Luke Plunkett

Old Consoles Are Murderous Death Machines

Ah yes, the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation, machines we remember best for their ability to *checks notes* fire devastating plasma beams and railgun blasts out of their arms. These are the work of artist Gerald Gordge, and you can see more of his stuff at his personal site

The Making Of Wipeout’s Logo, An All-Time Classic

1995’s WipeOut was one of the coolest video games ever made, as we’ve previously established here, and a big part of that was down to the game’s pioneering visual style. That went for the obvious stuff, like the ship design and team logos, but it extended right through to the game’s logo. For a very…

Partisans 41 Looks A Lot Like A Modern Commandos

The Commandos series was amazing, then it disappeared, and we’ve all been sad—Shadow Tactics aside—ever since. But the upcoming Partisans 1941 is here to at least try and scratch the same itch. In development at Russian studio Alter Games, it’s a real-time stealth tactics game, only now instead of controlling an elite band of Western…

Fallout Cosplay Video Brings The Series To Life

There’s some very good Fallout cosplay on show here, but the real star of this short video might be the location, a giant old furnace that looks like it fell straight out of Fallout 4 The video was done by Legend of Micah, while the cosplayers are credited at the end of the clip.

NFL Team’s 2019 Schedule Is Just A Bunch Of Video Games

The NFL schedule was released today, and for whatever reason the Carolina Panthers decided to share their games and dates via an enormous montage of old (and some new) video games, from NBA Jam to Mario Kart to Halo It’s pretty good! Though JJ Watt does not seem like a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater kinda…

A Wee Dragon Workshop

Nicholas Foong is an artist from Singapore currently living in LA. He’s worked on stuff like How to Train Your Dragon and Planet of the Apes You can see more of Nicholas’ art at his personal site

Our Favorite Cosplay From WonderCon 2019

WonderCon is one of America’s biggest nerd shows, with over 50,000 fans heading through the gates of the Anaheim Convention Center late last month. Here’s a collection of some of our favourite cosplay from the event! All photos and video below were taken by Mineralblu. And yes, in case you were wondering, that Samus by…

SNES Mod Performs Black Magic On Mode 7’s Barfy Resolution

The Super Nintendo’s Mode 7 tech was impressive as hell in the early 90s, but all that spinning came at the cost of visual fidelity, with the backgrounds on games like Mario Kart and F-Zero looking like pixellated puke. Two decades on, a mod is trying to clean that up. Made by DerKoun, HD Mode…

Fortnite’s Dog Petting Sucks

Fortnite’s latest update brings aerial battles, but it also quietly introduced what should have been a very welcome feature: the ability to pet dogs (and cats, and other animals). It’s a pity, then, that it sucks. Before we go any further, for reference here is some good video game dog petting, courtesy of Far Cry…

The Cutest Lil’ Assassins

Viviane Herzog is an artist based in Canada who has worked on stuff like Assassin’s Creed and Day’s Gone You can see more of Viviane’s art at her personal site and ArtStation page

Power Rangers Cosplay Is Here To Crush Cities

The obvious thing to do when cosplaying something from Power Rangers would be one of the lycra-clad Rangers themselves, but nope, Jason Aulicino had bigger ideas. This is his Dragonzord outfit, and it looks like it just walked right off the set after a busy day fighting dudes in rubber suits. All photos here by…

Old Town Road, Covered By Animal Crossing’s K.K. Slider

While there is somehow still debate over whether Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road is truly “country” or not (it’s country as hell), there’s one place I think we can all agree it belongs: in Animal Crossing Just like he did with Travis Scott earlier in the year, Overspace has taken the Red Dead-ish banger…

Location, Location, Location

Joanna Kizinska is a freelance concept artist and illustrator working in the games business. You can see more of Joanna’s stuff at her ArtStation page

Some Nier: Automata Fans Made An Awesome Cartoon

A team of just six people is to thank for this Nier short, whose mix of game-related action and 1990s Liquid TV-ish style is very good. The actual short (excluding credits) only runs for just over a minute, but there’s so much going on—and so much animation—that it feels a lot longer. The short’s director was…

There’s a new Destiny 2 comic live on Bungie’s site, which I’m mentioning here because it’s got a cover and art done by Steve Lichman’s Dave Rapoza.

Sony Is Automatically Changing Offensive PlayStation Usernames

We used to live in a world where someone with an offensive username was just outright banned from an online service. With the coming of PlayStation’s ability to edit names, though, things have now changed, and those offensive names are changing along with them. Gamasutra spotted a notein the move’s FAQ that reveals what happens…

Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the latest game in the series to be making the jump from PlayStation to PC. It’ll be out on May 9.

Dawn Patrol

Alexis Morand is an artist who has worked for companies like Google, Sony and Toyota. You can see more of Alexis’ work at his ArtStation page

Every Battlefield Map, Ranked According To Size

DICE senior designer Niklas Åstrand has been sharing some Battlefield facts on Twitter recently, capping them off with a chart comparing the size of every multiplayer map from the series, from the original all the way through to Battlefield V Halvoy is obviously top, as it’s a Battle Royale map, so it doesn’t really count.…

Ni No Kuni Movie Gets Its First Trailer

Announced back in February, we’ve just got our first proper look at the upcoming Ni No Kuni animated film. Studio Ghibli may not be working on it, having only helped out on the first game in the series, but that trademark look is still very much apparent here. In no small part because former Studio…