Luke Plunkett

Battlegrounds Lag Leads To Massive Fistfight

Josh Wittmann was playing a game of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds the other day when server lag struck, stranding all 100 players on the plane before they were forcibly ejected, landing everyone at the same location. While some folks fled for their lives, the rest did the honourable thing and just started swinging. I would 100% be…

Track: Sober-delic | Artist: Melvins | Album: A Walk With Love & Death Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

An Old-Timey Guide To Giant Fighting Mechs

Dunhuang Chen is a concept artist and illustrator from China. You can see more of Chen’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 both…

Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

Nobody, I guess. We’re all just very impressed by Jay’s cosplay of the character, as he appears in Telltale’s Fables adventure series. And hey, good timing, because The Wolf Among Us is getting a new series Photos by Susan Calnan.

Total War: Warhammer Has Gotten So Good

I had some very nice things to say about Total War: Warhammer a year ago when I reviewed it, but over the last week I thought I’d check back in and see how it was faring after 12 months of updates and DLC. I was happy to find that a very good game has got…

Four months after the console’s release, Nintendo has made the Switch app available on both iOS and Android. It’s intended to let you do things like use voice chat and invite friends, though for now all you can do is stare at a “server maintenance” sign.

Get The Squad Together

Ivan Laliashvili is a concept artist from Russia who currently works for Netease. You can see more of Ivan’s work 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 Art is a celebration of the work of video game…

Fan Creates Super Mario 64 Maker

Nintendo is happy enough with its own Super Mario Maker, but modder extraordinaire Kaze Emanuar figured, hey, we could probably do with a Super Mario 64 version as well. So he made one. Super Mario 64 Maker is a download for the PC that you can play via an emulator (like Project 64). You download…

Track: Groundhogs Day | Artist: Billy Woods | Album: Known Unknowns Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Thor Cosplay Is A Modern Day Love Story

The Jane Foster in these shots is Kes, a cosplayer from Germany who has been building outfits and dressing up for over a decade. The Thor, on the other hand, is her boyfriend Marcel, who is cosplaying for the first time. “This Thor project is Marcel’s first approach to cosplay ever”, Kes tells me. “He…

FilmCraft shot this video of the cosplay that was on display at Supanova Perth last month.

Deer God Lookin’ Like It Just Wrapped A Shampoo Commercial

Trevor Fraley is a freelance artist and illustrator who has worked in both games and books. You can see more of Trevor’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…

Halo Gun Counts Your Ammo In The Real World

Jimsbeanz lives in our world, not Halo’s, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he was packing an actual UNMC Assault Rifle when you look at his modified replica gun in action Beginning life as a BOOMco Halo rifle (which shoots the company’s own take on NERF darts), the new paintjob looks nice, but the real…

France’s Cosplay Is Très Bien

Japan Expo, one of the biggest anime shows on the planet, went down in Paris earlier this month. The cosplay was good. When I say it’s one of the biggest in the world, I’m not kidding around: people come from across France (and Europe!) to celebrate, and this year over 250,000 were in attendance across…

Track: Thirst | Artist: Quaeschning & Schnauss | Album: Synthwaves Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Nintendo-Themed Jordans Are About As 1989 As It Gets

Johnny Barry’s Freaker Sneaks, who earlier this year did a custom run of Jordan IV’s in a SNES colourway, are back with a handful of very expensive NES Jordans. They cost $1250 a pair, and in addition to the NES colour scheme they’ve also got some extra features like Mario labels, a cartridge-shaped Jordan tag…

Dancing With The Nier: Automata Stars

Hey, if Overwatch’s characters can enjoy a night out on the town, then Nier’s can spend the evening doing some fancy dancing. This is Vivid Vision (who outside of cosplay enjoys a bit of ballroom dancing) as 2B, while Shawn G is 9S. The idea for the shoot came from this piece of art by…

The Perfect Game Of Thrones Game Is A PC Mod

Forget RPGs, action games or even a broken if decentadventure series. The perfect Game of Thrones video game is a mod for a 2012 strategy game on the PC. I mentioned in my review of Crusader Kings II a few years back that the systems put in place by developers Paradox seemed ideally suited to…

Soccer Team Signs FIFA Player, Cuts Him Two Days Later Over “Online Behaviour”

Two days ago, Dutch soccer club PSV proudly announced the signing of 22 year-old FIFA player Tony Kok to their esports team. Before the weekend was over, that contract had been torn up over sexist comments Kok has made on Twitter over the years. PSV—who were so proud of the initial announcement that they made…

Persona 5 Is Now Playable On The PC (Via Emulation)

In April, we posted a video of Persona 5 running quite poorly on the PC via an emulator. Now, only a few months later, it’s looking fantastic. Thanks to the tireless work of the team behind the RCPS3emulator, the game—which I described in April as playable only “if you like suffering”—is now playable in the…