Luke Plunkett

The Art Of Dishonored 2

Dishonored was one of the best-looking video games of the past decade, so if for nothing else than our eyeballs it’s a pleasure to be getting a sequel. Below you’ll find a wide range of concept and promotional art from some of the team working on Dishonored 2, both internally at Arkane and as freelancers.…

Looks like Akuma is coming to Street Fighter V. He’ll be playable at the PlayStation Experience in Anaheim next month.

Pokémon cartridge designs by Dan Clarke

How A Filthy Old Arcade Cabinet Is Restored To Its Former Glory

As you can probably guess, a lot of old arcade cabinets from the 80s aren’t exactly in the best shape in 2016. That doesn’t mean they can’t be salvaged though, as long as you’re willing to put a little love, cash and elbow grease into it. Tony Temple, whose arcade exploitswe’ve covered before, has detailed…

Diablo III’s Witch Doctor Will See You Now

Methyl Ethyl Cosplay isn’t just doing Diablo III cosplay here, she’s paying direct tribute to some of the game’s early concept art by Blizzard’s Glenn Rane All photos by Michael Mac. You can see more of Methyl Ethyy’s cosplay at her Facebook page

Unfinished Left 4 Dead Campaign Released By Original Creators

Turtle Rock Studios must be cleaning out some old closets now that they’re done with Evolve, because three days ago the team released the final, unfinished Left 4 Dead campaign they’d been working on before Valve took over the zombie shooter. It’s rough (much of the latter stages are Gray Box), but playable; you can…

Manga Horror Still Makes For Excellent Cosplay

Mamakiteru, master of Japanese horror cosplay, is still at it this Halloween season, turning creepy manga stills into a tableau of blood and crazy eyes. I know the black & white images are more “authentic”, but there’s something about the colour of her blood make-up that’s just fantastic.

The 1920s Needed More Giant, Smoking Mechs

Artist Jakub Rozalski, whose 1920+ series of illustrations inspired the excellent board game Scythe, is about to see his art grace not one, but two video games. Which means we get to see more of those fantastically surreal images of 20th century peasants being towered over by giant mechs. One of those games is the…

The Quaint Obsession With Civilization’s Canals

For as long as the series has existed, there have been few things as satisfying in Civilization as building a city on a single tile/hex of Earth separating two larger landmasses. They’re known as Canal Cities. In their best examples, you’ll see them called Canal Porn. If you play Civ a lot you probably already…

They Should Really Have More Conventions On The Beach

Oni-Con was held last week in Texas, a smaller convention that’s notable for one very cool thing: the con is held right opposite a beach, so cosplayers can cross the street and get some shots on the sand. Mineralblu headed down there for some shoots, and was cool enough to share some of those images…

Tracer cosplay by Rose. Photo by Martin Wong

C’mere Roach

Anna Podedworna is a concept artist at CD Projekt Red, where she’s worked on projects like the new spin-off release of Gwent, the card game from The Witcher 3 Below are some of the cards Anna illustrated for the game. You can see more of Anna’s work at her DAand ArtStation pages To see the…

Ah, to be living in simpler times. If only a Nintendo handheld was enough to distract us from 2016’s Hellscape of an election (this is from a 1992 issue of GQ Magazine). Via Vintage Computing & Gaming

Vice City’s (Intro), Remastered

We gets loads of remasters these days, often for games that don’t really need them. One game that does, though, is Rockstar’s “time period in a bottle” GTA: Vice City, which for all its brilliance is looking a little rough in 2016. Perhaps to start a discussion, perhaps just because it looks cool, Majami Hiroz…

The Future Of Video Games, As Imagined By An 80’s Cartoon

Something happened in the 80’s that forever shaped the way I thought video games would be when I got older. And that something was this scene from the Japanese animated series Macross Screened in the West as the first chapter of Robotech, this sequence shows a video game arcade of the future as imagined by…

Skeleton Armies, Still Metal

Alexandr Malex is a concept artist and illustrator from Belarus. You can see more of Malex’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…

What It’s Like To Live With Two Cosplayers

In episode two of our new webseries all about cosplay and cosplayers, housemates Ashley and Alex share their experiences about living together and making outfits together. Or…trying to. You can catch the first episode, about a couple who cosplay so much they’re too busy to get married, here Behind The Mask is presented by Bandai…

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Is Gonna Be Totally Free

Beginning on November 9, and for the next month thereafter, Ubisoft is giving away free copiesof Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon on PC. It’s very good. Especially the intro Built on the bones of Far Cry 3, Blood Dragon starred Michael “WHAT DAY IS IT WHAT YEAR” Biehn, and had enough neon pink to give…

China’s Banned Overwatch Players Have Excellent Names

A ton of Chinese cheaters got banned from Overwatch recently, and if we’re going solely by their usernames, our lives are poorer for their absence. Farewell 不上电视直播吃屎, aka “If I don’t get POTG I’ll stream me eating shit”, you will be missed. The players were banned on November 1, and as is Blizzard policy, their…

Fans Are Keeping A Mechwarrior Mod Alive

Original development and support for MechWarrior: Living Legends, a 2009 Mod of the Year award winner, ended in 2013. If you still want to play the lumbering shooter today though you can, thanks to a persevering group of fans who are keeping it alive. And I don’t just mean because the servers are working. As…