Deus Ex Mod Lets You Murder People with Couches

You know how in Deus Ex, you’d throw an item at an NPC, even with level 4 muscle augs activated, and it’d bounce off of them harmlessly and they’d make a snide comment? Thanks to GMDX, those days are over. While GMDX is not a new mod—it’s currently at version seven—it seems this upcoming release…

The Ugliest Characters of Fallout 4

The character creation system in Fallout 4 sure is robust. There are seemingly endless options. But there’s one thing it’s especially good at: making unsightly characters. No wonder some players are trying to make the most repugnant characters imaginable. So far, the rogues gallery is impressively hideous. Of course, you can make beautiful characters, too,…

Five Must-Watch Anime for Fall 2015

This season there are 54 new anime on the air, so it can be more than a little difficult to know which ones to watch. But now that the season has reached its half-way point, we at Kotaku East come bearing our recommendations. Fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura and I have spent the past few…

Champion Martial Artist Started out at an Arcade

This is In Gun Yoo, better known as “Kick Gun.” Last year, he won Red Bull’s Kick-It tournament, cementing his place as one of the best extreme martial artists on Earth. And he got his start in a most unlikely place: at a game arcade. But he wasn’t playing games per se, he was kicking…

War. War never changes. And thankfully, neither does Bethesda’s volume of facial hair options (or penchant for snappy nicknames).

Tomb Raider Cosplay At Actual Mayan Temple

I mean, not everyone has the chance to just head over to the famous ruins of Palenque and dress up as Lara Croft, but if you do, you may as well make the most of it. Lara is LadyLemon, photos by Fernando Brischetto

I Am A Hero Is One Of The Best-Looking Comics I Have Ever Read

Like Toshi, I’ve been reading the manga I Am A Hero, and like Toshi, I’ve been loving it. But I wanted to spend some time today looking at one aspect in particular that leaves me speechless every time I flick through it, and that’s the art. One of the things that I love about my…

Heavenly Art, Hellish Art

Anthony Jones, a concept artist who has worked for companies like Blizzard and Sony, was the focus of maybe the coolest Fine Art we’ve run all year. He’s also found the time to put a book out. That book is called Heaven’s Hell, and is a collection of images and background info detailing Jones’ original…

We Were Spared A Jurassic World Game

Some people actually liked Jurassic World. Good for them. For the rest of us, news that a video game had been in development but never made it to the finish line will be…an idle curiosity? A small blessing? As fan site Jurassic World report, word got out in May that when Cryptic Studios North closed,…

Steam Game Lets You Drop From Space To Earth

Space Engineers is a tremendously popular Steam construction game. In a few days, it’s adding planets. Wanna get out of your spaceship and freefall through the atmosphere to a planet’s surface, without a single loading screen? Be my guest. To announce the long-awaited addition of hulking landmasses to Space Engineers’ galaxy, developer Keen Software House…

Borderlands Cosplay Is Too Damn Handsome

Handsome Jack, are you real? *reaches out, touches screen* I’m still not entirely sure. Jack is by Mary & Feinobi cosplay, photo by So Say We All, who posted this “before and after” shot to show that the cel shading effect comes from A++ make-up work, not Photoshop trickery.

Business Fish Approves Of This Cosplay

OHH! GOOD! For anyone tuning in who doesn’t use Facebook, Business Fish is literally the only good thing about Facebook. Cosplay by Rundaria, photos by Shazzsteel Photography

I Don’t Think It’s Legal To Do That With A Ladder

Today on Highlight Reel we have ladders, invisible chairs, NPCs that love trains, Call of Duty streaks and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – All…

The Problem With Video Game Crowds

Video games are getting better and better at showing us convincing-looking cities. Cities are usually full of crowds, however, and video games aren’t nearly as good at handling those. As I explored a London train station in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, I detected some faint piano notes floating above the din. Curious, I made my way…

How Blizzard Is (And Isn’t) Changing World Of Warcraft‘s Combat

World of Warcraft’s been around for more than a decade. Combat is one of its cornerstones, but also, perhaps, a bit of a relic. In light of recent MMO evolutions like Destiny, I asked Blizzard how far they’re willing to push WoW’s combat. Over the years Blizzard has, of course, added all sorts of new…

BlizzCon Had Some Truly Excellent Cosplay

BlizzCon, Blizzard’s annual fan celebration, went down over the weekend, and where there are Blizzard fans, there are cosplayers. John Jiao was there taking photos of some of the best on show, and these shots—and cosplayers, dressing as characters from StarCraft, WarCraft, Diablo and even Overwatch—do not disappoint. Below are just a few highlights of…