Luke Plunkett

A Quick Tour Of One Of The Best Game Stores On Earth

The Akihabara branch of Japanese games retailer Super Potato is one of the best game stores on the planet. If you’ve never been, you can do the next best thing and take a tour of it right now with our features editor Chris Kohler. Chris is in Tokyo right now to bring you Tokyo Game…

Track: Liquid Swords | Artist: GZA | Album: Liquid Swords Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Old Soldiers Never Die

Victor Quaresma is an artist who works across both video games and animation at visual development studio Volta. You may have recently seen some of his designsin Mass Effect Andromeda. You can see more of Victor’s work athis ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the…

Half-Life 2 Is Being Demade In Half-Life 1’s Engine

While most modders are intent on making 2004’s Half-Life 2 look better, the guys behind Half-Life 2: Classic are doing the opposite: they want to make it look worse The small team of five have released a small playable demo showcasing their work, which transplants the areas and action of Half-Life 2 and rebuilds it…

Pickle Rick vs Fallout 4

Here is an incredibly elaborate tribute to Rick & Morty’s Pickle Rick episode (and the third season in general), put together in Fallout 4 by UpIsNotJump, the world’s foremost expert in this kind of business. There is a lot of editing here, but it’s the good kind.

Here’s Overwatch’s Mercy In XCOM 2

There’s a mod for XCOM 2 called [WotC] Overwatch Mercy Squadmate. It does exactly what the name and picture here suggest, adding the angelic healer to XCOM 2’snew expansion, War of the Chosen (Though she’s also available for the base game). The mod brings multiple options. You can choose from nine skins, and also from…

 Nathan Fillion Has His Own Destiny Gun

Impact Props is to thank for this Ace of Spades hand cannon, part of a gift from Bungie for actor Nathan Fillion, the man behind Destiny’s Cayde-6 The company also hired Impact to make commemorative props for some other actors, like Lance Reddick (Zavala)… …and Bill Nighy (The Speaker). You can see more of Impact’s…

Congratulations, Konami, On Not Screwing This One Up

The PC versions of Pro Evolution Soccer have for the last few years been an absolute disaster. So it’s a relief to see that with PES 2018, Konami have finally got their shit together. To recap: PES has for a while now been running on Konami’s Fox Engine, which also powered Metal Gear Solid V.…

Here’s A Nice Nintendo Switch Controller

Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s overdrawn (over eight minutes!) showcase on today’s Nintendo Direct was agonising. To make up for that, the game is also getting this very pleasant Switch Pro Controller. I appreciate, as a fan of pink controllers but not Xenoblade Chronicles 2, how there’s no obtrusive branding for the game plastered all over it,…

Japan Gets All The Best 2DS Colors

Nintendo announced a few new colours for the 2DS XL today. Some were given release dates in the West, but as is becoming custom, the best ones were not. In October, the US isfinally getting the white/orange model first shown off in Japan in April: And in November, there’ll be this Pokeball one: Which is…

Warhammer 40K Battles Are Never Subtle

Lie Setiawan is an artist from Indonesia who has done work for companies like Privateer Press and Games Workshop. The last thing he worked on you can play is the mobile Warhammer game Doomwheel You can see more of Lie’s art at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on…

Uncharted: From Motion Capture To Your Living Room

I know, we’ve already featured the art of Uncharted: Lost Legacy, but tonight we’re taking a look at something else: animation from the game. This video features the work of animator Matthew Tovar, and showcases the journey the game’s cinematics take as they go from raw motion-captured footage to the final sequence you see in…

Netrunner Is Getting Some Changes (And A New Box For Beginners)

Netrunner, one of the best card games on the planet, is in for some changes next month after Fantasy Flight announced a revised core set. The core set itself seems cool! It’s a great starting point for new players, since it includes everything you need to get started with the game (Netrunner is an LCG,…

Dark Souls vs Star Wars

Solaire approaches a battle against a lightsaber the same way he approaches a battle against anyone else. This is from a video D Piddy made at Saboten Con earlier this month. If you’re wondering why he does this for seven minutes, it’s about showing off the other cosplayers in the shot, not grinding the joke…

ALERT: VERY GOOD MUPPETS COSPLAY

Here’s the latest effort from the Portland Superheroes Coalition: a complete, life-size recreation of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the house band for The Muppet Show Dr Teeth is Paul Lamoreau, Janice is Kaitlin Lamoreau, Animal is Josue Garcia, Zoot is Sandy Iwata, and Floyd is Jamie Iwata. The gang were in attendance at…

Portraits Of Overwatch Heroes

Jai Kamat is an artist and illustrator from Rochester, New York. You can see more of Jai’s work at his personal site 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…

The Tragedy Of A Former Navy Base’s Arcade Games

You might remember last year we told you about a “raid” on an old ship that managed to save a bunch of classic arcade games. Now let’s see what happens when a raid doesn’t have such a happy ending. Tony Temple, who wrote up the nicer story from 2016, now has the tale of Ralph…

Track: Ufomg | Artist: Blockhead | Album: Funeral Balloons Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

24 People Can Now Play Super Mario 64 Online Together

Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 as a singleplayer video game. Recent mods have let two people play together, but a new romhack allows up to 24 to jump online and play through the game, kicking and punching each other all the way through. SM64 Online is a project by Kaze Emanuar, Melonspeedruns and…

Go Forth, Space Captain Man

Eric Gonzales is a concept artist from the Philippines who works in the games business. You can see more of Eric’s work at his personal site 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,…