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Enormous Minecraft Art Is Reaching For The Heavens
It took gmoff01around 80 hours to build this in Minecraft. It’s made of 70,000 blocks of quartz. For those wondering about the details, no, he didn’t build the entire thing by hand, in the sense that he didn’t mine each block manually then walk along placing each one. We’re showcasing art here, not the death…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
Every Rogue One Shot That Was In The Trailers, But Not The Movie
We’ve discussedthis already, but just so you can see it all laid out, here’s a video by Vashi Nedomansky showing all 46 shots shown in Rogue One’s trailers that didn’t make it into the actual movie. Some would have been reshot, others perhaps filmed only for the trailer as a promo, others still might turn…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
Mod Brings Snow To All Of The Witcher 3
OK, so there are parts of The Witcher 3 where it’s already snowing, but this mod brings snow to almost the entire map. Merry Christmas, you drifters in from Temeria. The mod, called Winter is Coming, was made by KNG, and you can download it here It’s not perfect, since the mod couldn’t go in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
Adidas, Make These Zelda Sneakers
As part of his application process for a design internship with Adidas, student Paxton Porter—a lover of both sneakers and The Legend of Zelda—came up with these designs. Both of which I would cop in a heartbeat. Figuring that Nintendo would be down for a footwear collaboration, and rightly believing that the brand deserves better…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
Culture
Final Fantasy XV, Now 30% Dreamier
Final Fantasy XV, a game about cute boys driving around, is now even cuter thanks to the animated treatment given to the game’s cast by artist David Adhinarya Lojaya. We featured David’s Final Fantasy art last year, but now that XV is out he’s returned to the series to draw the new game’s cast in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2016 -
CultureThe Art Of 1313, A Star Wars Game We Never Got To Play
Star Wars 1313 was a big-money game in development at Lucasarts, scrapped after the publisher’s demise and seemingly never to return. We may never get to play the game, but we can look at its concept art and dream. It gives us a real good look at the design and feel of Coruscant’s seedy underbelly.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Russia’s Cosplay Is Fantastic
Russia doesn’t just have some of the best cosplayers on the planet, but some of the best cosplay photographers as well. One of those is KIRA, someone whose photosI’ve featureda bit here recently, so I figured it was time for a showcase entirely of her work. You can see a lot more of KIRA’s photos…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2016 -
Koreans Are Building A Real Mech
Vitaly Bulgarov is a concept artist who used to work at Blizzard on stuff like StarCraft. He’s now working on something a lot cooler. Bulgarov has been helping out a company called Korea Future Technology on their latest project, which is called METHOD-1: a big, real, functioning mech. Not a stage prop, not a promotional…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 18, 2016 -
Culture
p1ck uP ThaT C4n
Shaun Mooney is an artist who has worked for companies like Traveller’s Tales (the LEGO games) and Atomhawk. We featured Shaun’s work a few years back, but since he’s had a complete portfolio refresh, I figured we’d pop back in and have another look at his stuff. You can see more of Shaun’s art at…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Fallout 4 Cosplay Always Gets The Scoop
This is Verisaas Fallout 4’s very own press sneak fuck, Piper. The weathering effects she’s done on the jacket and pants are so good I’m starting to wonder whether she actually just dug them out of the dirt somewhere. Photos by KIRA
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
When Super Mario Run Doesn’t Launch On Android
Please hurry, Nintendo.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
Civilization’s Giant AI Battle Royale Died, Returns Way Better
Early last year, something beautiful happened:a single game of Civ V was started up, with 61 civs all controlled by the AI, then left to run. It was chaos, there was bloodshed, but sadly, it all kinda fell apart thanks to technical woes. Not to matter! It’s starting up again, and for curious spectators looks…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
Planet Coaster Just Got A Huge Free Update
Planet Coaster, a very good video game, just got a lot better thanks to a big “Winter Update” that’s both a patch and a upgrade, adding new stuff for your parks. It’s a Paradox-style update, then, in that it combines what you expect to get fixed with what you’d expect other companies to charge for.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
Culture
Still Fighting Wars In Black And White
Casper Konefal is a concept artist at Bioware, where he’s worked on Dragon Age. You can see more of Casper’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…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
Ex-Lionhead Employee Tells Wild Story About Threatening Teenage “Trolls”
Lionhead Studios, creators of the Fable series, are no more, meaning there’s nothing stopping crazy stories from their past getting out. Like this one, where an ex-employee claims the developers once had some stuff stolen by some teenagers, who Lionhead tracked down then threatened with…ratting them out to one of their mums. As first reported…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
This is Eva as a very crazy Yuno from Future Diary. Photo by Wan Mei
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
When Your Mech Goes Up In Smoke
Overwatch cosplay byAngelina Vo. Photos by Johnny Ngo
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Steven Universe cosplay by Punky Bruiser. Photo by KG Photography
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2016