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Steam Users See Big Problems With Charging For Mods

Today, Valve changed the mod-making game bigtime: creators can now charge for modifications to pre-existing games on Steam Workshop. Some people are hopeful, others are worried—and even infuriated. Obviously, paying for mods—even just as an option—is a pretty big change from what people are used to. It’s not uncommon for people to ask for donations,…

PC Game Wants To Ban Jerks And Bullies, But Some Think It’s Gone Too Far

No-nonsense bans for players who are repeatedly racist, sexist, or bullies? Sounds like a pretty fair deal, but a number of Killing Floor 2 fans see the game’s strict policy as a step too far. Some are refusing to play the game altogether. While plenty of games come with EULAs (End User License Agreements) that…

People Can Now Charge Money For Game Mods On Steam

Generally speaking, PC game mods are free. Steam, however, just added an option to let creators charge for them. This is pretty huge. Valve made the announcement with a new Steam page, adding that Skyrim is the first game that will support the ability to charge for player-made modifications via Steam Workshop. Unlike in games…

Tell Us About The Time You Exploited A Game

I’ll admit it: I’m not above exploiting a game if I feel like it adds to the experience. In the case of Left 4 Dead 2, when I ran into some players who taught me a trick to lagging out the game, I was happy to play along. The trick was you had to quickly…

Assassin’s Creed Cosplay, Sans The Assassin

We’ve seen enough Ezio. The world needs more Shay cosplayers, and Italian cosplayer Shivais only too happy to oblige.

Life Is Strange Cosplay!

Remember: you don’t need to cosplay as a character from a blockbusters series. A quaint littleadventure game series is also awesome. Cosplay by LadyxZero, photo by DevilxLady

Please Enjoy These Halo Stabbings

So, yesterday, I posted some animation work and saidwe needed to do more of it here on Fine Art. Tonight, then: more awesome animation work from people who make video games. Up first is Dave Gibson, who worked on Evolve before recently moving to Blizzard: Next up is Will Christiansen, who is currently working on…

Oreo Trick Shots Are An Impressive Waste Of Cookies

How many Oreo cookies have to die before this man’s thirst for tricksy rebounds is sated? The man in the video is YouTuber Peter Bamforth, who will go down in history as one of snacking’s greatest monsters. His skills are impressive, but this is a video, and videos are edited to keep people from seeing…

GTA Parachuter Dodges Missiles With Grace

On today’s Highlight Reel we have singing bears, invisible ladders, broken water, rocket dodging 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. Kuma Uta – a song for Chris Person…

It’s Time For Some Gore: The Steam Stream Plays Killing Floor 2

Wanna see grotesque genetic horrors get sliced into fun-sized bits, perfect for a light sack lunch or a sludgy gore soup that will never leave the ground? Then you’ve come to the right place. Watch me play Killing Floor 2 (and some other games) right now. Also on the docket today: mini- Red-Dead-Redemption Westerado: Double…

Sorry, Yes, Animation Is Also Games Art

You know what, someexceptionsaside, I don’t feature the work of animators nearly enough here on Fine Art. So let’s change that tonight. This is the showreel of Enrico Schoebben, an animator from Germany, and it highlights both his keyframe work and motion-capture editing. Note the heavy presence of TF2 stuff: yes, the Source Filmmaker is…

Grand Theft Auto V Just Broke My Heart

Thanks a lot, AVEENTOR. I didn’t need these eyes for not sobbing salty waterfalls everywhere or anything. The Steam Community Showcase is a regular look at the cream of the Steam community’s boundless crop. Art, videos, guides—whatever. Each installment highlights a specific piece or person. If you find anything cool on Steam or would like…

Destiny Cosplay Looks Snuggly Enough For A Russian Wasteland

rykkeris a cosplayer who is also a big Bungie fan. He’s done some fantastic Halo cosplay in the past, but his latest outfit pays homage to Destiny. Photos by William Tan

Kill Everyone. Go Back In Time. Do It Again: The Video Game

You’re trapped in time. The same day won’t stop repeating itself, even if you ask it really nicely or, you know, die. You have absolute freedom. What do you do? Garbage Day is an upcoming Steam hopeful inspired by the film Groundhog Day and this infamously godawful bit from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. Think…

Track: With That | Artist: Young Thug, Duke | Album: Barter 6 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Longest Game In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive History

One game. Six overtimes. 88 goddamn rounds. Consensus says it’s the longest single game of pro Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ever. It was supposed to be a one-sided mismatch. exceL eSports, a team that some felt didn’t even deserve to be competing in the ESL UK Premiership, was matched against Team XENEX, a UK team of…

Steam isn’t free anymore. If you’ve been living under a rock (or in a cramped car, like I have for the past few days), you’ll be interested to know that Valve is now walling off certain Steam features until you’ve spent at least $5 in the store. The reason? To curve spamming and scamming. Read…

The Robots Are Now Coming For Our Pokémon World Records

Right now, there’s a bot on Twitch playing through Pokémon Red. Its goal? To try to beat the current human world record for playing through Pokémon Red as fast as possible, without the use of any glitches. That record is currently held by Pokémon player Exarion, who has sped through Red in 1 hour and…

Sandstorm Katarina, from League of Legends. Cosplay by nadyasonika, photo by Ignacio Mendoza.

Death From Above

Andy Fisher is an artist who has done work for companies like EA, Dark Horse, Intel and Code Monkeys, along with some comic and illustration stuff as well. You can see more of Andy’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…