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Steam Greenlight Is Still Broken

In an ideal world, Steam Greenlight would’ve opened the floodgates on an endless cascade of great games. In reality, it’s led to a service stuffed with trash. Game makers scramble to get noticed, sometimes with underhanded tactics. Valve’s introduced a new rule to curb this, but it doesn’t solve the underlying problem. It’s become a…

Beware, The Cheat Police

Some fantastic range on display from Argentsouled, who goes from Persona 3 to Final Fantasy VII without breaking a sweat. You can see more of her work here

One Way To Avoid Imperial Entanglements

Grant Griffin is an American artist who has worked with game companies like S2 Games (Heroes of Newerth), DeNA and Dire Wolf. He’s also quite the fan artist, as his Star Wars pieces show. You can see more of Grant’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all…

Track: Jasmine | Artist: Jai Paul | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Cities XXL Is A Ripoff

Cities XXL is a city builder (think SimCity) that’s currently sitting pretty on Steam’s “popular new releases” chart. It’s also basically the same game as its predecessor, Cities XL Platinum, in most ways except one: a much larger price tag. Cities XL was not, by any means, a horrible game, but it was a pretty…

Battlefield Hardline Pilot Could Use A Few More Lessons

On today’s Highlight Reel we have some devilish creations in Besiege, The Last Of Us messups, magic smoke grenades and a helicopter pilot that might need some more lessons. 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…

Anyone Should Be Able To Cosplay As Anyone

If you’ve ever even thought about leaving a comment underneath a cosplay story/image on the internet, listen to this man first.

Steam Sales, In A Nutshell

Zombiller captures the true wallet (and door) rending terror of seasonal Steam sales with this Shining parody. Have you girded and re-girded your piggy bank? The summer sale is still a ways off, but it’ll be here before you know it and also WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU RUNNNN. Here’s the full video: You’re reading…

The Art Of Jupiter Ascending

The general consensus on Jupiter Ascending seems to be this: terrible movie, but it’s very pretty to look at. Which is good for us, because this is a gallery of concept art for the movie. The art you’re about to see was done by Justin Fields, who has worked in both film and games over…

The Week In Games: Evolve Or Play Something Else

I was going to say “Evolve or die” but that seemed a bit harsh, especially for a week with a new 3DS and an old Zelda game coming out. Between Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Evolve, odds are I’ll be hunting something this week. Still on the fence about Majora’s Mask—I didn’t like it much…

Sunday Comics: Gently Squeeze Your Pigeon

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 February 6. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: You Do Not Talk About Fail Club

QUOTE | “We’re trying, as an industry, we’re trying so fucking hard to just be fine. We talk about our successes and our achievements, but we shun mentioning our failures.” – Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail, talking about what’s right and wrong with the game industry in a recent blog post Elsewhere in the business of video…

A Steam Curator Who Only Reviews Games With Anime Girls

For better or worse, Valve wants Steam’s community to take care of game curation and recommendation on the increasingly overstuffed service. I do not, however, think they expected this. No one expected this. Waifu Hunter is a Steam curator who rates games based exclusively on whether or not they have anime girls in them. The…

Track: Left, Right | Artist: YG, DJ Mustard | Album: My Krazy Life Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Someone Actually Removed An Unfinished Game From Steam Early Access

Under The Ocean spent more than a year on Steam Early Access, but—despite steady progress and a relatively fun experience—the survival game’s creator yanked it from Valve’s service. His reasoning? He’s not sure if he can deliver on his promises anymore, and he wants to make sure he’s not being dishonest with players. Under The…

The Internet Reacts To A Possible Zelda Netflix Series

The biggest news of the day is undoubtedly that there are plans to make a live-action series on Netflix based on The Legend of Zelda. While it’s not clear whether or not the series will happen, the very idea has people talking. Can you imagine it? Who would they cast? Hell, would it be good?…

Guy vs. Car, Car Wins

On today’s Highlight Reel we have Halo 5 streaks, disappearing Battlefield helicopters, fancy rocket kills, GTA V tire punches to the head 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. Banelings…

PC Gamer has posted a list of things you should never do to your PC. The last two are especially important.

You really need to check out Sunless Sea The dread-drenched sewer ocean explorer has been on Steam Early Access for a little while, but now it’s done. It’s a mix between Sid Meier’s Pirates and your darkest lovecraftian nightmares—in other words, fantastic. Not convinced? Read how I went mad and died horribly.