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The Best Cosplay Of 2015

2014 was a big year in cosplay. 2015? Even bigger From cons to private photoshoots to kids screwing around with junk and a sewing machine, cosplay has continued to explode in popularity across the globe. And the more people who take up the artform, the more amazing outfits we get. The images below, though, are…

The Week In Games: Trails Of Year’s End Tears

We’ve only got one day to finishJason Schreier’s favorite JRPG and its recently released in North America sequel before The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel arrives. I just finished the first part of the first one. I think I can make it. As if worrying about what to get my family for Christmas…

Sci-Fi Link Is Built For Space Battle

Let’s imagine, for a moment, that Nintendo went a little crazy and made a sci-fi Zelda game. The end result could look a lot worse than this cosplay outfit by Ten D. Motomochi Snapped by Chocozumoat the Phoenix Comic Con, it’s actually a converted, Zelda-themed Spartan, with some nice touches like the Triforce of courage…

Look At World Of Final Fantasy. Just Look At It. 

Look at tiny Yuna. Look at her giant, adorable head. You think she’s worried about what Tidus is up to right now? She probably is, and that just makes her even more adorable. I can’t even handle tiny Lightning and tiny Faris. I just can’t. In a new trailer released for the annual Jump Festa…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Monster Garbage Delivery: The Winners! 

When Monster Gaming asked Twitter where it should ship its product, Red Bull eSports responded with a picture of a dumpster. Snappy comeback, but our readers’ responses are much better. I love it when you folks make this easy. I’m not just talking about good old sciteach coming through with a place to dispose of…

Sunday Comics: Barely Half Star Wars

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 December 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 14. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

The Force Awakens Is a Very Good Star Wars Movie

“Oh my dear friend, how I’ve missed you,” says a returning character to another in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They’re glad to see each other again. I was, too. Throughout the decades since we first met them, the metallic, furry and extraterrestrial personas of Star Wars have felt like larger-than-life acquaintances who’ve been gone…

There’s A Perfectly Reasonable Explanation For Why I’m Playing A Monster High Video Game

It’s not every day I get to refer to my wife as perfectly reasonable but yeah—this is all her fault. Those of you who know me or follow my Toy Time video series know that I am a collector of shiny plastic things. Transformers, LEGOs, Skylanders, Disney Infinity—the odd Amiibo here and there—I loves me…

Star Citizen‘s Procedurally-Generated Planet Tech Seems Pretty Impressive

A recently-released Star Citizen video demonstrates the game’s upcoming procedurally-generated planet system by zooming out from the pupil of a pilot all the way into space. Yeah yeah, No Man’s Sky called, they want their planet-making tech back, but in the realistic (well, as realistic as it can be) universe of the crowd-funded Star Citizen,…

Badland 2 Wastes No Time Getting To The Good Parts

This week developer Frogmind released the follow up to the deservedly award-winning Badland. Unlike the original, this one is amazing right from the start. The first Badland game drew me in with its stunning silhouette art style and enchanting sound design, but nearly lost me by spending too much time making sure I knew the…

Here’s How Miles Morales Comes to the New Marvel Universe

There are lots of Spider-people in the Marvel Universe right now. But only two of them call themselves Spider-Man. One, of course, is the newly-rich Peter Parker, originator of the wall-crawler identity. The other is an alternate-reality successor to the Spider-mantle named Miles Morales. This week, we see Miles play a pivotal role in the…

A Funny Thing Happens At The End Of Disney Infinity‘s Star Wars: The Force Awakens Play Set

The Disney Infinity Star Wars: The Force Awakens adventure loosely follows the events of the new movie from start to finish, though one particular dramatic development is glossed over. Spoilers are going to happen here, kids. Seriously, if you’ve not seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet and plan on doing so, do not read…

This Week In The Business: More Ambitious Than Molyneux

QUOTE | “It’s simply the most ambitious game we’ve ever created at Lionhead.” – An explanation for Fable Legends’ latest delay, as posted on the game’s official website by Lionhead Studios, a company founded by Peter Molyneux. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Azubu was there but was generally regarded as…

New Trailer Shows A Little More Kingdom Hearts III

Square Enix has just put a new Kingdom Hearts trailer that showcases the series’ upcoming 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue release and ends with a couple of minutes’ worth of Kingdom Hearts III gameplay. Nothing ground-breaking, and III still seems to be a long ways off, but this is better than nothing, right? Jump to 3:38…