Every Christmas, There’s A Cosplay Spectacular In Florida

Holiday Matsuri has quickly grown to become one of the biggest and best cosplay shows in the US. And it’s not hard seeing why: who wouldn’t want to escape the winter chills for a resort in Orlando in the middle of December? Below you’ll find a selection of video and photos taken by Mineralblufrom the…

Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space is a free-to-play JRPG coming to iOS and Android on January 28. It’s made in part by Chrono Trigger writer Masato Kato and composer Yasunori Mitsuda, and while it will have microtransactions and character rarities, it will also have a swordsman frog named Cyrus.

Me and Paul are finishing our playthrough of Hitman 2 right now on Twitch. Come watch the sneaking and the hilarity.

There’s now an improved version of VGC Online’s Sega Saturn jewel cases on Amazon. I checked them out myself and they don’t have any of the “fall apart immediately” issues of the first run. You can buy with confidence now. (Limited Run Games hasn’t started selling its cases individually yet.)

Hooray! Just now, beloved ESPer anime Mob Psycho 100‘s second season launched on Crunchyroll. It’s a hilarious, psychedelic twist on shonen anime tropes centered on an innocuous kid who happens to be a powerful psychic. You can read our review of the first season here

Track: Wintertime | Artist: Noah Jones with Jeff Tweedy | Album: Wintertime single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

Work has begun on the new anime for battleship girl browser game KanColle (Kantai Collection). According to an official tweet, Studio Engi is handling the 2D and 3D animation. ANN adds that the anime sequel series was announced back in 2015.

Game Console Modding Illegal In Japan, Punishable By Prison And Fines

It is illegal to mod game save data and game consoles in Japan. Both are punishable by up to five years in prison and fines up to 5 million yen ($46,000). According to the official site for Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software, modding game save data and game consoles violates the country’s Unfair…

The Climb. Bonn, Germany. By Aria Khoshsirat | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Everything Is Permitted With Assassin’s Creed Controllers

These Assassin’s Creed controllers were made by reader Devin Smith, and are inspired by the Ezio timeline of games. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a control pad with gauntlets before. In addition to the general prettiness going on, there are some cool features here: the accents are made from leather, the Xbox’s home…