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This Deal Is Getting Worse All The Time

Cristi Balanescu is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Ubisoft and Fantasy Flight Games. Love his style. The rough stuff always gets to me more than ultra-clean, shiny works. Always feels more alive You can see more of Cristi’s stuff at his CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their…

A Street Fighting Mismatch For The Ages

Rael Lyra is a concept aritst at Playlore who has also done work for companies like Marvel and BOOM! Studios. You can see more of Rael’s work at his personal site. 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…

The Week in Games: Raider of a Lost Month

We’re about to climb out of the customary two-month hibernation video games enter every December. An updated Tomb Raider releases for the newest consoles on Tuesday, along with Broken Age for everyone. There’s much more on the horizon. Jan. 28: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (360, PS3, PS Vita) Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Xbox…

Sunday Comics: Merge Emergencies

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Brawl In The Family by Matthew Taranto. Published Jan. 21. Read more of Brawl In The Family Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 20. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade…

This Week in the Business: The Clueless Gamer Responds

QUOTE | “These Clueless Gamer segments are not serious reviews nor endorsements … We do not believe sponsorship identification is needed.”—Unnamed representative for Conan O’Brien’s show, responding to the news that Red Barrels paid $35,000 to have their game Outlast featured on the segment What’s happened in the business of video games this past week…

Track: No Medicine for Regret | Album: Rave Tapes | Artist: Mogwai Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Track: Last Time | Album: II | Artist: Moderat Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Adam West: Batman, Mayor, Star Of Terrible Video Games

The real joy of seeing Adam West do anything on the screen is that, even at his worst, he can make the most dreadful thing fun. Because he is Adam West. From the 60s Batman series to Family Guy, that’s been the rule, and it applies also to Golden Nugget, a game which might sound…

It’s The End Of The World, Why Not Have Some Fun With It

Miles Johnston is a freelance concept artist who has done work for clients like Applibot and Wizards of the Coast. You can see more of Miles’ work at his personal site 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…

Track: Green Machine | Album: Blues for the Red Sun | Artist: Kyuss Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

You Can Never, Ever Have Too Many Drawings Of Spaceships

Elijah McNeal is a freelance concept artist who most recently worked on the upcoming space shooter Star Citizen. He’s currently looking for work. You can see more of his work, and get in touch, at his CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can…

If The Lion King Was Made By Hideo Kojima

We’re taking a little break here from games industry art to look at the work of Robert Chew, who’s helping take part in the International Anti-Poaching Foundation‘s campaign to help save the “big 5” endangered African land mammals. He’s imagined each animal – the rhino, cape buffalo, elephant, lion and leopard – and turned them…

Track: Animal Keeper | Album: Animal Keeper EP | Artist: George Barnett Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

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The Week in Games: Olli Olli Oxen Free

Not much cooking this week in terms of new releases, outside of Olli Olli on Tuesday for PS Vita. One more week of this and we’ll be done with the usual deep freeze on the release calendar. Jan. 21 Olli Olli (PS Vita) Also in January: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (360, PS3, PS…

Sunday Comics: Where Everybobble Knows Your Name

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Double XP by M.S. Corley and Josh Crandall. Published Jan. 13. Read more of Double XP Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…

This Week in the Business: Not as Simple as It Sounds

QUOTE | “We are thinking about a new business structure. .. It’s not as simple as enabling Mario to move on a smartphone.”—Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, on Nintendo’s loss for the year and what to do about it Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $766 million—Change in the…

It’s Like Destiny, But Cute

Troy Galluzzi is a concept artist with indie outfit Goon Studios. Don’t click through if you hate bright, colourful things, some of which could kill you. Goon are working on Keipr, a multiplayer shooter that looks like Destiny vs Wind Waker. Which is a combo that gets me interested Oh, and a bonus: concept art…

What A Next-Gen Tetris Should Look Like

Today brings news that Assassin’s Creed and Rayman mega-publisher Ubisoft will be crafting a version of Tetris to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A next-gen Tetris needs some next-gen features, right? We ask you, the Kotaku reader, to suggest the best possible cutting-edge features from modern gaming that should be added to Tetris We…

Gee, Batman, You’re Not Looking So Hot

Danar Worya is a Dutch concept artist who works for Fantasy Flight games. You can see more of Danar’s work at his personal site 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 bottom-right corner. Fine…