Luke Plunkett

The Prince Of Persia. Well. Australia.

It’s weird that the best cosplay I’ve ever seen of this chesty, male character came from a lady. So here’s Melbourne-based Amirbringing some manly scowl to the beach (photos by Anna Fischer)

Ex-Sony Engineer Left His Name Inside Every PS4

Kazuya Sakakihara spent ten years working at Sony as a senior software engineer, helping bring both the PS3 and PS4 to the world. He’s no longer at the company (parting ways in early 2013), but before he left he made sure his name quite literally lives on inside the code of pretty much every PlayStation…

Track: Lowlands Away | Artist: Nils Brown | Album: Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Sea Shanty Edition, Vol. 2) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Because We All Love Killer Robots

Minovo Wang is an artist from China. I hope you’re here for the robots, because if you’re not, you need to pay closer attention to an internet story’s headline and top image. NOTE: gallery may also include images of things that are not robots, including mechs and tanks. You can see more of Minovo’s work…

Dungeon Of The Endless Is Pretty Good, Guys

Amplitude Studios are having one hell of a year. Not only is their strategy title Endless Legend one of the year’s biggest surprises, one of their other games is also going to quietly sneak onto some people’s GOTY lists as well. That game isDungeon of the Endless. It’s a…weird game, one that mixes rogue-like dungeon…

Batman: Redesigned Is Not Your Pappy’s Batman

Brainstorm is a Facebook group where artists can take part in various challenges. This month, the challenge was to redesign Batman (and the Batmobile). The results are probably not the kind of Dark Knight Bob Kane had in mind. Below are some of the best entries. While most of these slant sci-fi, there are some…

That’s some pretty literal baby Groot cosplay. [reddit]

Overwatch’s Hype Is All About Those Kids

Boy, people sure got excited about that Overwatch reveal, didn’t they? It’s been a while – Watch Dogs’ E3 announcement probably being the last case – since I saw grown humans lose their shit over a trailer and a lil’ bit of early gameplay. But in the case of Overwatch, there’s a very good reason…

Watch The Finals Of The Netrunner World Champs

Fantasy Flight’s World Championship Weekend is still going on, closing with the finals of the Netrunner tournament. You can catch it right here.

Bungie Executive Swatted, Finds Police Chopper Over His House

At 4am on Thursday, a police helicopter descended on the street an unnamed Bungie executive resides on, and cops surrounded his home. Authorities had been told the exec “had an assault rifle and he had placed explosives in the yard and he was holding a family hostage”. He had of course done nothing of the…

90s Magazine Cover Sure Was Grim

With the PlayStation 2 on the way, the April 1999 issue of France’s Player One magazine had some ideas on the future of Mario and Sonic. Bleak, yes, even if it also ended up being half-right… [supper mario broth]

Shibuya, Sunrise And A Cool Lil’ Dog

Jakub Rebelka is a Polish artist who does comics, concept art and other illustrative work. This is some of the coolest stuff we’ve posted here in a while. There’s a hint of Mignola to his style, but it’s fused with a little 90s manga and Geof Darrow in there as well. You can see more…

LoL’s Summoner’s Rift map is about to undergo some pretty important changes. Sure, you could fumble your way through them yourself (if you’re taking part in the beta), or you could do the easy thing andtake a look at this Google Earth-style interactive guide put together by Riot

Endless Legend: The Kotaku Review

One of the best Civilization alternatives around, especially if you're into fantasy

Ubisoft’s Big New Games Have Disappeared From Steam [UPDATE]

Last night, when I went to bed, the last thing I saw as I turned off my PC was a huge banner ad on Steam advertising Assassin’s Creed: Unity. By the time I woke up this morning, the game was gone. You couldn’t buy it on Steam if you wanted to. Far Cry 4 isn’t…

Anime’s Fan-Driven Resurgence Continues

Cannon Busters is the latest attempt to get a new anime up and running via Kickstarter, and like Under the Dog, it’s got some serious talent behind it. Heading the team is LeSean Thomas, who worked on Black Dynamite’s awesome animated series, but he’s joined by guys like Joe Mad (Darksiders) and Tim Yoon (Legend…

Nice Threads, Sand Dude

Crush Visual is a design team whose members have worked for clients like Ubisoft and EA, as well as Hollywood studios like Legendary and Columbia. You can see more of Crush’s work at their studio site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them…

If you’d told me ten years ago that Kevin Spacey and Conan O’Brien would be trading Call of Duty jokes in 2014, over the internet no less, I’d have said, um, no they won’t be.

PC Version Of Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Launched A Little Rough

Look, PC gamers are never truly satisfied. Being a series whose bread is buttered on console, Call of Duty’s PC versions have rarely been the best examples of what the platform can do. But this year’s edition has folks a little more upset than usual. There are two big reasons for this. One is performance,…

And You Thought Nintendo Cars Were Weird. Now There Are Fighter Jets.

There was an Ace Combat game released on the 3DS a few years back. An enhanced edition is coming out soon in Japan, and this version will support Nintendo’s Amiibo figures Stick one on and you’ll get one of the coolest fighter jets you’ve ever seen. Shown in a Japanese trailer earlier today are fighters…