Luke Plunkett

If Sailor Moon Was Goth

CineCosu Studios’ series of reimagined Sailor Moon settings continues with this third, very cool instalment: Goth Sailor Scouts. Having done 90s fashion and boudoir, this shoot is based on some art done by Cosmic Spectrum, which depicts the scouts not as magical schoolgirls but as black-clad witches. “To that end”, CineCosu’s Dominique Zamora tells Kotaku,…

Cheese!

Koyorin is a freelance character designer and illustrator who has worked in video and board games. You can see more of Koyorin’s work at their ArtStationand Facebookpages. 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…

A Doom II Secret From 1994 Has Been Unlocked

A secret from 1994’s Doom II, hidden for so long that its trigger was assumed to be a bug, has finally been discovered. Via RPS it’s on Map 15, and involved a teleporter that would display as being a secret, but would never actually trigger. That’s because it couldn’t be set off by the player…

Mr. Hot Face

Shan Qiao is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked for companies like Sony Santa Monica and Blizzard. You can see more of Shan’s work at his personal site 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…

Tim Kitzrow, the original voice actor on NBA Jam, has been roped in by Valve to provide a commentary pack for DOTA 2.

Madman Beats Mario 64 Using A Nintendo 64 Mouse

There are many ways you can complete Super Mario 64, but playing with the rare and official N64 mouse has to rank as one of the worst. The peripheral—only released in Japan, only for the Nintendo 64DD, and only then alongside copies of Mario Artist: Paint Studio—is just a regular ol’ mouse, meaning that controlling…

D.Va Action Figure Is Pretty Much Perfect

Good Smile are back with another Overwatch Figma, this time of D.Va. There’s no mech, but it’s a Figma, you shouldn’t have been expecting one anyways. Instead, expect the usual: multiple faces, multiple hands, multiple accessories, loads of poseability. It’ll be out in June 2019—these guys like to plan ahead!—for around $55.

Replica Mass Effect Pistol Actually Folds

Optimistic Geometry creates replica cosplay weapons that actually “work”. Not in the sense that they fire lasers, but that they’re able to mechanically slide, recoil, light up and fold, just like D.Va and Commander Shepard’s do. Here’s his Mass Effect sidearm: And here’s a recoiling, light-up Overwatch pistol: You can see more of Optimistic’s work…

Dragalia Lost, the mobile RPG Nintendo is working on with Cygames, will be out on September 27 in Japan and the USA. Here’s a 13-minute Nintendo Direct if you missed it/can stand to hear the words HUMANS AND DRAGONS said excitedly over and over until both words lose all meaning

EA Donates $1 Million To The Families Of The Jacksonville Shooting Victims

Electronic Arts, the publisher of the Madden series of football games, has established a fund for —and made a sizeable donation to—the families of those affected bythe tragic shooting at a Madden tournament in Jacksonville on the weekend The Jacksonville Tribute, as EA calls it, is actually a number of things. First, it’s a fund…

Blessed Sidearm

Deryl Braun is an illustrator and concept artist based in Germany. You can see more of Deryl’s work 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…

Oh, This Is Nice

The Xbox Elite Controller, which is fantastic, has only ever been available in black. Now, it’s also available in a very fetching shade of white. I bring this up for two reasons. Firstly, because I like it a lot! And secondly, because after trashing a controller earlier in the week, I’m bringing balance to the…

More Glow Cosplay, Please

Glow, the best show on television, deserves the best cosplay on the internet. Here’s a very good start, with Ginny Di taking on ZOYA THE DESTROYER. You can see more of Ginny’s cosplay here

The Goose Is Still An Asshole

This Asshole Goose is the star of Untitled Goose Game, a game where you play as a goose and flap around a village being, well, an asshole. It’s out early next year on PC and Switch. Nathan got to play it last year and loved it. I haven’t had a chance to play it and…

A Retro Grand Theft Auto Would Now Be Set In The Year 2002

Frosted tips! Brick phones! Shiny jeans! Boot cuts! Nu metal!

Track: Listen to Sirens | Artist: Red Fang | Album: N/A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

An Augmented Future

Claudio Pilia is a freelance concept artist from Germany who has worked on stuff like Game of Thrones and Justice League You can see more of Claudio’s work 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…

Skyrim Mod Lets You Clone, Marry Yourself

If you want something done properly, you’ve got to do it yourself. Via PC Gamer, the Doppleganger Follower is a Skyrim mod created by PsykotikKrymes that takes you, recreates you as a follower then drops you/them at the Sleeping Giant Inn for recruitment. They’re you in pretty much every sense. They’ve got the same name,…

Kids Are Getting Fortnite Dancing Lessons

Look at ‘em go. Count this as your daily reminder that this game, launched to crickets and the sound of a gentle breeze before it released a spinoff Battle Royale mode at just the right time, is now more than a video game in a way that only maybe Minecraft and Pokemon Go have managed…

Othello x Mass Effect?

Michael Uwandi is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Disney, Fox and Sony. You can see more of Michael’s work at his personal site 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…