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The Week In Games: Gimme Back That Sky

No Man’s Sky? Bullshit. I’ve got a deed and everything, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from failed science fiction television show theme songs, it’s that you can’t take it from me. It seems like a challenge, this No Man’s Sky. Everybody’s Sky would have been a much nicer title. Or maybe Sky For…

Sunday Comics: You’re Mine

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 August 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 1. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: “We Need To Make Money”

QUOTE | “We need to make money. That’s the motivation. Computer games make money.” – Seaman designer Yoot Saito, explaining why his company is returning to game development after several years building apps. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “We don’t know much about monetisation, and quite frankly we aren’t interested…

Destiny’s Rise of Iron Expansion Sounds Promising

On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I talked about one of our favorite subjects: Late 60s free jazz. No, wait, I mean Destiny! It was definitely Destiny. Specifically, we discussed next month’s Rise of Iron expansion. Game Informer ran a big cover-story blowout on the expansion, so Jason and I talked about some of…

Valve Closes Steam Cheating Loophole

Steam’s VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) and game ban systems can block people from playing games they’ve cheated in, no questions asked. But where there’s a will to break the rules, there’s almost always a way. One tactic Steam cheaters use is to stockpile giftable versions of games on one account (often during Steam sales) and then…

Overwatch Has Some Great Skins

Tonight's Fine Art looks at the work of Airborn Studios

Track: Dark As A Dungeon | Artist: Willie Nelson | Album: Country Music Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Mr. Harley Quinn

This is not-wild with some sharp genderbending on Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn design. Photo by jotape Vaz

Bad Girls

Surprise, Suicide Squad sucks. Here’s some quality DC villain cosplay to start to set things right. Harley Quinn is Ryoko-demon, Poison Ivy is Reiand Catwoman is Yaya Han. Photos by Kifir

Nothing like some Slam Dunk cosplay to end a rough day with. Cosplay by Drefan Cosplay, Kenneth “Lilaeroplane” Ting, Skyy, Gurei & Kuroki Renn. Photo by Vaxzone

This is cosplayer Shan Claw as Umbreon. You know, the hunky, Ancient Egyptian Pokémon.

Mario vs The Legions Of Hell

In the US, Nintendo Power magazine had a monthly comic called Howard & Nester. It was, with one exception, totally kid-friendly. Cotton candy and rainbows. In Germany, however, they had their own comics in the official magazine Club Nintendo One comic in particular – called Die Nacht des Grauens (The Night of Horror), from 1996…

Overwatch‘s Gibraltar Map, Recreated In Team Fortress 2

No, Overwatch is not just “Blizzard’s version of Team Fortress 2” like some folks expected it to be. Still, you’ve gotta admit there’s some overlap. A Steam user named Srpski Čekić took that comparison to its logical conclusion with a remarkably faithful recreation of the escort map from Overwatch’s Watchpoint: Gibraltar. PC Gamer shot some…

It Probably Won’t Matter If The Nintendo NX Is ‘Underpowered’

Last week on Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason and I talked about whether or not it’ll really matter if Nintendo’s NX is less powerful than the competition. In the video below, we go more in-depth on the topic and talk about the NX in general. Very short version: Nah, it won’t really matter. Most of what we’re…

Podcast: Console Wars Suck

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re talking console wars, Destiny: Rise of Iron info, and much more. Join me and Kirk for a chat about the dumb culture of Xbox vs. Playstation vs. Nintendo, the recent Bungie info blowout for Destiny’s next expansion, and ergonomic desk chairs. Also: some Overwatch and Titanfall 2 talk. You can…

A Fresh Batch Of Beautiful Art From The Witcher 3

We’ve already run a massive showcase on the art of The Witcher 3, but today we’re getting a look at some fine work from the game’s universe that hasn’t been seen by anyone outside developers CD Projekt Red. Art dealers Cook & Becker have teamed up with the studio to release a series of 35…

Track: Technopolis | Artist: Yellow Magic Orchestra | Album: Solid State Survivor Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Track: Stranger Things Mixtape | Artist: DJ Yoda | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Here’s a cool Sword Art Online video by Cosplay Los Angeles and Anzu Ryusaki

Praise The Sun, Sir Samus Of Metroidia

This is sithodahbringing a little Dark Souls to his Metroid cosplay.