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Track: Oh Mii Darling Don’t Shop (Remix)| Artist: Stephen Mlinarcik/Run the Jewels | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Giving A TIE Fighter A Firmware Update

Davison Carvalho is an artist from Brazil who currently works at Epic Games. As a specialist in user interfaces—and fictional ones in particular—Carvalho has some interesting ideas on the subject, whether it be for a TIE Fighter’s HUD (oh, what we wouldn’t give for a new X-Wing game) or the menu for a video game…

Pop Works’ Salted Caramel & Fudge And Cookies & Cream Popcorn: The Snacktaku Review

A cornerstone of snack culture, popcorn is a light and fluffy snack that’s relatively harmless to eat by the handful. At least until a company like Pop Works & Co. starts putting delicious stuff all over it. Popcorn is a wondrous snack. It begins as a small kernel with a watertight outer shell and starchy…

Please, More Cosplay Documentaries Like This

Well, this looks cool: a bunch of friends who cosplay together as Sailor Moon characters worked with a production studio to make a very slick documentary about their outfits, friendships, challenges and adventures. I wish more cosplayers (or people working around cosplay) did this kind of thing! Yes, it’s nice seeing pictures and videos of…

The Week In Games: Now We’re Cooking, 2016

It’s nice to see a nice, beefy list of weekly releases again, even if most of it consists of Sony going crazy with the digital downloads. Sony went a bit overboard this week, making up for time lost over the holiday break with some 17 or so releases between its three active platforms. I’d shake…

Sunday Comics: It’s Not Like Anyone’s Getting Hurt

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomicsl. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Guest comic published January 16. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published January 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry…

This Week In The Business: Digging Just The Right-Sized Hole

QUOTE | “We don’t want to dig too big a hole.” – Oculus VP of product Nate Mitchell, explaining why the company isn’t selling the Rift hardware below cost, at least for now. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… STAT | 38% – GameStop’s year-over-year increase in holiday software sales for Xbox One…

Slime Rancher Is A Very Cute Game About Ranching Slimes

Slime Rancher is a popular new Steam game where you adventure around, vacuum up smiley little slime creatures, plop them in a cage, and harvest their, um, poop. All the while, you try to stop them from growing miserable. It kills me to see them frown. A well-crafted start screen, I think, can provide a…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

I didn’t do a “what are you playing?” post for January, so instead I’m going to do one for this coming weekend. Weekends are people, too! So: What are you playing these days? I’ll go first: If you’ve been listening to our Kotaku Splitscreen podcast, you already know that I’ve been playing a lot of…

Command & Conquer, Texas Style

Mike Colonnese is art director at the small studio Superweapon. He’s previously worked on games like Bastion and the Command & Conquer series. Superweapon’s latest game is Dawn of Steel. Oh, and Command & Conquer fans, the cel-shaded vehicles below (and the one up top) were concepts for Generals 2 You can see more of…

Someone Is Making A 3D Version Of Undertale

As you’ve heard us say over and over and over, Undertale is brilliant. It certainly didn’t need 3D to achieve that. The prospect of an extra-dimensional Undertale, though? Innnteresting. Russian game developer Edik Zykov doing the deed, applying Undertale’s 2D sprites to a 3D world. The end effect is… surprisingly not-horrible! It’s got a snazzy…

Pro Counter-Strike Team Collapses, Blames Cheating Team Member

Titan had all the potential in the world, but they were never able to capitalize on it. Cheating-related troubles punctured their boat back in 2014, and now the org’s founder is claiming they ultimately capsized it. And yet, fans seem more mournful than angry. If you’re a casual observer of eSports, you might remember Titan…

Track: Chlorine & Wine | Artist: Baroness | Album: Purple Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Ark: Survival Evolved’s PC version just got a new dinosaur and, uh, dung beetles. The dimetrodon sounds like a cool protective creature, but the dung beetle is downright intriguing. Described as a “wondrous organic biofactory,” it can eat excrement to produce a special oil (note: not for sex stuff) that powers generators and fertilizes crops.…

Terrific Fallout 4 Cosplay 

Nick Valentine, is that you? Arcanum Order’ssynth cosplay is unreal, from the eyes to the paint to the decay effects. That filthy wasteland business shirt is a nice touch, too.

Rebel Pilot Appears To Be Stuck

Today on Highlight Reel we have stuck pilots, sneaky deathclaws, kill streaks, karma and much, 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. R6 Siege – Tom…

Podcast: Learning To Love Speedrunning

Just what makes speedrunning so appealing? Why is it so much fun to watch people break the hell out of games we love? PODCAST TIME! Kotaku’s resident Australian Luke Plunkett joins me and Kirk on this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about everything from Assassin’s Creed to Arkham Knight. We discuss the appeal…

Iron Man Figure Is Actually Iron (Well, Close Enough)

Plastic Iron Man figures are all well and good, but its hard to maintain the illusion of metal armor when your toy is light as a feather. Weighing in at four pounds, Comicave’s Iron Man Mark XXXVIII Igor figure is pretty heavy metal. Courtesy of my friends at Bluefin Distribution, bringers of all things amazing…

Track: Leaving Hogwarts | Artist: John Williams | Album: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Oh, Don’t Give Me That Look

Zezhou Chen is a freelance artist from China working in the video game business. You can see more of Chen’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 can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in…