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Track: Nijikan Dake no Vacance | Artist: Utada Hikaru (feat. Sheena Ringo) | Album: Fantôme Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

May The Ciri Cosplay Never End

The Witcher 3 is still the best. Ciri is still the best. As long as those two things hold true—and they may hold true forever—then good Ciri cosplay is always welcome here. And this is some real good Ciri cosplay. This is cosplayer Alena Shvidkaya from Belarus, getting not just the outfit 100%, but the…

Track: Houses Movement III: Rust/Rebuild | Artist: Eidola | Album: To Speak, To Listen Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Art Of Prey

2017’sPrey looks nothing like 2006’s Prey. Gone are the generic sci-fi designs and alien buttholes, replaced by a sleek retro-future aesthetic that helps give the game its own unique visual identity in a market flooded with games about space stations. Below you’ll find a ton of examples of the artwork that went into creating that…

Akuma Takes Cheap Shot, Gets What He Deserves

Today on Highlight Reel we have slow motion beanbag beatings, Rainbow 6 drones, smoke headshots, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! For Honor…

Legendary Super Mario 64 Speedrun Rivalry Heats Up

Last month, a speedrun for collecting 120 stars in Super Mario 64 went down in history for being the first run to ever go under a time of 1:40:00. It was a record that took years to achieve; some people didn’t think it was even possible. Last weekend, that legendary record got beaten twice in…

How Many Of You Started Playing Games This Generation?

Back in the ancient days of 2012, pundits and analysts across the world put on their soothsayer hats and predicted that iPhones and iPads would kill console gaming. Then, the PS4 came out and sold roughly 40 billion units, proving them all wrong. Which raises the question: How many people started gaming this generation? As…

What Happens In New Vegas Stays In New Vegas

Mike Bierek is an artist based in California who has worked on games like InFamous 2, Darksiders and Fallout: New Vegas He’s also done a lot of work on Magic: The Gathering cards You can see more of Mike’s work at his ArtStation page. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the…

Track: Hallelujah (Live) | Artist: Jeff Buckley | Album: Grace  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Calibrate Yourself For Some Garrus Cosplay

Andromeda be damned, people still seem to prefer cosplaying as the original Mass Effect characters. Garrus especially. Cosplay by Kevin Martell, mask sculpt by Julianne Ramanujam, photos by Jonathan Ramanujam

The Week In Games: The Morrowind Waker

June holds the bizarre distinction of being one of both the most and least exciting months in gaming. Players may be thrilled to discover all the news and details for upcoming games via E3, but chances are they won’t actually see many AAA titles launching. Not that there aren’t some notable games dropping in the…

What’s Your E3 Dream Announcement?

With E3 less than a week away it’s hard to stop one’s mind from fantasizing about what lies in store. Every major developer and publisher probably has a surprise up their sleeve, but what’s the one E3 announcement you’ve always dreamed of? Will we finally see the reveal of a true Metroid title? Federation Force…

That Time Nintendo and Sega Introduced 3D Gaming, In 1987

Years before Sega did what Nintendon’t the two gaming giants briefly went head to head in the newly discovered market of 3D gaming. It didn’t go very well for either of them. In the late ‘80s both Nintendo and Sega had put their main focus on expanding their brand to North America. Nintendo’s Famicom had…

Sunday Comics: Completely Avoidable

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published May 29. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 29. Read more…

What Are Your Summer Gaming Plans?

Staring into the abyss known as the videogame backlog and having it stare right back—that seems like the perfect way to spend a summer, don’t you think? That time will soon be upon us once more. The days will be longer, we may have more time to get together with friends, and we may actually…

This Week In The Business: League Of Ledgers

STAT | $1,047,606 – Career earnings of Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, the first League of Legends pro to crack seven figures in lifetime winnings. Sang-hyeok’s earnings came from 35 tournament wins. Dota 2 players can top that haul at a single event, Valve’s The International. STAT | $10 million – The buy-in required for each team…

Track: Doomed User | Artist: Deftones | Album: Gore Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for eating those tasty yogurts you’ve been so excited to eat that you keep saving them, even though you could totally eat the ones you have and then buy more. Also, video games. Last weekend I bought Battlegrounds, because several friends who are much more nervous than me seem to be able…

Talking About The Anxiety of Playing Games In Public

Compete Staff Writer Maddy Myers and I both feel nervous about playing games in front of other people. We sat down to talk about why. Gita Jackson: Hey Maddy. Both of us have been put in the position of playing games in front of other people. Whether it’s at a tournament or over streams, playing…

Even If The Last Knight Is Horrible, We’re Still Getting A Transforming Cybertron

While each new trailer or snippet I see of Transformers: The Last Knight heightens the foreboding I feel for the upcoming film, some of the toys Hasbro is releasing to go with the movie aren’t half-bad. Officially announced yesterday, converting Cybertron is coming to light our darkest hour. Converting Cybertron, which seems to be the…