Google has released its annual collection of top search results for the year, and as always there’s some good video game shit to dig through. Like the fact Pokemon Go was the #1 search topic in the world for the year. And that many of you like to follow up your Overwatch Googling with something…
League of Legends’ Elementalist Lux has ten different forms. So of course there are now different cosplayers dressed as each one. The shots were put together by Riot, and feature cosplayers from all over the world, from China to Turkey to Australia to Costa Rica. You can see the full gallery of all ten forms…
This incredible 3D sculpt was done by artist Chris Nix. You can see more of Chris’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the…
Every dusty old arcade cabinet sitting in the corner of a pub or rotting in a warehouse somewhere was once shiny and brand new, assembled by workers on factory floors just like these. The Arcade Blogger has compiled a collection of old photos and videos of these production runs, showing how companies like Nintendo, Atari…
Maybe it’s because Age of Empires II is still hugely popular, maybe it’s because Bill Gates wants it done, either way there’s going to be another brand new, original expansion to 1999’s Age of Kings released on the PC soon. This will be the third new expansion released for the HD version of the game…
When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was first released in 2007, there weren’t any female soldier models in the game’s multiplayer. Now, in the game’s 2016 edition, there is. Raven, developers of Modern Warfare Remastered, have added the characters—which include new voice acting—as part of a free December update to the remade shooter, which includes…
The Little Acre, a hand-drawn adventure game set in Ireland in the 1950s, was released today on Steamand GoG.
Remember that Predator movie that came out of Ghana’s Kumawood scene a few years back? Now there’s a flick based on Mortal Kombat That’s one hell of a trailer. There are drones! And martial arts! Even some pretty good costumes. Before you start wondering what the fuck is going on here, know that Kumawood movies…
Narcisseis one of the best Final Fantasy cosplayers on the internet, not just for the amount of work he and partner Lady Zero put into their costumes, but on stuff like his wigs and make-up as well. As you can see with this incredible Cloud Strife cosplay. Photos by Novii Photography. I don’t know what’s…
Ansel Hsiao is an artist who has worked on games like Halo 4. Today, though, we’re interested in his exquisite 3D Star Wars art. We actually featured some of his workback in 2011. It’s been five years since then, and just as technology and our expectations about 3D art has increased, so too has the…
This custom PC case was made for DICE to celebrate the release of Battlefield 1, and it’s about the most Battlefield 1 PC case you could ask for. It was made by mnpctech (via PC Gamer), with an actual high-poly 3D model from the game’s tanks used as the foundation of a case that’s 1/6…
This is Pokemon’s Nurse Joy (Aline) and Officer Jenny (Odinia). Photos by Pedro G Fuentes
Track: Nineteenth | Artist: Kudo | Album: Planting Seeds Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Just as Spider-Gwen’s character design is some of the coolest in modern comics, so too is most of the cosplay based on her. In this case, it’s Hendotaking to the rooftops of LA for this awesome shoot by Vincenzo Spina, who by night is a photographer but by day is actually a Presentation Director at…
Overwatch has its share of hackers and robots and pink neon signs, but with its blue skies and cheery spirit it’s not exactly what you’d call cyberpunk. So artist Ching Yeh decided to fix that. His series of illustrations depict some of the usually-chipper heroes as grim warriors of a sad cyberpunk/anime future, and what…
As discussed, Halo 5’s new Monitor’s Bounty update is allowing users to create some very cool stuff in the game’s Forge mode. And it’s not just for making minigames, either; there’s scope for some scripting that leaves us with a working calculator Built by CantUseApostrophes, it only works with single digits, so you can’t go…
Hugh Pindur is an artist who has worked on stuff like the RPG Pathfinder and Wil Wheaton’s Titansgrave You can see more of Hugh’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of…
As we’ve established repeatedly over 2016, Maul is the King of Witcher cosplay. We normally only see him as Geralt, though; here’s a look at how he becomes Geralt. The shot tracks the beginning to the end of a session with make-up artist Maja Felicitas, who doesn’t just add blood and hair colour, but as…
Remember, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto doesn’t just make games, he plays them. And one that he’s liked a lot over the last few years has been Minecraft, though not necessarily because it’s something he likes playing. It’s because he wishes Nintendo had made it instead. In an interview with Glixel, Mario’s creator says “I do like…
Here is some excellent Raven, Robin and Frodo Baggins Beast Boy cosplay. Nearly all the costume work across all three characters was done by Ginger Armadillo, who is also cosplaying as Raven. “My goal, as it often is, was to introduce details, textures, and elements of realism to the costumes, while maintaining the visual integrity…
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