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Arthur Gurin is a freelance concept artist from Ukraine who is working in the video game business. You can see more of Arthur’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…

The Sims 4 Toddlers Are Actually Good This Time

Last week, The Sims 4 team added toddlers as a free update after years of clamoring from fans. While I’m happy to see the life stage added, previous iterations of toddlers in The Sims didn’t do it for me. These new toddlers, however, change up the lives of my sims in significant ways. They also…

Quality Assured: What It’s Really Like To Test Games For A Living

There’s an old commercial for Westwood College that’s become something of a running joke in the video game world. Two young men sit at a couch, hammering away at PlayStation controllers. A woman walks in. “Hey guys, finish testing that game yet?” she asks. “I’ve got another one I need designed.” This piece originally appeared…

Zelda Fans Use Breath of the Wild‘s Special Language To Uncover More Story Details

Fans have uncovered some information of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s backstory thanks to some sleuth-work involving a map included in the game’s special edition. Breath of the Wild’s special edition was shown during the recent Nintendo Switch Treehouse stream. It includes a music CD, Master Sword statue, special Switch carrying case and more.…

I Want To Build The Hell Out Of This Destiny Lego

Just about every day, I get a Twitter DM or e-mail from someone asking for news on Destiny 2. To which I now say: Here, look at this Lego. ShadowNight36‘s recreation of The Divide in the Cosmodrome is fine and all, but the real highlight is his Fallen Walker, complete with six working legs, various…

1994’s NBA Jam Has Been Updated For 2017

If you want to play the 1994 Tournament Edition version of NBA Jam, but use LeBron James and Steph Curry instead of Shawn Kemp and John Stockton, then Hogs With A Blog have done you a great service and modded today’s superstars into yesteryear’s classic game. Playable via a SNES emulator, NBA Jam 2k17 is…

Atlus Brings Two Utawarerumono Games West In 2017

Uta-wa-re-ru-mono. The name of the adult tactical role-playing visual novel series is a bit tricky to pronounce, but I’m sure we’ll have it down by the time Atlus is done releasing Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth for North American and European PS4 and Vita this year. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Mask…

Your Winter 2017 Anime Guide 

Who’s ready to watch some anime? You? Yes, that’s right, you It’s winter, which means it there is a new anime season with new anime to watch. This time, there are over forty shows to check out. Have a look and hit us up in the comments about which ones you are keen on. ACCA:…

Korean Military In Trouble Over Battlefield And Ace Combat Footage 

The South Korean military has a new program to co-develop fighter planes. To show off the project, a web video was created with tax payers’ money. Oh, and unauthorized video game footage. The Korea Times (via tipster Sang) report that the country’s Ministry of National Defense released the ten minute clip, which features a few…

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For The “Hardcore Nintendo Fan”

Look at how much postage would be if I wanted this shipped to Australia. I’m not going to link this auction, but I thought the sales pitch was funny: Up for sell is a Bottle of water from the nintendo switch event in nyc. This item is unused and in mint condition. The water was…

The Most Interesting Answers From Gabe Newell’s AMA

Today was one of those occasions that comes once, maybe twice (but definitely not thrice) in a lifetime. Gabe Newell arose from his Scrooge McDuck-esque lake of knives and cash to conduct an AMA. Spoiler: he likes Portal 2 more than Half-Life, and despite appearances to the contrary, Valve still makes games. Newell didn’t stick…

Blizzard Responds To Ongoing Fan Anger Surrounding The Overwatch Test Server

Overwatch’s PTR, or public test realm, is a blessing and a curse for players. On one hand, they get to try out new changes before they go live. On the other, if players don’t love a change, there’s no guarantee Blizzard will do a 180. Right now, D.Va’s staring down the barrel of a big…

Civilization VI Has The Most Incredible Animation

Civilization V is one of the greatest video games of all time, and one of the oft-overlooked reasons why isn’t its “one more turn” systems or balance, but its cartoon leaders. Despite their exaggerated appearance they feel alive, and it was cool to see this aspect of the game not just retained, but improved for…

Battlefield Pilot Gives Enemy Soldier A Biplane Haircut

Today on Highlight Reel we have unusual urination, Titanfall streaks, boat tethers, stolen kills, amped walls, 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! Just…

Steam Removes Game After Developer Posts Fake Reviews

Valve announced this afternoon that the poorly-reviewed stealth game Art of Stealth was removed from Steam after it was discovered that its developer forged positive reviews. Art of Stealth’s developer has been lashing out against negative Steam reviews over the last few days. In fact, if you’ve heard of the game before, it could be…

What A Broke-Ass Batman Would Look Like

This is some Batman cosplay with a difference. Rather than try to copy the Dark Knight’s appearance from any number of comics, movies or games, frigginboomtoys has decided to try something more original, and imagine “Poor Batman”. It’s from a universe where, instead of being born rich, Bruce Wayne is actually dirt poor, and has…