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Sunday Comics: Nice

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 April 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Lowered NX-pectations

QUOTE | “The challenge is that the roadmap for a successful Nintendo console is unclear.”—EEDAR analyst Patrick Walker, suggesting that Mario, Zelda and the like won’t be enough of a unique selling point to move the NX on their own Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… STAT | 800,000 – The number of…

Valve Steps Up Counter-Strike‘s Anti-Cheat Measures

Counter-Strike is one of the biggest competitive shooters on Earth, so of course, would-be cheaters flock to it like thieves to an Uncharted 4 delivery truck Counter-Strike has recently begun dabbling in phone-based account authentication. First and foremost, there’s been word of a beta for “Prime,” a feature that matches players who’ve linked their accounts…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s the end of the week. And the end of the month! That’s a lot of endings, which hopefully paves the way for an equal number of beginnings. Time to begin… some games! (Damn, that was a tortured lede.) I’m on the cusp of an extended vacation, during which time I’m sure I will miss…

Great Cascade is an open world game where characters remember and react to your decisions. It’s not like in, say, Mass Effect or The Witcher, where things are scripted. Everybody has their own traits, memories, and goals, all of which are randomized. It’s on Steam Greenlight right now, and it looks really cool.

Trying Not to Vomit While Playing A Rollercoaster VR Game

It’s a well known fact that VR gives some people motion sickness. So what did the creators of Garry’s Mod and Rust decide to do? Build a rollercoaster game and name it after vomiting, obviously. Here’s a video of me playing some of the game: What it is: Chunks is a voxel (think Minecraft) sandbox…

TFW You’ve Been Playing Dark Souls Until 4am

Roman Bondarenko is an artist working at Plarium, a studio that makes “hardcore” social games. And yes, that pic up top (full version below) is a personal piece that he says is “inspired by Dark Souls”. You can see more of Roman’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their…

Sweet Iron Man Cosplay, Guy Who Is Not Tony Stark

Looks like metal, doesn’t it? Iron Mark Props’ suit is actually painted EVA foam, cut to perfection to give that real nice “fitted” look. We’ve seen some good Iron Man cosplay here before, some of it downright spectacular, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one fit as perfectly as Robert Downey’s CG. If you…

Track: The Human I Am | Artist: This Good Robot | Album: The Light is Taking Me to Pieces Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sega Lets Modders Get Freaky With Its Classic Games

The secret biggest surprise of 2016 so far? Sega has added official mod/ROM hack support to the Steam version of Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. It’s a bold new world. Also a very, very strange one. Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics now has its own Steam Workshop (and a cool new nostalgia-tastic hub…

Dark Souls Players Nuke Invader Death Star Style

Today on Highlight Reel we have vaporized invaders, powerful kicks, rocket punches and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, 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 Dying Light – “you monsters are…

You can make chickens in Counter-Strike follow you now. Just walk up to them and press the “use” key. Players like de_nerd have taken it to an extremely logical conclusion. By which I mean chicken parades. Bonus: this video from Dman is certainly… something!

Just Another Day At The Office For Samus Aran

Jonathan Hamers is a freelance artist from France. You can see more of Jonathan’s work at his Facebookand ArtStationpages. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of…

The Division: Destroying Faces Since 2016

Miguel Iglesias is a senior concept artist at Ubisoft’s Massive studio. He worked on The Division, but has also helped out on stuff like the Far Cry series and World in Conflict You can see more of Miguel’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…

Track: Mucilage | Artist: Wrong | Album: Wrong Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Midair sure does look familiar. It looks exactly like Tribes. I’m not complaining! Tribes 2 is one of my favorite games ever. Between this (assuming it gets through Greenlight and Kickstarter) and the miraculous return of Tribes Ascend, things are looking up for those of us who love dishing out blue plate specials.

The New Standard In Breakfast Cereal Ranking

Social psychologistErika D. Price put no thought into and indeed does not stand by the cereal ranking system she’s devised. Here at Snacktaku we think she’s onto something, though Smorz needs to be higher on the list. Choice of breakfast cereal is a deeply personal thing of course, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need…

Sunset Riders

Dominik Mayer is an artist from Germany at Pipedream Media, a studio that has worked with everything from games studios to Adidas to the Bundeswehr You can see more of Dominik’s work at his ArtStation page, while Pipedream’s site is here To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough,…

The World Needs More Afro Samurai Cosplay

This is Michael “Knightmage” Wilson as Afro Samurai. The outfit is great, but it’s that cel-shaded make-up that really ties it all together. And, you know, the wig. Photos by Gwendolyn Graham and Black Apple Studios

Can’t They All Be President?

Normally, cosplay involves dressing up as fictional characters, not real people. But this year’s Presidential primaries have been so absurd that I think this now counts. Amazing how a wardrobe change suddenly makes Trump look like a dude you’d wanna party with. As for the other two, your feelings are yours and yours alone. The…