Luke Plunkett

Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Is Real, Here’s The Debut Trailer

Because Modern Warfare isn’t modern enough any more. The next Call of Duty game is called Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Here’s the game’s first trailer. If you thought the second Black Ops game took some technical liberties, hoo boy. This one is going full-blown science-fiction. Note that the game doesn’t just star the vocal…

Track: She’s My Baby | Album: Change Of Heart | Artist: Kingswood Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Giant Titanfall Action Figure Dropping On Your Wallet

threeA is one of the best toy companies on the planet. threeA has the license to make big, expensive Titanfall figures. This will only end well. You can see the first Titan/pilot pairing here. The Atlas stands an enormous 20.5″ tall, with a 6″ pilot scaled to accompany it. The pilot is unpainted in these…

The Sadness Of The New Tony Hawk Game

Oh, Tony. Your name was once synonymous with good games and even better soundtracks. Seeing your brand reduced to this, even after all the recent heartbreak, is just…sigh. Below is a clip of Tony Hawk’s Shred Session being played by, well, Tony Hawk himself. It’s a free-to-play mobile game. That’s an endless runner. Well. Skater.…

Yeah, That Cancelled Star Wars Game Looked Pretty Cool

Brazilian artist Bruno Werneck works at Filmpaint studio, where he’s been able to contribute to some of the world’s biggest video game and movie projects. I’m not kidding around when I say biggest, either. In games, he’s worked on Titanfall and the Mass Effect series, while in Hollywood his stuff has been used in Star…

Elder Scrolls Online’s Grind Begins Before You Even Start The Game

Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi – never a bastion of serious business – has a sticker for The Elder Scrolls Online that is as funny as it is foreboding. And yes, Americans, that $88 pricetag is correct. That works out to be USD$81.50 by today’s conversion. Josh Whittington [Twitter]

The Next Call Of Duty Stars…Kevin Spacey?

UPDATE – Looks like Spacey is actually in the game. Way more here. There was a bunch of Call of Duty stuff teased earlier today that, yawn, was about as interesting as watching people complaining about Call of Duty. This little trailer, though, is interesting If there’s one thing that could revive my interest in…

Blu-Ray Is Dying

It was once the future! A shiny (sort of) new physical media that would let us store so many gigabytes of data on our discs that we wouldn’t know what to do with it all! So it may surprise you to learn that Blu-Ray is already on the downward slide. Sony’s latest financial results are…

Wow, Guys, Check Out That Floating City

West Studio is a company that provides concept art services for all kinds of clients, from EA to Activision, Ubisoft to Warner Bros., and even advertisers and Hollywood film studios. Founded by Tyler West, they’ve recently worked on series like BioShock, Command & Conquer and Dead Space, while also helping out on commercials for companies…

Where Does He Get All This Wonderful Batman Cosplay?

Smile-X Villain Co., based in Los Angeles, is a crew of cosplayers dedicated to bringing Batman (and his villains) to life. There’s around a dozen members, cosplaying as everyone from the Dark Knight himself to Two Face, The Riddler, Robin and even Black Mask. There’s so much fantastic work going on here I don’t even…

The Zero Suit Isn’t So Sexy Now. Or…Is It?

If you ever needed an illustration of why Samus’ Zero Suit (and now heels) outfit is so stupid – at least when it’s so prominent in a game’s marketing – look no further. Or, look further away. Up to you. And no, I don’t know where his junk is either. (Modders, when you get your…

Classic Manga Looks More Modern In The Flesh

It’s not every day you get to see cosplay from classic manga series Magic Knight Rayearth. So let’s enjoy today for being the special snowflake that it is. Reader Devon and her friends Shannon & Audra went to Sakuracon as Umi, Hikaru and Fu from the 90s series. Photos by Indiglue

There’s An Elder Scrolls Animated Movie, And It’s Free

Remember how when you put all the McBain clips from The Simpsons in order, they merged and became a single movie? The Elder Scrolls Online sorta did that too. If you’ve seen this and have been following along, then awesome. You already know this. If you’ve only seen one or two, though, or haven’t really…

Man Accused Of Luring Kids In Minecraft And LoL

Seattle man Andrew Hartung, 34, is facing charges of sexually exploiting a 12 year-old boy – and is also suspected of “soliciting nude photos from other young boys” – using two of the world’s biggest video games. Hartung – who has previously been convicted of possessing a child pornography collection – befriended the boy across…

Sorry, That Crazy Stevie Wonder + Atari Poster Is Fake

As is often the way with the internet, a “historical” image magically emerged from the past today to spread all over the place. I’ve seen it on Facebook, I’ve seen it on Twitter, I was even emailed a copy. It’s either hilarious or terrible, depending on your tastes, but your tastes are moot, because the…

Collapsed Lung Can’t Stop Pro Gamer From Playing League Of Legends

Pro League of Legends player Hai “Hai_L9” Du Lam suffered a collapsed lung the other day. It ruled him out of a big tournament in Paris, but he’s making do by…continuing to play League of Legends in his hospital bed. Only in pro gaming can you end up in a hospital bed strapped to machines…

Of Race Relations, Doctor Who And Cosplay

There’s a general assumption that, when it comes to matters of race, parts of the cosplay community can sometimes be a little weird. Someone who’s black, for instance, might run into problems cosplaying as a white character. It’s not a widespread issue, nor is anyone trying to say that all cosplayers can be racist assholes,…

Oh Hi, Creepy/Awesome Pan’s Labyrinth Cosplay

Melanie Colley channels the surreal with this Faun outfit from Pan’s Labyrinth. If it looks complex and involved, that’s because it was, as you can see from these progress shots. You can see more shots of the costume on Melanie’s cosplay.com page

The Cities (And Buildings) Of The Future Look Beautiful

Jean-Marc Emy is an artist who has won awards for his architectural illustration. He’s also worked in video games, books and magazines. What’s interesting here is that few of these illustrations are actually from games. But they all look like they could/should be. So many game artists are fantastic at the little things, like characters…

Titanfall Looks Quite Pretty Without Giant Robots Or People

This remix of the Titanfall menu music does a good job working with some music that’s already pretty great (it takes a lot longer to get annoying than most other background tracks), but it’s the accompanying video that’s got my attention. It’s just slow, arcing shots of the stuff you’re never paying attention to while…