Luke Plunkett, Author at Kotaku

Forza 3’s Intro Video Short On Gameplay, Big On Car Porn

Here’s the intro cinematic for Turn10’s Forza 3, due out in a little over a month. There’s nothing here showing how the game will play, but there’s plenty here showing the variety of cars and events on offer.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

New Okamiden Screens

Here are some new screens for Capcom’s Okamiden, on the Nintendo DS. They’re looking a little rough, but then, most screens on the DS look a little rough. It looks much better in motion.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Bomberman’s Castle In The Sky

Bomberman does Laputa, by Sakkan, as seen on Tiny Cartridge.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Check Out That New Fat Princess Level

There’s a "whole host" of new content on the way for Fat Princess, but first to be made available is New Pork, a new map for the game. Here it is, with people moving around in it and stuff.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Valve Wants To Sell Mods On 360, Pay Creators

Valve are known for giving away DLC on PC. Microsoft are known for charging money for avatar t-shirts. Doesn’t seem like there’s a good way to bring the two together, but Valve may have an idea. “One of the things I’m thinking about is how we work within that [Xbox Live] system,” Valve’s Yasser Mailaka…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Six Years Too Late, Star Wars Galaxies Gets Interesting

It’s safe to say that Star Wars Galaxies has been a disappointment. It’s boring. If only they’d introduced zombie stormtrooper hordes a little sooner! For a tie-in with Joe Schreiber’s upcoming book of the same name – which is about zombies in the Star War universe – Star Wars Galaxies will in October drop an…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Zune HD: Welcome To The Gaming Business

This alleged promo video for Microsoft’s new music player, the Zune HD, shows that while Microsoft aren’t exactly making a big deal out of it, the thing can definitely play games of some sort. You’ll see a glimpse of a racing game if you head to about 30 seconds in. And below, you’ll see that…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2009

Don’t Like Black? Get Your PS3 Slim In Other Colours

While the old PS3 was released in black, white, even “gunmetal“, the PS3 Slim is so far available in one colour: black. Or, at least that’s the only colour available officially. Console detailing specialists Colorware have announced that they’re now taking orders for the PS3 Slim. As with the company’s previous offerings, you can either…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2009

Lucidity Coming In October, To PC As Well

Lucasartstook the wraps off platformer/puzzler Lucidity last night, but in doing so a few important pieces of information went walkies. Firstly, the game won’t just be on XBLA, it’ll be coming to the PC as well. And secondly, it won’t be out “later this month” as originally announced. Instead, it’ll be out early next month.…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2009

Jedi Knight Series Coming To Steam

Lucasarts announced last night that the Jedi Knight series of Star Wars shooters will be making their way to Steam next week. Which is a slightly confusing statement. After all, Lucasarts’ FPS Star Wars titles began in 1995 with Dark Forces, whose sequel, Jedi Knight, was Dark Forces II. Making it part of the Dark…