Luke Plunkett

Open-World Sonic The Hedgehog Game Being Made By Fans

Sonic Utopia is a fan-made game being made by a small team who want to“expand on Sonic gameplay in an intuitive way in 3D”, while at the same time “capture the best of Sonic’s style and tie it together in a cohesive experience”. The animation and art look cool! They also show off the fundamental…

It’s Time To Kick Ass And Cosplay As Duke Nukem

Here’s Leobane Cosplay chanelling both Duke Nukem and, perhaps, a touch of Johnny Bravo as well. Photo by Benoit Rugraff

Imagining The Nintendo Switch In Different Colors [Update: And Themes]

The Nintendo Switch shown in the console’s debut trailer is grey. This being Nintendo, though, you can be sure that other shades and variations will be coming. TheGrumpyCat decided to get out ahead of Nintendo’s marketing and mock up a range of Switches. White ones, red ones, there are even Famicom and NES variants, throwback…

Sean Bean Is Magnificent In Civilization VI

Sean Bean is not the star of Civilization VI. But he is easily one of the highlights. The role of Civilization tech narrator, despite sounding boring as hell, is actually a pretty famous one! Leonard Nimoy, for example, was incredible in the job, turning a dull series of quotes into a real treat every time…

Retailer Tries Charging People To Demo PlayStation VR

Some GAME stores in the UK are charging people to try the new PlayStation VR headset. Not to buy it. Just to try it. £15 is just over USD$18 in this post-Brexit world. The fact they’re charging at all is nuts, but charging that much is insane. While some stores, like the one above, are…

So, Civilization VI Is Out

That’s one hell of an intro for a turn-based strategy game you’ve got there, Civilization VI After six years—six years!!—we’ve finally got our hands on a brand new Civilization game. I only started playing the final release today, though, so if you’re expecting a full review of the game in the next few days, sorry,…

Here’s Some Badass Cosplay From France

Shenzi is a cosplayer from France who specialises in the kind of characters who will put on some space armour (or at least some fictional armour) then go shoot the place up. Her Witcher and Mass Effect cosplay is fantastic, but that 40K stuff is from another dimension. Also, a round of applause for any…

Guy Plays Overwatch Using Bow As Controller

Rudeism likes to play video games with weird controllers. So yeah, here he is playing Overwatch—as Hanzo—using a nerf bow. He’s done something similar recently, playing as D.Va using joysticks and as Winston using bananas, but there’s something about that pissy little bow that’s more entertaining. It just…fits playing as fucking Hanzo In case you…

Where Is Cyberpunk’s Sun?

Calle Granström is a VFX artist from Sweden who has worked on games (or trailers for games) like Battlefield 4, God of War: Ascension, Unravel and Battlerite You can see more of Granström’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…

Track: Sark | Artist: Occam’s Laser | Album: The Grid Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Nintendo Will Debut The NX Tomorrow Morning

Tomorrow morning (October 20) at 7amPT/10amET, Nintendo will release the first trailer for the NX, its next console. Exciting times! We’ve heard reports that the NX is a small, portable console with detachable controllers, which you can either use on the road or plugged into a TV via a dock. Guess we don’t have long…

Oriental Empires Is 3000 Years Of Chinese Warfare

Oriental Empires is still in Early Access, but from what I’ve played so far of the ambitious 4X strategy game—which blends elements of the Total War and Civilization series—I see a lot of promise. The influence of the former is clear not only from screenshots, but from playing the game. It just feels like a…

Troy Baker Is Not In Persona 5

Troy Baker does voice work for almost every video game released on every platform made by every company. He was even in Persona 4. He will not, however, be in the English-language version of Persona 5 Instead, these folks will be handling dub duties: Xander Mobus: Protagonist Cassandra Morris: Morgana Max Mittelman: Ryuji Sakamoto Erika…

The Best Australians In Video Games

Here’s the thing about most Australian characters in video games: their stereotypical depiction would be almost offensive, if Australians ever gave enough of a shit to be offended in the first place. Most big games are still made in the US, and in America a particular stereotype of Australia exists that has lingered since the…

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Titanfall’s Mechs Still Look Great

Tu Bui is an artist at Respawn, where he’s worked on both Titanfall games. We’ve featured some of his work beforein larger galleries for the series, but today’s a good day to run some of his stuff on its own. You can see more of Bui’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images…

The Queen Of Destiny Cosplay

Russian cosplayer Songbird pretty much is Mara Sov, Queen of Destiny’s Awoken. That Ghost is a nice touch.

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Stardock is rebooting Star Control. Here’s hoping this turns out OK, because I remember II being cool as hell.