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Assassin’s Creed Cosplayer May As Well Be An Actual Assassin

I’ve seen some qualityAssassin’s Creed cosplay in my time, but the work of Jamie Oakley is a sight to behold. It’s not just the volume of Assassin’s Creed gear that he’s produced that impresses, but the detail across all of it. As fantastic as many cosplay outfits look from a distance and in good lighting,…

Making A Destiny Helmet Seems Like A Grind

Prop maker Gary Sterley has put this video together showing the amount of work that goes into just one aspect of making a quality Destiny helmet. So, yeah, if you’ve ever wondered why it’s so expensive to buy one of these custom pieces, now you know. Labour costs The timelapse shots are handy! If only…

​What Are You Playing This February?

It’s February! That magical month where we all start to feel like maybe winter will end… and then the weather turns, and it’s super awful and dark and cold again. Last month I forgot about this post and wound up running it in the middle of the month, but I’m determined to get us all…

Guy Beats All of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out Blindfolded

For some reason, high-level gamers like to take on Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out blindfolded. Folks have gotten awfully close to beating everyone including Mike Tyson without their eyes. But this latest attempt looks the first one to actually do it. To clarify, Sinister1’s attempt at Awesome Games Done Quick 2o14 got him all the way up…

Sadly, This Sumo Scene Didn’t Make It Into Big Hero 6

Ryan Lang is an artist we featured a while back for his work on Wreck-it-Ralph, but now that Big Hero 6 is out, which he also helped out on, it’s time to take another look at his stuff. These images are part of Lang’s contribution to the look and feel of the movie. There are…

DOTA‘s Early Days Were Rough

DOTA 2 is one of the biggest games on Steam. It’s also the centerpiece of one of the biggest annual tournaments in all of eSports. And yet, once upon a time its most dedicated players resigned themselves to the idea that they’d probably never make a cent off it. Pro gaming behemoth Na`Vi put together…

Fantasy Darth Vader Costume Is Ready For The Dark Ages

Prince Armory have made this amazing Darth Vader costume, which doesn’t just look great but has enough detail to maybe actually work as an actual suit of armour. Though your protection against lightsabers may be limited. The entire suit is articulated, so it can be worn while you run around pretending to choke peasants and…

Video Game Car Crash Survivor Should Buy A Lottery Ticket

In Highlight Reel today we have some close calls in The Crew, stylish ways to kill zombies in Dying Light, a Life Is Strange mashup 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…

The Week In Games: GameBob ThronePants

What I am trying to say here is I really wanted to use a screenshot from the second episode of Telltale’s Game of Thrones series here, but all I could find was SpongeBob HeroPants. We do what we can. We’ve got a relatively quiet seven days ahead of us, Game of Thrones aside, with a…

Sunday Comics: With Divine Porpoise

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 January 30. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Free-To-Start

QUOTE | “As we look to the future, we believe a very big part of our player base will expect a free-to-start experience.” – EA CEO Andrew Wilson, talking about how EA is considering ways to let people try games for free with a variety of business models Elsewhere in the business of video games…

How To Deliver A Gas Tanker Like A Winner

In Highlight Reel today we have a load of Dying Light clips, some explosive gas tankers in GTA V, parachute skateboarding action in H1z1 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…

Everything You Know About Nacho Cheese Is Wrong

Here’s a simple question. Do you know what nacho cheese is? As it turns out, whatever it is that you use to define “nacho cheese” is probably wrong. Yesterday, Bloomberg published a mind-blowing article about the nature of nacho cheese. Get this: nobody, not even the people who make nacho-flavored things, or people who make…

No One Can Figure Out What’s Up With This Bizarre Steam Account

Recently a bunch of people stumbled across a mysterious Steam account that’s part of nearly 200,000 groups. It’s level zero and has only one friend. It’s the strangest goddamn thing. It’s also a little creepy, if I’m being honest. The account was originally unearthed by a Reddit user who was looking for an account associated…

Skyrim Mod Lets You Marry Creepy Wooden People

I do not like the implications of Skyrim‘s craftable followers/NPCs mod. Not one bit. You can create life—give birth to fully formed adult wooden children—and then marry them if you so please. I can’t believe I even need to say this, but don’t marry your wooden children, people. OK, aside from the unholy matrimony, this…

10 Reasons Why Link From Zelda is Actually Kind of a Dick

Link, the green-capped hero from The Legend of Zelda series, is one of gaming’s most enduring, best loved, and iconic creations. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Fans have gladly followed the stoic elven hero throughout the years on his journeys across the land of Hyrule from their humble 8-bit beginnings, to save the…

Nintendo’s Kick-Ass 1966 Board Game

Before they made video games, Nintendo made loads of other sweet stuff. One of the sweetest was this Ultraman board game, which has art that looks as awesome today as it did in 1966. As you can see in the gallery on Before Mario, the game — released using the old “Nintendo Game” logo —…

There is a RoboCop mod for contemplative Steam puzzler The Talos Principle Because of course there is, right?

That’s Not How Fighting Works, UFC Game 

Today on Highlight Reel we have some impossible UFC and WWE moves, a fantastic Destiny save, flying sergeants in Halo 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. Hard Crota Raid…