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Saved By The Rollerskates

Julien Renoult is a senior concept artist at Insomniac. He is also one of the finalists in the 2014 Into The Pixel awards. His “character grouping” from Sunset Overdrive was easily my favourite among the 2014 entries in the competition. A graduate of the esteemed Gobelins school in France, Julien got a little more exposure…

Sailor Moon Fan Has Been Cosplaying Her Whole Life

On the left, Jemaica Murphy as a kid. On the right, Jemaica Murphy today. [via Reddit]

The World’s Most Badass Tom Cruise Cosplay

Peter Kokis is a cosplayer and a sculptor. His suits aren’t made of spandex, cloth and fiberglass; they’re made of everyday household items that Kokis takes, shapes and somehow transforms into robots and suits of armour. His latest work pays homage to Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow. While it may not be an exact…

Track: The Beginning Artist: RuPaul Album: Glamazon Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Week In Games: Yeah, Right.

Enemy Front, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Blood of the Werewolf and AiRace Xeno. These are the games brave or stupid enough to think the week of E3 2014 is a good time to draw attention to themselves. Even the “Coming Soon” area of Steam, normally packed with potential indie gems, has largely avoided…

Sunday Comics: Equal Opportunity Upskirts

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 June 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Congratulations to Awkward Zombie‘s Katie Tiedrich for graduating college! Regular comics will return next week. Read more of Awkward…

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?…