Luke Plunkett

He’s Nice Men

Always nice to see Han Solo cosplay. Doubly nice when it’s old Han Solo, and everything from the hair to the dusty jacket is spot-on. Cosplay here by Wolverony, photo by HSL

It’s A Lot Of Work To Make Just One Video Game Poster

When Star Wars: Battlefront II was officially announced, alongside the trailer came the release of this poster image, which you’re going to see a lot of over the next six months. And when you do, be sure to notice how much devil is in its details. Here is a series of shots zooming in and…

We Rate Dogs’ Mobile Game Is H*ckin’ Bad

It’s a bad game, Brent. We Rate Dogs, the most wholesome and best thing on Twitter, is an account that rates pictures of dogs. And because all dogs are good dogs, every dog gets a good rating. Shame the same can’t be said about the account’s mobile adventure. Good Dogs! is an official mobile game…

Overwatch, But Also With Cats

Overwatch is good with dogs. Thus it is written, it is also good with cats. These are all the work of Alice Bissonnet, an artist and animator from France who is a graduate ofthe famous Goeblins school The images were all drawn last year as part of a charity drive, with the proceeds of each…

This is Spellbound, a cosplay video by Gerwalkthat features boudoir versions of some magical female characters. And a cat. 

Osaka’s Cosplay Scene Is Stealing Hearts

Osaka’s Nipponbashi Street Festival was held earlier this month, and there was a lot of fantastic cosplay to be found as part of the fun. Because I am unhealthily obsessed with Persona 5 at the momentmy favourite is this killer Ann/Panther, but there’s a lot of other great stuff captured in this vid by Rescue…

Dallas, Your Cosplay Is Very Good

From March 31 to April 2, Fan Expo Dallas was held in Texas, and there was some fantastic cosplay on show, from some tiny Lannisters to a giant Godzilla. Mineralblu was there taking some photos and shooting a vid, which you can see below. If you want to see more, you can check out more…

Big Games Turned Into Little Models

16bitModelsis an exhibition where artists take classic video games and build incredible little real-world dioramas out of them. It was first held last year, but a second instalment went down last week at Kotobukiya’s Akihabara store in Tokyo. Here’s a selection of shots taken of exhibits done for games like Mega Man, Mario, Donkey Kong…

Persona 5: The Day Breakers: The Kotaku Review

When Persona 5 came out last year in Japan, an animated short called The Day Breakers was released to help promote the game. It’s only 20-minutes long, but is definitely worth watching if you’re a fan of the game. While Persona 5 itself has around an hour’s worth of excellent anime cutscenes, made by Ghost…

Holdfast: Nations At War is an upcoming multiplayer shooter set during the Napoleonic Wars. It takes place both on land and at sea. It’ll be out in Early Access soon.

In the latest episode of Toco Toco TV, a fantastic web series that goes behind the scenes with Japanese artists, the team visits EDITMODE, aka King of Games, a t-shirt company based in Kyoto that has been making official Nintendo gear for 15 years.

The Mother Of All Nintendo Switch Cases

There are very good actual Nintendo Switch cases on the market, but sometimes the best solution to moving your console around can come from unofficial avenues. In this case, a Pelican…case, the rugged storage boxes that everyone from photographers to tradespeople use to keep their gear safe from bears, bombs and bus crashes. Kamikawa4works for…

Final Fantasy VII’s Cast, Revised

Here’s comic artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey’s take on the main cast of Final Fantasy VII Re-imagining this game is nothing new, but Draper-Ivey’s designs here don’t go changing anyone’s outfit. Instead, by altering the race of each character, they show that everything iconic about this cast has to do with their original designs, haircuts and weapons,…

Hoo Boy Look At This Zelda Shield Parry

This is some anime superweapon-ass shit. Shot, parry and video by GirKart64. Today, I have learned many things about Breath of the Wild’s draw distance and enemy AI, and they are all good.

The Brave Sir Nofriends

Ivan Vujovic is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Serbia who has been working in video games for the past few years. You can see more of Ivan’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…

New Basketball Game Is Basically NBA Jam 2017

For a fun time, watch this trailer for the upcoming NBA Playgrounds—out in May—and see how close they come to saying “NBA Jam” without actually saying “NBA Jam”. 2v2 arcade basketball, cartoon players, exaggerated moves, it’s all certainly very familiar to NBA Jam fans, as well as anyone who played NBA Street. It’s not a…

Soldier 76 Cosplay, Reporting For Duty

Here is some very good Overwatch cosplay, starring a Soldier 76 who leaves all the jokes and memes at the door and plays the character straight-up, pulling it off almost perfectly. Cosplay by Tentacle Creations

Well

During Japan’s version of the Nintendo Direct held earlier today, a new game in the Senran Kagura series—Refure—was announced for the Switch. For anyone not familiar with Senran Kagura, it’s a series about female ninjas, and caters mainly to dudes who like to see anime girls with big chests. The team went to great lengths…

New Joy-Con Color, Battery Pack Coming

Nintendo’s Joy-Con contollers will soon be available in a new colour—”Neon Yellow”—while you’ll also later this year be able to buy a battery pack to extend the life of the lil’ pads. Both accessories will be available in the US on June 16. No word on price for the battery pack, but Nintendo’s Japanese site…

Stop Making Me Go To Bed, Persona 5, I’m A Big Boy

Here’s a bad thing about a very good video game: there are too many nights in Persona 5 where I want to go out on the town and improve myself and hang out with my sexy teen friends, but I’m not allowed, because a talking cat thinks I need some sleep. Here’s how it works:…