Luke Plunkett

A NSFW Cosplay Tribute To Shadow Of The Colossus

ColossalCon—one of the biggest cosplay shows of the year—just wrapped up in Sandusky, Ohio. And what better way to cosplay for a show called ColossalCon than by recreating the boss roster of Shadow of the Colossus Taking a similar approach to the NSFW group Overwatch shoot from last year (this was again organised by cosplay…

A Cool Set Of New Overwatch Character Designs

Korean artist Kirim Son has done what loads of fans have already done, and designed some new Overwatch characters. What’s different about Son’s though is that all three have been specifically designed to represent Overwatch heroes whose powers are drawn from various mobility issues. Jalkikuva Laine (below), for example, became deaf as a child, but…

Wait, There Are Splatoon Dress-Up Figures?

Combining the two best things about Splatoon—its character design and fashion sense—this second series of action figures let you mix and match each little guy’s shoes, shirts and hats. Which leads me to wonder, how the hell did I miss the first series? This second line is out in Japan this week, and joins the…

Track: Cold Love | Artist: Graveyard | Album: Peace Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Best Cosplay From Comicpalooza 2018

Comicpalooza was held in Houston last week, with over 40,000 people turning up to meet, buy some stuff, see some panels and yes, partake in some cosplay. The video and all photos below are by Mineralblu

Assassin’s Creed Origins’ Afterlife Is A Series Highlight

Curse of the Pharoahs, the second big expansion for Assassin’s Creed Origins, has been one of 2018’s most pleasant surprises, in big part because it includes some very weird shit. Here’s a look where some of that came from. This is a collection of art that went into the expansion, with particular focus on its…

What Overwatch’s Maps Look Like From The Outside

You normally only get to enjoy Overwatch maps from the ground level, so this clip that jumps outside their boundaries is a really cool new way to see what they’re made of. The video is by Noobinabox, and was made simply to “show just how beautiful this game is”. Only the first half of the…

Europa Looks Absolutely Beautiful

This is Europa, a “stylized exploration adventure game.” It’s the creation of Helder Pinto, a senior environment artist at Blizzard. It tells the story of “the last sentient droid, a millennia after singularity ran amok.” There’s not much to it other than that teaser, but I thought it was so pretty—with such a strong “Studio…

The Saddest Witcher 3 Cosplay

The tale of Olgierd and Iris is one of the most tragic to be found in The Witcher 3, which when you consider the rest of the quests in such a bleak, brutal game is really saying something. This is Lyumos paying homage to the character with some incredible cosplay, with photos by Kira We’ve…

X-Men’s Rogue, by Anastasia Komori. Photo by Akunohako

Night Colours

Mindy Lee is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked at places like Pandemic, Dark Horse (she’s been nominated for an Eisner!) and Amazon. You can see more of Mindy’s stuff at her Instagramand ArtStation pages. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…

I playedsome Project Wingman last year and liked it, so it’s cool to see the indie jet combat game progress to the point where it’s already passed its Kickstarter funding goal.

Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters: The Kotaku Review

I’ve played plenty of board games that are better than GKR, but I don’t think I’ve ever played one that’s cooler than GKR Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters is the first board game designed by the guys at WETA, the art and effects house you probably know from stuff like Lord of the Rings, Mad…

As DICE continues to alternate between the 20th century and Star Wars, WORLD WAR 3 (their caps, not mine) wants to bring multiplayer shooting back to the modern era. By Polish studio The Farm 51, it’s coming to Steam later this year.

‘Tis But A Flesh Wound

Marco Mazzoni is a concept artist who has worked for companies like Wargaming and CCP. And if that mech up top looks familiar, he was also involved in Battletech, which we featured in a showcase last week You can see more of Marco’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images…

James Marsden Will Star In The Sonic The Hedgehog Movie

James Marsden (Westworld, X-Men) will be the star of the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog film, Variety reports The movie, due out in November 2019, will be a mix of live-action and CG, and is also amazingly the first time the 27 year-old Sega character has appeared on the big screen. Marsden has past experience with…

A Little Sombra Figure For Overwatch Fans

This Nendoroid Sombra is out early next year. She includes two different faces, a skull mark (to stick on other figures), translocator, effects, a gun and some interchangeable hands, including one with a “boop” finger. Sombra will cost around $40, which is in line with the other Overwatch Nendoroids.

Breath Of The Wild Cookbook Looks Delicious 

HYRULE: Taste of the Wild is a fan zine that’s both a cookbook and an artbook. There are 12 recipes inside (by Bryan Connor and Diane Ault), covering many of the game’s more palatable dishes, along with huge illustrations by Shattered-Earth, Milkbun, Mayuiki, Finni Chang, Chiou! and Onemegawatt. You can preorder a copy (they’ll ship…

A Proper Pokémon RPG Is Coming To Switch In 2019

Aside from showing off two all-new Pokémon games for the Switch tonight, Nintendo also dropped news fans have been waiting years for: a full, core and proper Pokémon RPG is coming to consoles next year. There’s not much in there other than a reminder (a Pokemon RPG on a console was first teased by Nintendo…

Oh Man This Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile Co., having already released a Figma based on Joker, have now moved onto Ann Takamaki. The extremely poseable figure includes three different faces, a whip, a machine gun and a fan. Out in November, she’ll be around $55