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Horse Armor Rides Again

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme is a French artist who works in games, illustration, Magic cards, movies and magazines. You can see more of Bastien’s work at hispersonal siteand 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…

Nintendo Probably Figured Star Human Wasn’t As Catchy

Leo Camacho, last seen being a very dashing Nathan Drake, is now (along with some friends) part of a decidedly smooth-skinned Star Fox team. Fox McCloud is Chris Villain, Falco Lombari is Leo, Slippy Toad is Sarah Sterling and Peppy Hare is Elizabeth Ragea. Photos by York in a Box

Random Footballer Retires A Video Game Legend

Cherno Samba was, at least in Championship Manager, a superstar

Arkham Knight Cosplay Is Ready To [Spoilers]

It’s not justthe Batman who can pull off amazing video game cosplay. The Arkham Knight, he wants in on it too, with this nutso 3D-printed outfit. The costume (and this shoot) was a collaboration between three people: cosplayer Crimson Coscrafts, photographerLucas Ambrosio and Graphix Monster, who worked on the 3D printing (alongside Crimson) required to…

Monster Hunters, You Are The Real Monsters

Francisco Badilla is a concept artist and illustrator from Chile who works in the video game business. You can see more of Francisco’s work at his DeviantArtand 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…

Ten Years Later, Star Wars KOTOR II Gets An Official Update

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II—the best KOTOR—just got a huge update, for some reason. The update just dropped on Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux. It’s a doozy—at least, for a game that’s more than ten years old. New features include: 37 achievements to be earned through gameplay Steam Cloud saves Native…

Bravely Second Cosplay!

Note to world: more Bravely Default/Bravely Second cosplay, please. I mean, in this instance it’s the sequel Bravely Second, but either is fine. Specifically, Ringabel. And not that this collection isn’t amazing, because it is, but the world needs more grown humans dressed as Ringabel Cosplayers: Magnolia: Stella Chu Edea: Vivid Vision Agnes:Jenny Lau Photographers:…

Sweet Art From The New Deus Ex Game

Frédéric Bennett works as a concept artist at Eidos Montreal. Get ready for sweet art from the new Deus Ex game, Mankind Divided. Bennett has also worked on games like Wet, Age of Conan and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. You can see more of Bennett’s work at his ArtStationand DeviantArtpages. To see the larger…

Rust Players Divided Over Not Being Able To Choose Their Sex

Steam survival hit Rust is adding women characters, and you won’t get to choose whether you’re a guy or a gal. Some players love the idea. Others, not so much. (Warning: some of the media in this post is NSFW.) Rust’s character creation isn’t like other games. You don’t play as a pre-made character, but…

Track: ‘89 Dope Spot | Artist: Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death | Album: Stoned & Dethroned Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Go In The Damn Goal, Rocket League Ball

On today’s episode of Highlight Reel we have a fantastic Rocket League save, overly dramatic zombies, car chases and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Dying Light – SHAREfactory™_201507191253*…

Watch All Of Valve’s Portal VR Demo

Valve’s been showing a demo of a virtual reality Portal game behind closed doors for a few months. Now, finally, you can see the whole thing. ValveTime filmed their playthrough of the Aperture VR demo at a recent game jam in London. It’s not the best view ever (unfortunately, they weren’t able to get direct…

A Difficult Castle To Crash

Florent Lebrun is a matte painter and 3D artist who is based in Canada. You can see more of Florent’s work athis 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 the top-left corner. Fine…

Even Cosplayers Are Sad About Half-Life 3

Fanime 2015 went down in May, and photographer Viktor Vatici has been kind enough to send in the fantastic pics he took at the show. All cosplayers with credits are listed below. If you know any of those not listed, let me know! Chell by Meagan Marie Gordon Freeman by Kyle Taylor, aka The Real…

The Week In Game: Zombie Bikini Madness

Do you like zombies? Bikinis? Fountains of blood? Have you completely no shame? Then have I got the game for you. That’s right, this week sees the release of Onechanbara Z2: Chaos for North American PlayStation 4, finally bringing the game that inspired the most embarrassing gameplay experience of 2014 to the States. If you…

Sunday Comics: It’s Not Easy

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

This Week In The Business: That Poor Sandcastle

QUOTE | “There is always the person who’s got to stand on the sand castle, they must crush it. That’s their way of relating to that. It’s typically a less sophisticated mind.” – Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, talking about the people who have complained about the company’s games. Elsewhere in the business of games this…

A Horror Game Based On A Real Place

Horror games, movies, and books are at their scariest when things get a bit too real. OK, let’s get this out of the way upfront: a lot of horror games do the whole “this asylum was actually twisted and fucked up and at some point everybody became zombies or something” thing. It’s a cliche, one…

Track: Lift Me Up | Artist: Vince Staples | Album: Summertime ‘06 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

There’s Still No Plan For The God of Peter Molyneux’s Godus

Peter Molyneux’s Curiosity experiment ended with a whimper. It basically functioned as a giant advertisement for the “God of Gods” feature in then-upcoming god game revival Godus. Years later, there are still no plans for how they’ll actually, you know, do any of it. The God of Gods feature would’ve seen Bryan Henderson, the winner…