Luke Plunkett

WipeOut Was One Of The Coolest Games Ever Made

It’s almost impossible to understate the impact WipeOut had on the maturation of video games

Pokémon Go Players Find Another Dead Body

Last week, a Pokémon Go player found a dead body in Wyoming. Today, the same thing has happened in New Hampshire. 7 News in Boston reportsthat the body was found floating in a brook at Rotary Park in Nashua earlier today. A Pokémon Go player had made the discovery while wandering the area catching pocket…

Nintendo Is Trying To Take Down “Pirated” Copies Of Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go’s staggered global release has meant that a lot of Android users have resorted to installing the game via APK file rather than wait for their local Google Play Store. Nintendo would rather you don’t do that. Despite the game being free to download, and all copies connecting to the same in-game store regardless…

Star Citizen Backer Gets $2550 Refund

A backer of the infamously expansive space shooter Star Citizen has argued for, and won, a sizeable refund on his $2550 pledge to the game on the grounds that “the product remains unfulfilled and no longer constitutes the product(s) I originally purchased.” The correspondence—originally shared on the Something Awful forums—shows a lengthy conversation over email…

Up 2: Martian Boogaloo

Erik van Helvoirt is a concept artist at Guerilla Games, the developers of the Killzone series and the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn. You can see more of Erik’s art at his ArtStation site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click…

Oh, did somebody find a Squirtle?

Ditching the Deadpool outfit, D Piddy went to Anime Expo 2016 in a giant Snorlax suit. Mostly for cuddles.

Cosplay Turns Man Into Monsters

I am both captivated and horrified at the same time. This Garthim (Dark Crystal) is by Ryan Wells, who specialises in creature cosplay. Look closely and you’ll see his legs in those brown trousers underneath all the tentacles. Look too closely and you’ll want to cook him up with some rice. Here’s a clearer look:…

Track: Horses | Artist: Big Business | Album: Command Your Weather Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Cops Called, Eggs Thrown At Hundreds Of Pokémon Go Players In Sydney

Remember how cool Australia was when Pokémon Go launched? What’s been happening in the Sydney suburb of Rhodes this week has been a little less pleasant. Some background: Rhodes is a suburb with a ton of high-density apartments, all clustered around the waterfront and a big IKEA/shopping mall. When Pokémon Go was released last week,…

Anarcute Is A (Very Cute) Game About Rioting

New Steam release Anarcute is a game about smashing up cities and putting the boot into a dystopian future security force. It is Katamari Damacy vs Jet Set Radio, only with violence, and it’s one of the nicest surprises I’ve played this year. The game is about controlling an ever-growing swarm of rioters, who are…

Dreaming Of A Seinfeld Adventure Game

Artist Jacob Janerka, who is working on the 2D adventure game Paradigm, has also been working on something else: mock-ups of a 2D Seinfeld adventure game. Via Attract Mode, this isn’t something you can play, or likely ever will (unlike Han Solo Adventures, which is still being made). Just something we can look at, and…

DurMan667 did this “quick mock-up” of an idea for a new battery saver mode for Pokémon Go. Rough edges aside I would use something like this 100% of the time.

Track: Test Pattern | Artist: Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt | Album: Accord/Dance Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Go Easy On The Pokémon Go, Texas A&M

The Texas A&M University Police Department has a Twitter feed which dumps little reports on every incident they’ve attended. It will not surprise you to learn that Pokémon Go has been keeping them busy this week. That last one sounds like it could have actually been a little dangerous! Kids, that warning screen when you…

Heck Yeah We’re Gonna Stab That Giant Weed

Kamil Murzyn is an artist at Platige Image, a creative studio that has worked on games like Prey, Watch Dogs 2 and the new Hitman You can see more of Kamil’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

Anime Expo’s Cosplay Was Fantastic

Los Angeles’ Anime Expo is one of the biggest cons on the calendar, with this year’s show drawing over 100,000 guests. So, yes, there was some very good cosplay there. Photographer Mineralbluwas there taking shots, and below you’ll find some of his best, including a video that shows most of these in action. You can…

Report: Hollywood Scrambling To Make Live-Action Pokémon Movie

Deadline is reporting that, in the wake of Pokémon Go’s instant and massive success, “all Hollywood has renewed the chase for a deal to turn Pokémon into a feature film.” Seems that attempts to make a live-action Pokémon movie have been humming in the background for a while now, but these have now gone into…

Scythe: The Kotaku Review

It’s not every day you get to rampage through the 1920s countryside in control of a fleet of giant mechs. Scythe is a new board game from Stonemaier Games. If the art up top (which is on the front of the game’s box) looks familiar, that’s because the entire game is based on a universe…

Dead Century Is A Very Good-Looking Video Game

A few years back, I wrote about a game called Dead Century, which looked very cool. The bad news: its Kickstarter failed. The good news: it got made anyway, and is now looking even better. Dead Century is an RPG/adventure game in the vein of Telltale’s various series, and it’s out now on iOS (with…