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Track: Ooh La La | Artist: Faces | Album: Ooh La La Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Replica Mass Effect Pistol Actually Folds

Optimistic Geometry creates replica cosplay weapons that actually “work”. Not in the sense that they fire lasers, but that they’re able to mechanically slide, recoil, light up and fold, just like D.Va and Commander Shepard’s do. Here’s his Mass Effect sidearm: And here’s a recoiling, light-up Overwatch pistol: You can see more of Optimistic’s work…

Blessed Sidearm

Deryl Braun is an illustrator and concept artist based in Germany. You can see more of Deryl’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional…

More Glow Cosplay, Please

Glow, the best show on television, deserves the best cosplay on the internet. Here’s a very good start, with Ginny Di taking on ZOYA THE DESTROYER. You can see more of Ginny’s cosplay here

A Retro Grand Theft Auto Would Now Be Set In The Year 2002

Frosted tips! Brick phones! Shiny jeans! Boot cuts! Nu metal!

Track: So What (Second Concert) (Live from Konserthuset, Stockholm) | Artist: Miles Davis & John Coltrane | Album: The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Volume 6 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Excellent Cosplay Of Persona 5‘s Punk Rock Doctor 

Is this the best Tae Takemi cosplay you’ve seen? It’s the best I have. This is cosplayer Kuro Akagi’s take on P5‘s punk rock doctor. As NicoNico News points out, Akagi recently uploaded some photos of her Takemi cosplay Here are some shots, which appear to be from the same shoot, that Akagi posted this…

KFC Is Having A Hard Time In Japan 

For decades, KFC has been a beloved fast food chain in Japan. These days, it seems, things are difficult. According to Business Journal, KFC Japan has been posting lower sales on a monthly basis. For example, sales were down 3.1 percent in June, 4.9 percent in May and 6.3 percent in April. The number of…

Track: Listen to Sirens | Artist: Red Fang | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

An Augmented Future

Claudio Pilia is a freelance concept artist from Germany who has worked on stuff like Game of Thrones and Justice League You can see more of Claudio’s work at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If…

Excellent New Fighting Game Has Indie All-Stars Like Shovel Knight Face Off

Curly vs. Gunvolt. Shovel Knight vs. Isaac. If these match-ups don’t get you excited, you may have missed out on some of the most delightful indie games of the past decade. Fortunately Studio Saizensen’s all-star indie fighting game Blade Strangers is just as quirky and approachable as the games that spawned it. Blade Strangers, launching…

Track: It’s 5 O’Clock | Artist: Aphrodite’s Child | Album: It’s Five O’Clock Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Othello x Mass Effect?

Michael Uwandi is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Disney, Fox and Sony. You can see more of Michael’s work at his personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and…

The Week In Games: Eating Donuts On Trains With Yakuza

It’s another week in games, and we’re starting to move out of the summer doldrums and into more games than we can handle. Huzzah! Games I’m looking forward to this week include Donut County, Fear the Wolves, and Yakuza Kiwami 2. If you haven’t played the very excellent Sunless Sea, it’s coming to PS4 this…

Track: Gold & Final | Artist: Big Business | Album: Mind The Drift Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

The Princess Of Power

Steffi Walthall is an illustrator and concept artist who has worked in games, film and publishing. Note that some of these images have appeared as illustrations for articles on The Tempest You can see more of Steffi’s art at her personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing…

‘Shop Contest: This Is Where The Magic Happens

We experienced a new Overwatch short this week where we saw some heroic D.Va action, and our ‘Shop Contest is in response to that. I want you to show me where the magic happens. In the short, D.Va explains that “this is where the magic happens.” Does she mean inside of her garage? Is her…

What It Was Like To Work On Final Fantasy XIV During The Launch Catastrophe

When Final Fantasy XIV first launched, in 2010, it was such a disaster that publisher Square Enix made the unprecedented move of taking it offline and launching a brand new version three years later. What was it like to be there? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, who heads up the translation…

Sunday Comics: Update Troubles

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 20. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published August 23. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…

‘Shop Contest: Snake? Snake! Snaaaaake! Winners!

I’ve been missing Snake recently, so I asked you all to ‘shop up some information about what the Metal Gear protagonist has been up to recently. You didn’t disappoint, and now I have a lot of Snakes to display. I’ve got a lot of respect for Snake. After all, he’s a guy who can’t catch…