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Steam Game Sells Papercraft DLC For You To Print Out

Well, this is a first. I’ve seen all sorts of stuff sold as DLC on Steam—in-game content, soundtracks, art books, etc—but never a pattern that you print out and fold up to make a physical model of a game character. And yet, for the shockingly existent price of $0.99, snazzy looking action adventure Cross of…

A Very Cool Darth Vader Redesign

Ario Murti is a freelance illustrator from Indonesia. I’m loving how clean and poster-y all his stuff is, but that Darth Vader redesign in particular is just the fucking coolest. You can see more of Ario’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if…

Metal Gear Solid V‘s Joke Weapon Can Actually Be Pretty Useful

As with previous games in the series, Metal Gear Solid V is full of goofy easter eggs. One of them, however, is actually pretty handy. (Minor Metal Gear Solid V spoilers ahead.) Steam user Akutare put together a Very Serious Guide for one of MGSV’s least serious weapons: the water pistol. It is not—despite what…

A sequel to Garry’s Mod is in the works. The original, a game/tool/sandbox that began as a Half-Life 2 mod, has spawned more player creations than perhaps anything else in Steam (and maybe even PC gaming) history. The new one is still early. Read more here Image credit: COSMOMAN

Circa Infinity Is A Puzzle Game That Makes My Head Hurt

Circa Infinity isn’t quite like any other puzzle game I’ve played. Now I understand why PewDiePie dug it so much Circa Infinity just launched on Steam, and it’s hard. Hard on the reflexes, tougher on the brain. The idea is that you’re moving through a series of concentric circles, and there are two ways to…

Snacktaku Regrets Trying Canada’s ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Chips

Butter chicken. Scalloped potatoes. Cowboy BBQ beans. Montreal smoked meat. The four flavor finalists for Canada’s Lay’s Do Us A Flavor competition are good on paper. Not so much my mouth. Just as its done for thepast couple of years in the U.S., Lay’s brand hosts an annual competition in Canada in which citizens of…

Creator of ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’ Says Copyright Crackdown Gutted His YouTube Channel

Some of the most impressive Super Mario creations took years to make—and now they’re gone, at least on YouTube. Earlier this month, speedrunner Alex “PangaeaPanga” tweeted that his YouTube channel had been “wrecked.” Taking a closer look, I noted that even the popular video titled Item Abuse 3—which was billed as the “hardest Super Mario…

The Witcher 3 x Ni No Kuni = ❤❤❤

This is The Departed. It’s not a real game. Not yet, anyways. But even as a concept, little more than a collection of a few pieces of concept art, this is very much my fetish. It’s a personal project of Lap Pun Cheung, who by day works at Goodgame, and is equally inspired by Ni…

New Strategy Game Lets You Talk People To Death

When I set out for my first expedition in Renowned Explorers, I had one goal: win only by talking. I was not disappointed. Renowned Explorers: International Society is a new turn-based tactics game about fantastical expeditions in the 19th century. I’ve been playing for a couple hours, and so far, it’s rad. Your goal is…

Pro Counter-Strike And DOTA 2 Event Is A Disaster

Delays, passport snafus, police involvement, illness, and more turned Gaming Paradise into the eSports event from hell. Gaming Paradise was supposed to be a landmark DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike event, a partially crowdfunded (via ticket sales) high-level eSports event in Slovenia—an occasion of unmatched magnitude in the region. Organized by The Gaming Resorts and Gaming.rs,…

I Wish There Were Pokémon Toys Like This When I Was A Kid

So Pokémon wasn’t a thing in North America until I was 25—the point still stands. Younger me could have learned a lot from Battle Moves Pikachu. How to dodge, for instance. I recently got a chance to play with a pair of Pokémon toys from Tomy that should either be in stores now or in…

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A Very Gray Fox

Yuriy Romanyk is a 3D artist based in Dubai whose most recent completed project was Dragon Age: Inquisition. You can see more of Yuriy’s work at his personal site andArtStation page 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…

The Game Developer Who Was Mistaken For A UFC Champion

One Jon Jones is a UFC champion. The other is a video game developer.

Marvel vs DC Cosplay Extravaganza

Photographer Jason Laboy and a whole bunch of cosplayers took to the streets of New York recently for a shoot that featured everyone from Batman to Daredevil to Spider-Man. You can see more of Jason’s photos at his website The cosplayers involved were *deep breath*: Nightwing Daredevil Spider-Man Batman Armor Batman Spider-Gwen Deadstroke Batwoman Scarecrow

Khajiit Has Cosplay If You Have Coin…

So fluffy, so excellent. This is Chelsea Mills, aka Talaaya Cosplay, beneath the M’aiq The Liar suit. We’ve featured her amazing work before, but that was armour; with winter getting closer this looks much more practical. Like the Metroid costume, there was some 3D printing involved here, with M’aiq’s face made of plastic before being…

Make Your Own The Week In Games

If you can make your own Mario levels then surely you can create your own weekly game release list. Here, I’ll get you started. Tuesday, September 8 Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX — 3DS Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader — 3DS Tearaway Unfolded — PS4 Ascendant — PS4 Digital Hyper Void — PS4…

Sunday Comics: Do You Even Praise? 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your pretty much weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 3. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 31. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

This Week in Business: Hardcore PC Gamers Don’t Care About Fashion

QUOTE | “If you’re a gamer and you have high end graphics cards – I don’t want to stereotype – but you’re probably not the kind of person who cares about fashion.” – Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, talking about why VR is not a fad like 3D TV Elsewhere in the business of gaming this…

What Are You Playing This September?

What once was hot is cooling; what days were long, have shortened. It’s September, and fall is upon us. I was going to begin this month’s post with an Earth, Wind & Fire quote, but then had this niggling feeling in the back of my brain… I Googled and sure enough, I did that last…