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Two Of Halo‘s Best Levels, Now With Dinosaurs

The first Halo was chock full of memorable levels. Know what would’ve made them even more memorable? Goddamn dinosaurs. Modder Spartan464748 decided to turn that weirdly specific fever dream into a reality, creating gorgeous renditions of Halo: Combat Evolved’s second and fourth levels—“Halo” and “The Silent Cartographer”, respectively—in Ark: Survival Evolved. Lots of evolution going…

The City Of The Future

Derek Weselake is a freelance concept artist and illustrator who works in both the video game and film industries. One of his specialiteis is environment design, and I particulalry dig his takes on a future city: it’s nice seeing something that sits a little more realistically between the two stereotypes of “grimy cyberpunk” and “glistening…

Destiny Cosplayer Grinds Endlessly To Create Perfect Outfit

Imagine if cosplay was more like Destiny. You find just the right fabric, walk to the cashier, pay your money…and open the bag to find a packet of nails. Lucky it’s not, then, and Italian cosplayer Fred Props was able to actually make the stuff he wanted for this amazing Hunter outfit. You should check…

What Are You Playing This August?

Ah, August. The height of the summer, and the graceful slide into fall. Summer might be my favorite time for playing video games. It’s the time when I really feel like I’ve got options—Fall’s frantic keeping-up-with-the-Jonesesness is as far away as it’ll ever be, and we’ve simply got time to relax and play what we…

Track: Rock Bottom | Artist: Eminem | Album: The Slim Shady LP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: God is War | Artist: All Pigs Must Die | Album: God is War Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Halo: The Tiny Chief Collection

Back in 2012, we featured the art of Michael Pedro, who had worked on Halo 4. In the three years since, he’s been busy. Having then moved onto the Master Chief Collection, he’s got way more art to show off, both from Halo and other stuff. You can see more of Pedro’s work at his…

This Week In The Business: A Shitload of Pip-Boys

QUOTE | “We made a shitload of Pip-Boys, and we went back and made more, and went back and made more.” – Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines, explaining why there won’t be any more of the Fallout 4 accessories QUOTE | “The immediate reaction when someone asks you to take on a Star Wars game,…

Jesus, Batman, What Did You Do To This Guy?

Today on Highlight Reel we have bad guys turned into grotesque monsters, Rocket League assists, drunk missiles 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 – Two Heavy Novas…

Track: Sæglópur (“Lost At Sea”) | Artist: Sigur Rós | Album: Takk… (Thanks…) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Well, That’s One Way To Fight A War

Ignacio Fernández Ríos is a concept artist from Spain who has worked on games like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Clive Barker’s Jericho You can see more of Ignacio’s 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…

Terrific Ciri Cosplay Brings The Witcher 3 To Life

Is it too late to make this the International Week Of Witcher Cosplay? Because only a day after that awesome Yenn comes an equally impressive Ciri. Not only is the cosplay job and photography outstanding, but they went the extra mile to really nail the location, heading out deep into the woods in Washington to…

New Steam Hit Is Basically Horror Hide And Seek

I just got done playing a few matches of Dead Realm, and I’m shaking. Admittedly, it could be the fact that I’ve consumed waaaay too much coffee in the past couple hours, but the multiplayer horror game’s tension definitely got to me. Currently in Steam’s top ten best sellers, Dead Realm is basically hide and…

Clicker Games Are Suddenly Everywhere On Steam

It all started with Clicker Heroes. Or maybe Adventure Capitalist. Now things are getting out of hand. In the past few weeks, there’s been a veritable explosion of clicker games—that is, games where you mostly click on stuff until it dies to progress, slowly but surely leveling up to improve your clicking prowess—on Steam. Among…

Watch A Speedrunner Break The Hell Out Of Earthbound 

Did you know that if you press the right buttons in the right order, you can manipulate Earthbound’s random enemies into doing whatever you’d like? No? Now you know. Last night, as part of the annual Summer Games Done Quick marathon, speedrunner Aurilliuxshowed off some of the incredible things he can do in the classic…

Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Help, I’m Hopeless With Women And I Hate Myself

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column to graduate top of its class from Transylvania Polygnostic University. This week, we have a question that comes up a lot: How do you keep your lack of dating success from curdling into resentment in your soul? What does it take to break out…

Redditor Badwxlf made a BioShock cake for a friend, even doing some research before baking it—by grabbing the three games during the Steam Summer sale and taking screenshots while playing. It has a Big Daddy and a Gatherer’s Garden vendor made out of Rice Krispies, so it’s probably delicious. More photos below. Dayshot is an…

Track: X-Ray Visions | Artist: Clutch | Album: Psychic Warfare Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

An Evangelion Masterpiece

Kyonghwan “Tahra” Kim is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Korea. Good thing he’sgot a book collecting his work already, because it saves me asking for one. You can see more of Kim’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

Damn.

Mad Max: Fury Road meets Fallout 4. It’s a predictable mash-up, but fucking hell, ✪ King Mrakobez did it up in grand style. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything…