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Track: Often | Artist: The Weeknd | Album: Beauty Behind The Madness Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sunday Comics: Tales From The Bush

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 17. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

This Week in the Business: Virtual Reality Won’t Be Expensive Forever

QUOTE | “It doesn’t matter what it will cost. If it costs too much this week it will cost the right amount a year from now.” – Oculus head of worldwide studios Jason Rubin, talking about why he’s a great believer in the future of VR despite the initial costs Elsewhere in the business of…

Steam’s Latest Hit Is A Tough-As-Nails Mars Base Building Game

I’ve been playing Planetbase for a couple hours now, and I feel like I’m only scratching the surface. Planetbase is a new outer space base-building game that just hit Steam, and it’s been in the service’s top three best-selling games all day. It takes some time to dig into, but I’m starting to really like…

Valve Explains Why Steam Customer Service Is Still Terrible

At the start of 2015, Valve told me Steam’s crappy customer service would be a big focus for them this year. It’s still terrible. Here’s what happened. During a recent interview with Valve business authority Erik Johnson, I asked why people still have to put up with unanswered support tickets and, sometimes, months of radio…

Track: Mother Mary | Artist: Average Rap Band | Album: Stream of Nonsenseness Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Art From Blizzard, League of Legends & Capcom

Trent Kaniuga is a veteran artist who has worked extensively in both video games and comics. Blizzard fans especially might recognise his contributions, where he’s been involved in everything from vanilla WoW to Diablo III to Hearthstone Trent has also worked on League of Legends, and below you’ll see examples of his designs on stuff…

Even After The Skyrim Fiasco, Valve Is Still Interested In Paid Mods

Earlier this year, Valve sent the mod community into crisis mode with paid mods for Skyrim. It did not end well And yet, Valve never said they were done-done with giving modders the option to charge for their creations. Rather, they concluded that they had some thinking to do about how they presented paid mods,…

Luke Throws Stormtrooper Into TIE Fighter

Today on Highlight Reel we have Luke Skywalker force pushing a snowtrooper into a TIE fighter, Metal Gear meets WWE, Nathan Drake, rad stoppies, and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links…

MURICA. Sidescrolling action-splosion Broforce is finally out of Early Access. It’s really good shit. Watch me play a bit of it here

Mario Maker Gets A Rivalry For The Ages

This week, a part of Patrick Klepek’s soul died. RIP. You see, Klepek has spent the past few days slamming his head against a devious Mario Maker level created by Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert. On Tuesday night, just after 2am, he beat it. But we’ll never truly understand how much he lost along the way.…

Damn, This Gundam Cosplay Is Clever

Bravo. Well done. *applause* Japanese Twitter user Punival created a RX-78 Mobile Suit costume based on the Ver.Ka display model (below). You’d think that would be cool enough, but it isn’t! Punival went to Tokyo’s Odaiba and took these photos: [Photo: PUNIVAL] [Photo: PUNIVAL] [Photo: PUNIVAL] Top photo: PUNIVAL To contact the author of this…

Ronda Rousey Just Cosplayed As Pikachu

Ronda Rousey is a Pokemon fan. We’ve established this But Ronda Rousey’s fandom has just entered a whole new stratosphere. Ronda has just reached peak Pikachu. Watch, jaws agape as Ronda trains in a Pikachu outfit. Marvel at the fact she could beat your scrub arse dressed in a onesie. This looks as though it…

For Lovers Of Cockpits

Neil McKnight is an environment artist from the UK who has worked on games like Mass Effect 3, Forza Horizon and Star Citizen. You can see more of Neil’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),…

Street Fighter Cosplay Moves Fast

From announcement to cosplay in around a week. Looks like the newest Street Fighter character is going down OK with fans. Cosplayer is AnaLuSauceda, photos by Verde Limon.

Steam ‘Scam Report’ Group Changes Name To Be Less Aggressive

Last week I reported on a Steam curator group called Scam Report, which sought to out sketchy games and douchey developers. Since then, there have been some big changes. First and foremost, they abandoned the old group entirely and made a new one so that they could change the name from Scam Report to Anti-Consumer…

First-Person Shooter Makes Fun Of Players Who Cry About Hacks

Bedlam (not to be confused with the other Bedlam) is a first-person shooter that spans the history of the genre. It has no qualms with giving classics or their diehard fans shit for some of their more irritating habits. (Minor Bedlam spoilers ahead.) OK, so here’s the setup: you’re Heather “Athena” Quinn, a scientist who’s…

Track: Dali | Artist: PELICAN FANCLUB | Album: PELICAN FANCLUB Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Wildfires | Artist: Mariachi El Bronx | Album: Mariachi El Bronx (III) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Cosplay Unites Mortal Kombat, StarCraft &…Toy Story

Russian photographer Andrey Shinkarchuk (aka Sketch_Turner) is one of the best at what he does, which is not only taking great cosplay photos but applying just the right amount of Photoshop. Photoshop’s use in cosplay photography can be a little controversial! While almost every image you see on the internet has been manipulated somehow (even…