Street Fighter V’s June Story Update Arrives July 1 With Extra Balrog

Street Fighter V’s long-awaitedstory mode arrives this Friday on PlayStation 4 and PC. In case you need more incentive stay offline to play an extended single-player mode, Capcom’s releasing Balrog as well. As detailed in Patrick’s lovely what to expect when you’re expecting Street Fighter V story DLC article from earlier this month, all of…

This CG Hamburger Looks Delicious [Update]

This burger might not be real, but my hunger is. Update – June 28 12:30am: An earlier version of this story linked a Nico Nico uploader who claimed to have created this work. It seems that is not true. Instead, it was created by the folks at Primitiva, a VFX and animation company in Santiago,…

PlayStation 1’s Most Unusual Japanese Box Art

The PlayStation 1 got an array of games. Some were good, some were bad and some had odd box art. “Odd,” however, isn’t a bad thing at all. Considering how video game box art can sometimes feel similar, you have to applaud the bold graphic design choices that were made. They don’t always work, but…

Wow, Terra Formars, This Animation Looks Bad

With thebrutal schedules animators are faced with, it’s not surprising that sometimes less than stellar work slips through. However, even by those subpar standards, the last episode of Terra Formars Revenge featured some truly awful animation. Via anime site Yaraon Blog, here are the bits in question. (While the show has had spotty parts, keep…

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Let’s Talk About That Stellar Game of Thrones Finale

In the wake of that BATSHIT season finale of Game of Thrones, join me and Kirk for a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about what just happened. Spoilers, obviously. You can listen to the episode on iTunes, or on Simplecast right here. (Download the MP3 directly here.) Also, consider this a good place…

It’s Crazy How Much Work Goes Into A Quality Cosplay Photo

Instead of just posting some images of Rainer—one of the best Final Fantasy cosplayers we’ve ever seen—dressed as FFXIII’s Lightning, let’s instead take a look behind the scenes at just how much fire, lighting, rain and smoke can go into a quality cosplay shoot. It’s courtesy of Mezame, a photographer from Singapore who went all…

Iron Man Cosplay Is Ready To Fly

Iron Man cosplay? Nothing new. Iron Man cosplay that has thruster jets which look like they fire? Very neat Wayne Berendhuysen from EHV Props is the creator of this Mark 39 variant of Tony Stark’s suit, which uses gas particles and 10-watt floodlight LEDs to simulate the effect of thrusters coming out of his hands…

A lot of websites and galleries would have you think that it’s only young women who are cosplaying. Men vs Cosplay 2017 is a 365-page calendar that would like to remind you that is very much not the case.

Building A Whole New Game Out Of Skyrim

Way back in 2013, I wrote about a mod called Enderal, a very ambitious attempt at creating an all-new game out of Skyrim’s bones, with a new map, new buildings, new characters, the works. Shockingly, considering the way most of these things usually go, it’s actually finished! The team behind the total conversion (who are…

Witcher 3 Cosplay Gets The Whole Gang Back Together

Yeah, we’ve featured some damn fine Witcher 3 cosplay here over the last year, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this effort to get Geralt’s whole crew together in one shot. This shoot from the recent Denver Comic Con (where they won best in show!) pretty much nails it. Cosplayer credits: Geralt, Yen, Trissand…

The Week In Games: A Real Time Dilemma

I’ve got to figure out a way to play LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness and Zero Time Dilemma all at once without betraying my other duties. Unless they vote ally, in which case I betray them for the extra points. This is so hard. Thankfully we’ve got the Fourth…