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The Best Video Game Costumes and Cosplay of Game On Expo 2017

By Benjamin Leatherman

Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 3:43 p.m.

Benjamin Leatherman Ulala from the Sega Dreamcast game Space Channel 5. 1/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying characters from Mass Effect. 2/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 3/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Jandice Barov from World of Warcraft. 4/71

Benjamin Leatherman A good rendition of Skull Kid from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. 5/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers show off their outfits at Game On Expo 2017. 6/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying the main character from Portal. 7/71

Benjamin Leatherman Princess Peach from the Super Mario series. 8/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 9/71

Benjamin Leatherman Hey, it's One-Punch Man from, um ... One-Punch Man. 10/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 11/71

Benjamin Leatherman Chio_Cosplays as a character from Fallout. 12/71

Benjamin Leatherman Tucson cosplayer Citrusbell as Cindy Aurum from Final Fantasy XV. 13/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Illuminaughty as Star Guardian Jinx from League of Legends. 14/71

Benjamin Leatherman A hipster version of Bowser from Super Mario. 15/71

Benjamin Leatherman Overwatch cosplay was a frequent sight at Game On Expo 2017. 16/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect. 17/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Storm from X-Men. 18/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers show off their outfits at Game On Expo 2017. 19/71

Benjamin Leatherman Super Mario's been doing some super-lifting lately. 20/71

Benjamin Leatherman Boba Fett: gamer. 21/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 22/71

Benjamin Leatherman Reptile from the Mortal Kombat series, if he was transformed into a cyber-ninja. 23/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 24/71

Benjamin Leatherman Samantha Kitz as Thane Krios from the Mass Effect series. 25/71

Benjamin Leatherman The local cosplayer known as Jolt117 as a Hunter from Destiny. 26/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 27/71

Benjamin Leatherman An Overwatch cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 28/71

Benjamin Leatherman What's the CP of that Gengar? Asking for a friend. 29/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 30/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay inspired by Overwatch. 31/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Roadhog from Overwatch. 32/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay inspired by Overwatch. 33/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 34/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cody Geno of Chandler cosplays Luigi and his ride from Mario Kart DS. 35/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 36/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 37/71

Benjamin Leatherman The games of the many outweigh the games of the few. 38/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer at Game On Expo 2017. 39/71

Benjamin Leatherman Preston Woolsey of Cave Creek in a massive armor inspired by the game Destiny. 40/71

Benjamin Leatherman Master Chief, reporting for duty. 41/71

Benjamin Leatherman Halo cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 42/71

Benjamin Leatherman A local cosplayer shows off his outfit at Game On Expo 2017. 43/71

Benjamin Leatherman Gotta catch 'em all. 44/71

Benjamin Leatherman We're pretty sure this cosplay is inspired by either an anime or a video game. 45/71

Benjamin Leatherman A cosplay of Zoom, the evil speedster from The Flash. 46/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Freddy Fazzbear from Five Nights at Freddy's. 47/71

Benjamin Leatherman http://www.thehorrorshowchannel.com/Jaime En Fuego of The Horror Show as the unmasked version of Mortal Kombat's Sub Zero. 48/71

Benjamin Leatherman Creepy cosplay at Game On Expo 2017. 49/71

Benjamin Leatherman Yes, there were furries at Game On Expo. 50/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay inspired by Undertale. 51/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 52/71

Benjamin Leatherman That's rad-looking costume, sir. 53/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying the main character from the Assassin's Creed series. 54/71

Benjamin Leatherman Halo cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 55/71

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Game2Hype as Lucio from Overwatch. 56/71

Benjamin Leatherman Aren't you a wanted man? 57/71

Benjamin Leatherman Costumes inspired by the Fallout series. 58/71

Benjamin Leatherman Whitney Wickham as D.Va from Overwatch. 59/71

Benjamin Leatherman Costumes inspired by the Destiny series. 60/71

Benjamin Leatherman We're guessing you're a fan of The Simms. 61/71

Benjamin Leatherman The gang from the Mushroom Kingdom. 62/71

Benjamin Leatherman General Nadine from Return of the Jedi (left) and a Jedi Knight cosplayer (right). 63/71

Benjamin Leatherman An original character inspired by the Fallout series. 64/71

Benjamin Leatherman Greetings from Andoria! 65/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying characters from Five Nights at Freddy's. 66/71

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Little Sister from BioShock. 67/71

Benjamin Leatherman Overwatch cosplayers at Game On Expo 2017. 68/71

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-inspired cosplay. 69/71

Benjamin Leatherman Red Hood from the Batman series. 70/71

Benjamin Leatherman Knight life. 71/71

The Best Video Game Costumes and Cosplay of Game On Expo 2017

Costumes and cosplayers inspired by video games were in abundance inside the Phoenix Convention Center's South Building during Game On Expo 2017. Folks wearing outfits and get-ups based off such popular games as Overwatch, Mass Effect, and League of Legends were all in attendance at the three-day geek event, which ran from Friday, August 11, to Sunday, August 13. Photos by Benjamin Leatherman.

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