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Guild Wars 2, You Are On Fire

Matthew Oswald is a cinematic director and motion designer, which is a nice change from the stuff we normally featurehere on Fine Art. Instead of designing the worlds and characters in games, Oswald gets to move them around and shoot them real pretty-like. Below are some examples of his stuff. Because a bunch of people…

Track: Eternal Sunshine | Artist: izioq | Album: My Own Private Video Game Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Spelunky Speedrun World Record Was Just Broken

Spelunky is insane. People who speed run Spelunky are insane. Someone just broke the Hell speed run world record for Spelunky. Guess what: it’s insane As someone who is a complete Spelunky noob, I just sort of sat, jaw agape, trying to comprehend what the hell I was watching. Kotaku reader Trjn was kind enough…

Are you part of a Steam group that’s doing something cool, ambitious, or unique? Tell me! I’m looking to highlight communities on Steam doing cool shit (kinda like this, though any game or feature can be involved), and I’d love to hear what you’re up to. Feel free to comment or mail me at [email protected]

Illuminascii Is A First-Person Shooter Made Of Text

Illuminascii definitely doesn’t look like other first-person shooters. Let’s start with a GIF. Look at me kicking down that door! Isn’t that cool? I wish more of Illuminascii felt that good. I’ve been playing the new Steam roguelike FPS for about an hour, and I really wish it was doing more for me. I mean,…

Track: California Love | Artist: Tupac, Dr. Dre, Roger Troutman | Album: Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Geralt Makes An NPC Magically Disappear

Today on Highlight Reel we have powerful magic, physics-defying ships, invisible planes, Destiny plays, and much 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 below. Destiny – My clanmates are idiots – Mat’s…

Sentris, a game that lets you create music, is out of Early Access. Developed by my friend (and fellow music enthusiast) Samantha Kalman, the game’s puzzles task you with completing songs as you see fit. It’s refreshingly simple despite being kinda tough to describe. Read my thoughts on the Early Access version

Nice Cane, Grand Admiral

Giorgio Grecu is an artist based in the UK who has worked for companies like Rare and Atomhawk. You can see more of Giorgio’s work at his personal site andArtStation page 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…

The Nintendo Games Hidden In Seinfeld’s Apartment

All those years watching Seinfeld, and I never noticed this, sothanks to Tim Rogersfor the pic: turns out the media shelf in the background of Jerry’s apartment, which is mostly full of his old VHS tapes (like Navy Seals!), is also home to a few NES games. You can clearly see SimCity there (which is…

Zelda As A Spaghetti Western? Sure, Let’s Run With It

The Zelda series is no stranger to tipping its hat to Westerns. From Spirit Tracks to Gerudo Valley, there’s cowboy blood in Hyrule’s veins. Thing is, it’s always been subtle. This new vid from beatdownboogie, though, throws subtlety out the window. Ganon is a bad cowboy, Zelda is a cowlady and Link, well, Link does…

I’m Liking The New Spider Game, Even Though I Hate Spiders

I hate spiders, and I hate it when games collect my real-world information. Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon should be my nightmare, but it somehow made me enjoy both those things. Spiders are icky. They have too many legs and weird eyes and they don’t meow or bleet or moo or anything to make…

Final Fantasy VII Cosplay Is Dead Perfect

Wes Johnson is Cloud and Sarah Quillian, aka Adella, is Aeris. Photographer Jan-Michael Losada made a whole series out of this, with some very cool underwater shots, so be sure to check out the rest of the pics.

Block’hood‘s Futuristic Cities Look Damn Cool

The latest SimCity was a total mess. It did have a few good ideas, though. Now one of them is getting its own game. Block’hood is a game about building vertical cities, something SimCity experimented with in its Cities of Tomorrow expansion. Vertical cities are seen by some as a solution to real-world population and…

Just Hangin’ Out, Plottin’ Deeds

John Grello is an artist at Xaviant, the studio behind first-person fantasy game Lichdom: Battlemage. You can see more of John’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), click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Track: Forgot About Dre | Artist: Dr. Dre, Eminem | Album: 2001 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Assassin’s Creed Ship Has Its Timbers Shivered

Today on Highlight Reel we have crossbow shots, a child’s love, patient Rocket League plays, magic boats and much 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 below. Halo:MCC – Demonic Corndog Destiny…

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

I Believe It’s Magicka

Pontus Olofsson works as an artist at Paradox Interactive, where he most recently did some stuff for Magicka: Wizard Wars You can see more of Pontus’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

From this vid about ChinaJoy 2015