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Track: Awaken The Serpent | Album: Chemistry of Consciousness | Artist: Toxic Holocaust Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

It’s Either An ICBM Or Some Damn Impressive Fireworks

Tucker Cullinan is an artist whose current work is sadly under an NDA. But that’s OK. His other work is great. You can see more of Tucker’s work at his personal site, blog and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

League Of Legends Cosplay: The Wilderness Party

There are 14 League of Legends cosplayers in this image, which has taken over a year to put together. Not an entire year doing nothing but this, but that timeframe gives you an idea of how much work BGZ Photography’s Darrell Ardita put into it, compositing 14 separate shots (taken at last year’s Fanime in…

Stephen Colbert Cosplay, Or Nightmare Fuel?

Trick question. It’s both. The mask in question looks like it’s one of Landon Meier’s pieces, which are some of the most terrifying/amazing works of headwear you can get on planet Earth. Among other celebrities he’s immortalised in mask form are Charlie Sheen and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston. You can check out a shot of…

Let’s Hope Little Miss Deadpool Doesn’t Know Too Many Bad Words

Cosplay Princess here certainly has the swagger to pull off Deadpool. Hopefully for her parent’s sake she’s not as…chatty. Photo by CONography. (via Geek x Girls)

Buy, And Build, Your Own Dishonored Mask

Corvo’s mask from Dishonored is a pretty iconic wardrobe choice, but being so complex, it’s out of reach for most fans (or even pro cosplayers). Effects studio Technically Magic, based in West Falls, New York, wants to change that. Having made an incredible replica of the mask back in 2012, which we featured here on…

The Week In Games: Let’s Do The Titanfall Again

This week’s biggest release is a game we don’t have a single screenshot or snippet of gameplay for. That’s not something you don’t see every day. Retailers are selling copies of Titanfall for the Xbox 360 early, but since the servers aren’t live there is no way for early owners to capture gameplay footage. There…

Sunday Comics: To Catch A Predator

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 April 4. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 31. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Track: Meet the Elements| Album: Here Comes Science | Artist: They Might Be Giants Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

This Week In The Business: Rage Against Free-To-Play

QUOTE | “It’s always struck me as a little odd how resentful players are in the F2P business model about paying a couple dollars when they don’t think twice about paying $50 for the same amount of fun or gameplay time.” – Veteran designer Steve Meretzky, talking about the evolution of free-to-play games Elsewhere in…

Ancient Ruins, Or A Minecraftian Superhighway?

Erich Vasburg is a freelancer German concept artist who not only works in games but also does stuff for card games, board games, book covers and advertising. You can see more of Erich’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…

Gaming Journalism’s Most Exciting Project

Cara Ellison’s excellent “Embed With” (geddit?) series chronicles her experiences temporarily living with various gaming luminaries. The latest entry focuses on occasional Kotaku writer and Videoball/Ziggurat mastermind Tim Rogers. It’s brilliant stuff. Required reading, if you ask me.

Mr. J Is Very Impressed, Harley

Itty Bitty Geek’s Harley Quinn is pretty much the perfect Harley Quinn. Costume is by Maise Designs, while the photos are by Adam Patrick Murray

It’s OK To Want To Eat Art, Right?

Tey Bartolome is a concept artist who has done work for companies like Fantasy Flight, Disney and 2XL Games. His colouring is just to die for. Everyone’s face looks like delicious ice cream cake, in a synaesthesic kinda way. If that makes sense. You can see more of Tey’s art at his personal site To…

What If BioShock’s Elizabeth Didn’t Need Saving?

Sure, she’s got the power to tear holes in space and time, but BioShock Infinite still has Elizabeth cast as a damsel in distress, literally locked in a tower and in need of rescue. So cosplayer and artist Angela Bermudez figured, what would she look like if Elizabeth was the one doing the ass-kicking? Inspired…

​Watch People Demolish Dark Souls II In An Hour And A Half

Few things in life are as humbling and awe-inspiring as watching speedrunners do their magic, and few games are more entertaining to watch speedrun than the Souls series. With that in mind, let’s watch some people demolish Dark Souls II! (Big spoilers ahead) It’s worth noting that there are many ways to speedrun Dark Souls…

Guild Wars, Where Do You Find All These Incredible Artists?

Naomi Baker is a concept artist who works at ArenaNet, the developers of the Guild Wars series. And this stuff is as good as anything else we’ve shared from her colleagues. Prior to her job at ArenaNet, Naomi had worked at places like Activision, Gree and Dark Horse. You can see more of Naomi’s work…

Pharrell’s Happy, Now With Awesome Cosplayers

Director D-Piddy and vocalist Charmie Sweets teamed up for this cosplay-themed parody of Pharrell Williams’ Happy, which changes the words to better suit the theme and stars, well, a whole bunch of amazing dancing cosplayers. I’m not sure what’s more impressive about Andrew’s Raiden; the dance moves or the fact that mask moves (you can…

Geez, Buddy, You Look Like You’ve Had A Real Bad Day

Not many artists get to put “Killzone” and “erotic PC adventure” on the same CV, but hey, Andrejs Skuja does. In the two years since we last took a look at his work, he’s helped out on another Killzone game, the adult PC title Seduce Me and even something new for Guerilla that, like most…

There Really Is A Cheetos Perfume, And It Is Atrocious.

It’s no joke. Tomorrow the fine folk of Frito-Lay will be taking to the streets of L.A. and New York City to promote Cheeteau, the official fragrance of Cheetos. They sent me a bottle in advance, and… oh god, it’s leaking. *coughs* EVERYTHING SMELLS LIKE CHEETOS. You may have seen the video ad for this…