Robot Dinosaur Cosplay Was One Of The Stars Of E3

Hollywood effects studio Spectral Motion were hired by Sony to create a little something for Horizon Zero Dawn’s E3 demo. The suit they came up with ended up being one of the lowkey stars of the entire show As you can see, it goes way beyond your usual E3 cosplay performance, seeing as it’s basically…

The Future Fashion Of Mirror’s Edge

If there’s one thing every costume in Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst has in common, it’s that they all look like they walked right off the runway of some sci-fi fashion show. Not that this is a bad thing! While some of the touches you’ll see below are a bit naff, for the most part everything looks…

Some Of 2016’s Best Cosplay Was At Colossalcon

Sandusky, Ohio may not be the first location that leaps to mind when it comes to world-beating cosplay, but every year many of the world’s best make the pilgrimage to Kalahari Resort’s Colossalcon for one of the biggest cons of the year. Why Sandusky? Because the Kalahari is a resort with a tropical-themed swimming pool…

Geralt Of Rivia Is Enjoying His Retirement

Now that he doesn’t have to wander the wilds of Temeria oiling blades and solving murder mysteries, The Witcher’s Geralt is free to do more fun stuff. Like visit E3, hit the beach and play some ball. This is Maul Cosplay, whose incredible Geraltcosplay you may have seen here previously. He was hired to work…

The Week In Games: Mighty Mighty Boss Fights

How am I supposed to feel about Mighty No. 9 finally coming out? I was excited about the possibility of Mega Man co-designer Keiji Inafune picking up the ball Capcom had dropped and running with it. Theearly footage looked promising. Then the delays began, pushing the game release from September of last year to this…

The Beautiful Exploration Game Abzu Flew Under The Radar At E3

Giant Squid brought a new trailer for Abzu to E3 2016, but it didn’t get a lot of attention. That’s too bad, because from the trailer, it looks like Abzu is going to be gorgeous, thoughtful, and immersive. Abzu has been in the works for a while—it first showed up at E3 2014. The trailer…

To All The Dads, Of War And Otherwise

Today we celebrate the men who sit beside us in the snow over the carcass of a freshly-killed stag, almost but not quite lending a comforting hand. And the other kinds of dads too, I suppose. Having been a father for five years running, the trailer for the new God of War really kicked me…

Sunday Comics: Did We Miss Anything?

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 June 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Neverwinter Nights Made Me Love Games

I was a little kid whose favorite game for a solid eleven years was “pretend.” Neverwinter Nights was an early RPG that gave your character absolutely no backstory and encouraged you to fill in the gaps. Clearly, a match made in heaven. Last year, I flew to Atlanta to attend DragonCon. On the first of…

When Jeff Goldblum Told Us To Stop Playing And Enjoy Life

Or at least those of us who gathered every DNA sample in 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park video game. We scored a very special message from Mr. Goldblum, urging us to “call a member of the opposite sex” and “Get the stink off.” I was watching Jeff Goldblum on a post-Orphan Black episode of…

Who Stole The Breeches? And More Tabletop Stories

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I asked you for your favorite tabletop memories? Just as I predicted, one post wasn’t enough to list all of my favorites, so I wrote another. Again, I picked these because they made me laugh, wince or want to steal the idea for the campaign I’m running. There…

The Incredibly Limited Adventures Of Game Developer Barbie

Now available in stores across the country, Game Developer Barbie is here to prove that anyone has the power to create crappy match-three games, even if they only have five points of articulation. Announced back in January, Game Developer Barbie takes long strides towards making up for the horrific “I Can Be A Computer Engineer”…

Final Fantasy XV‘s Director Says He Found Out About Scorpio At Microsoft’s Conference

The director of Final Fantasy XV says they haven’t worked with the new consoles from Microsoft or Sony yet. In fact, he says he found out about the upcoming Project Scorpio while sitting in Microsoft’s green room. During an interview at E3 earlier this week, FFXV director Hajime Tabata told me he got to find…

We’re Getting A Spyro The Dragon Cartoon, Sort Of

Poor Spyro might have gotten a little lost in the crowd in the Skylanders video game series, but he’ll be at the head of his class in Skylanders Academy, a new animated series coming to Netflix this fall. Look how happy he is! As upset as hardcore Spyro the Dragon fans (I just typed that)…

“Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word “Sky”). We can call our game No Man’s Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over.” Hello Games’ Sean Murray via Twitter yesterday, celebrating not having to change his game’s name to No Man’s One or something.

This Week in the Business: Expectations Manager 2016

QUOTE | “Me and my son have an Xbox One, and we wanted to play Battlefield 1 or Titanfall 2, and we didn’t get that opportunity. I was like, c’mon man, I didn’t come here to buy stuff. I came here to enjoy games.” – A father discusses the “really disappointing” open-to-the-public E3 Live show…

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer: ‘We Will Ship Games On Steam Again’

If you’re a PC gamer, the big news out of E3 this year was Microsoft’s decision to (finally) re-embrace PC as a gaming platform. If you buy their games on Xbox One, you’ll get them on PC as well (and vice versa). For big games, however, Microsoft’s been awfully Microsoft in recent times. Their store…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

E3 has come and gone, and we can groggily get back to talking about video games that are actually out. To that end: What are you playing this weekend? I’ll go first: I’m planning to play some more Overwatch, since a lot of the people I play with were in LA last week. I saw…