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This Week In The Business: The PlayStation 4 Redemption

QUOTE | “PlayStation 4 was such a great redemption… making that platform such a success quite frankly contributed to me being more comfortable with getting on to the rest of my career.” – Former Sony Computer Entertainment head Jack Tretton, reflecting on his 19 years at Sony and his new role on the advisory board…

​What Are You Playing This Month?

It’s June. No, really! Summer has fully arrived, and 2014 is basically halfway over. I can’t believe it either. I’ve been having a good time checking in on what you all are playing each month, and this month will be no different. There are a few good things out at the moment – I’m currently…

Track: Gasoline Dreams Artist: OutKast Album: Stankonia Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Let’s Take A Minute And Appreciate How Pretty This Art Is

Alberto Mielgo is one of the greats. Artist, animator, illustrator, art director, he’s done it all, and done it for companies like Disney, PlayStation, Dreamworks, Xbox and the BBC. Oh, and he also won an Emmy for his work on the beautiful Tron: Uprising. While the normal thing to do here is post a gallery…

The Internet Reacts To Luigi’s Death Stare

Luigi’s Death Stare is everywhere right now—people are in love with Luigi’s cold, menacing gaze in Mario Kart. This fascination inevitably means there’s lots of fan-art and hilarious GIFs floating around of Luigi on the internet. Let’s take a look, shall we? Mind, none of what’s highlighted here is a straight up Luigi Death Stare…

Track: Idioteque | Artist: Radiohead | Album: Kid A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Art (Well, Some Of The Art) From Watch Dogs

So, the game itself is…OK . But the beauty of this concept art feature is that the quality of a game is irrelevant. We’re here for the 2D imagery, not the 3D interactivity. The images you see below are all taken from the game’s big official art book, which has been available for a couple…

Attack On Titan Cosplay Terrorizes The Streets Of Tokyo

D Piddy, who you may know from his Deadpool videos, has left the Marvel universe behind here for something a little bigger In this clip, he dresses as Attack on Titan’s signature Colossal Titan and…dances around the streets of Tokyo. Where the people react about as you’d expect given a strange man in a skin-tight…

Godzilla Cosplay Crushes Cities With Its Brilliance

Sean Sumagaysay’s Godzilla outfit is one of the most technically impressive pieces of cosplay I’ve ever seen. Not only does he look like the giant monster, but thanks to the design of the suit he can move like it too. While images make him look like an expensive statue brought in to market the release…

Track: A Song For The Dead | Album: Songs For The Deaf | Artist: Queens of the Stone Age Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Best Video Game Art Of 2014 Is A Treat For The Eyeballs

Every year, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) get together to select the very best in professional video game art. Here are their picks for 2014. They’ll form part of the Into The Pixel exhibition, which is held every year during E3. Just like it will this…

The best days are the days you see someone cosplaying as Kiki. Model is KinokoArthLiddell, photo by Ivan Calderoni.

Blue Sky Revolver

Christian Bravery was one of the first artists we ever featured here on Fine Art. But hey, that was over two years ago, which in internet years is like forever So let’s see what he’s been up to since. You can see more of Christian’s work at his personal/studio site and his ArtStation page. To…

The Most Disgusting Oreos I’ve Ever Tasted

You’re looking at an extreme close-up of the horrid goo smushed between the vanilla cookies of the Limited Edition Fruit Punch Oreos. It looks like meat paste. Meat paste would probably taste better. This is now a Snacktaku review of the Limited Edition Fruit Punch Oreos — this is a cautionary tale. See this package?…

Play Of The Day: Watch Dogs

The best way to end a chase in Watch Dogs I lost count on how many retries just to do this [Reddit]

Track: 0 To 100 / The Catch Up | Album: Single | Artist: Drake Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Get Your Gun | Album: The Fifty Year Storm | Artist: The New Law Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

ver1sa as Princess Zelda. Photo by Anton Kirsanov.

The Horror Of Steampunk Fart Suits

Dmitry Klyushkin is a Russian artist who works at the Saint Petersburg branch of Saber, the developers behind Inversion and TimeShift. I love how he’s able to switch between gritty, complicated stuff (like his Cryptids work) and a colourful cartoon style so effortlessly. You can see more of Dmitry’s work at his Facebook page and…

Erotic Adventures In Star Wars Cosplay

I’m pretty sure that, bacta tanks and protocol droids aside, I’ve never seen a Star Wars character take a proper bath before. So for all I know, this is normal. And if it’s not, at least now we know why Tk-421 wasn’t at his post. We’ve got Vavalika, DobbiSallozare and CH-Design to thank for the…