Luke Plunkett

Essential Fallout 4 Mod Turns The Toilet Paper Around

Immersive Toilet Paper is a mod for Fallout 4 by jet4571 and Elianora which takes the game’s existing toilet paper, which is facing the incorrect way, and turns it the correct way. Thus making the game, as advertised, more immersive. If roll-facing-the-wall was the default position for an entire society’s toilet paper, then they deserved…

Ultimate General Is A Very Good Strategy Game

Back in 2014 I played Ultimate General: Gettysburg, a short but innovative strategy game set during the Civil War’s most famous battle. Two years later and the same game is back, only now it’s a full singleplayer campaign experience. Ultimate General: Civil War is basically an overblown sequel to the first game, using its success…

Fancy Board Game Will Probably Smash Kickstarter Records

A few years ago, there was a very successful Kickstarter campaign for a board game called Kingdom Death: Monster. This week, a new, improved version of the game hit the crowdfunding service, and in only a few days has raised over five million dollars The original game had two key appeals: it had a neat…

Civilization V Fans Are Playing A Single Game Like An Actual Democracy

A group of Civilization players have banded together and formed something called Democraciv, where a whole bunch of humans work together to operate a single Civilization, some of them actually playing, the rest arguing and giving advice. Just like a real democracy, then. Or at least the old-fashioned ideal of one. Democraciv—currently playing Civilization V…

I SAID NO HAM, THANK YOU

Hazem Ameenis a concept artist and illustrator based in Dubai. You can see more of Hazem’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…

Track: Indian Summer | Artist: Jai Wolf | Album: Kindred Spirits Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Battlefield Mod Brings Back The Falklands War

Despite losing many of its core team to the development of Squad, work continues on famous Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, whose new update lets users fight out the Falklands War. The 1982 conflict, which saw Britain flex a little post-imperial muscle in the South Atlantic, is weirdly underrepresented in video games, despite it being…

When Video Games Get A Little Too Real

TerrBear was minding his own business playing some Watch Dogs 2 when the action inside the house started looking a little too much like the action outside the house. This is the only time it’s OK to film your screen with your phone. Note that the whole game isn’t this accurate; as with any other…

What Is It With Overwatch Cosplay And Butts?

Tracer’s derrière has a lot to answer for. Anyway, this is a very good piece of Reaper cosplay, featuring his Wight skin. Also, shout out to the D.Va on the left here who, instead of just buying the same printed bodysuit every other D.Va cosplayer does, got hold of a much much fancier, more expensive…

Endless Space 2’s Communists Have A 5000-Year Plan

Endless Space 2 is a promising 4x game that’s still in Early Access. I played it a few months ago and liked what I saw, and I’ll be dipping back in soon now that the game has got its first major update. A new faction, The United Empire, has been added, and I liked this…

Cheer Up, Soldier Folks

Ihor Pasternak is a concept artist and illustrator who works at Plarium, an MMO and mobile studio whose games aren’t for us but which feature very nice art. You can see more of Ihor’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button…

Track: Shadows | Artist: Red Fang | Album: Only Ghosts Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Best Planet Coaster Creations

Planet Coaster is a game that’s at its strongest when you’re building stuff. And unless you’re very talented, the stuff you build probably won’t be as cool as this stuff With such healthy Steam Workshop support, user-created content is an important part of the Planet Coaster experience. From minor cosmetic touches to new rides to…

Custom Titanfall 2 Screenshots Look Absolutely Beautiful

Screenshot artist Berduuis to thank for these gorgeous snaps of Titanfall 2, which go way beyond what we’re capable of grabbing by mashing a button in Steam or Fraps. If you’ve ever wanted to try this kind of thing yourself, the shots were taken using this camera tool You can see more of Berduu’s work…

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s Some Kotaku Merch.

Did you know we have a store? We have a store. You can buy hoodies, stickers and now this new t-shirt as well. It’s $24, and comes in a variety of colours. You can check out all the stuff available here

Track: Talk To Me | Artist: Run The Jewels | Album: RTJ3 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

It’s High Noon, Overwatch Cosplay

I’ve posted a lot of Overwatch cosplay this year, but not much of it features McCree, so let’s fix that, for the sake of both you and your Huckleberry This is Russian cosplayer shimyrk, with a McCree that gets the character 100% right from the tip of his hat to the top of his spurs.

The Art Of Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare

I’ve already spoken a little of my love for this game’s art design, but today I’m going to showcase a much wider range of work from a team of artists who worked on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare A lot of the art lets us get an even closer look at something I spoke with…

Microsoft’s Solitaire Now Available On Rival Phones

Microsoft’s own version of Solitaire, one of the most popular and enduring video games of all time, is now available for the first time ever on a platform that isn’t Windows. It’s part of an app—available for both iOSand Android—called Microsoft Solitaire Collection, which bundles five card games (Klondike/classic Solitaire, Spider, Freecell, Tripeaks and Pyramid)…

Battlefield 1 Player Finds Safety Behind Brick Wall

Or not. Good night, sweet Prince. That gif is courtesy of Paste123, but the full source video is below.