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Track: We Made It | Artist: Drake, Soulja Boy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Pretty slick vid from the Power Rangers Northwest team.

Bounty Hunters. We Don’t Need Their Scum.

Angelina Stroganova is a concept artist from Russia who has worked for Black Cloud Studios ( After Reset) and Main Road, a visual effects team. You can see more of Angelina’s work at her personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

The Witcherest Witcher Cosplay

I don’t think we’re ever going to get as close to seeing a “real” Triss from The Witcher as we are with these shots. Cosplay by Jessica Dru (who we’ve featured herebefore). Costume by Manzi DeYoung (who, hey, we’ve also featuredbefore). Photos by Greg De Stefano Note that this outfit was so good it was…

Hey Link. Listen. We Look Great.

That’s Jina D doing an excellent Navi, if not in scale then at least in spirit. Link is her fiancée Devon, who should really be cosplaying as Jaime Lannister. I had to crop the image to fit it on the front page of the site, so here’s the full shot: This pic was taken at…

What Do You Want Valve To Change About Steam?

Steam is great, but nothing’s perfect. Valve’s beast of a service is colossal, multifaceted, with a million different limbs being pulled in a million different directions. Inevitably, it sometimes falls flat. What features do you wish Valve would add to Steam? Or take away? Personally, I can think of a bunch, but for simplicity’s sake…

Future Assassin Has Murdered All The Wallpaper

Mark Kolobaev is a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Russia. You can see more of Mark’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.…

Half-Life 2, Now With More Scares (And Big Jumps)

Half-Life 2‘s been around since Kotaku was a bouncing baby blogglette—freshly hatched from its internet egg—but people are still making some brilliant-looking mods for it. Today, one with gut-wrenching atmosphere… and the ability to leap over buildings. After two years in the making, Transmissions: Element 120 is out. It’s a spooky, atmospheric single-player story set…

Bloodborne, Beaten In Just 44 Minutes

When I finished Bloodborne on Sunday afternoon, my playtime was 46 hours, 21 minutes, and 13 seconds. The current world record is, well, way faster. How much faster? It’s 44 minutes! As soon as Bloodborne was released, people started digging into the game and finding ways to break it. Sometimes, it’s glitches that allow you…

Damn, That GTA Mugger Is Bulletproof

On today’s Highlight Reel we have the lifesaving notes in Bloodborne, bulletproof GTA NPCs, skydiving, stunts, and 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. AC Rogue – Assassin’s Creed Rogue glitch…

Warhammer 40K Cosplay Would Freeze For The Emperor

Space Marines might get all the video games, but in cosplay—as in life—it’s the Imperial Guard (in this case the Valhallan Ice Warriors) who get the job done. Cosplay by Natalya Blinkova, photo by Kirchos, props by LARPoratory

Team Fortress 2 Fan Film Is The Best Action Movie I’ve Seen In Ages

Got 20 minutes? Cool, that’s enough time to watch one of the funnest action movies I’ve seen in ages. And yes, it was made in Team Fortress 2. Live and Let Spy is the latest mini-film in The Winglet‘s “Fedora Chronicles” series, which also includes The Bolted Behemoth and Operation 2Fort. You don’t need to…

The Biggest Halo Cosplay Yet

“I feel like I’m in a spaceship.” Yeah, a spaceship that could kick the ass of many a Spartan. That’s a full-scale Hunter costume up there, built by cosplayer Alexis Smith, who says the whole thing is about 12 feet tall when standing up all the way. You can see that gigantic suit in action…

Designing Batgirl To Fit Chris Nolan’s Batman Movies

Serg Souleiman is a freelance concept artist who has worked on games like Wolfenstein: The New Order, Mortal Kombat X, Forza 5, The Elder Scrolls Online and the Fallout series. I like these two pics in particular; they’re personal pieces, but they’re Serg’s shot at redesigning Batgirl and Nightwing to fit the art design used…

The Week In Games: Baseball Season

It’s baseball season, which means I’ll be playing just about every game on this week’s release list but the baseball ones! Touchdown! I’ll probably start off with some Axiom Verge on the PS4, maybe see how Toukiden handle the move to current-gen, and then ride out the week with some peaceful farm life in Story…

Sunday Comics: People Are So Stupid

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 March 24. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

From the talented JonasDrawsStuff (whose Rocket Raccoon is my desktop wallpaper) by way of Reddit comes Star Fox in the style of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Someone go back in time and make this happen.

This Week In The Business: Basically Dead

QUOTE | “Most developers never really made money. They were able to stay in the business. But the way the deals were structured, they were basically dead.” – Oddworld founder Lorne Lanning, talking about why capitalism is killing games Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “At BioWare, we…

What’s Your Most Memorable Video Game Victory?

Your whole team’s dead. The clock is ticking and the pressure is on. It’s up to you to secure the win, and maybe you’re even hobbling along on minimal life. Did you make it? Surely you all have memorable victories or comeback stories. Maybe they were unlikely. Maybe you made it by the skin of…

Bloodborne Monster Can’t Stop Dancing

On today’s Highlight Reel we have the saddest character in Los Santos, boatloads of Bloodborne clips, unfazed NPC and 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. Prototype – Such is life…