Luke Plunkett

Welcome To The Dorky Future Of VR Arcade Games

Hey, remember that cool zombie VR warehouse we told you about that Sega Japan was going to open? Where players could walk around with guns strapped to their backs and blast zombies? It’s open. And it’s…well, see for yourself. Here’s how it was sold! Up top, though, you can see the hesitant, dorky reality. Here’s…

The Black Death, Now In A Video Game

The Black Death, an outbreak of the bubonic plague which swept through Europe in the 14th century (killing anywhere from 30-60% of its population!), does not seem a good setting for a video game. Oh, unless it’s Crusader Kings II we’re talking about. Which, hey, we are. The medieval murder/sex/papacy simulation is about to add…

Man Arrested For Sending Death Threats To Blizzard

A Sacramento man has been arrested and charged with sending multiple death threats to Blizzard Entertainment, the developers of World of Warcraft and Overwatch Stephen Cebula, 28, is accused of sending messages “over the internet” on July 2 & 3 saying he “may or may not pay [Blizzard] a visit with an AK47 amongst some…

Look At This Transformers Figure

3A toys—most recently flooring us with their Destiny efforts—have also managed to pick up the rights to make some Transformers figures. And oh boy There’ll be a whole series of them, each based on original G1 character designs. For TFG1, Ashley Wood and the development team at ThreeA have gone back to the original 1980s…

The Fate Of Atlantis Sequel We Never Got To Play

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis isn’tjust one of the greatest video games ever made, it’s also for many fans a baked-in part of the Indy franchise, a better fourth movie than the actual fourth movie. So it’s both fascinating and sad to read about the game’s sequel, which was never released. Indiana Jones…

TK-421, Why Are You Posting Stupid Cat Videos?

Thelast time we featured Grafit Studio on Fine Art, I said “you may not have heard of many of the game’s they’ve worked on”. How time changes things. In the five years since they’ve worked with companies like Capcom, Square Enix, Guerilla Games, Ubisoft, Microsoft, CD Projekt and Paradox. You can see more of Grafit’s…

100% of tonight’s WNF Street Fighter V prize pool is being donated to the funding campaigns for two members of the FGC who were involved in a traffic accident on the way to EVO 2016. Bobby “Lil’ Loco” Garcia sadly passed away at the scene of the accident, while Jordan “Vienna Hotdog” Bryan remains in…

The Fungus Among Us

Been a while since we had some good Last of Us cosplay here, so let’s fix that with this terrifying clicker outfit by jaydubtog I like how the single eye hole is both practical and scary as fuck

Cosplaying Overwatch play of the game animations? This is new. That’s Qpaxas Mei. David Gibson, meanwhile, was an animator on the game, whose Overwatch work we’ve featured on Fine Art

Pokémon Live-Action Movie Greenlit

Will it ever actually get made and hit the big screen? Who knows. But a deal has at least been made, with Legendary Pictures and Nintendo agreeing to make a live-action Pokémon movie. Variety reportsthat the movie is scheduled to begin production in late 2017. Now, get this: the movie isn’t a straight Pokémon flick.…

BLOOD. GUNS. CHAINSAWS. RAP. This is the most Xbox Xbox commercial I’ve ever seen. Best part? The quick censorship job at 0:23 that turns “fuckin’ brutal” into what sounds like “throodal roodal” (EDIT: Ah, I’ve been told that’s the radio edit, which I’d never heard!)

Embrace Tranquility. And Also This Overwatch Cosplay.

Shellshocked’s choice of Overwatch cosplay needed a little more work than most other characters, but it was all very much worth it. We actually featured this costume in our “Best of” roundup, but I figured it was worth its own showcase here given how impressive it is (and the chance to show some more shots…

The Video Game Inspiration Behind Stranger Things

Netflix’s surprise hit of 2016, the awesome Stranger Things, is packed with tips of the hat towards 80s music, movies and TV. But in designing the look of the show, its creators also had something a bit more gamey in mind: Silent Hill SPOILERS AHEAD In a series of interviews over the past week, Matt…

A Weapon For Every Look

Emanuele Arnaldi is a freelance artist from Italy. You can see more of Arnaldi’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 professional…

It’s Called A Hustle, Sweetheart

More Zootopia cosplay! Nick Wilde is Jannet “Incosplay” Vinogradova, Judy Hopps is Angela Bermudez. Photos by Andrés Herrera.

Harley Quinn cosplay by Shermie-Cosplay. Photo by Chibi Lilie Photography

Track: Dopethrone | Artist: Electric Wizard | Album: Dopethrone Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Chime Sharp, the sequel to one of my favourite old XBLA games, is now out on Steam. It’s got music by Kavinsky and Chvrches, and is rather good if you’re into games like Lumines

Extreme Skier Killed In Avalanche While Filming For Ubisoft Game

Pro skier Matilda Rapaport has been killed in Chile while shooting footage for Ubisoft’s upcoming sports game Steep The news was announced through her sponsors Red Bull, who told The Guardian “Matilda was an extraordinary athlete, traveling the world to find her passion, ride steep terrain and share her bright smile.” The 30 year-old Swede…

What goes into a game’s font? A lot, as this blog post from Kongregate’s Doug Stewart shows