Luke Plunkett

“Its super effective!”, by Guerrilla Games artist Luc de Haan.

XCOM, Your Ice Cream Looks Delicious

We’re returning to the art of XCOM 2 today for a third time, because artist Dongmin Shin has shared some of his cute-as-hell poster art that adorns the walls of the game’s world. As shown off on the game’s blog, these cute little designs of the game’s bad guys were originally intended as posters for…

Yes, More Dark Souls Cosplay, Please

Ah, just as I was saying there isn’t enough Dark Souls cosplay, along comes some more very good Dark Souls cosplay. This impressive Artorias outfit is by Fort Nox Props

Not Now, Dandelion

It’s good that this is a quality Witcher 3 outfit. It’s great that the guy is 100% in character for it. Cosplay by Aleksandr Gerutskiy, photos by Alexander Bootsman.

Some Of The Best PC Games Ever Made Hit Steam Today

There wasn’t much fanfare made about the move, but a collection of classic Sierra games turned up on Steam today, including the very best of them Standouts include the Quest for Glory and Police Quest collections, while two of the underrated Caesar games also make an appearance. Here’s the list in full: Police Quest™ Collection…

Madden 17 Is Pretty Good! 

I’ve been playing Madden 17 this week, and against all the odds, I have been having a good time. You can thank a single new game mode for that. Madden, like every other sports game series on the planet, is obsessed with selling you on its bullet point features. It has to be, really; shipping…

Dig Through The Archives Of A Closed Developer

Infocom, founded in 1979, were one of the great studios of the early days of PC gaming, responsible for classics like the Zork series. They may be long gone (Infocom were shut down in 1989), but their history lives on in this incredible collection of old documents This piece originally appeared 11/23/15. Uploaded to Archive.org…

Hearts, Moons & Mice

Svetlana Tigai is a CG artist and illustrator from Kyrgyzstan. You can see more of Tiagi’s work at her Deviantart page, Patreonand 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…

Making Friends In GTA V Is Hard

Poor Limmy. All he wanted to do was make a friend. Someone who would look out at the sea together with him. Limmy is wonderful

The Art Of The Witcher 3

Now this is a treat. The Witcher 3 has easily been my favourite game of 2015 [Update: and now 2016 as well], so it’s a pleasure to showcase a big collection of artwork that went into the game’s development and promotion. This post originally appeared in August 2015. It has been updated to include art…

Only Bob Ross Can Soothe Fallout 4’s Savage Wastelands

UpIsNotJumptook Fallout 4, made his own custom animation and dubbed a Bob Ross episode over the top. It is making me reconsider how desolate and depressing that game was.

Warhammer 40K Gets The (Short) Movie It Deserves

Erasmus Brosdau, an art director at Crysis developers Crytek, has been working on a Warhammer 40K short film (in his spare time!) for the past six years. It’s now done, kind of, and it’s been well and truly worth the wait. Positioned as a prologue for a wider story, this 9-minute video may not have…

Keep That Spice Flowing

Simon Goinard is an artist who has worked for companies like Ubisoft, Sony and Disney. You can see more of Simon’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 work of…

The PC’s Best Piracy Control Is Wavering

Denuvo, an advanced form of anti-piracy tech, withstood cracks for years. But 2016 may well be seen as the year it finally succumbed its opponent’s advances in an age-old arms race. It was big enough news that Rise of the Tomb Raider, which used Denuvo and had been thought uncrackable for a time, was pirated…

Aven Colony is a city-building game set in space, as you land on an alien planet and have to start a settlement from scratch. It’ll be out on PC…sometime in the future.

Everyone is cosplaying as D.Va. Everyone. If you want in on the action, here’s how to make your own gun, courtesy of Kamui

Planet Coaster, aka Rollercoaster Tycoon for the modern day, looks very promising. It’s out on PC on November 17.

The Nintendo Console From The 80s Made For Recording Gameplay Footage

These days, if you want to record direct video footage of a video game, all you need to do is press a button. But back in the 1980s, this was a complex and expensive process! This piece originally appeared 10/28/15. Magazines and video producers often needed custom, elaborate equipment to get images of games, which…