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Tell Us Your PAX Love Stories

Walk around a PAX convention and you’ll see more than just video games: you’ll see tons of bonding. Cosplayers gather together for pictures, developers visit each other’s booths, and, sometimes, even new love blooms. There are plenty of opportunities—both orchestrated and serendipitous—to meet new friends and new loves. Did you meet any new romantic interests…

Track: “Everybody’s Secret” (‘Elemental Sanctuary’ Remix)| Album: STORY MODE | Artist: Jaken ft.Marcosis Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment. Contact the author at [email protected]

Oh, So We’re Gambling With Guns Now, OK

Jamie-lee Lloyd is a character artist at Rockstar North, the developers of the Grand Theft Auto series. As is customary with most Rockstar artists, you won’t be seeing any GTA work here, but what you will be seeing is some A+ work on some very detailed ladies and gentlemen (and some stuff he did pre-Rockstar…

The GLaDOS Principle

A Portal/Talos Principle world collision of puzzlers was bound to happen, and this one is absolutely brilliant. Bravo, The Man Who Hears Colors 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…

The Future Of Steam Greenlight

Steam Greenlight is a mess. It’s a system for bringing lesser-known games onto Valve’s store that doesn’t really help people who play games or make them. Two years ago, Valve said the plan was to kill it and replace it with something less broken. And yet, here it remains. So, what’s next? First, the good…

Just A Typical Bike Ride In GTA

Today on Highlight Reel we have clumsy enemies in Counterspy, bad lumberjacks, GTA V karma, golf hell and 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. Counterspy – CounterSpy™_20150305152314 – Pikemeister World…

What If We Could Control The Aliens?

Artist Marek Okon recently had an idea: what if instead of trying to shoot the Aliens, we could control them instead? It’s a premise that’s actually been explored in the universe’s fiction before, but that certainly didn’t look as cool as this concept does. You could also file this under: Genuinely Useful/Massively Dangerous Applications For…

Yes, Valve Knows They’re Terrible At Talking To Fans

Valve does a lot of things right, but they also have a reputation for leaving fans in the dark. What’s going on with Counter-Strike updates or Steam Greenlight’s brokenness or Half-Life 3? We rarely find out until release day. This leads to fans who are confused at best, pissed at worst. Valve knows, and they…

Awesome Fighting Game Let You Cut Other Player’s Heads Off

You can keep Street Fighter, Tekken, King of Fighters and Dead or Alive. My favourite fighting game pre-dates every single one of them, starred large men in furry underpants, and rather than lasting minutes could, if you knew your moves, be over in seconds. Because you weren’t using fists. You were using giant swords. Sure,…

Oh, Hey Gwen, Didn’t See You There

Julio Cesar is an artist and illustrator working out of Fortaleza, Brazil. You can see more of Julio’s work at his personal site, DeviantArtand ArtStationgalleries. 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.…

The Ultimate Assassin’s Creed Cosplay

Ezio, is that you? Superstar cosplayer Leon Chiro is no strangerto top-shelf Assassin’s Creed cosplay, but this latest venture is easily his best yet. Not just for the costume — though it is a fantastic replica of Ezio’s outfit — but for the complete package. Chiro (who is Italian) went and shot on location in…

Kill la Kill’s Scissor Blade, In The Flesh

I’ve never actually seen Kill la Kill, but I have seen its cosplay. It’s a show about skin, suspenders and a giant sword, right? That sword is here now, in the real world, and was built by Harrison Krix. It’s an interesting design, both to look at and to have to build, because it’s technically…

The Week In Games: The Blind Leading

It’s some indie gems mixed with big-budget remakes this week, with Ori and The Blind Forest topping my list of games most likely to be the top image for The Week in Games. Oh look, it won. Time for some quiet introspection as we await next week’s release of things with Final Fantasy, Mario and…

Track: I Really Like You| Album: (TBA) | Artist: Carly Rae Jepsen Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Sunday Comics: Prove Your Literacy

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 March 7. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 2. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Week In The Business: Fallen Gods

QUOTE | “Suddenly we’re not gods any more…There are gods, and now we just license their engines.” – Positech’s Cliff Harris, talking about why he hates Unity and other middleware, preferring that indies write their own engines Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “In reality, 90 percent of…

What Are You Playing This March?

March! March, you apes! You wanna live forever? Yes, it’s March, which means it’s basically spring. Daylight savings is about to give us longer days, the weather is getting warmer, and there are a lot of really good new (and old) video games to play. For my part, I’m mostly playing Metroid Prime, and for…

Instead Of Skipping A Credits Sequence, Let’s Study One

Felix Mack works at Nightjar, a studio that specialises in motion graphics. You know the animation/footage that plays behind an artist when they’re on stage? Or the menus on a DVD? Or the credits sequence for a video game? Yeah, they do that Felix in particular did the end sequence for Sunset Overdrive, which was…

They Are The Misfits, Their Cosplay’s Better

Jem cosplay! And not just any Jem cosplay, Misfits cosplay! Take a bow, all involved. Credits: Pizzazz costume worn & made by by Mostflogged Clash costume made & worn by Love-Joker Roxy costume made & worn by 06TATTO Jetta costume made & worn by JK cosplay @ FB Stormer costume worn by takisiski Photography by…