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Nikita Is A Cosplay Star

Laura Salviani, aka Nikita Cosplay, is one of the best cosplayers on the planet (she featuredin our 2014 roundup). We’ve never showcased her entire range of work here on Cosplay, though, so let’s fix that. Her costume work is amazing, but it’s also great when cosplayers cover a whole range of subject matter; rather than…

Track: Cuando Calienta El Sol | Artist: Talya Ferro | Album: Look At Me Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: What’s In The Box? The Winners!

A mysterious Christmas gift. A disappointed-looking man. These were the gifts I gave our image manipulating community last week. What they’ve given us is in return is pure holiday magic. As you can see from our new non-nonsense method of labeling the winner of the contest in the celebratory image, Yankton takes home the admiration…

Sunday Comics: Just Give Me The Cupcake

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 December 27. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published December 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

This Year In The Business: The Best Quotes Of 2014

QUOTE | “You ever feel like what we’re doing is too much like pornography?” – Trip Hawkins, EA and Digital Chocolate founder, asking an odd question while talking about the difficulty of monetizing games. Today we round up the best quotes in the business of video games from this past year … QUOTE | “I…

Track: Four Door Aventador | Artist: Nicki Minaj | Album: The Pinkprint Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

What Are Your Favorite Made-Up Smash Bros. Mini-Games?

The advent of “Smashketball” showed that some of the best parts of this new Smash generation are the ones players create for themselves. Nintendo doesn’t make it easy to share custom stages or rulesets with one another, so the best way to share stuff is by talking online. What are the best made-up games you’ve…

Nine Obscure Adventure Games We Wish Had Sequels

Every few years, someone will sound the death knell for adventure games and then some developer will come along and break up the eulogy. Most recently, it was Telltale with The Walking Dead,and Quantic Dream with Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy (also known as Fahrenheit). Adventure games began as some of the earliest attempts at…

Track: The Hanukkah Song | Artist: Adam Sandler | Album: What The Hell Happened To Me? Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Art Of…The Login Screen

Tonny Jiménez is an artist who specialises in interactive 3D and motion graphics. You’ve most likely seen his work if you’ve ever logged into a game of League of Legends. Aside from that, he’s also worked on series like Street Fighter and Devil May Cry. Below is Tonny’s demo reel (which includes his LoL login…

Pics Of A Couple’s Awesome Sailor Moon Wedding

Michelle Nguyen’s wedding was probably cooler than yours. She tied the knot with her husband recently, and while he dressed in a suit, Michelle and her bridesmaids came decked out in Sailor Moon garb, complete with wands. The guests and ringbearers were also encouraged to get into the theme, with Mamoru trinkets handed out, and…

Alien: Isolation’s Character Art Is Just The Best

It featured in my roundup of the best art of the year, so it’s only fair that Callum Alexander Watt’s work on Alien Isolation gets its own spotlight here on Fine Art. Watt is one of my favourite artists on the planet, with a comic-book style that gives his character art real punch. You can…

Kotaku’s Favorite Albums Of 2014

You’ve seen (and heard) what we thought was the best video game music of 2014. Now be subjected to what we thought was the best music music of 2014. Regular contributors to our regular Kotaku Soundtrack feature have got together and nominated their favourite albums for the year, which are listed below. As are the…

Surviving a GTA V Explosion with Style

Today on Highlight Reel, we have some cool plays from the Halo 5: Guardians beta, a fantastic Counter-Strike: GO bomb defuse and a novel way to survive the most intense plane crash in GTA V Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out,…

Nathan Drake Thinks He’s On An Album Cover

In which, for a fleeting moment, Nathan Drake is convinced he’s the other Drake. The above image, and everything below, are the work of Frank Tzeng, an artist at Naughty Dog who we’ve actually featured beforefor his uncanny Walter White portraits. But you know, since he works at Naughty Dog, Frank also gets to work…

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The Week In Games: Now Sony’s Just Showing Off

Here I am, trying to blip the Week in Games because nothing’s coming out this week except for a couple of Wii U eShop games, and Sony rolls up and drops six titles on Tuesday. Typical. They’re all downloadable titles, mind you, and several are just ports from one platform to the other. The point…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: What’s In The Box?

This is not an expression one wants to see on Christmas morning. What could possibly upset this vaguely Chris Evans-ish model so? That’s up to this week’s ‘Shop contest participants. We’re keeping it simple one last time in 2014. We’ve got a picture of a man who seems very upset with the open holiday gift…

Sunday Comics: The Goat Hurler 

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 December 16 as the first of a five-part comic. Hit the link for parts 2-5! Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ultimate Holiday Gaming Sweater: Winners!

In the spirit of this festive holiday season, last week I asked our ‘shop-savvy readers to design the most wonderful ugly video game holiday sweater of them all. I’d wear every one of these, all at once, with this Bad Dudes one on top. Thanks to the magic of putting extra text in the winner…