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​How To Play League of Legends, The Biggest Game In The World

When people talk League of Legends, they throw around a lot of numbers. 32 million monthly players. 5 million people playing concurrently. Viewers topping 8 million during the Season 3 World Championships. It all adds up to one thing: League of Legends is the most-played video game in the world right now, and not exactly…

Franken Berry: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

The vampire. The ghost. The werewolf. The mummy. We’ve tasted four of the five re-released monster cereals. For the fifth and final we’re going to need shovels, and a strong tolerance for ass-heads. What exactly is Franken Berry? What label should we apply, beyond the basic “monster”? Is he a zombie? No, a zombie is…

Track: Hang Around | Album: Galactaphonic | Artist: Tumbleweed Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Kerrigan, Eat A Snickers. You Get A Little Angry When You’re Hungry.

Joe Peterson is a freelance concept artist, having previously worked at Firefall developers Red 5 and Blizzard. Below you’ll see a mix of Peterson’s personal work, along with some of his contributions to StarCraft II. You can see more of Joe’s work at his CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory…

Track: Between The Bars | Album: Either/Or | Artist: Elliott Smith Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Track: Not Like Before | Album: Nature’s Greatest Mystery | Artist: The Four Owls Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

There Is Art In Battlefield 4

I’m sure some experienced players will say there’s art in an elegant kill, but in this instance, I’m talking about the art that helped make the game. These images are the work of six artists at DICE (two of whom we’ve featured here recently). Those six are art director Gustav Tilleby, senior concept artist Robert…

Yummy Mummy: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, surrounded by servants and draped in gold and jewels, were considered gods among their people, but godhood came with a price. They served their people in life. They served them in death. They served them breakfast for all eternity. In the case of Fruity Yummy Mummy, all of eternity lasted…

The Week in Games: Bold New Look, Same New Games

Battlefield 4 draws first blood in EA’s annual shooter stare-down with Call of Duty. It didn’t pick a great time to go first as it must fight with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for attention on Tuesday. Rasslin’ fans, your WWE sim title arrives under new management. Here’s the week in video games. Welcome back…

Sunday Comics: Expiration Date

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 Oct. 23. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Oct. 21. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week in the Business: ‘A Giant FU to a Large Number of People’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | Console and PC guys should learn [about] variable pricing … $60 is a giant FU to a very large number of people.”—Former EA CEO John Riccitiello, on what traditional game devs can learn from mobile and vice-versa QUOTE | “‘Trying to…

The Art Of The Giant Robots Of Pacific Rim

You know what was cool about Pacific Rim? All those giant mechs. You know what’s cool about Hugo Martin, the guy who helped design those mechs? He’s now working on Doom 4. Not that id’slong-in-development-hell shooter is his first work in games, though, as he was also at Naughty Dog for the first Uncharted, and…

Track: Just Like A Tree | Album: Move In Spectrums | Artist: Au Revoir Simone Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Well Akira, You Certainly Look Different

Marat Ars is an artist who has worked for both game studios and Plastic Wax, the Australian animation house You may remember we featured his work a few years back when he did one of the most badass Mario redesigns I’ve ever seen. That art up top is not from the kill-it-with-fire Akira movie project.…

Frute Brute: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

A man cursed with the form of a wolf, or a feral creature desperately attempting to shake of its vestigial ties to humanity? Whatever the balance of beast and boy in cherry-flavored Frute Brute be, both sides felt the sting of betrayal. Both have returned for their revenge. Imagine yourself lost hound, wandering a world…

Track: Romance To The Grave | Album: Forgiveness Rock Record | Artist: Broken Social Scene Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

What’s The Story Behind Your Online Name?

We’ve all been there before. Load up a game only to be met with a blank space asking what should be a simple question: What would you like to name your character? Or, even before you pop a game in, your GamerTag? Or your PSN ID? Your Steam username? Five hours pass and maybe you’ve…

Ellen Page, Giant Robots And Snazzy Colors

Florent Auguy is a character designer at Quantic Dream, where he helped design the look of PS3 game Beyond: Two Souls. Prior to that, he’s worked in publishing illustration. You can see more of Florent’s work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

Boo Berry: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

The sudden chill as you turn into the cereal aisle; the soft, lilting voice at the periphery of hearing, musing on breakfasts long ago; the ephemeral taste of berry-like flavor on the tip of your tongue — all these are Boo Berry, the Monster Cereal forever trapped between this world and the next. I must…

Track: Reflektor | Album: Reflektor | Artist: Arcade Fire Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.