Oh Man This Warhammer 40K Cosplay

Nearly every piece of Warhammer 40K cosplay you see is some kind of human character, being all grim and gruff and shouting something about heresy. So it’s nice to see Russia’s Nargashow the Eldar’s Howling Banshees some love instead. She made the whole outfit herself, while the photos are by KIRA. And if you want…

Battlefield 1 vs Team Fortress 2

Hey Tommy Charge, was the intention here with this Battlefield 1 trailer remake to actually make us want a new, bigger Team Fortress game? The same cast, only with tanks and zeppelins? Because that’s all I’m taking away from this. If anyone at Valve is still making new video games, please be making this Here’s…

Look At The Size Of This Overwatch Cosplay

Egg Sisters have been absolutely dominating Dragon Con with this Reinhardt, which despite looking like an enormous statue is actually a cosplay outfit that can turn, wave its arms and even walk. To get an idea of the scale of the costume, look at this! Incredible. You can see more of Egg Sisters’ work at…

A Little More Than Meets The Eye

In THE REAL DEAL, Patrick Boivin brings a five year-old boy’s Transformers showdown to life.

This Week In Games: The Calm Before The Storm

Fall is upon us, which means two things: Pumpkin Spice and Video Games. But before that, we have time to sit back and contemplate things, like how great Doom was, because Doom was totally great. But enough about the past. Today, we celebrate the future. Monday, September 5 Mother Russia Bleeds — Steam Tuesday, September…

The Only Superhero I Want To Play Is Rogue

Most discussion about superhero video games revolves around the same few boring superheroes. People want to be Superman. They want to be Wolverine. They want to be Batman. Everyone wants to be the most popular and least interesting superheroes in comic books. Enough, I say! There’s only one superhero we absolutely need to play, and…

On Virtual Realism

I do not relish the thought of academia, through few faults of its own. We’re just not that compatible. What I want to do and what it wants to do fits on a Venn diagram with “philosophy” as our only area of overlap. I mention this because I think I’ve figured out something about games,…

GameXplain Has A 2-Hour Examination of Zelda Up On YouTube

Wow! GameXplain has posted a 2 hour, 6 minute, 13 second in-depth exploration of all of the footage we have so far of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is pretty cool. I’m going through it now, and while some of it sticks out to me as over-analysis (gut feeling: those lights…

Sunday Comics: Environmentalists

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published September 2 as part of an arc. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 29. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny…

Doctaku, Day 2: Secretly Plotting Your Demise

Goooooood morning, Kotaku! It is I, your incredible weekend guest editor, Doc! Got a load of stuff planned for you today, including articles about the best X-Man, Why I should be given control of Duke Nukem, and a bunch of other stuff. Brace yourself. It’s gonna get weird But first, hey, a little more Deltron.

Everything Is Better In First Person

If there is one simple, undeniable fact about anything, it’s this: every game idea is improved by putting it in first person. Don’t believe me? Cool, that’s the point I’m here to prove, and I will do that simply by listing all the times the first person perspective made other, lesser games better. Fallout: New…

Digimon Cyber Sleuth Is One Of The Best Games I’ve Played In 2016

Mike Fahey is my role model, and he wrote this review of Digimon Cyber Sleuth, and it’s great, and you should read it, but in case you wanted someone else’s take on an excellent Digimon game, here’s mine: “Finally! A JRPG worth playing!” It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m not a…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Corrupted My Saves

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a pretty good video game. I like many things about it. It is beautiful. I haven’t predicted where the story’s going yet. I get a kick out of running errands for people. Some of the quests have me genuinely unsure what decision to make. I dislike many things about it.…

Why Horror Is Scarier With Weapons

Our favorite games are often the ones that made us feel these really cool, powerful things. How’d you feel when you met your first Colossus or saw Rapture for the first time? I think the best games stick with us because everything about them, from mechanics to presentation, is all about crafting that perfect, powerful…

I apply the flow cannon…

Six Novels That Could Become Great Video Games

I have an overactive imagination. When I read books, I imagine myself as being in the book’s world, as sharing the experience with the characters themselves. Video games are cool because they actually bring that experience to life; with The Witcher, for instance, fans of the books finally got to be the witcher Geralt, hunting…