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The New Robocop Should Have Looked Like This

Furio Tedeschi is a 3D artist who has worked in both video games and motion pictures, on projects like Halo 4, Pacific Rim, Star Wars and Silent Hill. He’s currently at McFarlane Toys, working on action figures. You can see more of Furio’s work at his Behance page and CGHub profile To see the larger…

I’ll Be Honest, That Head Doesn’t Look Very Comfortable

Gavriil Klimov is a concept and 3D artist who has worked for clients like Kojima Productions, Treyarch, Blizzard and Pixar. You can see more of his work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Track: Tropea | Album: EP | Artist: Kaleida Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Killer Art From Uncharted, The Last Of Us & Magic: The Gathering

Eytan Zana is a concept artist who works at Naughty Dog, where he’s worked on both the Uncharted series and the studio’s latest title, The Last Of Us. He’s also done some Magic: The Gathering art. So chances are if you’re reading this site you’ve seen something he’s done in the last five years! We’ve…

36 Years Of Console Prices, Adjusted For Inflation

If you thought the PS4 and Xbox One’s launch prices were expensive, well, they kinda were! But not as expensive as the NES. Or Neo Geo. Or Saturn, Or PlayStation, or Atari 2600. Reddit user Auir2blazehas run historical console launch prices through an inflation adjustment calculator (which normally use dollar strength and the cost of…

Track: Black Shuck | Album: Permission to Land | Artist: The Darkness Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Neverending Story Gets A 21st Century Makeover

As wonderful as it is, as timeless as it threatens to be, The Neverending Story is still very much a product of the 1980s. So let’s take a moment to imagine what it might have looked like if it had been made in 2014, instead of 1984. These aren’t from an official project; just a…

The Last Thing You’ll Ever Eat

Turducken? Turducken is nothing. Behold Cthulken. Or Craturktopus. Perhaps Turkrakon. Whatever you call this dark combination of turkey, crab legs, bacon and Elder God, it is the one true Last Supper. Reddit’s doc_birdman, along with numerous unnamed agents of chaos lurking in the shadows, shared this image with the internet over the weekend. It’s been…

Guns, Snow And A Sword Through The Heart

Mohammed Mukhtar is an artist at British studio Playdemic, but he’s also done work on various mods for games like Half-Life 2 and Unreal Tournament. You can see more of Moh’s work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

The Week in Games: The Walking Dead Begins a New Season

Retail console releases may be done for this year but there still are marquee names waiting for their closeup as we finish off 2013. Chief among them is the next season of The Walking Dead, which arrives Tuesday along with Terraria on the PS Vita. Here’s the week in games. Tuesday, Dec. 17 The Walking…

Sunday Comics: World of Spycraft

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics in video gaming. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Dec. 11. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 9. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…

This Week in the Business: ‘The Leading System of This Generation’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “The leading system of this generation.”—Research firm DFC Intelligence asserting that Sony’s PS4 will indeed be the number one selling console of the new generation, but the company doesn’t see PS4 surpassing the lifetime numbers of Wii or PS2. QUOTE |…

Track: Unspoken | Album: Ultraviolet | Artist: Kylesa Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

BioShock’s Characters Were Not Born. They Had To Be Made.

Gavin Goulden is a lead character artist at Irrational Games, where he’s most recently worked on both BioShock Infinite and its first major DLC, Burial At Sea. Priot to that, he’s worked on games such as Dead Rising 2, Dragon Age and FEAR 2. You can see more of his work at his personal site…

If A Batman Game Looked Like This, I Would Never Stop Playing

No offence to the guys making the latest Batman games, which look great in their own muscly way, but Batman is a comic book character. Wouldn’t it look cooler if the games looked more like a comic? Especially one this fantastic? These images are the work of Callum Alexander Watt, a British artist who we’ve…

Track: The Birds and the Bees | Album: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny | Artist: Jim Hall & Pat Metheny Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Track: Stone Letter | Album: Oddfellows | Artist: Tomahawk Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Some Artists Behind Game Of Thrones Take On An Xbox One Launch Game

We’ve covered the work of German studio Karakter beforehere on Fine Art, but since the company just finished up some work on Xbox One launch title Ryse – not to mention the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones – now’s as good a time as any for a fresh look at their stuff. The…

Memories Of Doom, By John Romero & John Carmack

Carmack and Romero haven’t worked together for nearly a decade and a half

Track: Hive | Artist: Earl Sweatshirt feat. Vince Staples & Casey Veggies | Album: Doris Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.