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When Pin-Ups Meet Harry Potter Cosplay

Kotaku cosplay regular Ginny Di returns here with a super cool tribute to Gil Elvgren’s iconic pin-up art, giving the 20th century illustrations a Harry Potter twist. Photos by Josh Randall. You can see more of Ginny’s cosplay at her Facebook page

Haha Look At This Dungeons & Dragons Thing

This is a massive and elaborate GM screen for your Dungeons & Dragons (or any other role-playing game) adventures. For those who want to flex on their tabletop crew. I like Wyrmwood’s stuff, but this screen is on a whole other level, both in terms of how much it does (it does a lot) and…

Behold, The Luckiest Yakuza 0 Player

Today on Highlight Reel we have claw game plays, For Honor kills, Rainbow 6 headshots, Widowmaker snipes and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…

A Look At How People Bend and Break A Single Goldeneye Level

Speedrunning communities build up their share of stories. Legendary runs, heartbreaking chokes and new trick discoveries abound. Goldeneye 007 speedrunner RWhiteGoose has sat down to chronicle the tales behind one of Goldeneye’s best levels. Ryan J. White is a Goldeneye runner ranked sixth in the world for time on leaderboards. In a new video, he…

Conor McGregor Impersonator Plays Overwatch

“Who the fook is that guy?” I don’t think the real Conor McGregor plays Overwatch, but this fake Conor McGregor that Reeve encountered is an extremely acceptable substitute. His impression is spot-on as far as purposefully over-the-top parodies go, as is his penchant for melodramatic braggery (and calling everybody a pussy). The whole “I’m finding…

Ask Kotaku’s Staff Anything

It’s time again for another edition of Ask Kotaku’s Staff Anything. We’ll be answering your questions for the next hour or so. Ask whatever you’d like.

The PS4’s Nioh Is Basically Samurai Bloodborne, And It Is Very Good

Look, I didn’t expect to spend the last two nights obsessively playing Nioh either, but here we are. Nioh is a new PS4-exclusive action game from Team Ninja, the studio behind the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series. It’s out in about a week, on February 7. The game has been floating at the…

Why Overwatch Hacking Is Such A Big Problem In Korea

In a now-famous Overwatch video, a Korean player is banned mid-match because of his shameless hacking. He’s streaming himself as Widowmaker, effortlessly flinging himself across the map and landing perfect headshots in-air. A Hanzo approaches, and in a moment, he’s gone. Widowmaker’s crosshairs, which were feet away from him, rubberband to his head. A few…

Final Fantasy XV Voice Actors Playing Their Own Game Is Excellent

Last night the voices of Ignis, Prompto and Noctis streamed the game they star in, Final Fantasy XV, on Twitch. Unsurprisingly, it was adorable Adam Croasdell (Ignis), Robbie Daymond (Prompto) and Ray Chase (Noctis) were also joined by fellow voice actor Max Mittelman. While the stream hasn’t been archived, fans have clipped the highlights. Of…

Internal GameStop Memo Says ‘Vast Majority’ Of Employees Aren’t Misleading Customers

This afternoon, following yesterday’s Kotaku report on GameStop’s controversial Circle of Life program, the retail chain sent out a memo to all stores condemning some of the actions we spotlighted and claiming that most of their employees don’t behave that way. “While the behaviors described in the news article are disappointing, I know they don’t…

15 Of The Strangest Dystopias In Gaming

The future is scary and, according to these 15 dystopias in video games, it’s going to get a lot stranger before things get better. This post originally appeared on Kotaku on January 1, 2015. Remember Me Paris, the city of lights and memories. But what about memories that can be shared and erased? Neo-Paris has…

Some PS4s Have Become A Bit Laggy Recently

If you’re noticing that your Playstation 4 is a bit sluggish, you’re not the only one. Recently, players across social media are reporting increased delays when navigating the Playstation 4’s menus. Players are noticing slowdown on their Playstation 4s. Complaints center around lag on the Playstation 4 when browsing media or simply moving through the…

Square Enix Is Treating Final Fantasy XV Like A Live Game 

Final Fantasy XV just won’t stop changing. We already knew that Square Enix was adding new cutscenes and overhauling Chapter 13, and now, director Hajime Tabata says they’re adding a free-drive mode for the car, among other things. In an Active Time Report video presentation last night, as translated by Gematsu (which you can watch…

Account Snafu Might Explain Why Pokémon Players Keep Failing Global Missions

For months now, we’ve seen people repeatedly fail Pokémon Sun and Moon’s Global Missions, the community missions that net players rewards if they reach certain gameplay goals. Turns out, many players can’t even register and log in to Pokémon Global Link, the online service which logs their progress in Global Missions, something that would explain…