Luke Plunkett

Raiders Of The North Sea Is A Really Good Digital Board Game

As I’ve recently put on record here, I think Tokaido is the best digital board game. Its stay at the top might be short-lived, though, because Raiders of the North Sea, out this week on PC, Switch and mobile, is very good. I reviewed the board game last year, and loved it; it’s since become…

Cyberpunk Skylines

Alexander Dudar is an artist at CD Projekt Red, the developers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 You can see more of Alexander’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page

Pioneering Open World PS1 Game Is Now Finally Playable In English [Update]

Mizzurna Falls, a Twin Peaks-ish open world game developed for the PS1 and only ever released in Japan, is now 20 years later available to play in English for the first time. While the script itself had been translated by Resident Evie a few years back—you can read more about that in this excellent Vice…

Kill la Kill Game’s Publisher Has “Prohibited” People From Streaming Its Story Mode

Kill la Kill the Game: IF, released earlier this week, is a fighting game with a story. And publishers Arc System Works are so protective of it that they’ve stated “all streams and uploads” of the game’s story mode “are prohibited indefinitely”. It’s not the first time the publisher of a Japanese video game has…

Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime Matsuri 2019

Anime Matsuri is a huge show that takes place every year in Houston, drawing more than 40,000 fans through the doors. Despite serious allegations levelled against the show’s organiser in recent years, ranging from sexual harassment to financial impropriety, it was still held on the weekend of 13-16 June. The photos and video below were…

Transform And Roll Out, Comrade

Longque Chen is an artist who has worked in games, film and toys. You can see more of Chen’s stuff at his ArtStation page

I Wish To Inform You That Another Garfield Kart Has Been Made

Garfield Kart came out in 2013, was ignored, then reborn in 2018 as a thing, because the internet has taken the lazy cat and reshaped it in its image. The game is now getting a sequel on Xbox One, PS4, PC and Switch. It is once again a cart racing game, only starring Garfield, and…

Looks Like EA’s NBA Live Is Being Weird Again

It’s easy to forget that there are two AAA basketball games on the market, so complete is 2K’s dominance of the scene, but EA Sports just keep plugging away with their NBA games. Some get released to little fanfare, others get cancelled at the last minute and some, like this year’s game, get delayed before…

A Short Hike is out today. You’re a bird who is trying to get to the top of a mountain, but you can go any way you like, take as long as you like and just chill out and chat with people all the way up.

The latest game to get limited VR support via the Nintendo Labo is Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Sonic Redesigned Evangelion

Brother Baston is an artist from Finland. You can see more of his work here, and also check out his Patreon here

Axis & Allies: 1942 is coming to early access on Steam on July 31. I know I just said digital board game adaptations suck, but 1) This is an Axis & Allies game, and 2) The developers have put some work in making the whole thing look very video gamey, which is nice.

Welcome To Hell: Rollercoaster Tycoon Ride Takes 45 Years To Finish

Earlier this year, Rollercoaster Tycoon player Marcel Vos thought he’d pushed the game to its limits by building a ridethat would take 12 years to complete. Turns out he was wrong, because he’s now built one that would take you 45 years—in real, actual human time—to get to the end of. Appropriately called 45 Years…

Track: Crud Addict | Artist: Datkid & Leaf Dog | Album: Confessions of a Crud Lord Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

Android Is Now Unofficially On Nintendo Switch, And It Looks Great

Back in 2018, an exploit was found in the Nintendo Switch that would allow users to run outside code. While that’s of course led to some piracy, it’s also let modders and coders have some fun with the console, up to and including getting Android running on the system, with all the features and tricks…

There’s going to be a video presentation by Smash director Masahiro Sakurai on July 30 at 9am ET, where we get a look at Ultimate’s next DLC fighter (Dragon Quest’s Hero), and probably news of v4.0’s balance updates as well

What Ganon From Breath Of The Wild Might Actually Look Like

After catching a glimpse of Dehydrated Ganon in the trailer for Breath of the Wild’s sequel,artist Nicholas Kolewondered what a hydrated Ganon—as in, a normal bad guy, neither withered corpse nor spectral beast—might look like. “I paid close attention to the information in the trailer, as well as trying to align him (as the rare…

If Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy Was In Overwatch

Ladislas Gueros is an artist based in Canada, and this is his idea on how Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy would look as a guest-starring Overwatch character. Like Hanzo, basically, only less annoying. You can see more of Gueros’ stuff at his ArtStation page

Gloomhaven’s Video Game Version Is, So Far, Just Fine

Gloomhaven, the biggest board game (both literally and figuratively) in years, is coming to the PC, and is currently playable in a limited form as part of an early access deal. With only a few options presently available to players (in terms of both gameplay and party composition), Gloomhaven is not really interested in making…

Our Favorite Cosplay From San Diego Comic-Con 2019

There’s no bigger cosplay show on the planet than Comic-Con, which every year attracts thousands of cosplayers, from the biggest names to locals dressing up for a big, nerdy day out Mineralblu was there all weekend taking photos and video for us, and you can see the best of that stuff below (though as usual…