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Bounty Hunters. We Don’t Need Their Scum.
Angelina Stroganova is a concept artist from Russia who has worked for Black Cloud Studios ( After Reset) and Main Road, a visual effects team. You can see more of Angelina’s work at her personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 - CultureCosplay
The Witcherest Witcher Cosplay
I don’t think we’re ever going to get as close to seeing a “real” Triss from The Witcher as we are with these shots. Cosplay by Jessica Dru (who we’ve featured herebefore). Costume by Manzi DeYoung (who, hey, we’ve also featuredbefore). Photos by Greg De Stefano Note that this outfit was so good it was…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedVery Impressive R2-D2 Replica Goes Looking For Love
Artoo In Love is a sweet little short film about the galaxy’s favourite astromech droid, and his search for female companionship. With a mailbox. Before you ask, no, it’s not that kind of movie. The movie itself is OK, I guess, but those droids! R2-D2 was built and operated by Grant McKinney, and while he’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Multiplayer Mod For…Cities: Skylines?
Of all the big PC games people are playing at the moment, the one that needs a mod like this the least is probably Cities: Skylines. But then, that’s also why it needs it the most. Normally, Skylines is a game where you hover above the world like Civicus, the God Of Urban Planning. Fr0sZ’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
GTA V‘s Trevor Got Beaten Up On Better Call Saul
Last night’s episode of Better Call Saul—the best show on television right now—guest-starred Steven Ogg, the man you may recognize as the voice of everyone’s favorite hillbilly psychopath Trevor Philips. Ogg, who played a slightly less unkempt criminal this time around, had the rare honor of getting beaten up by Mike Ehrmantraut, who then went…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Hey Link. Listen. We Look Great.
That’s Jina D doing an excellent Navi, if not in scale then at least in spirit. Link is her fiancée Devon, who should really be cosplaying as Jaime Lannister. I had to crop the image to fit it on the front page of the site, so here’s the full shot: This pic was taken at…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedRIP PlayStation Home, 2008-2015
PlayStation Home, one of the most ambitious (and weirdest) things Sony has ever done with video games, closes down today. It will not be missed, but it should at least be remembered. The service…platform…game…thing was first announced at GDC 2007 (well, technically it was first announced here), and seemed as ambitious as hell! Designed to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2015 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Bloodborne (Updated!)
You may have noticed a lot of people talking about the new PS4 game Bloodborne. It’s good, they say. It’s really difficult, they say. Maybe you’ve considered checking it out, but you’re worried about that difficulty. I’m here to help. Bloodborne is the latest game from visionary game designer Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
Introducing Steamed (Which You May Have Already Noticed)
PC gaming coverage has always been popular on Kotaku, but around the start of the year, we decided to do something new: cover the PC’s top gaming service, Steam, as if it was a platform, the same way we’d cover an Xbox, a PlayStation or a Nintendo whatever. The result: steamed.kotaku.com If you’ve been looking…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedGetting Started With Neverwinter On Xbox One
The North American Xbox One got its first MMORPG today, in the form of a two-year-old free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons PC game. Check out character creation and the opening tutorial for Neverwinter. Anyone with an Xbox One Gold subscription is a simple 10gb or so download away from rolling up a half-elf rogue and joining…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
This is cool: The Game Developers Conference has made a whole bunch of talks from this year’s GDC available to watch for free online. There’s some great stuff in there, from classic game postmortems to modern developers talking candidly about how they made their games.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 31, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Sims Players Confess Their Most Evil Deeds
The Sims might look like a pleasant game where you just pretend to play house, but don’t let that fool you. Things can be very darkdepending on how you play it. Yesterday, The Sims players on Reddit got together to share their cruelest stories, and boy, are they something else. There are tales of torture,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 31, 2015 - Culture
What Do You Want Valve To Change About Steam?
Steam is great, but nothing’s perfect. Valve’s beast of a service is colossal, multifaceted, with a million different limbs being pulled in a million different directions. Inevitably, it sometimes falls flat. What features do you wish Valve would add to Steam? Or take away? Personally, I can think of a bunch, but for simplicity’s sake…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhy A League Of Legends April Fool’s Joke Has Fans Freaking Out
Over the past few days, diehard League of Legends players have been in a bit of tizzy over something called “NURF.” On the game’s hugely popular subreddit, people are wondering when exactly it’s coming out: …and already speculating about what it’ll be like: Or just conveying how frenzied they feel over at the League of…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Chronicles Is Now A Trilogy Set In China, India, Russia
Ok. This looks cool. What was going to be a single side-scrolling Assassin’s Creed game set in 16th century China is now going to span three eras and three countries, starting on April 21. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, a game we formerly thought was just its own thing for owners of the Assassin’s Creed Unity…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedDying Light’s April Fool’s Joke: Flying Zombies
Ah, April 1st. The silliest day in gaming. Dying Light is choosing to celebrate the occasion by treating its legions of zombies like the ragdoll-ish punching bags they truly are. Dying Light developer Techland teased out an “important public service announcement” this morning that gives you an idea of what tomorrow will look like if…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 31, 2015 -
UncategorizedLet’s Kill More Call Of Duty Exo Zombies [All Are Dead]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Ascendance DLC hits Xboxes today, bringing with it another round of the Malkovich-powered Exo Zombies co-op survival mode. Or maybe it’s Paxton-powered. It’s hard to say. Either way, let’s play. When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were being overwhelmed by high tech zombies at the headquarters of the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 31, 2015