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Borderlands Cosplay Is A Family Act

Back in 2015, we named this shot of Feinobi as Borderlands’ Handsome Jack as one of the best pieces of cosplay for the year. It’s now 2017, and he’s finally gotten around to having a proper shoot done of the outfit. What’s more, he’s now joined by his girlfriend Mary, cosplaying as Handsome Jack’s daughter…

A Soft Way To Fix The Switch’s Screen Scratching Issue

Where there’s a hardware flaw, there’s a cottage industry to take advantage of it, and the Switch dock’s propensity to scratch console screens is no different. There’s still no confirmation if the scratches are being caused by sloppy owners or the odd bent dock, but whatever, if you’re concerned that a cheap piece of plastic…

Old Games Catalogues Are Fun

Growing up in Australia in the 80s/90s, I have a very weird emotional attachment to these old retailer catalogues, because in the days before the internet—or even reliable games mags—they were the only real way to get info on what games were coming out and, more importantly, when Via Kotaku Australia, here’s a back catalogue…

Irish Gaming Con Sounded Like A Disaster

GamerCon, an attempt to run a professional games show in Ireland (other shows are amateur efforts), opened for the first time over the weekend. It did not go well. The show, held at Dublin’s National Convention Centre, promised everything from esports to PlayStation VR to cosplay, and while all that stuff was indeed there, a…

Narita Boy Is A Cyberpunk Game Inspired By TV Scanlines

Narita Boy is part video game project, part idle day dream. Even its creator isn’t entirely sure what it will become. But the art and energy behind it is undeniable. Like a long forgotten NES cart buried in your grandparents’ basement, Narita Boy insinuates itself in the imagination like a memory of something that never…

The Week In Games: Titus Andromeda

When things in this galaxy get too predictable, it’s time to pick up and lift off for another. Maybe humanity can finally find peace outside the Milky Way. Unfortunately, I have a sneaking suspicion my instinct tells me bloodshed, destruction, and especially thinly veiled futuristic variants on traditional fire arms will follow us no matter…

Player Lands One-Hit KO In Japanese Fighting Game Tournament

This weekend held many different events in some of the biggest esports, from League of Legends and Street Fighter to Call of Duty. In a small arcade tucked away in Akihabara, Japan, however, players were duking it out in some of the best bouts I’ve seen all weekend, in a language I don’t understand and…

The Binding Of Isaac On Nintendo Switch Has A Gorgeous Instruction Booklet

In a world of big, empty video game cases devoid of instructions or interesting art, one game is fighting back in a small but beautiful way. The Binding of Isaac first came out back in September of 2011. Since that time, however, Edmund McMillen and his development team have been releasing expansions and add-ons for…

Former Overwatch Teammates Reunite As “Laser Kittenz”

A new Overwatch team is set to make its debut on the international stage. Laser Kittenz is made up of the former Bench Boys roster and two other players, and the team will be looking to establish itself in the upcoming Overwatch League. In a report from ESPN Esports, the team says it is currently…

YouTuber JonTron Tries To Clarify His Controversial Views On Race

Last week, YouTube personality Jon Jafari made a series of offensive remarks about race during a debate over on Steve Bonnell’s Twitch channel. Earlier today, he released a video on the Jon Tron Show YouTube channel to try and set the record straight. “I said lots of stuff that could be misconstrued in all sorts…

Hearthstone Team League Finals Cap Off With Gimmicks And Miracles

Hearthstone is often thought of as a one-on-one card game, but in the Trinity Series, teams battle each other rather than single players. In last night’s final matches of the tournament, four teams converged to see whose decklist could outlast the others’. Where most Hearthstone tournaments bracket individual players into a best-of-five format, having to…

Sunday Comics: The Hyrule Guide To Food Preperation

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published March 14. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 13. Read more…

Scumbags Harass Woman For Working On Mass Effect: Andromeda‘s Animations

Internet cretins engaged in a harassment campaign against a woman who worked for Electronic Arts this weekend, flooding her social media and various internet profiles with vitriolic, often misogynistic messages. Her sin, it appears, was working on animations for the game Mass Effect: Andromeda Allie Rose-Marie Leost, who worked for EA’s motion-capture labs in Vancouver,…

Dota 2 Pro Goes Undercover As A Tree, Dies Anyway 

Ludwig “Zai” Wåhlberg isn’t even 20-years-old and he’s already won over $1.1 million in esports prize money. In an exhibition match on Friday against recently formed Onyx, the Evil Geniuses player decided to transform into a tree and try to mess with his opponents just for the hell of it. Monkey King is the latest…

Horrifying MLB The Show Glitch Is Not Okay

There’s a lot of stuff you can do in MLB The Show 17. You can throw balls, swing bats, and up until recently, create unholy baseball abominations like the above. Life was breathed into those demons when when a glitch with the game’s hair slider turned custom players into human wicker statues. Sony San Diego,…

Street Fighter V Invitational Match Ends With A Different Kind Of Comeback

A tense Street Fighter V bout at the SXSW Fighters Underground invitational in Austin, Texas last Thursday showcased one of the game’s most compelling mechanics. American competitor Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez and Fu-pin “RB” Kao from Taiwan fought tooth and nail for a much-needed group stage victory in the final game oftheir first-to-three set in…