Luke Plunkett

No Thanks, Nintendo

Nintendo is releasing this limited edition controller alongside Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at the end of the year. It’s out on December 7, and while there’s no word on price, you can’t imagine it being any different to regular Pro Controllers. As for the design, well…this is the least Nintendo could have possibly done with…

Captain Sonar: The Kotaku Review

Captain Sonar is a board game about submarines, but it’s also so much more than that. There are boards (several, in fact), and rules and competition and cooperation, but to call Captain Sonar a board game would be to massively undersell the experience. It’s a crucible for friendships. It’s a drunk gamer’s worst nightmare. It’s…

Africa, Only It’s Sung By K.K. Slider

There is still good in this world. Thank you Matt. You can get a downloadable version here And for a chaser:

Guild Master, A Board Game Where You’re Giving Out The Quests

Guild Master is an upcoming fantasy board game where, instead of playing the hero, you’re playing the guys handing out the quests and contracts. Currently taking orders on Kickstarter, it’s for 2-4 players, with everyone taking control of an adventuring guild. Each person is trying to recruit heroes to their guild, send them out on…

Track: Gold & Final | Artist: Big Business | Album: Mind The Drift Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

The Princess Of Power

Steffi Walthall is an illustrator and concept artist who has worked in games, film and publishing. Note that some of these images have appeared as illustrations for articles on The Tempest You can see more of Steffi’s art at her personal site Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing…

Half-Life 2 Mod Adds Mario, Titanfall Powers

The “Mobility Mod” for Half-Life 2 gives Gordon Freeman access to a range of new powers, the coolest being the ability to jump on an enemy’s head to kill them and to get up there with some very fancy wall-running. It also adds exploding bullets and some FOV sliders, but really, we’re here for the…

Nice Park

Sir, that’s not the main entrance to the parking lot… This incredibly satisfying flip was pulled off by Prek, a GTA V stunt performer as part of a new compilation vid. Here’s the full clip, which includes stuff like car parkour (carkour?) and bikes that don’t much care for the laws of gravity:

Full Metal Arm Wrestling

Han is a Chinese-Vietnamese artist currently based in Belgium. You can see more of Han’s work at her Tumblrand order prints at her store 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,…

Fortnite Now Lets You Thank The Bus Driver

Change.org signatures normally aren’t worth the paper they’re not printed on, but here’s an example of one actually working: only weeks after a campaign to allow players to thank the game’s bus driver, Fortnite now includes the ability to do just that. The original petition, first circulated in July and based on the “Thank the…

Nike, Make These Overwatch Sneakers

Korean sneaker/Overwatch fan upboyhas transformed a collection of Air Force 1s, turning them into Overwatch kicks with shoes based on heroes like D.Va, Widowmaker, Genji and Zarya. They were on display at the Overwatch Fan Festival in Korea on Wednesday, the same place D.Va’s new trailer was shown off Each shoe is obviously in the…

The Best Cosplay From AnimeFest 2018

Over 10,000 fans packed in over the weekend to the Sheraton Dallas Hotel for AnimeFest, a convention run by a non-profit group who have been educating the masses about anime since the early 90s. Where there are cons there is of course cosplay, and below is a selection of the best of it, with all…

Morning Coffee, Visualised 

Natalie Dombois is an illustrator and graphic designer from Germany. You can see more of Natalie’s work at her personal site and Instagram 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,…

Three Consoles, One A/V Port

It is unholy, and yet, also strangely beautiful. Squint and you’ll see the PlayStation’s contribution, with a “Sony Computer Entertainment America” screen flashing up a few times. And the Xbox’s menu features prominently early on. Aside from that, though, this three-way struggle for AV supremacy was clearly won by the GameCube and Final Fantasy Crystal…

Flamme Rouge: The Kotaku Review

Flamme Rouge is a game about early 20th- century bicycle races, and I promise you, it is a lot more fun than that sounds. While unable to actually use the words, since it doesn’t have the license, Flamme Rouge—a “Red Flag”, waved when a race is one kilometre from the finish—is based on early Tour…

The Rat Game Is Making Me Puke

Medieval adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence, which had one of the more memorable E3 trailers, now has some gameplay footage to go with the cinematics. If you do not like rats, please continue scrolling past this story. Look at all these rats! Look where they came from! I already love this game. It’s gross…

A Closer Look At Mexico’s World Champion Street Fighter Cosplay

In case you missed it, Mexico took top spot at the World Cosplay Summit this year with an incredible Street Fighter routine. We’ve seen video of their effort, but this gallery of photos from Dr. Cosplay gets nice and close to the action. Luis and Lalo from Mexican cosplay duo Banana Cospboys are of course…

Persona!

Hunter is an artist who has worked on games like Duelyst and Ikenfell You can see more of Hunter’s work at her Tumblr 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,…

Vaping Congressman, Whose Card Bought Steam Games With Campaign Money, Indicted On Fraud Charges

Rep. Duncan Hunter, who you may remember from a 2016 report alleging he spent campaign money on Steam games, has been indicted on charges of “wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy”, CNN reports Duncan’s charges are related to the filing of false records and the use of $250,000 in campaign funds to…

The Shadow Tactics Team Are Making A Western

The studio responsible for Shadow Tactics, a very good real-time stealth tactics game, are back with a new title: a third entry in the Desperados series. They’re incredibly similar styles of game, so I’m basically expecting Shadow Tactics, only with cowboys. Desperados III will be out on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in 2019.