Comic-Con, the biggest nerd show on Earth, wrapped up earlier this month, and aside from over-priced toys and exhausting panel talks there was also a ton of cosplay present. Mineralbluwas there braving the crowds for us to bring you this showcase of some of the best of it, featuring everything from very good cosplay dogs…
Grafit Studio is an outsourcing and production company based in Russia, who have worked on games like Gwent and The Elder Scrolls: Legends. You can see more of Grafit’s work at their company site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…
OK, we’re pretty much done with leaks: these are some of the first official shots of Adidas’ anticipated upcoming collaboration with Dragon Ball Z, and they show the first two pairs are running with a Goku vs. Frieza theme. As Sneaker News reports, the Goku shoe is a modified ZX500 RM, which is not just…
Last week, the procession of pop songs on TV show America’s Got Talent was interrupted by a massive group performance of Baba Yetu, the Grammy-award winning Civilization IV theme Sung by the Angel City Chorale, it’s one hell of a performance of Christopher Tin’s work, which despite its surprise contemporary prominence (it won its Grammy…
Track: The Great Beyond | Artist: R.E.M. | Album: Man On The Moon OST Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Before the twitch-restarting of Super Meat Boy or weird hacks of Super Mario Bros. built for maximum frustration there was the San Francisco level of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. It was here that this manual-gap-manual combo reduced me to a broken teen. I’ve recently set up a “game room” in part of my office…
I like Magic: The Gathering, and I have extreme respect for stained glass as an art form, so this stained glass rendition of the elder dragon Nicol Bolas is something I am way into. In a Reddit thread about the piece, poster Alexm920 explains that the piece is made with their significant other who “got…
Reddit user WintrrShadow has memorialized the the recent map and gear changes in Fortnite by editing a video to the style and tone of the final scene of Furious 7 The ending of Furious 7 is, as far as I am concerned, the most emotional moment in cinema history. Actor Paul Walker tragically died while…
No Man’s Sky’s NEXT update dropped this week, and people are owning the sky. They’re commanding freighters and scooting ships around the galaxy. But deeper evils exist, and this week’s ‘Shop Contest is about finding them. I want you to ‘shop me up some cosmic terror. The core of movies like Alien is that the…
Everyone wants pretty much every game to come to Switch, but what are the criteria for the Perfect Switch Game? On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, let’s discuss. Journalist and producer Alanah Pearce joins the show this week to talk about the big new No Man’s Sky update, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy losing…
Hello! It’s time for 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 July 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 26. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…
The first-ever winner of the Overwatch League season playoffs is the London Spitfire. After a rocky season spent wobbling between commanding victories and unexpected defeats, the Spitfire earned a $1,000,000 prize, as well as a silver gauntlet in the style of publisher Blizzard’s sword-and-sorcery roots. Their underdog opponents, the crowd-favorite Philadelphia Fusion, retreated with the…
Track: Doctor Worm | Artist: They Might Be Giants | Album: Severe Tire Damage Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Streamer apotatomaybetwo has created a video explaining, point by point, how to play Overwatch if you only have access to a single hand. It’s educational. The video largely focuses on how to use either the Razer Naga Trinity or Logitech g600 mouse, both of which feature a large pad of buttons that are accessible via…
100 Monster Hunts is a simple idea. As a Dungeon Master, you can roll on a giant table and get a random “monster hunt,” or a small designed encounter with a monster. Players then go deal with that monster. It’s clean, it’s simple, and it’s helpful. Every DM runs into moments where they need to…
A Dark Souls 3 no-hit tournament is going on right now. The event features a host of no-hit challenge streamers going head-to-head to complete the game without getting hit. Read up on it here and watch the stream here.
A Black Lotus from the original release of Magic: The Gathering sold this week on online auction site eBay for $87,672. That’s a lot of money for a little bit of cardboard. There are three official printings of Black Lotus in Magic: Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited. Alpha was comprised of 295 Magic cards printed with black…
This was an action-packed week of ‘Shop Contest because you all were hunting down the known criminal Captain Toad and demonstrating all of his wickedness. And, by golly, we’ve proven how truly depraved he is. Last week I asked you to show me the crimes that Captain Toad has done, and you gave me a…
Whether you’re a returning No Man’s Sky player or venturing off to explore the vastness of space for the first time, here’s your a helpful video guide to the galaxy to get you started.
QUOTE | “We have to accept that, if we start ten projects, four are probably going to fail. I don’t know the exact numbers, of course, but that’s not a failure as a company, and it’s not a failure for the people working on it; it’s a part of our process now.” – Incoming Paradox…
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