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Culture
Cyberpunk Cityscape In Need Of Urgent Cleaning
Gary Sanchez is an artist who has worked at studios like Quantic Dream, Cloud Imperium and Ubisoft. You can see more of Gary’s work at his 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…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2017 -
Culture
Hasbro Convention Tickets Are Now On Sale And They Are Not Cheap
Last year the company responsible for D&D, Magic: The Gathering, My Little Pony and Transformers announced Hascon, a three-day fan celebration of the stuff it makes. Tickets for the Providence, Rhode Island show are now on sale, with adult three-day passes ranging from $165 to $600. Wow. Now I’ve been to semi-official (read: not official,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 23, 2017 -
Culture
3855 Artists Imagine What Lost Civilizations Could Have Looked Like
Some of the best artists working in video games, TV and film have taken part in a massive competition, judged by folks responsible for the look of series like Halo and Assassin’s Creed Called Ancient Civilizations: Lost & Found, the competition was held over at industry site ArtStation, and featured almost 4000 entries from professionals…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017 -
CultureNew Steam Game Has Over 4,000 Achievements
Most Steam games come with somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-50 unlockable achievements. Running Through Russia has 4,096. Let me be upfront with you: Running Through Russia, which I found out about thanks to PC Gamer, is not good. It’s actually many unique flavors of bad—like a rainbow shaved ice, except all the flavors are…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2017 -
CultureFor Honor Player Picks Perfect Time To Gloat
Today on Highlight Reel we have perfectly positioned Rocket League goals, very old games, force chokes, brake checks 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…
By Chris Person Published May 22, 2017 -
Culture
The City Never Sleeps
Rob Watkins is an artist who has worked on games likeHalo Wars 2 (where he was Lead Concept Artist), Fable 3 and Fable Legends You can see more of Watkins’ work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017 -
CultureCosplay
Every single assassin you see here is either Rick Boer or his wife Dominique
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2017 -
CultureSpongeBob Speedrunner Won’t Rest Until Battle For Bikini Bottom Gets The Respect It Deserves
You’ve probably never given any of the SpongeBob games a second thought, but one speedrunner is playing thousands of hours of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom in order to change that. Released in 2003, the game arrived a year after the first Ratchet and Clank and was several more removed from the glory days…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2017 -
Culture
The Week In Games: A Rime For All Seasons
It’s been nearly four years since the game that looked like if Wind Waker had a baby with Ico was announced. How time flies! Development woes and the mounting pressure of creating a game that keeps getting described in terms of two all time greats aside, Rime (or RiME if you’re so inclined) remains as…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2017 -
CultureSplitscreen
Podcast: How Prey‘s Best Characters Came To Life
One of Prey’s biggest strengths is how it realizes the inhabitants of the space station Talos-1, and on today’s Kotaku Splitscreen, we talk to the man responsible for many of them: Chris Avellone. First, Kirk and I talk a bit about Nier: Automata (6:55) and the Nintendo Switch (11:15) before jumping into this week’s news:…
By Jason Schreier Published May 21, 2017 -
Culture
Sunday Comics: Nothing Personal
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 17. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 8. Read more…
By Ethan Gach Published May 21, 2017 -
CultureLonely Mountains: Downhill is a mountain biking game that looks really chill. It’s just you and your bike. Oh, and some mountains. You’re not constrained to any particular path. You choose how you want to explore. Nature, it turns out, is neat like that. The game’s not done yet, but it’s got a page on…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 19, 2017
