Luke Plunkett

Kinect may be dead as a video gaming peripheral, but its technological uses live on. The latest example is in Sydney, where it’s being used to help control the speed and frequency of train boardings

Quakin’ In His Boots

Emanuel Palalic is a character artist at id, where he’s worked on games like Doom and Quake Champions You can see more of Palalic’s art at his ArtStation page

Cosplay’s “World Championships” Were Just Incredible

Most of the time cosplay is about having fun and hanging out with friends. Sometimes, though, it gets competitive, and there’s no bigger prize for serious devotees than the World Cosplay Summit, held every year in Japan. It’s basically a World Championships of cosplay, and as you can imagine, the entrants are out of this…

One Of The Best WW2 Board Games Is Now Even Better

Memoir 44 was already one of the great tactical board games, stripping the rules of war down to their barest bones and emphasising speed and fun over rulers and fine print. Now, with the release of an expansion that adds aircraft miniatures to the game, it’s even more fun. If you’ve never played it (and…

Archipel’s latest Japanse developer video stars Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi and Tokyo Jungle’s Yohei Kataoka as they meet up and chat about their careers and new, weird ways of funding video games.

Track: Fear Inoculum | Artist: Tool | Album: Fear Inoculum Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

On The Road

Xi Zhang is an illustrator and concept artist from China. You can see more Zhang’s stuff at their ArtStation page and Instagram

DayZ Is Somehow Banned, But Also Not Banned In Australia

Despite recent attempts at fixing things, Australia’s video game classification system remains something of a joke. It’s very much a joke today, though, with news emerging that the upcoming physical copy of DayZ has been “refused classification” (effectively banning it), while the digital copy remains legally available. As Kotaku Australia reports, the disc-based version, which…

Morgana Won’t Be Such A Bedtime Dictator In Persona 5 Royal

During a recent Q&A session on Twitter, a Japanese fan had the sense to ask Atlus about one of the most pressing concerns surrounding the upcoming Persona 5 Royal: will Morgana continue to force you, a nearly grown-ass man, to go to bed against your wishes? Thankfully, the answer is “not as often”. Being made…

Fallen Angel

Yakun Wang is a character artist and illustrator at Tencent Games. You can see more of Wang’s workat her ArtStation page UPDATE: Some artwork removed at artist’s request.

Oh Man Look At This Enormous God Of War Cosplay

German cosplayer Kes von Puch and her boyfriend Marcel are to thank for this incredible piece of God of War cosplay, which didn’t just require the creation of a costume, but the transformation of a man. While Kes was spending over 1000 hours crafting Kratos’ outfit, making everything from his belt to his pouches to…

Age Of Wonders: Planetfall Is For Civ Players In A Hurry

Planetfall is actually a little different from other Age of Wonders games, in that it’s a sci-fi spinoff of a traditionally fantasy series

A Final Fantasy VII Bedtime Story

Tonight for Fine Art we’re looking at Limetown, a small studio in Brazil comprised of artists Amanda Duarte and Gus Lima, who work on concept art and illustrations for games, books and beyond. You can see more of Limetown’s stuff at their personal siteand ArtStation page

Duke Nukem 3D Is Back In This Ambitious Mod

Duke Nukem 3D has not aged well whichever way you look at it, but this mod for Serious Sam does a pretty good job of at least updating the game’s visuals and handling. It’s a total conversion of Serious Sam Fusion’s (a 2017 compilation) version of Serious Sam 3, which basically remakes (and in parts…

Medevac

Colie Wertz is a veteran concept artist and VFX guy based in San Francisco. You can see more of Colie’s work at his ArtStationand Instagrampages.

Valve has apologisedfor leaking a Street Fighter trailer last week, saying“there was a mix-up in the publishing process” that meant the clip went live before Capcom could officially announce the news. “It’s a regrettable and unintentional situation, and we have already implemented measures to prevent this error from happening again.”

Man Finds Rare NES Game In Attic, Sells It For $9000

Reno man Scott Amos was going through some possessions from the attic of his childhood home the other day when he came across something: an unopened copy of Kid Icarus for the Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with receipt from 1988. As theReno Gazette Journal reports, nobody from Amos’ family can exactly remember why the game…

Some Amazing Cosplay From Japan Expo 2019, Europe’s Biggest Anime Show

Japan Expo, held every year in Paris, is one of the biggest nerd shows on the planet. Indeed, it claims to be the biggest celebration of Japanese culture outside of Japan itself, with around 250,000 attendees heading to Paris-Nord Villepinte between July 4-7. Unsurprisingly, given the scale and important of the show, it attracted some…

A Straight-Up Bug Hunt

Sonech is a designer and artist based in Japan. You can see more of Sonech’s stuff at their ArtStation and Tumblrpages.

Adidas’ Naruto Sneakers Are Looking Much Better

Because the Dragon Ball line was trash, and the first shoe revealed for the company’s Naruto tribute similarly gross, my hopes for the rest of that line weren’t great! So imagine my surprise to see this very nice Kakashi Hatake sneaker get announced today via Sneaker News A problem with the Dragon Ball shoes was…