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Alien: Isolation’s Character Art Is Just The Best

It featured in my roundup of the best art of the year, so it’s only fair that Callum Alexander Watt’s work on Alien Isolation gets its own spotlight here on Fine Art. Watt is one of my favourite artists on the planet, with a comic-book style that gives his character art real punch. You can…

Kotaku’s Favorite Albums Of 2014

You’ve seen (and heard) what we thought was the best video game music of 2014. Now be subjected to what we thought was the best music music of 2014. Regular contributors to our regular Kotaku Soundtrack feature have got together and nominated their favourite albums for the year, which are listed below. As are the…

Surviving a GTA V Explosion with Style

Today on Highlight Reel, we have some cool plays from the Halo 5: Guardians beta, a fantastic Counter-Strike: GO bomb defuse and a novel way to survive the most intense plane crash in GTA V Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out,…

Nathan Drake Thinks He’s On An Album Cover

In which, for a fleeting moment, Nathan Drake is convinced he’s the other Drake. The above image, and everything below, are the work of Frank Tzeng, an artist at Naughty Dog who we’ve actually featured beforefor his uncanny Walter White portraits. But you know, since he works at Naughty Dog, Frank also gets to work…

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The Week In Games: Now Sony’s Just Showing Off

Here I am, trying to blip the Week in Games because nothing’s coming out this week except for a couple of Wii U eShop games, and Sony rolls up and drops six titles on Tuesday. Typical. They’re all downloadable titles, mind you, and several are just ports from one platform to the other. The point…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: What’s In The Box?

This is not an expression one wants to see on Christmas morning. What could possibly upset this vaguely Chris Evans-ish model so? That’s up to this week’s ‘Shop contest participants. We’re keeping it simple one last time in 2014. We’ve got a picture of a man who seems very upset with the open holiday gift…

Sunday Comics: The Goat Hurler 

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 December 16 as the first of a five-part comic. Hit the link for parts 2-5! Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ultimate Holiday Gaming Sweater: Winners!

In the spirit of this festive holiday season, last week I asked our ‘shop-savvy readers to design the most wonderful ugly video game holiday sweater of them all. I’d wear every one of these, all at once, with this Bad Dudes one on top. Thanks to the magic of putting extra text in the winner…

This Week In The Business: A Slap In The Face

QUOTE | “We got slapped in the face after the launch of the game.” – CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski, talking about the rocky reception the PC version of Lords of the Fallen received due to stability problems Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I sometimes feel that…

AI Drivers in The Crew Are Reckless

Today on Highlight Reel, we have reckless NPCs in The Crew, a great SRAW shot in Battlefield 4 and a bit of realness in the wacky playground that is GTA V Raiding in style – NickMin696 This Titan seemed really anti-cheesing. – camconut The Crew – Caution!!! – wigglecandy epicsraw – thornbottle Incredible Sliding Defense…

The Folks Who Made Mad Men’s Intro Also Make Game Trailers

Imaginary Forces is a creative design studio that works on all kinds of stuff, from trailers to game logos. You might have seen their God of War clip, but you’ve definitely seen their Marvel work, as it’s the “flipbook” animation that plays before every one of the company’s superhero movies. Oh, and they also did…

The Internet Reacts To Minecraft: Story Mode

Nobody expected Telltale to announce a “narrative driven” take on Minecraft this morning.Thing is, while seemingly everyone loves playing Minecraft, nobody is playing the game because of the story. That’s exactly what’s causing the partnership between Telltale and Minecraft to look like it’s coming from left field. While Telltale’s track record with games like The…

​Ask Dr. Nerdlove: Help, My Sex Life Is Dead

Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the one dating advice column run by newest designated Green Lantern for Sector 2814. This week, we’re talking about self-care. It’s easy to get caught up in relationship drama and not realize how much of a toll it’s taking on you. Sometimes you need to be willing to…

Nice Paintjob, Robots!

Gennaro Grazioso is a character modeller and a concept artist working in the video game business. Which means we’re getting a nice mix tonight! Normally the work I post here is rather specialised, but there’s both 3D and 2D stuff here, and it’s all excellent. You can see more of Gennaro’s work at his personal…

Someone Built A Replica Of The Weird New Star Wars Lightsaber

Since the internet seems to be getting overthe reveal of Kylo Ren’s weird, three-bladed lightsaber from the Force Awakens trailer, perhaps now is a good time for people to show off that they’ve gone and replicated the thing in real life. Prop maker Makoto Tsai has fashioned this pretty decent remake of the “claymore” lightsaber,…

The Year In Snacktaku

The year 2014 is nearly behind us, soon to be nothing more than a series of memories of the things we’ve eaten, places we’ve eaten and people we’ve watched eat. Join us as Snacktaku looks back at the year inside the world’s stomachs. Snacktaku Reviews Our bread and butter, only better than that. Bread and…

A Bonkers GTA V Skydiving Stunt

In today’s Highlight Reel we have a fantastic GTA V skydiving stunt, less-than-stellar Battlefield 4 starts and some great strategy in Insurgency. Worst spawn point ever – pachinger GTA5 First Person Skydiving Stunt – ash0191 Aggressive Tactics – Ortadragon01 Iron Banner Sniper Shenanigans AKA Fool Me Once – MoneyLoo Air Tank Splatter – Not A…

How One Company Spent Millions on a Gaming Mouse

There’s a room on Logitech’s bright, modern-looking campus in Lausanne, Switzerland full of contraptions specifically designed to torture PC hardware. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Pneumatically-powered metal rods insistently click on mouse buttons and clack on mechanical keyboards, faster than any human hand. One machine hammers keyboard keys 6 times a second, endlessly,…

The Art Of Assassin’s Creed Unity

It’s a busted game, but it’s also a very pretty game, so tonight let’s just focus on the latter with this collection of art from Assassin’s Creed Unity. The pieces you’re seeing here all appear in the game’s official art book, by Titan. Artist credits appear underneath their respective images. To see the larger pics…