Niche, hardcore, fighting game enthusiasts this one is for you! With the next iteration of the insane Japanese fighting game "BlazBlue:Continuum Shift" set to release on July 27th, we figured it was only right to highlight some hit cosplays from the BlazBlu universe. Thank god for us, this game is overflowing with hot characters.[nextpage]

Surprisingly enough, BlazBlue:Continuum Shift cosplays are all over! After browsing tons of cosplays of multiple characters, we found one truly worth our readers' time. Behold cosplayer JuliaIsaNinja's hot creation of Litchi Faye Ling:

JuliaIsaNinja caught our attention thanks to her very well tailored, custom costume and uncanny resemblance to the true character herself. 

While 

Dragon Quest IX is finally out! With the release of the latest of the beloved Dragon Quest series now gracing Nintendo DS's across North America, we here at the Kartel are pumped to get our hardcore JRPG on! Though many American gamers are still wary of  JRPG titles like Dragon Quest, we still wanted to kick off the launch of the epic game by highlighting some amazing Dragon Quest cosplays that all types of gamers can appreciate. [nextpage]

After digging through Dragon Quest forums and the usual cosplay sites, we came down to a tough decision regarding which character to feature from the Dragon Quest series: Beloved Jessica from Dragon Quest VIII or Gothic looking Fleurette from Dragon Quest Swords?

 Even though a Fleurette cosplay is daunting with

Woo! It's the month of StarCraft II's release. Unless you've been living in a cave for the last decade or so, you've probably heard of the game StarCraft. With the impending destruction of social lives thanks to the release of "StarCraft II" finally within sight, the Kartel decided to give some cosplay love to one of the world's most infamous titles. Without anymore delay, please enjoy some hot StarCraft cosplay [nextpage]

Allow me to preface this cosplay with the week with this quick expletive: D@MN! StarCraft cosplay is hard to find!

Regardless, after hunting through multiple cosplay forums I managed to find cosplayer Alechan's website. Though completely in Spanish, thanks to Google translator I did indeed find none-other than a decked out, hot, detailed StarCraft

If you've ever been to a cosplay convention, you'll know that the majority of costumes come from Japanese games and cartoons. Still, it's this very fact that makes me proud of the global success and fame of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," an American cartoon. With the release of the movie "The Last Airbender", plus a feature game soon to be out, The Kartel did it's best to find you the best Last Airbender cosplay we could dig up! [nextpage]

While I did manage to find a good number of Last Airbender cosplays from various conventions, the general following and cosplayers of the show didn't have that "zing" of front page material. Ironically, I managed to find this  acparadise.com profile of a gorgeous and almost life-like "Katara" from The Last Airbender