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Track: Goddess | Artist: S:T Erik | Album: From Under The Tarn Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Week in Games: The Hay’s in the Barn

It is axiomatic that just about nothing in video games happens—in the West, anyway—the week the United States celebrates its most important holiday: Black Friday. However, I do tip my cap to Professional Farmer 2014 for its timely release on Thursday—Thanksgiving day itself. Tuesday, Nov. 26 Air Conflicts: Vietnam (360, PS3) Ys: Memories of Celceta…

Sunday Comics: What Have You Done For Me Lately?

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Life in Aggro by Fei Hsiao and Casey Vasquez. Published Nov. 23. Read more of Life in Aggro Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 18. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny…

This Week in the Business: The TV Turn-Off

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “TV, TV, TV. That couldn’t be further from the truth, it’s completely the wrong direction.”—Tameem Antoniades, Ninja Theory co-founder, on why the Xbox One and PS4 are on the wrong path QUOTE | “Day One is certainly very important, but maybe…

Battleships, Battlements, Bombers And Beautiful Blue Skies

Jae Cheol Park is a Korean artist who has worked with clients like NCSoft, Webzen and Legendary Entertainment. You can see more of his work at his personal site and CGHub 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…

Twitch Apologizes Over Recent Abuse of Power By Staff

After a day of silence, the CEO of livestreaming website Twitch has apologized for the poor handling of a recent controversy involving staff members, emoticons, and a number of people from the streaming community. “We’d like to repair the damage that has been done to the relationship between Twitch and the Speedrunning community,” Emmett Shear,…

There are many problems with Oreo’s next-generation game controller concept, but taste isn’t one. Getting in on the console launch fun via Twitter, Oreo has created a controller with two ‘O’ buttons, a ridiculous d-pad, uncomfortable thumb sticks and a gem in the middle that’s begging to have the head of a penis drawn around…

Read A Kotaku Longread Today

Hello! Here at Kotaku, we’re not just about snacks, toys, and TV shows: sometimes we like to give you long, in-depth looks at the world of video games, too. In fact, we’ve got an entire section for Kotaku longreads, and in case you’ve missed some of them over the past few months and years, here…

Lady In (Crazy) Red (Hair)

Piotr Rusnarczyk is a freelance artist from Poland who has worked on games like Gears of War 3 and Bulletstorm. You can see more of his work at his personal siteand CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

1993 SimCity Documentary Is 20 Minutes Of Madness

In 1993, Britain’s Channel 4 ran a four-part documentary series on video games. The third episode was about SimCity, and twenty years on, it stands as a monument to all that was amazing about both the early 90s and antique PC gaming. Dug up today by Motherboard, it’s fascinating seeing the way the doco blurs…

From The Dinosaur Age To The Space Age

Simon Weaner is a concept artist at Volta, a studio whose artists work we’ve featured here on Fine Art many, manytimes before. He’s done work for clients like Square Enix and Blur, handling both concept art and matte painting. You can see more of Simon’s work at his personal site —- To see the larger…

Track: Alarm | Album: id | Artist: Wise Blood Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Track: No Vowels | Album: Battlefields Forever | Artist: Big Business Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Week in Games: One to Go

It’s the Xbox One’s turn to shine this week, arriving on Friday along with 22 games, among them exclusives like Ryse, Forza 5 and Dead Rising 3. And, in either the most unfortunately timed or ballsiest release ever, New Super Mario and Zelda titles come out the same day. Here’s the week in games. Tuesday,…

Sunday Comics: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Nov. 13. Read more of Penny Arcade Brawl In The…

This Week in the Business: Wii Aren’t the 99 Percent

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … STAT | 1%—Amount of more than 5,000 gamers surveyed by Intergi Entertainment planning to buy a Wii U soon; this compares to 58% who said they were planning to get a PS4, and 39% who are planning on an Xbox One QUOTE |…

The Same People Worked On The Xbox One And PlayStation Commercials

The guys at Bluraren’t the only studio making top-shelf commercials for the video game business. The team at visual effects outfit The Mill have worked on loads of them as well, including some of this year’s best and most prominent. The video below is the studio’s showreel for the year, and while it contains footage…

From Paris To Japan To…Rayman

Kevin Aymeric works at Japanese anime powerhouse Production IG, but prior to that he helped out on Ubisoft’s gorgeous Rayman Legends. He got the OK from the publisher to release his artwork from the game earlier in the week, and wondered if we’d like to share it. Um. Yes Kevin is just one of the…

Los Angeles, This Is A Drain, Not A River

Titus Lunter is a concept artist who has worked for clients like Sony (Killzone), Ubisoft, Wizards of the Coast and Rebellion. You can see more of his work at his personal site (thanks Suzanne!) To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Rick Deckard, Meet Daenerys Targaryen

Polish artist Wojtek Fus works for Platige, an effects and animation house who you’ll be familiar with for their effortson games like The Witcher 2 and Cyberpunk. You can see more of Wojtek’s work at his DeviantArtand CGHub pages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…