Luke Plunkett

Dying Retailer Somehow Selling “New” PlayStation 1 Relics

Dick Smith, formerly a major electronics retailer in Australia, recently decided to close every single one of its bricks-and-mortar stores. They’re selling off everything in their warehouses that can be sold, and I mean everything Up to and including these tattered, dog-eared, old-ass PS1 link cables, whose presence on a retail shelf in 2016 is…

My, Ico, How You’ve Grown

There is no Ico 2, nor will there ever be. Oscar Römer’s take on what he’d look like all grown up, though, kinda makes me wish there was. Even if it took *checks Last Guardian development calendar* 117 years to make the thing. Römer is a freelance artist based in Germany, who has worked for…

No, thank you, Animal Crossing Today marks the 15th anniversary of the original Animal Crossing’s release on the N64 in Japan. To celebrate, Nintendo put together this cute retrospective video.

Cities: Skyline City Destroyed By A Tidal Wave Of Shit

This was once a bustling Cities: Skylines metropolis of 200,000 people. Now everyone is dead. As you’ll see below, flawless128 built a giant sewage mountain/pool, filled it with poop water then unleashed it upon the city. The resulting sewnami is a thing of devastation, yes, but also beauty. (via PC Gamer)

Japan’s New Godzilla Movie Looks Awesome

For the first time in over a decade, there’s a new Godzilla movie coming from Japan’s Toho Studios. This one’s being directed by none other than Neon Genesis’ Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. There was a short trailer released for Godzilla Resurgence last year, but this is our first proper look at the movie, and…

Two Oculus-Exclusive Titles Can Now Run On The Vive

Any game you play on the HTC Vive will work with the Oculus Rift. But the Rift has some games that are supposed to only run on Facebook’s VR headset. Or, should I say, had Revive, currently in alpha, is “a proof-of-concept compatibility layer between the Oculus SDK and OpenVR”. It basically means that, in…

Kobe Bryant’s 20-Year Career, In Video Games

His first video game appearance was so long ago it was on the SNES

Metal Gear Figure Is A Hopeless Plastic Loser

If you’re going to make an action figure based on knife/porn fodder like Metal Gear soldiers, you need to get the tone right. And Figma definitely have the tone right here. While he looks menacing enough initially… When you start breaking out his accessories… Things start getting very Metal Gear… It’ll be out this summer.…

Unknown Neo Geo Game Discovered (And Now Playable)

Last month, NeoTurfMastabought an old Neo Geo test board for $750. After messing around with it for a while, he made one hell of a discovery: lurking inside was a prototype version of an unknown, unreleased Neo Geo fighting game. It’s far from complete—there’s no UI or sound, and not all the character art is…

Reader Donovan was one of two students who put together this great documentary called The Dark Side: A Tale of Black Cosplay

Oh Man, This Overwatch Cosplay

Meet Korean coplay star Tasha, who as you’re about to see is straight up killing it as Overwatch’s Tracer We’ve featured her work many times on Kotaku previously, and with good reason: she’s one of the world’s best, and this Tracer is no exception. In keeping with the fact that this entire character’s personality and…

This Is Windows Solitaire In 2016

Welcome to tonight’s instalment of “Game Ads For Dads”. Actually, Granddads might be closer to the mark here. Good on Microsoft for trying to explain all this shit in a uniquely (for video games) clear and concise way, but the fact this promo takes two minutes to explain what’s going on—or needs explaining at all—is…

Some Art From The Now-Canceled Fable: Legends

Fable: Legends might be dead, but that’s no reason to let a bunch of art from the game’s production go to waste. Here’s a collection of stuff from artist Billy Wimblett, who worked for a few years on stuff like environments, assets, and creatures. You can see more art from the game here, in a…

Seattle’s Cosplay Game Is Strong

Last month, the Emerald City Comic Con took place in Seattle, and as you’d expect, there was some very good cosplay on show. Photographer The Will Box was there taking snaps of some of the best of it, and you can see his shots below. Note that while I’ve got cosplayer information for some of…

Look At This Box Art

It’s for the Super Famicom-themed 3DS that Japan is getting. As if the handheld itself wasn’t beautiful enough, now this? This should be on a gallery wall, not a retail shelf. For reference, like the 3DS itself, the box is a homage to the Super Famicom’s packaging: (via Tiny Cartridge)

And Now For A Studio Ghibli Dance Routine

This is the Flash Step Dance Crew, performing a killer Studio Ghibli homage at Anime Boston last month.

Players Report The Division Is Wiping Characters On Xbox One [Update]

There are multiple reports popping up this evening that the latest patch for Ubisoft’s The Division has, for an unlucky few on Xbox One, resulted in the demise of their character. All the reports are similar; some players on Xbox One (PS4 and PC seem unaffected) log into the game following the update only to…

I Understand This Reference

Captain America, by Mike Dee. Photos by Gamilia

Halo ODST Cosplay Is Born To Kill

Dutch Props is a prop builder and cosplayer from (wait for it) the Netherlands. He’s also a member of the Stony Cosplay group, who specialise in Halo cosplay gear, and whose stuff is so good they’ve worked directly with Microsoft on ads and videos. This is his ODST cosplay gear. Love the cigarette packet, nice…

Custom Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Amiibo Are Terrific

Nintendo have released a lot of Amiibo by now, but they’ll never make everyone happy with their character selections. Which is why there’ll always be room for custom builders like GandaKris. We featured her Detective Pikachu a while back, but some of her latest work is so good that it’s worth looking at her whole…