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When Counter-Strike Meets Fallout, Everybody Dies

Counter-Strike is a game of hair-trigger reflexes, twine-thin seconds that stretch like eons. Fallout’s VATS system actually is that. Time literally slows down, and you get to pick shots to maximize strategic potential and/or head-exploding-ness. Westracer combined the two in a snazzily edited video, and the result is a fast, funny ride: It’s a shame…

The Village Is The Biggest Official LEGO Minecraft Set Going

Coming June 1, the LEGO Minecraft Village is a $199 box containing 1,600 pieces used to create something an 11-year-old could create on their computer in an hour. Plus it comes with an enderman, which is somehow scarier in LEGO form. Look at this beautiful box filled with fabulous prizes. It’s the sort of box…

Track: The Final Battle / Grand Cross | Artist: Nobuo Uematsu | Album: Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack In-game video (spoilers, obviously): Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Kobe Bryant’s 20-Year Career, In Video Games

His first video game appearance was so long ago it was on the SNES

Track: Longing | Artist: Motoi Sakuraba | Album: Dark Souls II Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Reader Donovan was one of two students who put together this great documentary called The Dark Side: A Tale of Black Cosplay

Oh Man, This Overwatch Cosplay

Meet Korean coplay star Tasha, who as you’re about to see is straight up killing it as Overwatch’s Tracer We’ve featured her work many times on Kotaku previously, and with good reason: she’s one of the world’s best, and this Tracer is no exception. In keeping with the fact that this entire character’s personality and…

Some Art From The Now-Canceled Fable: Legends

Fable: Legends might be dead, but that’s no reason to let a bunch of art from the game’s production go to waste. Here’s a collection of stuff from artist Billy Wimblett, who worked for a few years on stuff like environments, assets, and creatures. You can see more art from the game here, in a…

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Sometimes HTC Vive VR is amazing. Other times it’s this (via Parachuteee). Here’s the full thing: You’re reading Steamed, Kotaku’s page dedicated to all things in and around Valve’s wildly popular PC gaming service. Games, culture, community creations, criticism, guides, videos—everything. If you’ve found anything cool/awful on Steam, send us an email to let us…

Seattle’s Cosplay Game Is Strong

Last month, the Emerald City Comic Con took place in Seattle, and as you’d expect, there was some very good cosplay on show. Photographer The Will Box was there taking snaps of some of the best of it, and you can see his shots below. Note that while I’ve got cosplayer information for some of…

And Now For A Studio Ghibli Dance Routine

This is the Flash Step Dance Crew, performing a killer Studio Ghibli homage at Anime Boston last month.

Valve Blocks Competitor From Putting App On Steam

The great litmus test of Valve’s tolerance for potential competitors in their midst is over. The verdict? Sorry, but nope. Despite Valve’s general openness to a lot of stuff major video game companies like Sony and Microsoft would categorically fire out of a catapult and into the ocean (players making entire games with their IP/characters,…

I Understand This Reference

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…