Luke Plunkett

Halloween, 2016

By Cassandra Calin

Beautiful Portraits Of The Ancient World

Rocío Espín Piñar is an artist based in California who is able to take a city from the past (ok, so some of these are a little more recent than “ancient”) and turn it into a work of art. Having worked with publications like Medieval Warfare, she conjures the kind of stuff that you’d expect…

Track: Maybachufer | Artist: IAMNOBODI | Album: Dearly Beloved Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Skyrim Never Changes

The fancy re-release of Skyrim is out on PC today! It’s got new visuals. Still the same ol’ Skyrim under the hood, though, by the looks of it. Here’s PC Gamer’s Chris Livingstone getting…well, not even past the intro before Skyrim gonna Skyrim Can’t wait to see a dragon fight.

Of Course There Is Halloween Overwatch Cosplay

Tina-Kinz is ready for Halloween in the most Halloween way possible: by cosplaying as Mercy’s festive witch skin The graveyard is a nice touch. And that book is great! 2016 may have been the worst of times (and it’s not done yet), but at least we’ve had Overwatch and it’s awesome cosplay scene to get…

Kid’s Transformers Costume Can Transform

Renz2LK’s son has a very cool Halloween costume. It’s scary, because it’s Michael Bay’s Optimus Prime, but it’s also impressive, because the kid can flip his lil’ head and transform. Now he just needs to work on his rolling out…

Our Sci-Fi Future Has No Trees, But Plenty Of Ads

Aurelien Fournier is a freelance concept artist from France. You can see more of Fournier’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 their…

Ico’s Classic Cover, For Your Walls

Dutch art dealers Cook & Becker, no stranger to video game collaborations, are releasing two pieces of art that will be very dear to a lotta folks’ hearts: museum-grade prints of some original paintings by Team ICO’s Fumito Ueda. One of them is a very early piece of art intended for Shadow of the Colossus.…

Civilization VI: The Kotaku Review

The trouble with reviewing a Civilization game is that they’re always good. From the 1991 original through to today, Civilization games have all shared the same core design ideas. 2K’s marketing will try and sell you on new stuff all they want, but the nuts and bolts of this game are the same as they’ve…

Couple Can’t Get Married Because They Cosplay Too Much

So, we have a web series! All about cosplay! And in this episode, we catch up with Becka Noel and her fiancee Dhareza Maramis, who fell in love, cosplay together, then found they do it so much they’re having trouble actually getting married. Whoops.· Behind The Mask is presented by Bandai Namco.

Get Me Cosplay Pictures Of Spider-Man!

This is TrevRay Cosplay, hitting the streets of New York to get some very authentic-looking shots of Spider-Man in action. Before you ask, no, we did not pay $300 for them. All photos by Jason Laboy. You can see more shots at Jason’s site

Evolve’s Creators Are No Longer Working On The Game

Evolve, a team-based shooter about giant monsters, was first released in 2015 as a paid standalone game. Then it went free-to-play. Now, it’s going to keep on going without the help of the people who actually made it. Developers Turtle Rock have posted a letter on the game’s forums saying “unfortunately today is the last…

GTA V’s Train vs 100 Tanks

If we’re going to try and find a glimmer of hope amidst the churning turd maelstrom that is 2016, let’s find it in the GTA V trend of “smashing a certain number of things into other things”. Yachts, planes, whatever can move and smash is being moved and smashed, and we’re all the better for…

Silly Civilization VI Map Recreates Earth, Melts Graphics Cards

The game’s only been out for a few days, and there’s no Steam Workshop support yet, but already the race to see who can make the best “real” map in Civilization VI is on. And the early frontrunner is…taxing. Gedemonover on Civ Fanatics has released an alpha version of an Earth map that blows right…

Gotta Catch ‘Em All

Shawn Lin is an artist from Taiwan who has done work for companies like Capcom and Microsoft. You can see more of Shawn’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…

I am a simple man who takes pleasure in simple things. Like how Will Smith’s Switch is such a good/dumb fit with Nintendo’s debut Switch trailer. Via Tiny Cartridge, @stoppableforce

Stitch Fought With Your Father In The Clone Wars

Adam Murphy is an artist based in Australia who over the past 25 years has worked as an animator and storyboard artist for studios like Disney and Lucasfilm. In that time he’s drawn for series like Aladdin, The Lion King and Lilo & Stitch, while he has also been involved in the production of the…

You Did Some Good Cosplay, New York

Earlier this month, New York’s finest hit the streets for some cosplay. And they did a damn fine job of it. While we’vehad a New York Comic Con gallery previously, that was from the showroom floor. These pics are from a shoot put up by Mineralblu, so he could take a little more time for…

A Tip For An Annoying Civilization VI Issue

Over the weekend, a bug popped for many Civilization VI owners resulting in the game seemingly locking up during loading screens. Thankfully, there’s now a fix for it. As turdas points out, it seems like the problem was related to Windows Defender, with the program wanting to scan Civ VI every time you booted it…

The Real Reinhardt Meets A Giant Reinhardt

The opening moments of this video star Darin De Paul, the voice actor behind Overwatch’s Reinhardt. Standing in front of a giant Reinhardt cosplay outfit, screaming Reinhardt quotes into a megaphone. It’s awesome. The cosplay is by Thomas DePetrillo of Extreme Costumes, while the video was shot by Mineralblu at the New York Comic Con…