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CultureCosplay
When Marvel Meets My Hero Academia
Marvel: ‘Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history’. Cosplay: This unexpected coming together of two franchises comes courtesy of chriswithcamera (photographer) and cosplayers cutiepiesensei (Iron Bakugo), xkirakelly (Thordoroki) & myladygabriella (Captain Deku) The costumes were all designed by cutiepiesensei, but each cosplayer was responsible for building their own outfit.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2018 -
A Beautiful Little Story About Nintendo
If you have had a bad week/weekend, please allow this story of a childhood Nintendo dream—and its decades-in-the-making conclusion— into your heart. This is Cabel Sasser, co-founder of Panic Inc, the publisher responsible for stuff like Firewatch and the upcoming Asshole Goose Game. I cannot get over how damn nice that letter is.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2018 -
NBA 2K Is Very Sorry About Charging Players For Haircuts
NBA 2K18 had a lot of problems, the biggest being the fact it was riddled with microtransactions. I’ve been playing 2K19 all weekend and while some of the same issues persist at least there’s one difference: haircuts are now free, and the new barber is very aware of it. Last year’s game turned a change…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2018 -
Culture
Why Does Everyone Want To Go Back To Jakku?
Mathieu Latour-Duhaime is an artist at EA Motive, and has worked on series like Star Wars: Battlefront, Thief, Tomb Raider and Deus Ex You can see more of Mathieu’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
CultureCosplayGunship Looking For All The 80s Cosplay
Synth lords Gunship are holding a contest where fans can dress up as 80s movie characters, act out some 80s movies scenes and have it featured in an upcoming video. Basically Sweding, if people still use that word. The fine print is here, but you’re basically acting out scenes that’ll be played over the top…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw Is A New (Cowboy) Space Shooter
Double Damage, the team behind Rebel Galaxy (and that awesome Star Wars pitch from 2016) have a new space shooter on the way. It’s a prequel called Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, and it looks very cool. The original has a lot of fans and is loads of fun, but I was always a little put off…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
Two Point Hospital Is A Cure For What Ails Ya
EA clearly had no plans to release a new version of classic PC management game Theme Hospital, so Two Point—a studio led by some people who worked on Theme Hospital—have gone and done it for them. And while they were at it, they made it even better. I’ll spare you a long list of recollections…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
Thanks, Burt Reynolds, For Helping Make Vice City So Good
Vice City is one of the all-time greats, and while we’ve got stuff like its soundtrack and setting thank for that, there’s also the under-appreciated fact that maybe the smartest thing Rockstar ever did to was to go and hire some proper celebrity voice talent. The GTA games have had a massive cultural impact, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
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That Was A LOT Of Overwatch Cosplayers
We’ll have a massive gallery of DragonCon cosplay in the coming days, but until that’s ready I wanted to share something in particular that went down during the show: an immense gathering of Overwatch cosplayers. I’m not saying it’s every Overwatch cosplayer in America, but….I mean, it’s a lot of Overwatch cosplayers. These pics were…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
CultureCosplayPhotographer Justin Henton shot this clip featuring some of the best cosplay at PAX West this year.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2018 -
Adidas’ Next Dragon Ball Sneaker Is Majin Buu
Having already shown Cell, Goku and Frieza, we’re now getting a proper look (via Sneaker Freaker) at a fourth shoe in Adidas’ upcoming Dragon Ball line, and this one’s all about Majin Buu. It’s a more restrained sneaker than the Goku one, which went to town with added flourishes like text and extra embroidery. Here,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2018 -
Metal Gear Solid’s Intro Has Been Remade In Unreal Engine 4
It’s been 20 years this week since the release of the original, groundbreaking Metal Gear Solid, and to celebrate a fan has taken the 1998 game’s intro movie and completely remade it in Unreal Engine 4. Here’s the original in all its blocky glory: And here’s the new version made by Erasmus Brosdau, which not…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 5, 2018 -
Culture
Aya & Bayek Forever
Jeff Simpson is an artist at Ubisoft Montreal, where he’s got to work on stuff like Assassin’s Creed. You can see more of Jeff’s work at his Behanceand ArtStationpages. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2018 -
Eminem’s New Album Samples Kingdom Hearts [Update: No It Doesn’t]
Eminem’s surprise album drop over the weekend contains an even bigger surprise for JRPG fans: one of the tracks samples Square’s Kingdom Hearts throughout. UPDATE: Actually, it doesn’t. UPDATE 7pm, Sep 4: The album’s producer Illaproducer originally told Rolling Stone that the track sampled was Simple & Clean by Utada Hikaru, the intro song to…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2018 -
Street Fighter Animation Dates Back To An 80s Music Video
Street Fighter III: Third Strike’s Elena has a small animation routine that might look familiar to old folks/Van Halen fans: it’s pretty much frame-for-frame taken from a 1985 David Lee Roth video. deafidelity noticed it while watching the vid for Just a Gigolo, in which a backup dancer makes almost the exact same moves as…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2018 -
Culture
Sleepy Lil’ Town
Wayne Chan is an illustrator working in the video game business. You can see more of Wayne’s art at his ArtStation page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept, environment, promotional…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 3, 2018