Luke Plunkett

The Sharpest, Shiniest Cosplay

Cosplayer Polygon Forgespecialises in polygonal representations of video game characters; so imagine if every game ever made had come out on the PS1 and you’ll be getting pretty warm. This is her take on an original design for an action figure, done by artists R-one studio and Hui Zou, which looks like this: And after…

Epic Games Store Will Block Your Account If You Buy Too Many Games Too Quickly

There’s a big sale on right now at the Epic Games Store, a time when many users—conditioned by Steam’s frequently generous discounts on a huge range of titles—go nuts and buy a ton of stuff real quickly. On Valve’s store that’s enough to get you a pile of shame, but on Epic’s it’ll just get…

Report: Microsoft And Sony’s Cloud Gaming Collaboration Caught The PlayStation Team By Surprise

It was a surprise to say the least last week whennews broke of a vague agreement between Microsoft and Sony—normally arch rivals in the console gaming space—to team up on “new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences”. If you think you were shocked, though, spare a thought for the PlayStation team. According to this Bloomberg report…

Breath Of The Wild Now Supports Custom Dungeons And Maps (On PC)

The emulated version of Breath of the Wild has all sorts of weird and wild extras the actual Switch edition doesn’t, but until now these have mostly been cosmetic in nature. A new set of tools changes this dramatically, by allowing for custom levels to be built and imported into the game. As seen in…

Another Civilization Wonder Built In Front Of The Real Thing

Civ fans have a bit of a thing where they like to build in-game wonders in front of the actual wonder, and the latest to achieve the feat is not_today_trebeck, who beat the AI to the punch at Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. Like Oxford, the game’s depiction of the wonder is a little condensed,…

Bird of Passage is a chill little game where you listen in (and help out with) the conversations between Tokyo taxi drivers and one very strange passenger.

Flight Sim Developer Arrested For Selling F-16 Manuals [Update]

A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah, after being arrested and charged with “conspiring against the United States, smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. All over what he claims are some manuals he was using to make a flight sim. Asthe Standard-Examiner reports, from 2011-2015, Oleg Mikhaylovich Tishchenko was…

Military Shooter Mod Introduces Civilian Deaths And Cover-Ups

ArmA 3 is a shooter that prides itself on its authenticity and attention to detail, but as far as the official experience goes that usually only extends to the Xs and Os of the battlefield itself. A new mod called Guilt & Remembrance is looking to make things a great deal more complex. Made by…

Our Favorite Cosplay From Fan Expo Dallas 2019

Between May 3-5 over 50,000 fans went through the doors of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas for the 2019 Dallas Fan Expo, and among the crowd was some fantastic cosplay. We’ve posted a selection below, with all pics and video taken by Mineralblu. You’ll find each cosplayer’s character, series and Instagram handle…

Garfield, Only He’s A Nightmarish Monster Starring In A Game Boy Game

Last year, just in time for Halloween, Lumpymade some short animations based on artist Will Burke’s nightmarish Garfield sketches. Fast forward to May 2019 and he’s just finished work on a complete 13-minute video, presented in the style of the grossest Game Boy game ever made. Good night, everyone. You can see more Lumpy’s pixel…

Time To Dream About An Overwatch Cartoon

Bruce Vernon is a freelance animator who has made a range of amazing lil’ clips based on everything from The Witcher 3 to Overwatch to Bayonetta You can see more Bruce’s work at his personal site

This is Risk System, a new indie shmupthat’s out today on Steam.

Spanish Football League Chooses Uniforms Just Like FIFA Does

You pick your teams, you settle in with your mates to play a few games of FIFA, and in the middle of it all, everyone gets a chance to choose which uniform the sides will wear in the game. It’s a very video game way of doing things, and it’s now how Spain’s top two…

The Most Beautiful Tank In The World

Daniel Joustra is an artist at Guerrilla Games, the developers of Killzone and Horizon Zero Dawn. He’s also worked on games like Star Citizen You can see more of Daniel’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page

Disgraced Magic: The Gathering Star Banned, Removed From Hall Of Fame

Magic: The Gathering pro Yuuya Watanabe, the star at the centre of cheating allegations following the discovery of marked cards in a tournament earlier this month, has been found guilty and heavily punished by officials at the The Magic Pro League. Despite protestations of innocence from both Watanabe and his sponsors, the MPL todayissued a…

Cities: Skylines Is Going Back To College

Universities are enormous, sprawling places, so it makes sense that if you were going to put one in a city-building game, it should be a much bigger (and more complicated) deal than simply dropping a 3×3 structure on the map and leaving it be. That’s what I love about Cities: Skyline’s expansions, of which Campus…

There’s a surprising amount of evidence scattered around the world of Day’s Gone that suggests it’s set in the same universe as Syphon Filter. GamesRadar has the details

There’s an “asymmetrical” multiplayer shooter based on The Predator coming to the PS4 next year. It’s called Predator: Hunting Grounds. Sadly there was no Danny Glover in the trailer.

Our Favorite Cosplay From PAX East 2019

PAX East was a few weeks back now, but we’ve just got all our footage and pics together to run this gallery of what was an amazing cosplay showcase. All video and photos were shot by Dave Yang, while the clip below was edited by Mineralblu. You’ll find each cosplayer’s credit, site link and the…

PUBG Removed From China, Replaced With Hilarious Clone

Having tried for months to get approval to release (and more importantly, monetise) PUBG in China, publisher Tencent has had enough and pulled the game, replacing it with something that looks very similar. As Reuters reports, the new game is called Game For Peace, which “pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard our…