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Time For A Pit Stop

Woonyoung Jung is a Korean artist based in LA. You can see more of Jung’s work at his Tumblrand ArtStationpage. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…

Valve Changes Steam Reviews Again

Last week, Valve made some big changes to Steam reviews. Developers, especially, didn’t love them Developers were worried by the part where Steam would default to not showing reviews by people who received game keys from places like Kickstarter, as opposed to directly purchasing from Steam. Valve made the change to counter fraudulent reviews and…

Hi, The Witcher’s Triss Merigold 

A day may come when I stop posting The Witcher cosplay on this blog. An hour of wolves and shattered shields. But it is not this day. This is Madame Skunk in Triss’ Witcher 2 getup, who along with her partner Weasel cosplays in Germany as everything from Metal Gear to Borderlands to Dragon Age…

Mod Turns RimWorld Into A Lovecraftian Nightmare

In Steam sci-fi colony-building hit RimWorld, sanity is precious. Colonists have to deal with a lot of shit—from deceased loved ones to rampaging space turkeys—and they sometimes snap. H.P. Lovecraft also knows a thing or two about driving people to madness. Modder Jecrell added one of the more influential storytellers of the past century to…

1989 Sega Game Was A Racing Monstrosity

Let’s all go back in time. Before Sonic Boom, before the Dreamcast, before the Saturn. To a time when Sega was awesome, and as famous for their killer arcade games as their console efforts. This piece originally appeared 9/3/15. Specifically, we’re going to 1989, and the release of Sega Super Circuit, a game that you…

Video Games Are Better The Second Time You Play Them

Everyone remembers the first time they played a really good video game. The constant surprises of Half-Life, or the drama of Final Fantasy VI, or the stress and catharsis of Far Cry 2. As good as those games were the first time around, they’d almost certainly be better the second. Or the third. Or the…

Track: Kelly Watch The Stars | Artist: Air | Album: Moon Safari Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

That Time Space Ghost Gave Peter Molyneux Shit At E3

Thanks to Frank Cifaldi for pointing this out: there’s an archive online of a series of videos made for Gametap (ask your parents), in which Adult Swim’s Space Ghost interviews a bunch of people at E3, like Peter Molyneux, Bethesda’s Todd Howard and Peter Moore. Howard’s “we make power fantasies for adolescent males” might be…

When Steam’s Tagging System Goes Wrong

Come with me, friends. Come with me on a journey Study that image for a moment. You might notice that something’s not quite right about it. If you go to Steam’s front page, that “psychological horror” tag sticks out like a sore thumb as it clings precariously to True or False, a cute, animal-themed trivia…

Have Mercy, Overwatch Cosplay

While there is no shortage of folks cosplaying as Mercy’s default outfit, Hanehere has opted for her more devilish appearance, and done one…hell of a job. Sorry.

Overwatch Player Pulls Off Fantastic Deadeye

Today on Highlight Reel we have For Honor brutality, McCree plays, “stealth” kills, fouls, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Deus Ex: Mankind…

It’s A Great New Lego Star Wars Level, But It’s PlayStation-‘Exclusive’

Famous droid C3PO had a red arm In last year’s Star Wars The Force Awakens. The reason why was explained in a Marvel comic in April and then acted out in a bonus game level added to The Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens in August. The level is called “The Phantom Limb” and so…

The Queen Of The Battlefield

Lee Chak Khuen, aka Puppeteer Lee, is a freelance artist from Malaysia. You can see more of Lee’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best…

Toy Time Plays With Marvel Legends’ New X-Men Build-A-Figure Series

Hasbro’s excellent six-inch Marvel Legends line has relatively X-Men free since 2014’s paltry Toys’R’Us exclusive Jubilee series. Now Marvel’s mutant heroes return with eight figures and the parts to build the Juggernaut, bitch. Sorry, reflex The new X-Men line, showing up in stores as we speak, features eight heroes (or anti-heroes) coming together to battle…

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Disney vs Capcom

Come on, relevant licensing departments. If Square can make Kingdom Hearts, surely Capcom can kick some ass with a fighting game crossover. Cosplay by Azulette, photo by Peter Muñoz

When Your Cosplay Is Built To Protect You From Superheroes

It’s one thing to look like DC villain Deathstroke, it’s another to build your cosplay outfit so that it could actually protect you from Batman punching you in the head. Or…some guy smacking you around with a piece of timber. And an axe. This outfit/helmet is by Friggin Boom Toys, who shot the video below…

The Week In Games: Pumping Iron

Rise of Iron, the final expansion for the game everyone wishes people would stop talking about, and everyone else wishes they could stop playing, is almost upon us. My fingers are getting twitchy just thinking about it. But of course the fall is almost here as well, which means that for everyone who never wants…

Sunday Comics: Don’t Look Now

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 September 15. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 12. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…