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X-Men For The 90s Kids

Carlos Fabián Villa is a concept artist from Mexico who has worked in both video games and animation. You can see more of Carlos’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…

Track: Could Have Been Me | Artist: The Struts | Album: Everybody Wants Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Cheers Luv, The…Cavalry’s…Here?

Canadian cosplayer Nathan DeLuca genderbends Overwatch’s Tracer to perfection here. You can see more of Nathan’s cosplay work at his Instagram page and Tumblr

Some Very Good League Of Legends Cosplay

Korean cosplay star Tasha(from Spiral Cats) is having one hell of a 2016, blowing the doors off first withher Overwatch work, and now some Jinx from League of Legends

That’s One Way To Land A Spaceship

Ivan Tantsiura is a concept artist at Crytek, the developers of the Crysis series, where he’s most recently worked on their VR game The Climb You can see more of Ivan’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

A Third Of Valve Is Now Working On VR

Valve? More like VRlve. Hm, that doesn’t really work. Valve isn’t super big into dishing on whether they still make games these days, but they’ll talk your ear off about VR. Despite an overt effort to usher in The VR Age, it’s still kinda shocking to hear just how much of a concerted push Valve…

Sonic The Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Plushies Celebrate The Good Old Days

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game, and Tomy is celebrating with a group of plushies that recall a time when Sonic was pudgy, Dr. Robotnik was round and secondary characters were exciting additions. Back then they didn’t care about separating Sonic’s eyes with an edgy…

Snacktaku Rediscovers The Neon Green Joy Of Ecto Cooler

A new Ghostbusters movie is upon us, and Hi-C used that fact to do exactly what former drink box addicts hoped it would. The glowing green nectar has returned. All hail Ecto Cooler. First unleashed upon the U.S. in 1987, Ecto Cooler began life as a simple green Citrus Cooler product that had been in…

Track: New Place | Artist: Ame no Parade | Album: New Place Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

This is Shrimp Chips with what must surely be the first Death Stranding cosplay. Which would also make it the first Death Stranding cosplay to get its picture taken with the guy who actually starred in the trailer Bonus pic:

Robot Dinosaur Cosplay Was One Of The Stars Of E3

Hollywood effects studio Spectral Motion were hired by Sony to create a little something for Horizon Zero Dawn’s E3 demo. The suit they came up with ended up being one of the lowkey stars of the entire show As you can see, it goes way beyond your usual E3 cosplay performance, seeing as it’s basically…

The Future Fashion Of Mirror’s Edge

If there’s one thing every costume in Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst has in common, it’s that they all look like they walked right off the runway of some sci-fi fashion show. Not that this is a bad thing! While some of the touches you’ll see below are a bit naff, for the most part everything looks…

Some Of 2016’s Best Cosplay Was At Colossalcon

Sandusky, Ohio may not be the first location that leaps to mind when it comes to world-beating cosplay, but every year many of the world’s best make the pilgrimage to Kalahari Resort’s Colossalcon for one of the biggest cons of the year. Why Sandusky? Because the Kalahari is a resort with a tropical-themed swimming pool…

Geralt Of Rivia Is Enjoying His Retirement

Now that he doesn’t have to wander the wilds of Temeria oiling blades and solving murder mysteries, The Witcher’s Geralt is free to do more fun stuff. Like visit E3, hit the beach and play some ball. This is Maul Cosplay, whose incredible Geraltcosplay you may have seen here previously. He was hired to work…

The Week In Games: Mighty Mighty Boss Fights

How am I supposed to feel about Mighty No. 9 finally coming out? I was excited about the possibility of Mega Man co-designer Keiji Inafune picking up the ball Capcom had dropped and running with it. Theearly footage looked promising. Then the delays began, pushing the game release from September of last year to this…

Sunday Comics: Did We Miss Anything?

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 June 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Who Stole The Breeches? And More Tabletop Stories

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I asked you for your favorite tabletop memories? Just as I predicted, one post wasn’t enough to list all of my favorites, so I wrote another. Again, I picked these because they made me laugh, wince or want to steal the idea for the campaign I’m running. There…

The Incredibly Limited Adventures Of Game Developer Barbie

Now available in stores across the country, Game Developer Barbie is here to prove that anyone has the power to create crappy match-three games, even if they only have five points of articulation. Announced back in January, Game Developer Barbie takes long strides towards making up for the horrific “I Can Be A Computer Engineer”…

This Week in the Business: Expectations Manager 2016

QUOTE | “Me and my son have an Xbox One, and we wanted to play Battlefield 1 or Titanfall 2, and we didn’t get that opportunity. I was like, c’mon man, I didn’t come here to buy stuff. I came here to enjoy games.” – A father discusses the “really disappointing” open-to-the-public E3 Live show…

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer: ‘We Will Ship Games On Steam Again’

If you’re a PC gamer, the big news out of E3 this year was Microsoft’s decision to (finally) re-embrace PC as a gaming platform. If you buy their games on Xbox One, you’ll get them on PC as well (and vice versa). For big games, however, Microsoft’s been awfully Microsoft in recent times. Their store…