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Grand Theft Auto V Just Broke My Heart

Thanks a lot, AVEENTOR. I didn’t need these eyes for not sobbing salty waterfalls everywhere or anything. 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 cool on Steam or would like…

Destiny Cosplay Looks Snuggly Enough For A Russian Wasteland

rykkeris a cosplayer who is also a big Bungie fan. He’s done some fantastic Halo cosplay in the past, but his latest outfit pays homage to Destiny. Photos by William Tan

Kill Everyone. Go Back In Time. Do It Again: The Video Game

You’re trapped in time. The same day won’t stop repeating itself, even if you ask it really nicely or, you know, die. You have absolute freedom. What do you do? Garbage Day is an upcoming Steam hopeful inspired by the film Groundhog Day and this infamously godawful bit from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. Think…

Track: With That | Artist: Young Thug, Duke | Album: Barter 6 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Longest Game In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive History

One game. Six overtimes. 88 goddamn rounds. Consensus says it’s the longest single game of pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ever. It was supposed to be a one-sided mismatch. exceL eSports, a team that some felt didn’t even deserve to be competing in the ESL UK Premiership, was matched against Team XENEX, a UK team of…

Steam isn’t free anymore. If you’ve been living under a rock (or in a cramped car, like I have for the past few days), you’ll be interested to know that Valve is now walling off certain Steam features until you’ve spent at least $5 in the store. The reason? To curve spamming and scamming. Read…

The Robots Are Now Coming For Our Pokémon World Records

Right now, there’s a bot on Twitch playing through Pokémon Red. Its goal? To try to beat the current human world record for playing through Pokémon Red as fast as possible, without the use of any glitches. That record is currently held by Pokémon player Exarion, who has sped through Red in 1 hour and…

Sandstorm Katarina, from League of Legends. Cosplay by nadyasonika, photo by Ignacio Mendoza.

Death From Above

Andy Fisher is an artist who has done work for companies like EA, Dark Horse, Intel and Code Monkeys, along with some comic and illustration stuff as well. You can see more of Andy’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

GTA V‘s Franklin Just Cannot Get Past A Fence

On today’s Highlight Reel we have fence failures, fast Bloodborne deaths, boomerang rebar, train rides 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. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First…

The Crazy Urban Legend of the Killer Arcade Machine

Let me tell you a story. It involves an arcade game, the CIA, epilepsy, suicide and one of the greatest urban legends in all of video gaming. Long before the internet existed as we know it today, and long before more contemporary hoaxes about creepy video games, came the story of Polybius. It existed in…

We’ve featured both Paul Chadeisson and Strike Vector on Fine Art before, but hoo boy, I couldn’t see this incredible image—done by Paul for the game’s move to Xbox One and PS4—and not share it.

Shadow Of The Colossus Cosplay Is Not Screwing Around

Yup, that’s a real horse. I mean, that in itself is not new. We seepeople go to the trouble of using real horses all time in cosplay. But this one is actually being seriously ridden around, which is cool; Wander (cosplayer Rebecka H.T, aka Darkesttears) has around ten years experience with horses, so knows what…

The Week In Games: For All The Assassin’s Creed Chronicles In China

Available this week on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a game that reminds me I have yet to finish Assassin’s Creeds Black Flag, Unity or Rogue. Yippee. My AC backlog has grown pretty fierce, largely due to the fact that I cannot play the game in my living room without one of my three-year-olds…

April 19 is National Garlic Day in the States. Why not celebrate with a roasted garlic ice cream cake, chocolate garlic cream pie, or just grab a spoon and dig into a jar of roasted garlic white wine jelly. Garlic: it’s nature’s candy.

Sunday Comics: Uncomfortable And Disturbed

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 April 17. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: No Time For Consoles

QUOTE | “The real issue is by 2019 whether Sony and Microsoft will still be relevant in the game space.” – Analyst David Cole, talking about his company’s new global industry report which lowers their forecast for consoles and raises it for PC and mobile games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past…

GTA Cars, Accidentally Brought To Life

On today’s Highlight Reel we have population explosions, skeptical fatalities, flying peasants, slow motion car explosions 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 below. Assassin’s Creed Unity – AC Unity PS4…

What’s The Worst Troll You’ve Encountered?

Over a game of some Call of Duty, someone once asked me if I worked at Hooters. Because I am a woman with a woman’s voice and this is a thing you ask people, I guess? Shockingly, that’s one of the few “troll” stories I have to share from my time gaming with people online.…

Drawing Spaceships The Old-Fashioned Way

Jeff Zugale is a concept artist who has been working in and around the video game business for over a decade. Currently at Blind Squirrel Games, he’s also done ad work on series like Call of Duty and Super Mario. He’s currently giving me vivid high school flashbacks with a project where he’s drawing one…