Luke Plunkett

Whaddya Know, More Great Nier Cosplay

While Nier Automata’s 2B has been the undisputed cosplay star of 2017, she’s not the only character being featured from the game. Here’s PretzelBotwith an incredible effort recreating one of the game’s robots. Just so you can get a better idea (than standing next to a small kid) of the scale of the sui, here’s…

Track: Get Like | Artist: Nosaj Thing | Album: Parallels Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Kiki’s cosplay by witchy.brew

Beats Taking The Bus

Sebastian Kowoll is a concept artist and illustrator from Colombia, who most recently worked on Ark: Survival Evolved and Dark & Light You can see more of Sebastian’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…

My Neighbor (The Mechanized Death Machine) Totoro

Model builder and Kotaku reader Kevin Derken is backwith a new original creation: some Totoro figures made from spare parts leftover from Maschinen Krieger model kits. He made four different versions, each based on a classic Maschinen Krieger paint scheme. If you like what you see, Kevin made a cast of his creation and is…

Uno Releases New Card Design For Color Blind Players

Uno is testing out a slight redesign of the classic family/hate game. And it’s a practical one, making some changes so that colour blind players aren’t stuck staring at a hand full of red and green cards and going “oh, great”. As Fast Company report, the redesign is being trialled with copies being sold directly…

The Best Cosplay From Dragon Con 2017

Dragon Con, held every year in Atlanta, has been running since 1987. It’s since grown to become one of the biggest nerd—and by extension cosplay—shows on the planet. It went down last weekend, and below is a collection of video and images showcasing some of the best cosplay that was on display. All photos by…

Cute Little Things

Jan-Wah Li is a games artist who has worked with companies like Nintendo, Disney and Ubisoft. Below you’ll find an interesting selection of work, because Li is a bit of a generalist, having done everything from traditional concept art to UI work. Which explains why you’re seeing things like menu screens. You can see more…

Evangelion Sneakers Are Surprisingly Tasteful

There’s an official Evangelion x New Balance line of sneakers coming out in Japan and China this weekend. There’ll be four colours available, each in a very subtle scheme, while they’ll also come in nice padded zip-up boxes that feature Evangelion imagery. They’ll go on sale for around USD$100. More pics at Hypebeast

If NBA Teams Had Pokémon In Their Logos

Like very few of us, deezlobs wondered what the NBA would look like if every team had a Pokémon for a mascot instead of bridges and wolves and tiny little Irish men. Then he went and drew it The full collection is here. Some are a bit of a stretch, but others—like Milwaukee and Orlando—are…

Engineers Are Trying To Save The Miiverse Before It’s Gone Forever

With the impending demise of Nintendo’s Miiverse, some users are resorting to manually saving their images. Others, though, are looking for a solution that’s a little more comprehensive. Drastic Actions (aka Tim Miller), an engineer, began work the other day on an archiver designed to trawl the Miiverse and save it before it’s lost forever.…

Hold My Droid

Lim Chuan Shin is a freelance artist from Malaysia who has worked on games like Street Fighter V and Agents of Mayhem You can see more of Shin’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…

Why Wario And Waluigi Don’t Have Girlfriends

If Mario has Peach, why doesn’t Wario have…I dunno, Meach? It’s a fair question, and one that I’d never known the answer to (if in fact there ever was an answer). I do now, though, thanks to the unearthing of an old Nintendo Power interview by the excellent Supper Mario Broth Back in 2000, the…

Fans Bring Classic Lord Of The Rings Game Into The HD Era

Once upon a time, EA had the rights to the Lord of the Rings (film) series, and they made a bunch of games. Many of them were surprisingly good, like Return of the King, but two in particular stood out: the Battle for Middle Earth RTS games. They were very good, combining powerful hero units…

Track: The Force Majeure | Artist: Boysetsfire | Album: After the Eulogy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Look, Witches Don’t Always Want To Use Magic, OK?

Daniel Hoang is a concept artist based in the UK working in the games business. You can see more of Daniel’s stuff at his ArtStation page

The Witcher Turns 10, Releases Very Nice Video

The Witcher series is 10 years old this month, and to mark the occasion CD Projekt Red released this teary lil’ clip. We had some good times, gang. And now…I can’t seem to scrape this irritating dust out of my eyes. Unsolicited CDPR Suggestion: I know everyone there is very busy with Cyberpunk, but if…

227 Artists Remade An Episode Of Super Mario World’s Cartoon

This is The Mama Luigi Project, a year-long effort to bring together over 200 artists so that they could completely reanimate one of the most famous episodes of the Super Mario World TV series: Mama Luigi. 255 scenes had to be done, with almost every single one of them featuring a different art and animation…

Star Wars Destiny is normally a trading card game (meaning you buy decks, ala Magic or Pokemon), but this new version bundles a bunch of characters and cards into a pre-loaded box designed specifically for two players.

Skyrim Cosplayer Joins Christians For His Own Religious Protest

Every year at Dragon Con, there are some Christian protesters hanging around angry that everyone is loving nerd shit instead of Jesus. And almost every year, Heimskr from Skyrim is there to join them in their preaching. Cosplayer Jacob Kevinsson has been dressing as the Skyrim preacher and attending Dragon Con since 2014, and most…