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Building Halo 5 Is The Next Best Thing To Playing

With a little over a month to go before the release of Halo 5: Guardians, what’s a Spartan fan to do to pass the time? I have an idea. Don’t worry, it doesn’t involve playing the Master Chief Collection. Instead, let’s play with some toys—building toys, courtesy of the fine folks at Mega Bloks (unofficial…

Witcher 3 Cosplay Is Giving Me Chills…

I know, I know, we’ve run a ton of Witcher 3 cosplay lately, but they’ve all been based on the ladies of the game. This? This is some A+ Wild Hunt cosplay. It’s getting frosty in here… Both Eredin and Imlerith are by French cosplayer Tarrer, while the Wild Hunt rider is by compatriot Kuma.…

Stormtroopers vs Aliens

Guillem Pongiluppi is a freelance concept artist and matte painter from Spain. You can see more of Guillem’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 on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Track: Hold Back The Night | Artist: The Protomen | Album: This City Made Us Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Holy Shit This Metal Gear Cosplay

Japanese cosplayer Masazi dressed up as Raiden for this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and it is one of the most impressive cosplay outfits I have ever seen. I mean, the suit itself is enough to get hands clapping, but the work that’s gone into that motorized helmet just boggles the mind. You can see more…

Dick move, camptrigg22. But also… bravo. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything cool on Steam or would like to have your work featured, drop me a line. To contact…

Rust‘s Anti-Stream Sniping Mode Exists Because of Cheaters

Stream sniping is when someone watches your stream to get an upper hand—to essentially cheat—against you in a game. It sucks. Rust developer Facepunch is, to my knowledge, the first game developer to build a preventative measure against it into their game. They call it Streamer Mode. Here’s how it works, per a post by…

Counter-Strike Player Pulls Off Incredible Ace

Damn. Just… damn. The Counter-Strike community’s been freaking out about an economy round ace pulled off by EnvyUS player Happy—and with good reason. It’s completely ridiculous. First, just watch. It will make your eyeballs explode out of your head no matter how familiar you are with the game: Happy downed the entire opposing team in…

Track: I’m Back | Artist: Eminem | Album: The Marshall Mathers LP Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Super-Rare Sonic The Hedgehog Game, Once Lost, Now Playable

One of the rarest Sonic games of all time is Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car, an arcade game for kids that was released in 1991. If you weren’t in Japan that year (so…pretty much all of us), you’ve probably never played it, as it has never been released again, ever, in any format. Until now!…

Next Week In Games: Dancing All Night

Can’t type, dancing. Don’t bother waiting, will be doing this all night. And yes, I skipped a week. To avoid LEGO Dimensions. Because. Tuesday, September 22 FIFA 16 — PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC Blood Bowl II — PC, PS4, Xbox One The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 — PS4, Xbox One Retail…

The Skylanders Superchargers Toys Are Mostly Great

The new Skylanders video game is pretty great, but what about the toys? Toy Time takes a quick look at the good and not-so-good with the new Superchargers toys, starting with Donkey Kong’s shirt. Seriously, what’s with that shirt? As those of you who’ve been following along with the Skylanders Superchargers saga, care about Amiibo…

Sunday Comics: Horn Dog

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 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published September 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

This Week In The Business: No Designers, No Dancing Unicorns, No Problem

QUOTE | “I think one of the things that we won’t be looking to do very soon is World of Dancing Unicorns.” – Wargaming’s head of EU marketing Keith Anderson, talking about what new games Wargaming will and will not be working on Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Halfbrick remains…

Fallout And XCOM Had A Baby, And It’s Tough As Nails

Its name is Bedlam, and it will probably kick your ass. In a good way, mostly. I love Fallout, but the recent games have been lacking in one major area. I wish there was more for me to be authentically, tangibly afraid of. Bethesda’s Fallout games (Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas) told me I was…

Track: Puzzle Swap 3DS Guitar Cover | Album: N/A | Artist: FamilyJules7X Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

In The Future, There Will Be Street Meat

Dimitar Marinski is a concept artist at IO Interactive, the team behind the Hitman series. You can see more of Dimitar’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 on the “expand” button…

Star Wars KOTOR II Getting New, Player-Created Achievements

Against all odds, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, a decade-old game, keeps getting official updates. After a big out-of-nowhere update a couple months ago that added snazzy modern features like Steam Workshop support, ultra-high resolutions, and cloud saves, the (best) Star Wars role-playing game is getting even more achievements. There’s a twist,…

The Backlash Against Counter-Strike‘s New Bomb Defusal

The bomb. Counter-Strike matches revolve around it. Suddenly, it’s different, and that changes a lot of things. As part of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s latest big update, Valve added a bunch of new animations to the more-popular-than-several-million-high-school-jocks-assembled-into-one-mega-jock multiplayer shooter. Some just make the game look nicer (or worse, depending on who you talk to), but the…

The GameStop Hero Who Drove A Customer To A Police Station, And Other Game Retail Stories

I’ve raked through miserable game store story after even more miserable game store story. So it warms my heart and restores my faith in humanity to learn just how many employees go out of their way for customers, too. The Stolen Car (via Tim) Shortly after I moved to Minnesota, I located my local Gamestop…