Luke Plunkett

Look At This $120 Sonic The Hedgehog Art Book

I would not have thought a Sonic the Hedgehog art book could ever be amongst the best in a field usually catering towards modern blockbuster games full of lush environments and detailed costume design, but hey, turns out I was dead wrong. Sonic The Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book, published by Cook & Becker, is…

Track: Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Artist: Tricot | Album: 3 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Hi, Persona 5’s Panther

I have seen some very good Ann Takamaki cosplay in the past six months, but few have come as close to the source material as Megan Coffey’s effort here. You might remember Megan from a feature we ran earlier this year. If you missed it, consider your heart now changed.

Dude Is Beating Bloodborne With A Dance Mat

Here is ATwerkingYoshi beating Bloodborne’s Cleric Beast using not a controller, but a dance mat. From a technical standpoint, this is impressive! What’s more impressive though is that ATwerkingYoshi is playing the entire game like this. Oh, and says he hasn’t ever beaten Bloodborne, even using regular controls, so that this playthrough that he’s broadcasting…

The Lord Of The Boats

Sara Kipin is an illustrator based in California. And I want to cover my walls in her Tolkien book cover concepts. You can see more of Sara’s work at her 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…

Riot Based League Of Legends Skin On Actual Football Player, Loses Lawsuit

A court in The Netherlands ruled late last week that Riot must compensate retired Dutch footballer Edgar Davids after determining that a League of Legends champion skin infringed on his personal rights. The skin in question is Striker Lucian, whose combination of dreads, eyewear and the fact he’s based on a footballer sure look a…

Cops Bust Fake Arcade Company, Interrupt Baller Lifestyle

Six people from Santa Clara, California have been arrested and charged with selling arcade cabinets full of “counterfeit games”, which they are alleged to have been profiting off to live like rock stars. As the San Francisco Chronicle report, a woman, her son, ex-husband and three others were arrested on Thursday and accused of “forging”…

Massive No Man’s Sky Update Adds Basic Multiplayer

No Man’s Sky’s Atlas Rises Update is adding a lot of stuff to the game to mark its one-year anniversary. There will be streamlined travel, 30 hours of new story, new aliens, new ships, better graphics and even some rudimentary multiplayer. As detailed on the game’s site, there will also be *deep breath* a new procedural…

Grand Moff Tarkin Toy Looks Better Than The Rogue One Version

Hot Toys have a couple of new Star Wars toys coming, one for Darth Vader, the other for his shift supervisor Grand Moff Tarkin. Both have existing Hot Toys figures, but these are new versions of them, featuring stuff like better head sculpts and fancier uniforms. Tarkin’s Peter Cushing is especially terrifying, with the wrist…

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Anna Fehr is a concept artist and illustrator currently working at Avalanche, the studio behind the Just Cause series. You can see more of Anna’s work at her 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…

Polygon Parts Ways With Nick Robinson Following Twitter Claims

Longtime Polygon video producer Nick Robinson has “parted ways” with the site following a string of allegations that surfaced on Twitter at the beginning of the week. The accusations were made in the wake of a tweet Robinson wrote about the Nintendo Switch title Overcooked, which prompted this in reply: This led to an outpouring…

Track: Mighty Wings | Artist: Cheap Trick | Album: Top Gun Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

When Fallout Meets Judge Dredd

Dimitri Zaitsev wondered what it’d look like if you mixed the dystopian worlds of Fallout and Judge Dredd. So he put together this incredible outfit to find out. In the gallery below you’ll see the amount of work that went into the costume, not just in terms of its construction, but the weathering and other…

There’s a line of BAPE x Pokemon shirts coming to Japan. If they’re anything like the BAPE x Mario stuff, they’re going to be worth $$$$$$$.

Yo Maybe Don’t Touch The Skulls At Baba Yaga’s House

Leia Ham is an illustrator from Singapore currently based in LA. You can see more of Leia’s work at her 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…

Fallout’s New Board Game Looks Neat

Fantasy Flight will be releasing a brand new Fallout board game at the end of the year, taking in the sights of Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and both game’s DLC. Simply called Fallout, it’s for up to four players, with teams of survivors banding together to explore the wastes, scrounge for junk and stay alive.…

Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Looks Awesome In 4K

Courtesy of Abyssus, here’s some video of Zelda: Breath in the Wild running on the PC’s CEMU emulator in big, beautiful 4K. Performance isn’t 100% here, but it’s close enough to let us soak this up in all its windy, sun-soaked glory. “On Cemu, the game is running internally at 8K (7680×4320) and is then…

Mercy by ladymelamori, photo by Kirchos.

Bayonetta, by Ladee Danger. Photo by Martin Wong.

A Boy And His Sword

Valentina Remenar is an artist from Croatia who works in video games, books and digital illustration. You can see more of Valentina’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…