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It’s Yennefer of Vengerberg From The Witcher 3

We’ve seen some good Witcher cosplay lately—unsurprising, given the love folks have for the characters and their snappy outfits—but you don’t see many people trying to take on Yenn. Cosplayer Niamash doesn’t give a shit, though, and along with photographer Catherine Badulina took it on and killed it in this shoot. You can see some…

Evel Knievel Is Jealous, GTA Stunt Guy

Today on Highlight Reel we have last-second Rocket League saves, really cool GTA stunts, floating Grim Fandango NPCs 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. Battlefield 4 – Ain’t…

Notorious Team Fortress 2 Hacker Says He Regrets What He’s Done

A couple days ago, the Team Fortress 2 community came across a video of a notorious hacker getting a taste of his own medicine. They were ecstatic. Responses ranged from “serves him right” to “fuck that guy.” The hacker goes by the handle Max Box, and—despite the fact that he’s created a veritable infamy factory…

Track: Where Ya At | Artist: Future, Drake | Album: Dirty Sprite 2 (DS2) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Hidden Power Of Oreo Thins

Here at Snacktaku we don’t usually condone playing with your food, but Nabisco’s new Oreo Thins make it too easy. In this video I uncover two secrets. The first is that the new skinny Oreos have the ability to connect together like building blocks to create complex shapes. This might seem like a trivial discovery,…

Watch The Weeklong Summer Games Done Quick Charity Speedrun Marathon 

Forget the sun. Forget the beach. Hang out with us and watch more than 140 video games being speedrun to benefit Doctors Without Borders during the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick Marathon. Easily one of my most eagerly anticipated annual events, the summer companion to January’s Awesome Games Done Quick tournament is an excellent reason…

I Love What You’ve Done With The Place

Ian Jun Wei Chiew is an artist currently working at Sony’s Sucker Punch. In the past he’s worked on games like Forza 6 and a bunch of other stuff that hasn’t even been announced yet. His art is…well, just look at it. So fresh and so clean. You can see more of Ian’s work at…

The Swindle‘s Randomized Stealth Is Loads Of Fun

Should I care about The Swindle? Yes. It’s randomized stealth, a heist game that could last you until the end of time (but probably won’t). What’s it about? It’s the past-present steampunk future, and in 100 days The Man is gonna deploy a security system so advanced that cool-ass heisters with cool-ass heist zeppelins won’t…

The Most Entertaining Speedrun For A Game You’ve Never Heard Of

On the left we have aspiring voice actor Patrick “Patty” Cullens, aka PCULL, whose mother may or may not have been murdered by a windmill. On the right is MrWeables, who possibly lives in a rustic castle with Will Ferrell. They’re playing a game you’ve probably never heard of, and they’re hilarious. Part of the…

Tetris Grandmaster Takes On The Weirdest Game Mode I’ve Ever Seen

In its most vanilla, near-ubiquitous form, Tetris is already a near perfect video game that challenges you to be smart and fast in increasingly hard fashion. The stuff that gets thrown at you in an ultra-hard arcade version is mind-blowing. Blocks that need to be cleared twice. A stack that flips around. Let’s watch one…

The Art Of Game Of Thrones: Season 5

Karakteris a German studio who have been working with HBO on Game of Thronessince the show’s inception. They’ve just sent along some of the stuff they did for season 5, which means snow zombies One of the things the team did was to for the first time create their concepts as 3D spaces, which meant…

Track: Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See | Artist: Busta Rhymes |Album: When Disaster Strikes Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Never Stop Rapping Over Nintendo Soundtracks, Drake

The past few days have been hugely important for the Drake fans among us. They’ve been even more hugely important for the Nintendo game-loving Drake fans among us. The weekend was a major event for the latter group because, as Kill Screen editor Clayton Purdom notedthis morning, it’s the second time this year that the…

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Manuel Dupong is a concept artist, matte painter and illustrator who is part of the Sense Collective You can see more of Manuel’s work at his ArtStation page and personal site 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…

Hi. It’s Time For Cool Cosplay Photos.

We’ve showcased his work a few times here on Cosplay, but always as part of some other post, so it’s about time we gave kick-ass photographer York In A Box his own feature I love how all of his pics seem to pop, like the camera (and colour work) turns everyone into a highly-detailed action…

The Week In Games: A Knight To Remember

It’s been around 17 years since we’ve gotten a new game in Sierra’s classic King’s Quest series. I’d say we’re due. Plenty of nifty titles arriving this week, but my eyes keep settling on King’s Quest, one of the earliest PC games I can remember playing that wasn’t completely text-based. The Odd Gentlemen’s new game…

Sunday Comics: Crawling Up Your Leg

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published July 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 20. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

The Original Transformers Combiner Is Back And Bigger Than Ever

I didn’t make it to Comic-Con 2015, but there was no way the show was going to pass without taking a pass at some of Hasbro’s Transformers exclusives, including the return of the original Decepticon combiner terror, Devastator. Every year Hasbro for Comic-Con Hasbro announces what is basically my shopping list and something from Jem.…

This Week In The Business: Third Time’s The Charm

QUOTE | “I believe that it is very difficult to immediately build up a big IP…. you need at least three games before you can tell whether an IP is going to be really successful or not.” – Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda, explaining his Law of Third Titles for AAA games. Elsewhere in the…

Fans Discover Creepy Scrapped Skyrim Features, Add Them Back In

At one point in its development, Skyrim was gonna be a lot more… macabre. Digging through game files, Skyrim fans uncovered two scrapped features that would’ve made NPC death a bit more meaningful. Once upon a time, the fantasy role-playing mega-behemoth was set to include haunting and mourning. Here’s how they work: Haunting: when a…