Luke Plunkett

Bright Lights, Big City

Klaus Pillon is an artist from France who has worked for companies like DC and Netease. You can see more of Pillon’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…

Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers is a new board game that’s all about…racing Sonic characters. Gotta go fast, etc etc. It’s up on Kickstarter now.

You Can Now Pilot D.Va’s Mech (And Use Other Overwatch Weapons) In Doom

Hairy arms and all. This wonderful little mod by MyNameIs adds stuff like D.Va’s mech from Overwatch to Doom (well, GZDoom, the modern platform for it). It’s more than a quick little joke: once summoned, you can stomp around the map shooting stuff to your heart’s content. The mod, called OverDOOM, also introduces a bunch…

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall: The Kotaku Review

It took Civilization V two full expansions to become the classic it’s regarded as today. Civilization VI is halfway there. While my 2016 review of Civ VI was glowing, it did come with the historical reservation that Civilization games are so big, and their design process so ever-evolving, that they’re rarely a masterpiece from the…

FOR THE EMPEROR

Jaime Martinez is a Spanish artist based in the UK who works for Games Workshop. Hence, you know, all the Warhammer stuff below. You can see more of Jaime’s stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine…

Steamed Hams, A Nintendo DS Adventure

Just when you thought you’d every possible remix of Steamed Hams known to man, Micnaxable goes and remembers the classic DS game Ghost Trick Can we get Ghost Trick on the Switch, someone? That’d be great.

This is Ancient Cities, an upcoming PC city-building game that has you taking charge of a stone age tribe and guiding them through to the classical era.

Geralt vs Chuck Norris

This fun little video—which stars the world’s best Witcher cosplayer, along with help from Geralt’s voice actor Doug Cockle—sees our hero face one of his most dangerous opponents yet. I don’t know how the TV series is ever going to match this sort of content.

Til The End

Angela Wang is an illustrator based in the US. You can see more of Angela’s work at her personal site 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 artists, showcasing the best…

Mohawk Games—the studio behind Offworld Trading Company, and led by Civ IV designer Soren Johnson—has a new project in development called 10 Crowns. It’s an “an epic-scale turn-based strategy game that lets players create the greatest dynasty in world history”, but is very early on, so don’t expect it for a while.

Blade Runner 2049 Cosplay

This collection of cosplay shots from last year’s sci-fi flick doesn’t feature a single Deckard or Officer K. Instead, it’s Denmark’s Mai cosplaying as characters like Joi and Luv. Gegenwind took the photos, and you can see more of them (and read about the shoot) at their studio site

PUBG Banned Over 1 Million Cheaters Last Month

Because it’s one of the biggest games on the planet right now, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is attracting a lot of players. And wherever there are a lot of players, there are a lot of cheaters. We’ve covered this before, of course, from the waves of rule-breakers coming from Chinese servers to cheatmakers selling their wares in-game…

Under The Sea (Under The Sea)

Pat Presley was part of the small team of artists who worked on Subnautica, an underwater game that’s very good Below you’ll find some of the art Pat contributed to the project. You can see more of his stuff at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click…

A New Sherlock Holmes-Inspired Anime Is In Production

Steve Ahn, director of the new Voltron series and an asst. director on The Legend Of Korra, has a new animated series in development about two young detectives who solve crimes by their smell and can teleport using selfies. The series is called Blossom Detective Holmes, and is kind of a take on Sherlock Holmes,…

Here’s The First Han Solo Movie Teaser Trailer

The first teaser trailer for the Han Solo movie—out very soon!—was just shown as part of the Super Bowl festivities. Lookin’ sharp, Lando.

Fan Creates Smash Bros. Board Game

Libertalia is a good board game about duelling pirates. It can also, with a bit of fiddling, be turned into a recreation of Super Smash Bros This is Super Smash Brothers: TableTop, by jowhee13, where players assemble teams of Nintendo characters then go at it, hurling items and dealing damage while trying to avoid having…

Lydia Is Sworn To Carry Your Skyrim Cosplay Burdens

This is Aussie cosplayer Danielle Debs at RTX in Sydney over the weekend. We see a lot of Dragonborn cosplay around when it comes to Skyrim love, but not nearly enough of the unsung Lydia.

The Demon Team

Satoshi Matsuura is an illustrator and creature designer based in Tokyo. If you like Mike Mignola’s style, you’ll dig these monsters. They’re a selection from a set of 72 he designed, with an impressive amount of individuality across the range. You can see more of Matsuura’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images…

Mod Brings Lord Of The Rings To Age Of Empires

Mods that turn a historical strategy game into Lord of the Rings are statistically proven to increase your enjoyment of that game by 17%, so I’m excited to see where this Middle Earth-themed take on Age of Empires III winds up. Wars of Middle Earth has been in development for a few years now, and…

Capcom’s Fighting Game Design Is Just Beautiful

For his contributions to series like Street Fighter, artist Akira “Akiman” Yasuda is responsible for some of the most iconic images in all of video games. In this video, we get a chance to see him at work. It’s the latest episode in the always-excellent Toco Toco TV, a series dedicated to intimate interviews with…