A-Kon is the longest-running anime convention in North America, and this year over 30,000 fans came through the doors between June 7-10 at the Fort Worth Convention Centre.

YetiCon is a cosplay show that’s held every year in the Blue Mountains NW of Toronto. In addition to being a cosplay con, it’s also one hell of a cosplay party, with attendees booking themselves in for a weekend of pool parties and adventure sports.

Frozone cosplay by ApoIIoCreed.

Here’s Russian cosplayer Polina Vishnevskaya with some absolutely incredible Warhammer 40K work.

Yes, that’s cosplay.

Never let anyone tell you cosplay isn’t art. arcanekani is Will, hakizzle91 is Jazz. Photo by troysdecoy.

This is Aussie cosplayer Yeliz taking on the star of Assassin’s Creed Origins, Bayek.

ColossalCon was held earlier this month in Sandusky, Ohio, and it’s easily one of the best cosplay shows of the year. Not only is it a regular con, but outside are some idyllic grasslands, and inside the resort is a pool.

To help get cosplayers started on their Assassin’s Creed Odyssey outfits—of which there will be many, because those two star characters are just to die for—Ubisoft have released a guide, showing the finer details on their costumes and the correct colours for each component.

CD Projekt Red has a long history of working directly with cosplayers on The Witcher, so it’s little surprise that the big showing for Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 this week has some A+ cosplay to go with it.

To help promote Death Stranding at E3, Kojima Productions had a life-size figure of star Norman Reedus made up, then dressed as he appears in the game’s trailer. If you’re wondering about the scale of that figure, it’s 1:1 Hideo Kojima-sized.

Singer and pin-up Ladybeard is the manliest Chun-Li of all. His cosplay was excellent! Know how to make it better? Add another pair of massive thighs.

Narga is one of the best cosplayers on the planet, especially when it comes to Blizzard games. This is her latest shoot, based on WarCraft’s Battle for Lordaeron.

ColossalCon—one of the biggest cosplay shows of the year—just wrapped up in Sandusky, Ohio. And what better way to cosplay for a show called ColossalCon than by recreating the boss roster of Shadow of the Colossus.

Comicpalooza was held in Houston last week, with over 40,000 people turning up to meet, buy some stuff, see some panels and yes, partake in some cosplay.

The tale of Olgierd and Iris is one of the most tragic to be found in The Witcher 3, which when you consider the rest of the quests in such a bleak, brutal game is really saying something.

X-Men’s Rogue, by Anastasia Komori. Photo by Akunohako.

Here’s Sunji with one heck of a Han Solo/Alden Ehrenreich smirk.