Check Out These Elaborate Video Game Cosplay Costumes

All photography by Stuart Murray

This year's EGX was about a lot more than hands on pads. The Birmingham-held video game trade fair hosted the country's largest cosplay championship, funnily enough called the EGX Cosplay Championship, part of the European Cosplay Gathering. And trust us, there was a whole lot of people playing dress-up.

VICE sent photographer Stuart Murray along to capture the contestants with the best costumes as they competed to be crowned, essentially, the national champion of wearing cool video game gear of their own making. The winner received a pass to next year's PAX East in Boston, with flights and a place to stay thrown in. Not too shabby.

The winner, since you asked, was the entrant dressed up as a Jolteon Pokémon. You can probably tell which one that is, on account of it being the costume that looks like a Pokémon. (It's yellow, if that helps.) Personally, I think I like the one from Journey the best, and I would totally wear that cloak and scarf combo when popping down Tesco for my teacakes.

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