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Valve Finally Cracks Down On One Of The Biggest Team Fortress 2 Cheats

LMAOBOX is the most prolific Team Fortress 2 cheat program. Or at least, it was. The cheat program touted “Customizable Aimbot features, including Invisible Aimbot and Projectile prediction for Bow, Rocket Launcher and others, specific Sniper options for instant headshots or legit gameplay, Auto-Airblast feature for Pyro with ping compensation and more.” For more than…

When Your Spaceship Can Build Other Spaceships

Prog Wang is an artist based in California who has done stuff with companies like id Software and design studio Gadget Bot. The top pic is a starship concept that’s esentially a giant 3D printer, able to make both its own ships and other printers, which it can drop onto planets to go printing more…

The Only Thing This Ant-Man Cosplay Doesn’t Do Is Shrink

That’s not an insanely detailed Hot Toys figure up there. Nor is it the product of a big-time Hollywood special effects division. This here Ant-Man costume was made by two very talented people. Rick Louis is the guy wearing the Ant-Man get-up in the video above, which was crafted by Eliza Eldredge of the Eldritch…

The Internet Reacts To Last Night’s Bombshell Game of Thrones

Damn. That sure was one hell of a Game of Thrones episode, huh? (SPOILERS AHEAD!) For months now, Game of Thrones fans have wanted to know one thing: is Jon Snow actually dead? Fans knew that resurrection was technically possible, and that a character like Melisandre, who is a priestess of the Lord of Light,…

A Low-Poly Weapon In A High-Poly World

Pixel Titans, the developers of throwback shooter Strafe, commissioned Harrison Krix to build this replica of one of the game’s weapons for them to give to a fan. Below is the actual in-game model for comparison. It’s always great seeing a project like this go from: to: to: There’sa full write-up and way more pics…

Track: Rings | Artist: Aesop Rock | Album: The Impossible Kid Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The First Order’s TIE Pilots Are Lookin’ Sharp

We get a lot of Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren cosplay around here, but master props builder Shawn Thorsson has turned his eye towards one of the cooler and more obscure designs from Force Awakens: the new TIE pilots. Beginning with 3D models, Thorsson built a few suits from scratch, making everything from the helmets…

The Week In Games: Big Bad Battleborn

For some reason every time I hear the name Battleborn the theme song to Big Bad Beetleborgs gets stuck in my head. I expect there’ll be a lot of that this week. Misery loves company. I’m looking forward to playing some Beetleborgs when it launches in North America tomorrow at midnight. Sunday, May 1 Michael…

Toy Time Plays With Captain America: Civil War LEGO Sets

Team Steve and Team Tony don’t face off on the big screen until May 6, but the battle has already begun on my desk, courtesy of LEGO’s trio of Captain America: Civil War sets. Expect really big things. Originally published 3/14/16. More Civil War Toy Time coming later this week! Before you watch the video…

Podcast: Nintendo Is Bumming Us Out

Even for longtime Nintendo fans, it’s hard not to feel burned by the Wii U, a console that never quite lived up to its potential. Sucks for people who bought one just for Zelda! Originally posted 4/28/16 Today on our podcast, Kotaku Splitscreen, Kirk and I talk about this week’s disappointing Nintendo news, and how…

Sunday Comics: Nice

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 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Lowered NX-pectations

QUOTE | “The challenge is that the roadmap for a successful Nintendo console is unclear.”—EEDAR analyst Patrick Walker, suggesting that Mario, Zelda and the like won’t be enough of a unique selling point to move the NX on their own Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… STAT | 800,000 – The number of…

Valve Steps Up Counter-Strike‘s Anti-Cheat Measures

Counter-Strike is one of the biggest competitive shooters on Earth, so of course, would-be cheaters flock to it like thieves to an Uncharted 4 delivery truck Counter-Strike has recently begun dabbling in phone-based account authentication. First and foremost, there’s been word of a beta for “Prime,” a feature that matches players who’ve linked their accounts…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s the end of the week. And the end of the month! That’s a lot of endings, which hopefully paves the way for an equal number of beginnings. Time to begin… some games! (Damn, that was a tortured lede.) I’m on the cusp of an extended vacation, during which time I’m sure I will miss…

Great Cascade is an open world game where characters remember and react to your decisions. It’s not like in, say, Mass Effect or The Witcher, where things are scripted. Everybody has their own traits, memories, and goals, all of which are randomized. It’s on Steam Greenlight right now, and it looks really cool.

Trying Not to Vomit While Playing A Rollercoaster VR Game

It’s a well known fact that VR gives some people motion sickness. So what did the creators of Garry’s Mod and Rust decide to do? Build a rollercoaster game and name it after vomiting, obviously. Here’s a video of me playing some of the game: What it is: Chunks is a voxel (think Minecraft) sandbox…

TFW You’ve Been Playing Dark Souls Until 4am

Roman Bondarenko is an artist working at Plarium, a studio that makes “hardcore” social games. And yes, that pic up top (full version below) is a personal piece that he says is “inspired by Dark Souls”. You can see more of Roman’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their…

Sweet Iron Man Cosplay, Guy Who Is Not Tony Stark

Looks like metal, doesn’t it? Iron Mark Props’ suit is actually painted EVA foam, cut to perfection to give that real nice “fitted” look. We’ve seen some good Iron Man cosplay here before, some of it downright spectacular, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one fit as perfectly as Robert Downey’s CG. If you…

Track: The Human I Am | Artist: This Good Robot | Album: The Light is Taking Me to Pieces Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sega Lets Modders Get Freaky With Its Classic Games

The secret biggest surprise of 2016 so far? Sega has added official mod/ROM hack support to the Steam version of Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. It’s a bold new world. Also a very, very strange one. Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics now has its own Steam Workshop (and a cool new nostalgia-tastic hub…