Luke Plunkett

Happy 10th Birthday, Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006

On April 20, 2006, artist Paul Robertson released a video. It was like nothing any of us had ever seen before. Inspired by the frantic energy of retro video games, the clip’s style was…well, I dunno, like someone injected an old SNK game with anime and then took a load of acid. If you’ve never…

Disney Theme Park Designer Imagines A Totoro Ride

Despite Disney and Ghibli being close, this isn’t an official thing. But it’s not strictly a “fan” pipe dream, either. John Ramirez (whose art we showed off this morning) is an artist at Disney, where he hasn’t just worked on movies like The Lion King and Aladdin, but as a theme park designer as well.…

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, along comes a game blending “match 3″, RPG and turn-based strategy. It’s called Ticket To Earth, and it’ll be out later this year.

Some A+ Metroid Cosplay

I’ve seen some good Samus cosplay in my time, but rarely have I ever seen someone actually nail the scale and dimensions of her power suit like Elearia has here. Those shoulders! The ribbing underneath! The light-up visor! Bravo.

Track: Nobody Speak | Artist: DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels | Album: The Mountain Will Fall Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Still Dreaming Of An Ocarina Of Time Remake

Look, it’s fine to remake Zelda games for the 3DS, but in 2016 when people hear the word “remake”, they want a remake. So the next time we get an Ocarina of Time re-release from Nintendo, hopefully it looks something like this. We’ve seen plenty of CryZENx’s Unreal Engine work here on Kotaku before, and…

Never Change, Guile

When you’ve gotta write parking tickets at 12 but be Maverick’s wingman any time at 3. Guile is April’s DLC character for Street Fighter V

And Now For Something A Little Different

Philip Harris-Genois is an artist at Framestore, a visual effects studio that has worked on movies like Edge of Tomorrow and The Martian, and whose next project is Marvel’s Doctor Strange You can see more of Philip’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or,…

The Banner Saga 2: The Kotaku Review

I played a lot of the first Banner Saga, and while I liked it, it never really hooked me. The Banner Saga 2, however, has got its hooks in deep The Banner Saga, for those who I’ve already lost, is a turn-based tactics game (released in 2014) set in a fantasy land where men and…

More Details Emerge On PS4.5, Which Reportedly Won’t Get Its Own Games

Last month, we told you that Sony was working on a new, improved model of the PS4, what was basically a PS4.5. Now Giant Bomb is reporting some further details on this new console, and it all sounds…a bit weird. Their reportsays Sony is referring to the upgraded hardware as NEO (something we’ve also heard),…

Rick Boer as Solid Snake.

RIP GameFront, 1999-2016

GameFront, the long-serving portal for mod and patch downloads which has existed in one form or another since 1999, will close down on April 30. Founded as FileLeech, and once also a major destination for demo downloads, the closure was announced in a post on the site yesterday. GameFront was bought a few years back…

Track: Doctor Death | Artist: Church of Misery | Album: And Then There Were None Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Perils Of A Comic Book “Tit Window”

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger has been one of the studio’s more successful comic book series over the decades. But that shouldn’t stop us laughing at Dagger’s “big old slice of tit window pie”. These comics are by the always-wonderful Kate Beaton, and if you’re the type for whom a tiny cartoon nipple risks endangering your…

Big Shoulders, Steady Hands

Jonathan Fletcher is an artist at Splash Damage, the team behind Brink and Dirty Bomb You can see more of Fletcher’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left…

Cosplay Brings The Witcher 3’s Yennefer To Life

We’ve seen some quality Witcher 3 cosplay over the past year or so, but as good as it’s been, Maria “Hannuki” Hanna’s Yennefer is up there with the very best of it. You can see more of Maria’s cosplay work at her personal site and Facebook page

This is cool: Senpai Studio took a camera to Shutocon and, instead of taking tons of slow-mo footage and setting it to corny dance music, did some proper interviews! This one’s with Starry Ary

Fantastic Force Awakens, Journey Cosplay Needed An Actual Desert

Cosplayer Angela Bermúdez and photographer Essam Elbably wanted to take some desert-themed cosplay shots from both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and PS3 game Journey. So…they headed out into the Egyptian desert, complete with massive sand dunes, and did just that. You can see more of Essam’s photography at his Facebook page, and more of…

You Can Now Play Counter-Strike 1.6 On Android Phones

This is Counter-Strike 1.6 running just fine on a mobile telephone. Servers and everything. Is it the ideal way to play the game? No. But it’s a lot more practical than folks trying to get Doom running on calculators and ATMs. The touch controls look like a pain, but this being Android, it’s not going…

What A Retro Street Fighter V Would Look Like

Street Fighter V’s visuals are fine, but Street Fighter III’s? Those were perfect. So yes, let’s all take a look at the cast of Street Fighter V, redrawn as characters in Street Fighter III They’re the work of RieyTails (via Eventhubs), and while many of these are older characters, these sprites are still based off…