Luke Plunkett

The Art Of An MMO That Was Cancelled After NINE YEARS Of Development

Erling Sævarsson is a freelance artist with over 15 years experience across games, advertising and film. He most recently spent six years working at CCP, on the ill-fated World of Darkness MMO, a game we will never get to play, but whose art we can at least appreciate. You can see more of Erling’s work…

Another Stupid Australian Retailer Has Pulled GTA V

Following customer complaints, a second major Australian retailer – K-Mart – has pulled Grand Theft Auto V off shelves. This despite the game receiving an R18+ certification in Australia, meaning it could only legally be sold to adults “Following a significant review of all content in Grand Theft Auto Games Kmart has taken the decision…

Fancy Dreamcasts & Controllers Belong In A Museum

The Dreamcast has four controller ports. I can think of no more perfect use for them than these four custom controllers. Painted by Oskunk, they sit alongside a custom Dreamcast console, which is nice enough, but man, I would walk over fire for that JetSet controller. And since it’s been a while since we posted…

Mario Kart Tribute Comes To The PC, Only It’s Kinda Bleak

Nintendo will never, ever release Mario Kart on the PC. But the company can’t stop fans making games that explore the series’ inherent weirdness, and call their game Mario Cars 2: 64. Made in a week by Chelsea Saunders, it takes a good, hard look at just what Mario Kart is: a bunch of Nintendo…

100 Year-Old Nintendo Souvenir Is An International Treasure

Erik Voskuil, who runs the excellent Before Mario, has a very special piece of Nintendo history in his personal collection. And no, it’s not badass Lego. It’s this promotional calendar, given out to advertise Nintendo’s card business. In 1915. And while the age itself is impressive, it’s the little touches reminding us of this bygone…

YouPorn Now Has An eSports Team

Spanish eSports team Play2Win, who play DOTA 2, League of Legends and Hearthstone, will no longer be known as Play2Win. Instead, they’ll be known as Team YP. Or, Team YouPorn. The online porn giant has been trying to get into the eSports business for a while now, but was having trouble with the fact its…

How A Company Can “Brand” A Video Game, From Concept Art To Its Name

BASIC is a design agency that does something pretty unique, at least in the world of video games: instead of just doing concept art, or making logos, or promotional art, they kinda do a combination of all of it, helping give a game – which might otherwise be a pitch and some mechanics – a…

Jack Sparrow Cosplay Bends Genders, Blows Minds

Alyson Tabbitha is one hell of a cosplayer. And yes, Alyson is a girl’s name. I know, Jack Sparrow is hardly the manliest man in pop culture, but still. This is one of the most convincing acts of crossplayI’ve ever seen. She’s been working on this outfit for around five years now, “touching up this…

Gorgeous New PC Game Still Looks Too Good To Be True

Black Desert Online, the Korean MMO that has the bestcharacter creation system of all time, is about to enter open beta. So we get a new trailer, taunting us with how this game looks. Excellent What I love about the clips this team are releasing are that they’re not even bothering with any kind of…

So, so disappointing.

There’s Already Amazing Star Wars: Episode VII Fan Art

Well, that didn’t take long. The 88-second teaserfor the next Star Wars movie only went live on Friday (and didn’t really show much!), but already we’ve got a number of very nice pieces of fan art not only celebrating what we saw, but guessing at what might come next. While it might have been the…

This Splinter Cell Movie Might Be Better Than The Real One

The Splinter Cell is a live-action short film, running at around nine minutes, and it’s been made entirely by fans. I emphasise that last bit because at times it’s tough remembering that, since this looks like it could have been a pilot for an actual TV series. Those are some nice cameras they’re using. Nice…

“Defective” Samus Figure Sells For A Ton On eBay

The Samus Amiibo that accidentallyshipped with two arm cannons instead of one wasn’t just an exercise in maximum firepower. It’s also proof that “defective” toys are often the most valuable. The figure went up for sale on eBay last week, and has now been sold for $2500. Yup. $2500. Which to some might sound bonkers,…

Try Playing Fallout As The Doctor

You don’t always have to wander the wastelands as a grizzled survivor of a post-apocalyptic hellscape. Sometimes you can play as a smartly-dressed, time-travelling British gentleman instead. First things first: this isn’t a mod. It’s a guideto role-playing Fallout: New Vegas as a character (and player) matching the Doctor, so aside from advice on picking…

Assassin’s Creed’s Paris vs Paris, 2014

Damien Hypolite, who by day works for Sciences et Avenir, is also a bit of an Assassin’s Creed fan. Seeing as the latest game is set in Paris, he figured he’d print out some screenshots, take them to the actual spots in the real world they’re based on, and see how they shape up. As…

Several Good Reasons To Walk To Work

Amin Faramarzian is an illustrator from Iran whose style looks like the best damn adventure game I’ve never played. You can see more of Amin’s work at his AstStationand Facebookpages. 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”…

All I Want For Christmas Is This Fire Emblem Action Figure

This Figma was first shown off over a yearago, but is only now getting ready to actually go on sale. It’s been worth the wait. Figuring we’re past the statue of limitations on spoilers (and really, it’s been long enough), this Figma piece is dropping the Marth charade and labelling itself a Lucina figure. She’ll…

World’s Biggest LAN Party Had Over 22,000 Computers, Looked Awesome

Over the weekend, Dreamhack Winter went down. Beginning in 1994 with a couple of Swedish dudes who rented out a school hall to play some video games, it’s now the world’s biggest LAN party, bringing over 25,000 PC gamers together in the one spot for some games, music, cosplayand sweating. Last year, the official numbers…

The Best Cosplay From The World’s Biggest LAN Party

Dreamhack Winter isn’t just for games. When you get over 25,000 gamers in the one place, there’s plenty of scope for other stuff. Like a killer cosplay competition. These photos were taken by Jennika Ojala and Gabriel Kulig, while the video was shot by Liz “FrostedStarfish” Acume. If anyone knows/recognises the cosplayers, let us know…

This game, guys. This game.