Luke Plunkett

1992 Video Game, Still Being Worked On, Hits Steam This Week

Development on survival game UnReal World began in 1992. 1992. And now, in February 2016, it’s coming to Steam. Better late than never! The game, which began life as a shareware ASCII roguelike with a fantasy slant, has evolved through its years (well, decades) of constant development, jumping from DOS to Windows and going from…

Shadow Of The Colossal Robot

Kait Kybar is an Estonian artist based in Sweden who works at Starbreeze. We actually featured a piece of Kait’s back in 2014, as part of the Into The Pixel showcase (when he worked on Killzone: Shadow Fall), so it’s about time we gave him his own feature. You can see more of Kait’s work…

Xbox Live Is Down

We’ve been getting emails and tweets all week about this, in increasing volume, but this evening Xbox Live seems to have finally dropped out for pretty much everyone trying to access the paid service. This went out four hours ago (from time of posting): And this went out two hours ago (at time of posting):…

Konami, This Is Sad DLC

PES 2016,last year’s best football game, is getting an update to help tie in with this Summer’s big international tournament, Euro 2016. It is one of the saddest pieces of sports DLC I have ever seen. Before we get into the details, you should know the Euro 2016 update is free. So there’s really nothing…

Venture Bros. Cosplay Is Too Real

Sometimes, you see a group cosplay effort that looks like it took a lot of design and planning, and looks pretty good for a bunch of humans in costume. Other times, like here, you see a group cosplay effort that looks like three characters walked straight off a TV set and into the real world.…

The Best Cosplay From MAGFest 2016

The 2016 edition of MAGFest, a big music games festival, went down in DC over the weekend, and there was a ton of cool cosplay on show. Photographer Devon Rowland was there, and she took these shots of the cosplayers in attendance. You can see more of Devon’s cosplay photography here If you recognise (or…

The Many, Many Faces Of Nathan Fillion

Brad Shortt is a Senior Character Artist at 343 Industries, the (current) developers of the Halo series. For Halo 5, Brad got to play around with Nathan Fillion’s (slightly improved) video game face. A lot And everyone else’s face too, mind. But they’re not quite as interesting as seeing the Firefly star look like he’s…

Track: Dust | Artist: Glitterbug | Album: Dust Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Dad Hacks Zelda So Link Can Be Anyone, Not Just A Boy

Reader Tony has a young daughter who, fingers crossed, will soon grow up to play the classics. And when she moves onto The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, he’s got a little surprise waiting for her. Aware that as a young boy he got to play through his favourite Zelda games as…a…

Chewbacca, Screaming Like A Girl

Amazing the difference a single edit can make to a scene. The vid’s creator, Tal Prints, has more of this kind of stuffif it’s your thing:

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No Lawyer Could Stop This Standing Ovation For Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima was fucked over at last year’s Video Game Awards, reportedly prevented from getting up on stage as his Metal Gear Solid V won awards. Last night at the DICE awards, a free man with a new studio, nothing was going to stop him getting his dues. This is Kojima’s reception having got up…

By the sounds of it, the real winner of tonight’s DICE Awards is the silverware, which just will not shut up.

Space Pilot Unable To Pack His Own Lunch

Franklin Chan is an artist based in Hong Kong who has done freelance work in the video game business. You can see more of Chan’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 can save them as wallpaper), click…

Mod Restores Butt-Slapping, Crotch Shot To Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V is having some major problems right now, but a minor one in the eyes of some fans has been (unofficially) put right thanks to a mod. In Street Fighter V’s beta, the character R. Mika had a cheeky little butt slap. Later, for the final release, that butt slap was removed Now,…

Context: Street Fighter V is a bit of a mess at the moment

Panzer Corps, one of the best strategy games on the planet, has a big new expansion out that covers pretty much the entire Eastern Front. There are 25 missions in a branching campaign and 60 new units (and you can get it as a standalone purchase on Steam if you don’t have Panzer Corps).

12 Months Later, How’s Cities: Skylines Going?

This time last year,I reviewed Cities: Skylines. I played it, I loved it, I tried some early mods and then I moved onto other games, never to return. Now, with a big expansion out today, I’ve decided to head back to Corpsetown and see how everything has been shaping up in my absence. Given the…

The Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2016

We’ve already posted a few highlights from Katsucon 2016, but photographers Jason Laboy, Mineralbluand Beat Down Boogie were there the whole time. So here’s a real good look at some of the best cosplayers in attendance at one of America’s biggest cosplay cons. First, Beat Down Boogie’s video! Note that in the middle there’s another…

Cutting Open The Vehicles From Star Wars: The Force Awakens

My review of this book: oh boy oh boy oh boy Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross-Sections is a newish book by DK, the latest in a very long-running series of books the publisher has released in which big/cool vehicles are sliced open for the immense pleasure of kids (and adults) who have a…