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Castle Mœbius Looks Fun

Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe is an artist based in Germany who has done work for game studios like BioWare and Firaxis. You can see more of Ruwwe’s work at his ArtStationpage. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…

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Awesome Evie Fry Cosplay, Assassin

My new favourite Assassin gets the cosplay she deserves from Elanor-Elwyn. Look at those weapons! That jacket! Photos by Shaadorian

Undertale now has an official jazz album. Like “Determination,” the first Toby-Fox-sanctioned Undertale cover album, “Live at Grillby’s” takes a bunch of Undertale’s most memorable tracks and reimagines them—this time with gorgeous jazz. I bet Greater Dog is secretly a bomb-ass sax player.

Guild Wars 2 Cosplay Includes 9-Foot-Tall Golem

Guild Wars fan Enayla has outdone herself here. Not only has she gone and made a fantastic Asura costume, but she built the accompanying Golem as well. A Golem that’s nine-feet-tall. The Golem can’t walk (at least not yet, anyway), but it has been wired so that its gems light up. Enayla can also clamber…

XCOM Snake Alien Can Bust A Move

Today on Highlight Reel we have rhythmic snake monsters, loafing Assassin’s Creed workers, Black Ops 3 mistakes, and much more. Watch the video above or on our Youtube page, 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. Fallout…

Endciv Is Like A Fallout Version Of SimCity

Endciv is a post-apocalyptic city builder with a focus on, you know, surviving. Think Banished meets SimCity meets Fallout The game recently popped up on Steam Greenlight, and though it’s fairly early, it’s already looking pretty solid: Here’s what it’s about: “In a world where civilization suffered from weather phenomena and collapsed financial markets, a…

Snacktaku Judges Lay’s ‘Flavor Swap’ Potato Chips

Eight flavors enter, four flavors leave. The latest in Lay’s interactive marketing is the Flavor Swap, pitting tried and true potato chip flavors against newcomers across four categories—BBQ, spice, cheese and heat. Let’s do this. The stakes are high in the Flavor Swap event, with four classic flavors on the line. Should they hold up,…

Track: “Megalovania” (Vocal Piano Cover // Undertale) | Artist: Adriana “adrisaurus” Figueroa & ChrystalChameleon | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Persona 3, You’re Looking Very Real

Shigenori Soejima’s art for the Persona series is some of the best in all of video games, but like anything else it’s always fair game for some reinterpretation. This is Blair Armitage’s take on Persona 3’s wonderful Aigis/Aegis, whose quirks, rather than looking stranger in a more realistic style, actually just come off looking even…

The Week In Games: Spinning A Yarny

If anyone needs me this week I’ll be hanging around with my little Yarn doll. Or fighting against, with or as ninja. Possibly transforming into a dragon that I’ve been many times before. I might even watch some fires. But mainly it’s just yarndoll and chill. Tuesday, February 9 Arslan: The Warriors of Legend —…

Sunday Comics: Essential Death Lessons

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 February 4. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 1. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Money For Nothing

STAT | $794 million – The staggering size of Magic Leap’s latest investment round. The augmented reality company has yet to even announce a commercial product, but is already valued at $4.5 billion. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “These outstanding results were driven by robust sales of Grand Theft Auto…

Shadowrun: Hong Kong just got a free six-hour expansion. Shadowrun: Hong Kong – Extended Edition augments the cyberpunk tactical RPG with a bonus campaign, dev commentary, and numerous tiny improvements. If you already own Shadowrun: Hong Kong, it’s completely free. Nice one, Harebrained Schemes.

Ark: Survival Evolved Gets Grappling Hooks

Grappling hooks and dinosaurs, a match made in video game heaven. My inner 12 year-old, once deceased from overexposure to the dual radiations of responsibility and YouTube comments, lives once more. The latest update to the PC version of Ark, which should be arriving any moment now, adds grappling hooks, a kindly old dinosaur called…

Bro Fist Simulator Reveals The True Pain Of Being A Bro

This is Bro Fist Simulator, a game about the subtle art of the bro fist. Just remember: always close your fingers on contact. Bro Fist Simulator is a Steam Greenlight game that was developed as part of last weekend’s Global Game Jam. It’s pretty straightforward: “Bro Fist Simulator is here! You have one button for…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Another week on the books! Another weekend looms! Let’s play some video games. Holy cow man, the games are piling up. Remember when the January/February window was considered a slow period for new games? Yeah, me neither. Between the stuff that recently came out and the stuff that’s about to, I’m absolutely drowning in games…

Thought there wasn’t gonna be another big Steam sale for a bit? Think again. The Steam Lunar New Year sale just kicked off, and it runs until Feb 12th. You can discover new games through a cute themed text adventure. Or you can buy nothing at all if your wallet—like mine—is still tired from the…

Track: Stupid Lullabies | Artist: Swingin Utters | Album: Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Men, Women & Killer Robots Of Black Ops III

Karakter, a design studio we’ve featured here before on Fine Art, were asked by Activision to do some promo work for Black Ops III. I like their posters here better than I liked the actual game. These images, done while the game was still in development, had to “anticipate the final look of each character,…