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Someone’s Attempting to 100 Percent GTA III and Vice City in 24 Hours

Pedestrians of Liberty and Vice cities, beware. World-class speedrunner AdamAK is attempting to 100 percent both Grand Theft Auto III and GTA: Vice City over the next 24 hours. That means carnage on the sidewalks and beaches for sure. You may watch the run below—he’s about four hours into it as of posting time, playing…

Incumbents Rule in Sunday Comics’ Latest Elections

The votes have been counted and your lineup for Sunday Comics is set. All eight of the existing features will return. ActionTrip, which ran from Sunday Comics’ debut in 2009 until last year, returns. Life in Aggro is the only totally new strip readers chose. These are the final results. Comics will appear in this…

This Week in the Business: ‘Wouldn’t Touch Mobile with a 10-Foot Pole’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “If I was starting again now from a blank slate, without an existing fan base, I wouldn’t touch mobile with a ten foot pole.”—Paul Johnson, indie game developer, talking along with others about how indies are moving back to PC and…

There is no escaping pumpkin spice. Every year it gets worse. Pumpkin spice cookies. Pumpkin spice coffee. Pumpkin spice blood in your pumpkin spice veins. OfficialComedy’s trailer for Pumpkin Spice: The Movie brings the horror home.

The Pirates Of The Future Don’t Buckle Swashes

Sergi Brosa is a Spanish concept artist and illustrator who works mostly as a freelancer and on comission pieces. Why a comic publisher or video game studio doesn’t have him on their books escapes me, because Sergi’s stuff is insane Be sure to scroll to the last image. Then…keep scrolling. If you can. You can…

Track: Wasted | Album: Metz | Artist: Metz Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Robot Factories Are Where Shiny Gun Arms Are Made

Stefano Tsai works at Creative Assembly as a 3D artist. Not on the Total War games, though, he’s currently chipping away at the studio’s mythical Alien franchise game. You won’t find any images of that here, obviously. What you will find are a number of breathtakingly “real” 3D images. Seriously, corridor cross-sections? It’s my secret…

Track: Night Rider | Album: Focus | Artist: Stan Getz w/ Eddie Sauter Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Green Hill Zone Theme (Remix) | Artist: Mitch Murder | Album: N/A Download the track here Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sunset On Mars? Not Romantic.

I featured one DICE artist last night, it’s only fair tonight to showcase another man involved in the design of the Battlefield series. Below you’ll see some personal and professional work from Swedish artist Eric Persson, a concept artist at DICE who has worked on both Battlefield 3 and the upcoming Battlefield 4. You can…

The Last Days Of China’s Lawless Mega Slum

Kowloon Walled City was the closest this planet has ever come to having our own, real Mega-City One. Poverty, people packed in like sardines, drugs, prostitution, a vacuum of authority…it was insane. It’s been gone for nearly twenty years now, but a series of amazing photos has helped bring the “city” back to life. Originally…

Track: From Time | Album: Nothing Was The Same | Artist: Drake Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The New, Hip Way To Eat Ramen: With Your Beard

Some folk like to joke about how beards come in handy when it comes to food, as facial hair can act as storage (eww, I know)…but this is something else entirely. Incredibeard isn’t using his beard for storage, but as a bowl. That’s not all. There’s also footage of this dude using his beard to…

Burger King has unveiled Satisfries, a new potato product aimed at making people feel better about eating them using percentages and downward-pointing arrows. I feel healthier already. Thanks, numbers and arrows! Find out more here, while I prepare for a short road trip to see if they’re the saddest fries.

Awesome Art From A Man Responsible For EA’s “Orange Soldier Glow”

It’s been a design mainstay for some EA games since Bad Company 2, the “orange glow behind a soldier dude” effect about as iconic as modern game art gets. If you want someone to blame/thank for this trend, then Robert Sammelin is a good place to start. You could also, more practically, blame the fact…

A Sad Farewell To The Coolest Fighter Jet Of All Time

Anyone who grew up watching cartoons, or playing video games, or just taking an interest in large, expensive vehicles will be saddened to hear today that the US military has indicated the end is nigh for the fabled A-10 Warthog. Incorrectly labelled “ugly” by some detractors, the fact is the A-10 is the coolest damn…

Track: Love Theme | Album: Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Soundtrack | Artist: Power Glove Buy the album here Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Art That Will Punch Your Eyeballs In Their Stupid Eyeball Faces

British artist Dan Morison has worked in advertising, music video and film, with clients ranging from Xbox to Nike to Guinness. I could paint my entire house in murals of this stuff. Then maybe my neighbour’s place. You can see more of Dan’s work at his personal site (thanks Super Punch!) To see the larger…

The Week in Games: Ready for Some Fútbol

EA Sports’ FIFA series and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer renew their rivalry with their latest releases arriving on Tuesday. Other highlights include Scribblenauts‘ DC Universe adaptation and Armored Core and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returning to the 360 and PS3. Tuesday •FIFA 14 (360, PS3, Wii, Vita, PSP, 3DS) •Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (360, PS3)…

Sunday Comics: The Best Medicine?

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. Remember to vote this week in our annual remake of the page. We need at least two new features, and you get to choose them. Nerd Rage by Andy Kluthe. Published Sept. 20. Read more of Nerd Rage Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins…