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The Witcher 3’s Ciri, Cosplayed To Perfection

2015 has beena goodyear for Witcher cosplay. Funny how the release of the best game in the series can do that. From the gear to the hair, Love-Squad’s Ciri is almost perfect. Photos by Alexander Turchanin.

The Witcher 3 Is Better With Heavy Metal 

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have Destiny triple kills, mayhem from above, ship-to-ship combat, mosh pits, and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Destiny –Trials Triple –…

Four Months Later, Peter Molyneux’s Godus Is Still A Mess

Four months ago, Peter Molyneux’s Godus was a disaster. Four months later, it’s… still in pretty bad shape. Minus small tweaks and changes, Godus is worryingly similar to the game it was four months ago. The features players clamored for—the ones they felt like they were promised during the god game revival’s crowdfunding drive—are still…

Valve Finally Gave Team Fortress 2 The Feature It Needed

Team Fortress 2 has languished a bit in recent times. Truly outstanding updates have been few and far between. Thankfully, Valve just gave the game a new injection of life. TF2 now has a Steam Workshop section for maps. That might not sound like a big deal given that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been doing…

Chappie Is Cosplay Gangster Number One

There’s a lot of great cosplay in Sneaky Zebra’s video from the London Comic-Con, but my favourite has to be this strutting Chappie.

The Most Beautiful Race Car In The World (Of Tomorrow)

OK, let’s get personal. I like cars. I like F1. My favorite F1 cars of all time are basically any of the McLaren Hondas (with 91’s probably taking top spot) . The lines of the cars, that iconic Marlboro branding, ungh. Sadly, those cars are long gone, though as today’s Fine Art feature shows, they…

Steam Refunds Could Cause Some Big Problems

Finally, Steam is offering refunds! Oh joyous day. But actually, the new policy could cause more problems than it solves. Doubtless, Steam needs a refund policy. It’s a good thing to have in general, and especially on Steam, where tons of potential predators—in the form of faulty Early Access games and ample trash heaped on…

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Cosplay

Ellen Rose destroys everything as Kimmy Schmidt. Please, more Kimmy Schmidt cosplay, please. (via Fashionably Geek)

So You Wanna Be A Video Game Concept Artist?

Eliott Lilly, an artist who has worked on games like RAGE and Doom, was featured here a couple of years ago. He’s got a new project, though, that’s a little different to the stuff we normally showcase here on Fine Art. He’s written (and illustrated, duh) a book with the very snappy title The Big…

A Hockey Celebration Gets A Little Weird

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have bad archers, good snipes, cheeky NPCs, glitchy celebrations and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Sleeping Dogs – Wei doesn’t know…

Bad, Steampunk Shooter. Bad!

This bullet point comes from newly released steampunk FPS Avenging Angel. The game looks alright, but oh god the pun hurts. It hurrrrrrrts. Here’s a trailer of Avenging Angel: It looks, um, functional enough. Might be worth checking out! But the pun. I just… I feel like I need to roll up a newspaper and…

When Khal Drogo Met Khal Drogo

When Khals collide: over the weekend, Khal Drogo cosplayer René Koiter got to meet Khal Drogo actor Jason Momoa at the Phoenix Comicon.

Come On In, The Water’s…Fine

Florian Aupetit is a 3D artist based in France. You can see more of Florian’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 corner. Fine Art…

The Week In Games: Panda Power

This Week in Games is dedicated to Li Li, our resident Heroes of the Storm expert’s favorite underaged female panda. I’m not going to name names or point fingers at Yannick. I’m just saying he (or she, but really he) is platonically in love with an anthropomorphic video game bear. I blurred the name to…

Sunday Comics: While The Dog Watches

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 May 27. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Skyrim Meets Diablo: The Steam Stream Plays Umbra

A couple weeks ago I reported on Umbra, a game that wants to be the unholy demon baby of Skyrim and Diablo. Does it succeed? I got my hands on a demo, so let’s find out. Today’s Steam Stream might be kind of a short one (I’ve gotta go do Stuff soon), but I’m also…

Steam Game Looks Like Tony Hawk, But For Rollerblading

It’s also very, very pretty. On A Roll—a pun that refers either to rollerblading or how hard I rolled my eyes when reading it—is an open-world game about “performing creative tricks on rollerblades.” So basically, ramps and grinds and flips and things. It looks like hell(a fun) on wheels (PUNS ARE A DISEASE GET OUT…

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The Witcher 3‘s Horses Need To Get It Together

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have weird horses, weird soldiers, defuses, close finishes and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. CS:GO – 10 Second Defuse! – (Zoo)Davisx3m…

Calling all League of Legends players: what do you think of Ekko? Cool? OP? Too many similarities to Transistor, or just enough? The time-traveling champ came out this week, and players seem divided on him. So let me know what you think! You can leave a comment, or send me an email at [email protected]