR games, I’m taking a break from head-mounted displays and playing stuff on a regular screen. This weekend I’ll mainly be playing…