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Track: Bonnie And Clyde | Album: Initials B.B. | Artists: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

No Sneaking Past This Excellent Dishonored 2 Cosplay

This is Empress Emily Kaldwin from Dishonored 2, by Isilmarille. Photos by kmitenkova

Track: Love$ick (feat A$AP Rocky) | Artist: Mura Masa | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Cosplay Photos Are So 2015, Now We Can Trap Them As 3D Models

3D company Sketchfab were at the New York Comic Con. Instead of taking photos, they were taking full-body scans of cosplayers, which is very cool if any of them ever want to be video game characters or action figures. Here are some more examples (press the play icon to load, then drag your mouse around…

The Best Photos From Kotaku’s Cosplay Party

Last week we held the first ever Kotaku + io9 Cosplay Ball in New York. It was great. Loads of cool people, loads of amazing outfits. Here are some photos to make you wish you were there (unless you were there, in which case, thanks for coming!). If you recognise anyone (or were anyone) in…

When You Run Out Of Ammo, Use The Cannon

Today on Highlight Reel we have Mafia III glitches galore, good Tracer taunt timing, Totally Accurate Battle Simulations, deeply depressing gameplay, 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…

Bloxels Lets You Make Video Games With Colorful Plastic Cubes

My children used to love playing with colorful plastic blocks. Then they discovered iPad entertainment, and there was no going back. Or is there? Bloxels from Pixel Press is a clever learning toy that lets children build their own video games and characters, one block at a time. Bloxels marries the touchscreen magic that the…

Counter-Strike Pro Gets Best Play Tattooed On His Own Body

Over the summer, Olkesandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev pulled off one of the most awe-inspiring pro Counter-Strike plays in recent memory. Now that play lives on in the hearts and minds of millions. And also in the level where it happened. And also on S1mple’s arm. Here’s the play: While falling from a platform on de_Cache, S1mple pulled…

Hello There

Chun Lo is an artist based in Florida who has worked for companies like Games Workshop and Fantasy Flight. You can see more of Chun’s art here and here 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…

Why The Super Mario Bros. World Record Has Been Broken So Many Times Recently

As late as 2013, the record for finishing Super Mario Bros. was held by andrewg1990 at 4:58. In April of this year, it was 4:57.427, and held by Darbian. Last weekendthe record was tied by Kosmic at 4:57.244. He then broke it with a new time of 4:57.194. But only a few days later, Darbian…

Track: Sakura Drops | Artist: Utada Hikaru | Album: Sakura Drops/Letters Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Some Very Cool Art

Klaus Wittman is a concept artist from Poland. This is some of the best stuff we’ve featured on Fine Art in a long time. Space pioneers, Nazi mechs, some very cool Blade Runner, Fallout and Witcher 3 fan pieces, it’s all just the best. You can see more of Wittman’s work at his ArtStation page…

The Week In Games: Virtual Fatality

As another wave of virtual reality technology breaks along the shore of humanity this week with PSVR, it’s only a matter of time until someone becomes the first person to die as a result of virtual reality. “We made some core decisions early on that we weren’t going to kill people.” That’s what Piers Jackson…

New York Comic-Con’s Cosplay Was Incredible

Whether it was at our party or at the show itself, this year’s Comic-Con had some absolutely fantastic cosplay on show. Here are some of the highlights. I’ve got as many credits as I can for these, but if you see someone (or are someone!) who’s missing let me know and I can add it…

Sunday Comics: Icicles Of Death

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published October 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published October 3 as part of the 24-hour comic event. Read more of Awkward…

This Week In The Business: Custom-Fit VR Forecasts

STAT | $11.2 billion – The amount people will spend on all VR in 2020, according to a forecast by IHS Markit STAT | $30 billion – The amount people will spend on all VR in 2020, according to a forecast by Superdata STAT | $50 billion – The amount people will spend on VR…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Sometimes, when Saturday morning rolls around, I think, “Oh boy—two whole days to do all the work I didn’t get to during the week!” I’m like that, readers. But, since I work at Kotaku, sometimes that work is playing video games! I’m just going to admit that I’ll be playing some Overwatch, because I have…

10 Counter-Strike Bugs Valve Still Hasn’t Fixed

Counter-Strike is a game of skill and precision. In theory, it’s the sort of shooter where, if something goes wrong, you have only yourself (or your teammates) to blame. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. In the past, I’ve posted about how unreliable the game’s guns can be. Sometimes, shots that look like hits will…

The Overwatch Outfits At Our Cosplay Ball Blew Us Away

Hey look, it’s the guy from Hotline Miami! Great outfit, huh? But what probably actually drew your eye in the above shot is another awesome, massive Reinhardt outfit, which stole the show at our recent io9/Kotaku Cosplay Ball. Not that there wasn’t other terrific Overwatch cosplay, because of course there was. We had a Zarya…

What Video Game Shit Are You Too Old For?

I am old, Gandalf. I know I don’t look it, but I’m beginning to feel it in my heart. I’m in my mid-30s, and as of tomorrow I’ll officially be in my mider-30s. In video game years, that means I’m like 90. I’ve finally reached an age where, as Tracy Moore pointed out last year…