Luke Plunkett

Battlefront Mod Makes Buzz Lightyear Captain Of The Millennium Falcon

This Battlefront II mod by FruitByTheFett takes a few random pieces of Star Wars kit—a Boba Fett backpack here, some Stormtrooper armour there—and builds a Space Ranger costume for Han Solo out of it. If you want to try it out, you can download it here

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Has Some Problems

I’ve been excited about Kingdom Come for a long time. Since it was first announced back in 2013, the idea of a historical RPG with simulation leanings sounded fun as hell. Now that it’s out, though, I’m a lot less excited. Kingdom Come isn’t your average RPG. Conceived as an indie game, and funded via…

Look At This Fantastic Minecraft City

Octovon, a group of Minecraft players so good at building maps that they’re available for commissions, are responsible for this absolute work of art. It’s an enormous Minecraft city, built mostly by hand by ten people, on a map that measures 2000×2000 blocks. And it took them eight months to finish What’s more, it’s not…

There Are Always Rupees In The Kitchen

Ann Maulina is an artist from Indonesia working in games and comics. You can see more of Ann’s art at her webcomics (Raruurienand Varunair) and 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…

A Good Nintendo Music Prank

The Liberty University Wind Symphony is supposed to be playing a Bach Chorale here. Instead, to the conductor’s surprise, they’re jamming to a version of the Mii Channel Theme written by Drew Harris Now let us remember some Nintendo menu music

What 3D Video Games Would Look Like As 2D Platformers

The Witcher 3, Battlefield 1 and Fallout 4 are video games that take place in enormous 3D spaces. But let’s imagine, for a second, they (and loads of other big modern games) were actually quaint little 2D (or 2.5D) platformers instead. Every screenshot you see here has been curated by the Pseudoscroller Parlour, a project…

Black Fleet: The Kotaku Review

There are too many board games about pirates. But Black Fleet is one you should fight through the fatigue for. It’s similar in scope to other buccaneering board games, since it involves merchants carrying goods across the Caribbean and pirates raiding (or trying to raid) them. But where Black Fleet is cool is that it…

The Great Beard Under The Mountain

Joshua Brian Smith is an artist at Riot, the team behind League of Legends You can see more of Smith’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…

Armed Fan Invades YouTube Stars’ Home [Update]

YouTube stars Megan Turney and Gavin Free were forced to hide in their closet and call 911 last month after a fan armed with a handgun invaded their home and fired “at least one round inside the house”. He was then shot dead by police in the couple’s driveway. The Albuquerque Journal reportsthat the intruder…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance Has A 20+GB Day-One Patch

Kingdome Come: Deliverance, a historical RPG that has had folks excited for a long time now, is finally out this week. And when it hits, anyone picking it up will have one hell of a download waiting for them. The PS4 and Xbox One versions will both have day-one updates clocking in at over 20GB.…

Always Bet On Red

Patrycja Wójcik is a 2D artist from Poland working in the mobile games business. You can see more of Patrycja’s stuff at her 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…

A Modern Gaming PC Inside An Old 386 Case

The outside of this PC screams 1991. The inside, however, is very much from 2018. A self-confessed “beige-aholic”, Tylinol wanted to try something different with his latest PC build, and so did what anyone with fond memories of Wolfenstein 3D would do: put a relatively modern gaming PC inside the yellowing old case. There’s actually…

Look At This $260 Black Panther Action Figure

This is not a photo of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman. It’s a close-up of a 1:6 scale action figure by Hot Toys. Standing just over 12″ tall, it comes with a bunch of interchangeable hands, a spear, mask and suit that lights up under certain LED lighting conditions (the figure comes with a display…

Here is the Solo trailer, utterly ruined by Shooptube and “I’m Han Solo” from Kinect Star Wars.

Japanese Skaters Performed Yuri On Ice At The Winter Olympics

Japanese pair Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara just completed one of the first performances of the 2018 Winter Olympics figure skating program. And they did it to the title track from skating anime Yuri On Ice Here’s some footage from their routine: And here’s the track: It’s not the first time they’ve performed it—they broke…

The Return Of Space Tiger

Huang Fan is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from China. You can see more of Huang’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 of…

There’s A New Tomb Raider Arcade Game

There’s a new Tomb Raider game! It’s not an action adventure for consoles and the PC, though: it’s a four-player lightgun game that you play at the arcade. Released to coincide with the movie due in March, it’s exclusive to Dave & Busters, and as Arcade Heroes points out has hardware based on…Rabbids Hollywood. Interestingly,…

I Am Sorry, Star Wars Fans

Is this NSFW? Who knows any more. Maybe? The Dairy Princess is the work of sculptor Mike Strick, who is actually selling a small quantity of them on his site for £40 (USD$55). It’s 120mm wide and 90mm tall, making it roughly a match for standard 3.75 inch action figures. Sweet dreams, everyone.

Gyms Are The Dark Souls Of Fitness

Imagine that the next time you hit the gym you weren’t working out for your body, but for your soul The team (Rhino Stew) behind 2 Kawaii 4 Comfort, that incredible lil series about an anime con that we posted about last year, are back with DARKSOULSCYCLE, which…look just watch it. It’s very good.

Why People Pirate Video Games

For such an important topic, it’s a shame that we can’t ever seem to have a real discussion about video game piracy. Any attempt normally goes down like this: people downloading games are painted as criminals, publishers trying to stop them are portrayed as monsters, everyone sticks to this division and nothing ever gets done…