RIP Darwyn Cooke, A Comic Book Great

On Saturday, Darwyn Cooke passed away at the age of 53. He was one of my favourite comic book artists (and writers). You may have already heard the news, you may have no idea who he is. It was certainly a shock to hear, given we’d only heard about his battle with lung cancer on…

Yo-Kai Watch 2 Comes Stateside September 30

Pulling a Pokemon for the second installment of Level-5’s kid-friendly ghost-hunting series, Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls and Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits come to the U.S. 3DS this fall, along with a ton of corresponding merchandise. Already a massive hit in Japan (where they’re currently ramping up for Yo-Kai Watch 3‘s July release), Yo-Kai…

Sex Expo Is A Perfect Place For Cosplay

On Sunday night, Sexpo Australia—a massive sex expo held in Sydney—handed a staggering AUD$2000 cash prize to the winner of their first ever cosplay competition. The crowd whooped and cheered — in fact, the crowd helped to pick the winner by whooping and cheering. This isn’t a cosplay competition like any you’ve seen before, but…

Uncharted 4‘s Stunning Photo Mode Art

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is a beautiful game on its own. Add an extensive Photo Mode and a creative player base and it becomes an art engine, generating an endless array of eye candy. Here are some of our favorites. With plenty of filters, tools and even the avility to remove characters from scenes…

StarCraft Nova Cosplay Shoots The Lights Out

This is Polish cosplayer Calypsen, as StarCraft’s/Heroes of the Storm’s Nova. Photos by Studio Zahora

Disney Theme Park Designer Imagines A Castle In The Sky Ride

John Ramirez, whose actual job it is to design rides for Disney, had an idea for a Totoro experience. He now also has one for a Castle in the Sky/Laputa ride, too. It’s great. Perfect. The carriage, the sections of the movie you visit, the multiple appearances of the robots, it’s all the best. As…

Comic Convention Has Cosplay PR Meltdown

Last week, the Facebook account of the Santa Fe Comic Con thought it was doing the right thing by promoting local cosplay at the expense of more famous out-of-town talent. Emphasis on thought. The communications meltdown that actually took place ended up a public relations shitstorm. Note: The convention deleted most of its Facebook comments…

Wash, Rinse, Repeat

Pretty much. Comic by Shubbabang

Mario vs Dark Souls. By Jason Chan

Cosplayer Becomes Geralt, Witcherest Of Witchers

This is Maul, from Defcon Unlimited, a cosplay/stunt team from Europe. You might remember Maul from last year, when he didn’t just cosplay as Snake, but had to go get a real wolf Defcon’s latest effort is this Geralt ensemble, which took ages to put together. I’ve included detail shots of the suit because just…

Artist Makes Badass Battlefront, Killzone & Resident Evil Figures

Snow Corporation is a British artist who, inspired by stuff like Sideshow’s efforts, builds and modifies custom action figures. Star Wars, Warhammer, Marvel, commissions, he’s done it all, and they are all incredible Note this is different to the VTS figures we showed last week; those are commercial bootlegs, while these are either for commission…

Tank Murder Is A Very Funny GTA V Video

Tanks aren’t just in GTA V for shooting stuff and evading cops. There’s so much scope to do more with their heavy, swinging bodies. Like slapstick murder. AwesomeAlvin’s video here covers a lot of GTA V escapades (some of it a bit much), but it’s any part with a tank that’s the highlight.

The Week In Games: Make America Free Again

Is it time to liberate the country from foreign invaders already? Man, 2016 is going by so fast I completely forgot Homefront: The Revolution was a thing. It’s totally a thing, you guys. A thing that I for some reason know absolutely nothing about. Apparently the city of Philadelphia, four years into occupation, has become…

DOOM PC Benchmarks: Not Hellish At All

Twenty two years ago an obscure game developer called id Software released a first-person shooter that would have a huge impact on the future of PC gaming, computer graphics and the industry as a whole, that game was Doom At the time I was 10, and while I can’t exactly recall if my first encounter…

Bejeweled Is So Over Candy Crush Saga‘s Bullshit

The official description for Bejeweled Stars does not read “You like Candy Crush Saga? Fine. Here’s your damn Candy Crush Saga,” but it really should. PopCap’s Bejeweled wasn’t the first match-three puzzler, but it was the game that put the sub-genre on the map. The wonderfully simple, wildly addictive gem-matching game grew so popular there…

Sunday Comics: Still Unsquished

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 May 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

The Official World Of Warcraft Cookbook Calls For Hungry Players, Canned Haggis

Coming this October from the author of the official Game of Thrones cookbook, World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook will have you searching “where can I buy canned haggis” in Google more often than you already do. The fine folks at Simon & Schuster (via Destructoid) are bringing Chelsea Monroe-Cassel’s interpretation of classic Azerothian food…