Luke Plunkett

Track: The Scene Of The Crime | Artist: Moderator | Album: Sinner’s Syndrome Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Roots, Ariana Grande Can Sure Make Music With Nintendo’s Labo

We’ve already seen Nintendo’s Labo play some serious music, but here’s another example courtesy of The Roots, Ariana Grande and Jimmy Fallon. Yeah yeah, it’s a glorified commercial, but it’s still impressive work regardless. Please note that it has been ten years since Ravi Drums and Wii Music. We’ve all come a long way since…

Look At This Batman Ninja Action Figure

Good Smile has made a couple of Figmas based on the Batman Ninja anime, and they are absolute works of art. There are two available, a regular one and a “Sengoku Edition” special figure. Both will be out early 2019, and should set you back $80-100 from importers. I haven’t seen the anime, but the…

Let Us All Remember The Great F-Zero GX

I play Gran Turismo games because they’re like an interactive version of a glossy car brochure. Others, like Dirt, I play for the sensation of barely keeping in control of a car that looks a lot like the one actually parked in my garage. But then there’s F-Zero GX Released in 2003 for the Nintendo…

The Boy From The Stars

Kittisak Ismaale is a concept artist and graphic designer from Bangkok, Thailand. You can see more of Ismaale’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best…

If The Witcher 3’s Ciri Was In Overwatch…

A simple crossover idea, one that 3D artist Agelos Apostolopoulos is only too happy to indulge. I guess she could zip around like Tracer? Only instead of snappy British one-liners she’d just slaughter everyone, then break our hearts It’s not just that image either, he actually built the model: You can see more of Agelos’…

The New Total War Game Is A Complete Mess

As a decades-long fan of Creative Assembly’s Total War series, I’m still coming to grips with the state of the latest game, Thrones of Britannia. It’s at times the worst Total War game I’ve ever played, and yet at others it’s doing everything I’ve been wanting this series to do for years. Bad news first!…

Superhot is getting a sequel of sorts, with the announcement over the weekend of Superhot JP. It’s an all-new game set in Japan, featuring Japanese stages like hot springs and karaoke bars, and is being developed by GameTomo. Superhot JP is coming for PC and PS4

A Wretched Hive

Noe Leyva is an artist who has worked on games like There Came An Echo You can see more of Noe’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists,…

V-Commandos Is Still One Of The Best Tactics Games Around

I reviewed V-Commandos last year and absolutely loved it, but 12 months later I’m somehow finding space in my heart to enjoy it even more To recap, V-Commandos is a board game designed by a bunch of guys who either work or used to work at Ubisoft. It’s a turn-based stealth tactics experience, where you…

Civilization VI Got A Few Updates Today

Civilization VI’s Spring Update (the game likes to do things in seasons) is now live, and while many of the changes it brings are just tweaks to various dials and figures, there are a few welcome new additions in there as well. The best is how joint wars now work, with players able to ask…

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has got himself some new Fortnite-themed custom gloves. Via Footpack

Splatoon, The Most Fashionable Game Of All

Leland Goodman is an artist at Titmouse (Metalocalypse, Avatar’s intro), but she also has a very special side-project: a fashion zine based on Splatoon You can see some images from that book, along with some of her other work, below. And you can see more of Leland’s stuff at her personal site To see the…

Developer Kicked Off Steam For Posting Fake Reviews

Polish studio Acram Digital, who have released games like Steam: Rails to Riches and Eight-Minute Empire, have had all their content scrubbed from Steam after Valve caught them posting fake reviews of their own games. Purchasers of the company’s games—PC conversions of board game classics—had been complaining of not just the fake reviews (which have…

Formula 1 Fan Took A Game Boy Camera To A Race, And The Photos Are Fantastic

F1 fan Tim Binniongot to go to the Shanghai Grand Prix last month, and like most people lucky enough to see a race in person, he took a ton of photos. Thing is, amidst a sea of SLRs and iPhones, he took them on a Game Boy camera. Having grown up without the pleasure of…

Big Study Of 10 Million Steam Reviews Is Absolutely Fascinating

Steam reviews have a reputation for being whiny garbage, but they can still be really useful when the trash is filtered out and some serious data extracted. Which is exactly what this in-depth study of the service has found. An Empirical Study of Game Reviews on the Steam Platform is the name of a study…

Get ‘Em, Zangief

Antonio De Luca is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Italy. You can see more of Antonio’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best…

New Nintendo Switch Accessory Makes It Easier To Play On A Table

Nintendo just announced a new official charging stand for the Switch that “makes playing in Tabletop mode easier than ever”. The charging solutions that shipped with the console at launch were pretty limited in this regard as the dock blocked access to the screen, while using a cable and the kickstand at the same time…

Konami Is Ready For More Pain With Pro Evolution Soccer 2019

Despite losing licenses and pretty much everything else to EA over the last decade, Konami keeps plugging away with its Pro Evolution Soccer series, today showing the first footage from PES 2019 I applaud the publisher’s continued push to show actual gameplay footage in its debut trailers. But also, getting David Beckham—who retired in 2013—in…

Another Cancelled Star Wars Disney Infinity Figure

When Disney Infinity was cancelled back in 2016, a number of projects planned for the platform—like a Moana tie-in—were cancelled along with it. So too were new figures based on Marvel’s Dr. Strange and Star Wars’ Rogue One We’ve seen one of those Rogue One figures already, but remember, a whole playset—with multiple miniatures—was planned…