Luke Plunkett

Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

When they’re not saving the galaxy and throwing ninja stars at cartoon characters, Master Chief and Genji like to unwind like tiny little children. Cosplay by Shagohod Cosplay (MC) and Rider Break Cosplay (Genji), photos by Lock.VII Projects

Track: Crushed Glass | Artist: Freddie Gibbs | Album: You Only Live 2wice Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

An Entire Fantasy World, Sketched Over One Year

For 366 consecutive days, former Blizzard artist Even Mehl Amundsen drew a series of images sketching out the framework and characters for a fantasy universe. He’s now collecting them into a series of books. They’re called TEGN, and the first of three volumes is now up on Kickstarter, having already gone past its asking amount.…

Persona 5 Confidants, Ranked

Persona 5 is a game entirely about making friends with magic teens and well-meaning (well, mostly) adults. Yet not all friends are created equal. In Persona 5, certain important figures are known as “Confidants”, and are the characters who you’re able to become close to—or at least form strong bonds with—and who over the course…

Phantom Dust’s Remaster Out Tomorrow, Will Be Free

Phantom Dust, which we very recently named one of the best Xbox games, is re-releasing tomorrow on Xbox One and Windows 10. And it’ll be free. The property has had a tortured time at Microsoft of late, with a planned new game killed off and its studio closed A remaster of the original game was…

Here Come The Buffs

While we’ve seen a ton of Japanese Persona 5 cosplay, the game has been out long enough in the West now for a fresh wave to come rolling in. This is Sea Of Rabbitz as P5’s Futaba, with photos by The Will Box The costume and room decor are perfect! But that meal looks way…

Stick To Cammy, Cammy

Dylan Ekren is an artist based in LA who has worked for Disney on movies like Frozen, Big Hero 6 and Zootopia We’re here, though, for his series of Street Fighter sketches, in which he’s drawing a different Chun-Li for every day in May. You’ll find his progress so far below, but for a similar…

Half-Life 2: VR Lets You Get A Little Closer To City 17

Here’s a Steam Greenlight campaign, run by fans, featuring a virtual reality mod for a game made by the guys who own Steam. Playing a proper VR version of Half-Life 2 seems like a no-brainer for anyone with a VR headset. It also seems like something Valve would have made and released for free with…

Paradox Publishing A “Hardcore” Strategy Game About Mars

Surviving Mars is a strategy game coming to the PC, Xbox One and PS4 courtesy of Paradox, the publishers of games like Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron. It’s all about building cities from Mars, and trying to avoid getting everyone inside them killed in the process. Developed by Haemimont Games, Surviving Mars is described…

That’ll Do It

Serge Birault is an artist and character designer based in Montréal. You can see more of Serge’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…

Track: Lotus Eater | Artist: Mura Masa | Album: Soundtrack to a Death Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Half Of Terminator 2 Recreated In Grand Theft Auto V

And to think, we were impressed when someone recreated just one sequence of the movie. But now a Russian crew has gone and remade a good portion of Terminator 2 inside Grand Theft Auto V, with a final runtime of just over an hour of footage. Note that because the creators (Kramer’s Media) are Russian,…

YYYAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHH

Piotr Krezelewski is a freelance artist from Poland. I want to frame this and put it somewhere I drink scotch under dim lighting. You can see more of Piotr’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…

Live Spiders Found Smuggled Inside Bootleg Nintendo Cartridges

Mexico’s Federal Police yesterday intercepted a shipment of contraband goods headed for the US at Guadalajara Airport. Inside was not drugs, or weapons, but vials full of live spiders hidden inside what look like fake Famicom games. As Cronica report, authorities opened a box that contained ten cartridges with labels like Jurassic Park and Robocop…

Square Enix Splits With Hitman Creators IO Interactive

In 2009, Square Enix took control of Hitman developers IO Interactive. Today, the two companies part ways. Square initially assumed ownership of IO when it bought Eidos Interactive, IO’s parent company. But in a statement released today, the Japanese publisher says “to maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward”, they have “regrettably…

Replica Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sword Even Glows

Of all the weapons in Breath of the Wild, the Guardian gear must be the hardest for a prop-maker to recreate properly. Yet here we are, with a replica Guardian Sword, blue glow and all. This full-scale replica built by Adafruit Industries, which is 34 inches long, was 3D printed and is full of tiny little…

Cosplayer Spotlight: Megan Coffey

Late last year, in the real world, Megan Coffey was getting ready to graduate from South Florida with a Masters in Biology. On the internet, however, she was fast becoming one of the most recognisable cosplayers on the planet. We talk a lot about cosplay here on this site, and about stuff around cosplay, but…

Look At This SNES-Themed Nintendo Switch

Here’s an unofficial SNES (well, Super Famicom) theme for the Nintendo Switch that looks incredible Made by Pop Skin, it covers everything. The base, the Joy-Cons, their backs, even the Switch itself. Because it’s a skin and not a paintjob, there are naturally going to be some rough edges, particularly at the points where there…

NBA Playgrounds Is Not The New NBA Jam

NBA Playgrounds’trailer—indeed, its entire existence—is a throwback to arcade sports games like NBA Jam and NBA Street. The kind of experiences where you don’t even need to be a fan of the sport in question to be able to jump on, learn a few moves and have a good time. Like those classics, there’s the…

Rakuen, a game we’ve been tracking for a while now, is finally out on PC. You play a sick kid in a hospital who can travel to a fantasy world, helping his other sick friends along the way.