Luke Plunkett

Mansions Of Madness Is Being Turned Into A Video Game

Fantasy Flight’s excellent Arkham board game Mansions of Madness is getting the video game treatment, and interestingly, it’s not a direct adaptation. Instead it’s a more hands-on take, maintaining the same basic premise while making everything more video gamey While you’ll still be taking a team of investigators inside a very haunted house, the video…

Yakuza 6: The Kotaku Review

Yakuza 6 is a game of firsts. It’s also a game of lasts. It’s a first because, having creaked along using outdated tech for a number of recent releases, Yakuza 6 is the first game in the series to feel truly “next-gen” thanks to its new “Dragon” (of course it’s called that) engine. You might…

Step Inside The Forest Of Liars

Forest of Liars is an upcoming adventure game inspired by both American and Japanese animation, in which players enter a dangerous forest and encounter a different experience each time they sit down with the game. The name comes from the challenges you’ll face once inside: you’ll encounter a range of characters who will try and…

Man Breaks Into GameStop Wearing Plastic Bag On His Head

A man broke into a GameStop in St. Marys, Georgia last week at 1:39 in the morning, having decided that the best way to disguise his features would be to try and cover his face in what’s left of the plastic bag that packs of water bottles come in. The break-in occurred in the early…

The Best Cosplay From Fan Expo Dallas 2018

Fan Expo Dallas ran from April 6-8 at the Dallas Convention Center, and in addition to a surprisingly huge list of star attendees there was also loads of amazing cosplay present as well. Our cosplay photographer Mineralbluwas in the house (and outside it) taking shots, the best of which you can see below. He also…

One Punch

Jason Kang is a freeelance concept artist and illustrator who has worked on stuff like Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone You can see more of Jason’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…

2016’s This is the Police was a bit of a mess, but its upcoming sequel—due later this year—looks interesting, if only for the drastic genre switch: instead of remotely sending cops out to incidents and having them return automatically, you now control them on a tactical “battlefield”.

Jessica Estephan Becomes First Woman To Win A Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix

Sydney’s Jessica Estephan has become the first woman to ever win a Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix at the game’s Sydney meet over the weekend. Estephan, along with Ryan Lewis-Jonns (Sydney) and Lachlan Saunders (Canberra), emerged victorious in the Team Grand Prix from a field of 350 entries, beating rivals from Australia and New Zealand…

Tokaido Is A Beautiful Board Game

Tokaido is six years old, and I am kicking myself I haven’t played it sooner. My crew tends to drift towards games about war, killing, conquest, destruction and murder. We’re not bad people, it’s just that a lot of the bigger board games we end up playing are just about that kind of stuff. I…

Terraria spin-off Otherworld, which was announced back in 2015, has been cancelled.

Time For Some Vice Admiral Holdo Cosplay

Paying homage to the series’ Vanity Fair covers, this shoot by Miramay and photographer Alexandra Lee is an absolutely stunning example of Star Wars cosplay. Miramay made the entire outfit herself, while Alexandra took the shots at Katsucon earlier this year

How Appropriate! You Fight Like A Cow!

Tyler Ryan is an artist at Gearbox, the studio responsible for Borderlands and Battleborn You can see more of Tyler’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…

Puma’s New Sonic The Hedgehog Sneakers Are Very Hairy

Puma has a new sneaker coming based on Sonic, and…well, they got the colours right? It has a childish look to it, which I guess works for the subject matter, and I suppose the design fits the overall Sonic aesthetic. The gold rings on the laces are a nice touch. But what’s up with that…

Game Collector Finds Drugs Hidden Inside NES Cartridges

Julian Turner, a collector of retro video games, went to a market earlier this month and bought some old NES games. When he got home, he discovered that he’d got more than he paid for: two of the cartridges were packed with illegal drugs. The two games in question were Rollergames and Golf. Alarm bells…

Oh Man Look At This Witcher 3 Figure

I am not normally a man to be wooed by the giant heads of a Nendoroid figure, but holy crap, this one is Geralt. And he comes with the bathtub Out in September, it’ll cost around $45. It includes two heads, both his regular and silver sword, some Gwent cards and, yeah, that bathtub. Maybe…

Great Cosplay From The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2, was held between April 6-8 and The Portrait Dude was in attendance taking shots of some of the best cosplay. You can see more of The Portrait Dude’s photography at his Facebook page

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Doom, Now With Some 2K Textures

Hoover1979is working on a texture pack for Doom (and Doom II) that takes the original game’s blurry surfaces and brings them into the 2K generation. He’s re-doing everything. Not just the walls, but terminals, windows, skies, the works. Even at this early stage, the results are a lot better than the whole idea sounds on…

Battlestar Galactica Is Getting A Tabletop Miniatures Game

It’s like the excellent X-Wing, basically, only you get to yell “launch alert fighters” a lot. The game is called Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles, and while there’s no release date yet, it will be present at Gen Con for people to get an early look at. Before anyone accuses this of being an X-Wing…

Far Cry 5‘s Helicopters Do Not Suck

Video game helicopters are usually difficult to control and not half as enjoyable to fly as they look in real life (or in the movies!). So I want to give a special shout-out to Far Cry 5, which for the first time I can think of in the 3D era has made flying a helicopter…