Luke Plunkett

New Games Magazine Is A Profound Waste Of Time

You could call an attempt to launch a new video games magazine in 2016 a profound waste of time. Or, you could be like these guys, and call your new video games magazine A Profound Waste Of Time Smartly realising that about the only space left in the market for physical mags is to cater…

Power Rangers Cosplay Ends In Marriage Proposal

Cosplayers James Reese and Anthony Grillo were doing their thing the other day, shooting a very slick video with KevinTheDirector while dressed as Power Rangers, when Anthony had to go and ruin all those heroic poses by dropping to one knee and proposing. The proposal comes later in the vid, which is worth watching through…

Who Did This To You, Assassin’s Creed? [Update]

UPDATE (11/22, 6:16pm): As it turns out, the Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection isn’t quite the disaster that this video made it seem. Turns out the animation glitch was also in the original version of Assassin’s Creed II, and the deformed NPC was randomly generated. (Still hilarious, though.) More info here Original post follows:  Assassin’s Creed…

There’s A Whole World Living In This Low-Poly Art

From a distance, this looks like a nice low-poly piece of art. Zoom in closer, though, and it becomes a tiny little slice of life. This is called Downtown Life, and it’s by Ben Regimbal, an artist based in Korea. The level of detail is nuts. Everywhere you look (and zoom in), there’s something new…

Hello, Badass Pokémon

Shan Claw and Elfengamezare a husband and wife cosplay team, who here are dressed as two Pokémon. Two very human Pokémon. It’s known as Gijinka cosplay, which is basically taking an animal character and anthropomorphising it. Not like a furry would, and just dressing as the animal and standing up, but by turning the character’s…

Pikachu. Where Are You Going.

Come back, Pikachu.

What It’s Like To Cosplay As A Man (And Woman)

Behind The Mask, Kotaku’s own web series about cosplay, winds up this week with a feature on Brooklyn Link, who explains what it’s like to cosplay. And crossplay. You can watch the previous episodes of the show here. Thanks for watching, it’s been fun to put together and share with you! Behind The Mask is…

Mega Man Is Very Sad

Mega Man fans are sad, this we know. But I had no idea that Mega Man himself was “imbued with sadness” by his creator. In Boss Fight’s Mega Man 3, which we’ve run an excerpt from previously, creator Akira Kitamura talks (via Mike Drucker) about the character’s genesis, and “the sadness of being a robot”.…

The Immortal God Emperor Sure Knows How To Throw A Party

Richard Wright is an artist based in the UK who has worked on a ton of video game commercials and cinematics. You can see more of Richard’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…

He Is Kratos, The Cosplay God Of War

This is Troy Schram, dressed as Kratos as he appears in the upcoming PS4 edition of the series. And yes, the beard is real. Almost everything you’re seeing here was made by hand, including the weaved leather shoulder pads, which Troy tells me was “a massive, time-consuming pain in the ass.” All photos by Damon…

One of the greatest PC strategy games of all time is now available on the iPad. Looks like a fairly straightforward port, too.

Violets Are Blue, Roses Are Red

Brings a tear to the eye.

Civilization VI City Has Over Two Billion People

Used to be that if you got a population of over 20 you had a big city in Civilization. That was until Civ VI came along and changed everything. One of the new game’s features is that many of the districts you can build will share their benefits with neighbouring cities. This allows for some…

You Can Save Your Life In Dishonored 2 By Killing Yourself

Here’s a handy tip discovered by Gunpoint’s Tom Francis (which you can add to this list), for those of you ever contemplating a big jump in Dishonored 2 Turns out you can save a death from falling by…killing yourself. You’re a monster, Tom, albeit a very pragmatic one.

Here’s Skyrim: Special Edition Looking Prettier With Mods

The whole point of Skyrim’s special edition was to improve the game’s visuals, but just because Bethesda did it officially doesn’t mean folks aren’t out there trying to make things look even better. As is the cast with most PC games (Skyrim especially, see above), some of the most effective ways have come from the…

That Is A Big-Ass Turtle

MOOD, the same guys behind the very successful Fall of Gods (and who have worked on games like Hitman) are back with another “cinematic novel”, this one called Brimstone They call these things a “crossover between written novel and gorgeous concept art from movies”, combining page after page of big, high quality art with a…

Let’s Watch A PS4 Pro Get Taken Apart

I’m a lot more interested in seeing a PS4 Pro be slowly dismantled on camera than I amin ever going out and buying one I mean, there’s no higher scientific or consumer point to this beyond getting a look at some basic stuff like popping the top off, but seeing all those panels and screws…

The Best Cosplay From Blizzcon 2016

Blizzard’s annual celebration doesn’t just attract the studio’s biggest fans, it also attracts some of the biggest cosplayers, some of whom were even there in an official capacity Below you’ll find a big gallery showcasing the talents of these cosplayers (and some photographers), who show that one of the few things that can match their…

Old Elder Scrolls Game Takes Over 60 Hours To Walk Across

For those playing (or re-playing) Skyrim right now and thinking, gee, this sure is a big game world, remember: for 1996’s Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Bethesda weren’t feeling quite so constrained Recalling that it’s one of the biggest game maps ever made, How Big is the Map? decided to do his thing and walk from…

Did Ubisoft Sneak A New Game Announcement Inside Watch Dogs 2?

In Watch Dogs 2, there’s a mission about stealing a video game trailer from an in-game version of Ubisoft. With WD2 almost out, footage from that trailer has leaked online, and we’re wondering… is it actually a real game? I mean, my first thought watching this was: I would actually play this. Those spaceships, that…