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

New Counter-Strike Map Met With Outcry From Turkish Players

There’s a big new Counter-Strike update out, and it’s really good! …Mostly. On top of everything else, the update added a whole host of community maps, including one set in Turkey. Problem: some players claim that one is full of insulting inaccuracies. The map, titled Mikla, was initially just a footnote in an update that…

Space Pilot Unable To Pack His Own Lunch

Franklin Chan is an artist based in Hong Kong who has done freelance work in the video game business. You can see more of Chan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Houston, Vega Has A Problem

Today on Highlight Reel we have powerful Street Fighter moves, Just Cause cows, crazy legs, bullet alternatives, 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. Just…

Nice Wordplay, Cities: Skylines

Whoever wrote the text for the Steam page of Cities: Skylines’ Snowfall expansion belongs in the punnitentiary. Here’s the full thing. It really is… something: Thanks to Campo Santo’s Ben Burbank for tweeting this out.

Podcast: Playing All The ‘Wrong’ Games

There are a ton of games to choose from at any given moment. So why does Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Stephen Totilo play all the wrong ones? That question and many more on today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen Jason’s out this week so I take over hosting duties, joined by our esteemed boss Mr. Totilo. We try…

Track: 23 | Artist: Unblock | Album: 23 Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2016

We’ve already posted a few highlights from Katsucon 2016, but photographers Jason Laboy, Mineralbluand Beat Down Boogie were there the whole time. So here’s a real good look at some of the best cosplayers in attendance at one of America’s biggest cosplay cons. First, Beat Down Boogie’s video! Note that in the middle there’s another…

Cutting Open The Vehicles From Star Wars: The Force Awakens

My review of this book: oh boy oh boy oh boy Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross-Sections is a newish book by DK, the latest in a very long-running series of books the publisher has released in which big/cool vehicles are sliced open for the immense pleasure of kids (and adults) who have a…

Resident Evil Actress Cosplays As Resident Evil Character

Julia Voth is an actress who worked with Capcom a bunch of times on the Resident Evil series over the last decade, serving as the character model for Jill Valentine in games like Resident Evil 5 and The Umbrella Chronicles. And here she is, cosplaying as…Jill Valentine. Note of course she’s not the first actor…

Ursula Cosplay Is A Drag Show Masterpiece

Fun fact: Ursula, the iconic villain from The Little Mermaid, was based on real-life drag superstar Divine. So when Canvasdecided to cosplay as Ursula for Katsucon, he took a little of his own Divine inspiration. Aside from designing and building that fantastic outfit, he also entered Katsucon’s masquearade competition, which he promptly dominated with a…

Our Best XCOM 2 War Stories: Love, Loss & Pink Hats

There’s a lot to like about the new XCOM game, but perhaps the coolest thing about it has little to do with tactics, or balance, or visuals. It’s the game’s ability to take what could have been a glorified tabletop wargame and turn it into something that creates stories And not just those that you’ll…

Ten Awesome New LEGO Sets I’ll Be Building This Year

Toy Fair isn’t just a place to discover new playthings and see what’s hitting toy store shelves over the coming year. It’s also an excellent place to compile a shopping list. Here are ten new building sets I saw during my LEGO booth tour this year that will be mine. 1. 60124 Volcano Exploration Base…

Track: You’re Not Alone | Artist: Nobuo Uematsu | Album: Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Warmest Space Marine

Won Chun Choi is an artist from South Korea who has worked in the games business and, more recently, with Games Workshop on some killer Warhammer 40K stuff. You can see more of his art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big…

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Jet Set Radio And Other Sega Games Are Free On Steam Right Now

If you grab them right now, Jet Set Radio and a handful of other Sega games aren’t just free for the moment; they’re yours to keep. Sega’s running their third annual Make War Not Love strategy game marathon on Steam this week, but regardless of who wins, everybody else… also wins. Already, the showdown between…

Another Settlement Needs Your Help, Cosplayer

This is the only Fallout 4 cosplay the world needs. Or will ever need. Preston Garvey is Casual Assassin. Hancock is Painkiller

Why A Game About The Devil Couldn’t Sell For $6.66 On Steam

We Know The Devil is a game that involves, well, the devil. Obviously, it deserves to be sold at a price point of $6.66. Obviously. Unfortunately, that’s not something Steam allows. We Know The Devil, a Really Quite Good visual novel about queerness, summer camp, and religious horror, has been available on publisher Date Nighto’s…

A game about a living city… and the people who want to kill it. A Place For The Unwilling just popped up on Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter. Its tagline: “Sunless Sea meets Majora’s Mask in a living city.” So basically, it aims to be a strange story sandbox where time is always a factor. Iiiinteresting.