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This Week in the Business: ‘The Leading System of This Generation’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “The leading system of this generation.”—Research firm DFC Intelligence asserting that Sony’s PS4 will indeed be the number one selling console of the new generation, but the company doesn’t see PS4 surpassing the lifetime numbers of Wii or PS2. QUOTE |…

Track: Unspoken | Album: Ultraviolet | Artist: Kylesa Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

BioShock’s Characters Were Not Born. They Had To Be Made.

Gavin Goulden is a lead character artist at Irrational Games, where he’s most recently worked on both BioShock Infinite and its first major DLC, Burial At Sea. Priot to that, he’s worked on games such as Dead Rising 2, Dragon Age and FEAR 2. You can see more of his work at his personal site…

If A Batman Game Looked Like This, I Would Never Stop Playing

No offence to the guys making the latest Batman games, which look great in their own muscly way, but Batman is a comic book character. Wouldn’t it look cooler if the games looked more like a comic? Especially one this fantastic? These images are the work of Callum Alexander Watt, a British artist who we’ve…

Track: The Birds and the Bees | Album: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny | Artist: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Stone Letter | Album: Oddfellows | Artist: Tomahawk Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Some Artists Behind Game Of Thrones Take On An Xbox One Launch Game

We’ve covered the work of German studio Karakter beforehere on Fine Art, but since the company just finished up some work on Xbox One launch title Ryse – not to mention the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones – now’s as good a time as any for a fresh look at their stuff. The…

Memories Of Doom, By John Romero & John Carmack

Carmack and Romero haven’t worked together for nearly a decade and a half

Track: Hive | Artist: Earl Sweatshirt feat. Vince Staples & Casey Veggies | Album: Doris Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Spider Man, Shrugs & A Cancelled Video Game

Mikaël Léger is a freelance concept artist who works in both video games and comics. Some recent games he’s worked on include Injustice: Gods Among Us, Faith and a 45. and Xenonauts. You can see more of Mikaël’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

The Week in Games: Peggle For Your Thoughts

The year still has a few delights in store for us, beginning tomorrow with Peggle 2 on Xbox One. Doki-Doki Universe lands on Tuesday for all PlayStation platforms that access PlayStation Network. Angry Birds, inevitably, gets its kart racer on Wednesday. Here’s the week in games. Monday, Dec. 9 Peggle 2 (Xbox One) Tuesday, Dec.…

Sunday Comics: Airplane Mode

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 Dec. 2. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week in the Business: Worth the Paper It’s Printed On

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I have to tell you—it doesn’t affect what we do … 100,000 signatures doesn’t mean 100,000 sales.”—Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, on fan petitions and campaigns trying to get certain games made QUOTE | “I don’t know why Iwata is…

The Artist Who Gets To Draw All Those Things You Like

Jose Emroca Flores is an artist who has recently worked on stuff like Call of Duty, the Deadpool game and a few of the last Transformers games. Previously, he’s also done stuff with EA, Activision, Nike, Iam8bit, Nintendo Power and Game Informer. There isn’t much minimal pausing for refelction against a bleak backdrop here. Just…

British Game Store Now Sells Dinner In A Can

Hey there, video game fan. Do you like eating Christmas dinner but hate dealing with inconveniences like “shopping” and “cooking” and “pretending you haven’t hit rock bottom”? Try the Christmas Tinner, announced by British retailer GAME today, and you can come yet another step closer to not being human. Check out these beautiful people eating…

Well, Someone’s On Santa’s “Naughty” List

Maxim Verehin is a concept artist who in the past few years has worked for clients like Konami, Wizards of the Coast, Applibot and Ironclad Games. You can see more of his art at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…

Track: Difference a Day Makes | Album: Takes Time | Artist: Jim Guthrie Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Hawken Is Still Around, Still Looks Good

People were once so excited about Hawken. It looked awesome, it had a wonderful visual design to it, and then…well, then it went free-to-play, and it didn’t have singleplayer, and that kinda took the wind out of a lot of people’s sails. A shame, but hey, the game still looks great, people are playing it,…

One Of The Best Magic Card Artists On The Planet

Peter Mohrbacher is an artist best known for his work on the Magic: The Gathering card game, for which he’s been providing illustrations since 2010. Prior to that he’d worked at the North American branch of CCP, the developers of the EVE Online series. Those who like his work – or MTG in general –…

Auburn Shocking Alabama is Awesome in Tecmo Bowl, Too

And now we have the proper memorial for the spine-tingling finish to No. 4 Auburn versus No. 1 Alabama yesterday—on the home turf of Auburn’s greatest player ever, and that’s not Jordan-Hare Stadium. It’s Tecmo Super Bowl Bo Jackson, the greatest video game athlete of all time, celebrated his 51st birthday yesterday. He was present…