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Ten Isometric Action RPGs Worth Trying

They’ve been called many things over the years. Isometric RPGs, hack’n’slash RPGs, ARPGs, Diablo clones. But one thing is certain: They wouldn’t exist if Diablo didn’t come out in 1996. Diablo and its sequels spawned a whole catalog of isometric action RPGs. This piece originally appeared 3/30/16. It’s a catalog of sometimes pretty similar games,…

Zombie Batman Thirsts For Flesh, Not Justice

Ali Jalali is a freelance 3D artist from Iran, whose Batman here doesn’t really have much need for a Bruce Wayne anymore. It was done as part of Game Artisan’s Comic Con art challenge You can see more of Ali’s work at hispersonal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution,…

Track: Baba Yetu | Artist: Christopher Tin feat. Soweto Gospel Choir with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Album: Civilization IV Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Dystopia | Artist: Nightcrawler (feat. Vincenzo Salvia) | Album: Metropolis Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

We see a lot of cosplay videos trying to make music, but here’s a music video that’s doing Zelda cosplay. And a lot of it.

Nintendo Has Tried Detachable Controllers Before (In 1984)

There’s a reportfrom Eurogamer today that the Nintendo NX will be a handheld featuring “detachable” controllers. It’s a neat idea, but it’s also one that Nintendo have a bit of experience with. When I was a little kid, I would always bug my parents for a video game console like a Master System or NES,…

Woman Cosplays To Work To Beat Stupid Dress Code

Cosplayer June Rivas was told by her boss that her work attire was “unprofessional”. Good thing she had a fix for that. Yahoo reportsthat Rivas’ employer told her that “wearing her hair in a ponytail or donning a head scarf was unprofessional” (pictured, top), despite the unnamed company’s dress code simply stating that employee’s clothing…

Kiki’s Express Delivery Service

Riot Games (League of Legends) artist Atey Ghailan has, for the past year, been working on a project where he drew something every day for 365 days. That project is now over, and the results are fantastic. As you’ll see, there wasn’t much rhyme or reason to the sketches. Some were twists on famous characters,…

Crypt of the Necrodancer Speedrunner Makes Near-Impossible Run Even Harder, Pulls It Off

Crypt of the Necrodancer is already tough, but what speedrunner SpootyBiscuit recently pulled off is remarkable. No one has done it, and not even the developers can really believe it happened. You choose from a variety of characters to play as in the rhythm-based Crypt of the Necrodancer, each giving the player slightly different attributes.…

Track: Virtual Mima | Artist: Masahiro Ikumi | Album: Perfect Blue Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Remember, Classic Box Art Was Marvellous

Fine Art is normally in the business of covering current video game artists, but today we’re going to wind back the clock and look at some stuff from one of the greats from the 80s and 90s. Tom Dubois did a lot of work for Konami in the earlier days of home console gaming. As…

Track: IT’S TIME TO GO!| Artist: Dj CUTMAN and CG5 | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Chrono Trigger Cosplay!

What’s this? Chrono Trigger cosplay? Oh, what a lovely day. This Lucca Ashtear outfit is by Jelfish, and took more work than you might think. Being cosplay based on classic Square character art (with the in-game character being just a few pixels), Lucca’s design was all over the place; the helmet, for example, had to…

Tips For Getting Started In RimWorld

RimWorld is a phenomenal little game capable of generating stories equal parts hilarious and fucked up. The sci-fi colony sim is meant to be more accessible than inspirations like Dwarf Fortress, but it can still be kinda… obtuse. Here are some tips to help you get started. Don’t get too crazy with planet/crew generation (at…

It’s (Literally) High Noon

Today on Highlight Reel we have well-placed bombs, Ana teams, immolated characters, slams, 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 more! NBA 2k16 –Bogut Amazing…

A reminder that in the real world deodorant is not an effective means of combating sexual assault

The One True Airplane God

Chander Lieve is a concept artist who has most recently worked on Guerilla’s Horizon Zero Dawn You can see more of Chander’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 game…

Track: Manic Monday | Artist: The Bangles | Album: Different Light Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Bringing The Legend Of Zelda To Life Through Cosplay

Layze Michelle is a Brazilian cosplayer and big Zelda fan who has made a habit of creating some incredible cosplay based on Nintendo’s series. Not only has she cosplayed as several iterations of Princess Zelda herself, but also—be still my heart—the real star of Wind Waker, Medli the Rito. You can see more of Layze’s…

The Week In Games: Heads Up

There are weeks during the summer where I struggle to choose a game to pin the weekly release post around. Headlander, everybody. Double Fine’s weird head game is one of the few games this week that isn’t a re-release or repackaging, so it gets to be at the head of the post. We Happy Few’s…