Luke Plunkett

After Nine Years Of Work, Fans Release Their Own Pokémon  Game

Pokémon Uranium, one of the more interesting attempts by fans to build an all-new Pokémon game, is finally finished! We wrote about it a few years back, not just because of the length of time it’s taken the team to put it together, but for how ambitious the whole project is. It has a tropical…

A Very Pokémon Way To Charge Your Phone Battery

Spencer Kern, a man so handy we’ve featured his work before, has seen people’s Pokémon Go battery woes and decided to do something about it. Using a combination of woodwork, 3D printing and some electronics, he’s built this very lovely Pokécenter-themed charging station. The Pokécenter shell is hiding a solar generator, which stores enough juice…

Tracer vs Widowmaker

Jannet “Incosplay” Vinogradova and Ardsami know what the kids like in their Overwatch fiction. It’s butts. They like butts. We’ve seen Vinogradova’s Widowmaker before; it’s one of the very best pieces of Overwatch cosplay on the planet. Here’s a new shot of it:

This is Orwell, an upcoming PC game that puts you in the shoes of Big Brother, spying on your unsuspecting populace. For their own good, of course.

Track: Our Hearts Of Ruin | Artist: Blue Sky Black Death | Album: Noir Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

When Star Wars Cosplay Is Better Than The Movie

While he’s one of the more impressive creature costumes in The Force Awakens, Grummgar spends his entire on-screen time sitting on the couch. Unlike this cosplay, which can get up and move around and do space mercenary stuff wherever the hell it wants. Of course, this kind of quality is no surprise: it’s by Julian…

Such never dying. Wow. UPDATE:

Now This Is A Good Transformers Movie

When I opened an email about a “Transformers cosplay fan film”, I feared the worst. A CG-filled compilation of cringe, with bad Stan Bush covers. Nope. Turned out it was the opposite. GENERATION 1 is the perfect celebration of a corny cartoon, it’s giant heads and emphatic gestures nailing the goofy tone of the original…

When I reviewed Cities: Skylines, I called it “a city-builder’s dream”. Remember, though, that you’re not limited to building just cities, as this relaxing timelapse video of a golf course being built shows.

Do you miss The Settlers? Northgard looks to be scratching a very similar itch. It’s coming to PC later this year

Pirates Claim To Have Cracked Denuvo

Well, guess all that worrying was for nothing. Despite fears from the scene that Denuvo’s famous “anti-tamper measures” were making it impossible to illegally share video games, it’s emerged over the weekend that one of the industry’s most stalwart defences against piracy has reportedly been cracked. First, as TorrentFreak report, it was bypassed by a…

The Dumb Shit Kotaku Doesn’t Post Anymore

I’ve been working at Kotaku for *checks watch* nearly ten years now. In that time I’ve seen a lot of things change, and most of them have been for the better. While we occasionally go public with editorial decisions, for most of that ten years we’ve evolved quietly and confidently behind the scenes, growing as…

Not All Heroes Wear Capes. This One Does, Though.

InHyuk Lee is a freelance artist from South Korea. You can see more of Lee’s work at his Instagram, Facebookand ArtStationpages. 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…

Custom Model Kits Bring Classic Games To Life

16 bit Models was an exhibition held in Akihabara over the weekend. It brought model makers together to pay homage to some of the great games from the 16-bit era (and beyond), and included everything from Street Fighter II to Crazy Taxi to Outrun A ton of great photos were taken of the event’s highlights…

“Kawaii, Kawaii, Kawaii”

Photographer Felix Wong took this shot of Dunkmasterx and SOL XXV – CW at Otakuthon on the weekend. Nice legs, guys.

Track: On The Painted Desert (DJ Krush Remix) | Artist: Boom Boom Satellites | Album: On The Painted Desert – Rampant Colors Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Polynomial, a music shooter from 2010 that I loved, has a sequel on the way. It’s currently in Early Access on Steam The cool thing about these games is that the “fractal nebulae” that you fly past move with your own music, so you can in effect change the way the game looks by…

Dwarf Fortress is ten years old today. Happy birthday! To celebrate, here’s a list of the best patch notes, like “Fixed bug with mules shitting luggage”.

Superhot, a very good video game, is being turned into a card game. If you think about it, that totally works.

Cosplayer Arrested For Bringing Fake Gun On Train

Cosplayer William “Billy” Morris was on his way to a cosplay shoot in NYC on Saturday when, planning to cosplay at the event, he hopped onto a train. He probably shouldn’t have taken his fake rifle with him. Dressed as Suicide Squad’s Col. Rick Flag, Morris had the very real-looking modified air rifle (pictured above)…