Luke Plunkett

Now These Are Some Good-Lookin’ Giant Robots

You may not have heardof World War Machine, an indie project that’s part of Square Enix’s Collective program. Which means you might not have seen its amazing robot designs either. Shame. Artist Aaron Beck has done some work for the project. Beck is one of the best in the business when it comes to this…

Gaming Controller…Thing Looks Like Alien Torture Device (In A Good Way)

The Sinister is a gaming controller…thing currently up on Kickstarter that looks, well, nothing like a gaming mouse. The idea is similar to that of R.A.T.7, which got an A for effort but a C- for comfort. The Sinister looks to get around that by not being slightly customisable, but entirely customisable. You can pivot,…

From Conan To Mr. T, 80s Action Stars Are Spilling Blood In Broforce

Broforce. It’s been so longsince we last spoke, but in that time, you’ve been stocking up on explosions, increasing the volume and lifting. Bro. I kinda think the name does the game a slight disservice. It suggests a game of hulking men with popped collars, watching college sports and being assholes. Instead, Broforce is a…

Report: Microsoft “Fixing” Xbox One Controller, Because Of Titanfall

According to a story on The Verge, Microsoft will soon be making some minor adjustments to the way the Xbox One controller’s movements are picked up by the console. And it’s all because of the developers of Titanfall. “It’s just fixing the controller input, really,” Titanfall design lead Justin Hendry told the site. “It wasn’t…

The Origins Of The Word “F**k”

Last week, an image from a 1528 manuscript referencing an Abbot went viralclaiming to be the first written instance of the word “fuck”. As with most historical internet fodder, though, it pays to look a little closer at the fine print. Inspired by the spreading of that image last week – and hopefully to educate…

How Steam Is Going To Help You Find The Perfect Games

Valve is rolling out a new feature for Steam called “tags”. It’s a new feature for Steam, but not for the internet; look above this text and you’ll see tags for this story, which let us collect and sort posts of a similar nature. Which is exactly what they’re going to do for Steam. The…

Track: Blaze | Album: As The World Burns | Artist: Arsonists Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Halo, Destiny Artist Sure Knows How To Draw Cool Stuff

So, Isaac Hannaford is an artist who was featuredhere before this concept art feature even had a name. So we’re about overdue for a second, proper look at his work. As Lead Concept Artist at Destiny and former Halo developers Bungie, Hanneford is the man in charge of shaping the studio’s output. Which is one…

More Videos Need To Be Like Akira And Video Games

This is the video for In The Middle Of The Nite, by DJ and producer RipTide. It’s a catchy track, in that 80s flashback kinda way, but we’re here for the clip. A collaboration between illustrator Stefan Glerum and animation studio Crooked Line, it’s taking inspiration from Akira, video games and even a touch of…

Toys Are Dying, And It’s All Video Games’ Fault

That’s the gist of a great piece in The New Yorker, which looks at falling profits at both Mattel and Hasbro and knows exactly where to point the finger. Rather than angling this as some kind of terrible omen, however, writer Ted Trautman takes the sensible approach, outlining just why kids are leaving dolls and…

Official Game Of Thrones Action Figures…Could Have Been Worse

It’s taken years, but we’ve finally got a range of bonafide Game of Thrones action figures. And while they’re not the world’s greatest figures, given the size of the license they also could have been much worse. They’re $20, have decent detail, and the likeness on some of the faces – the Hound and Tyrion…

Descent Is Now On Steam. Go, Go, Go.

In 1995, a video game was released that was unlike anything else that had ever come before it. And really, anything released since. That game was Descent, which took the vehicle and controls of a space shooter/flight sim and dropped them into the level design of a first-person shooter. But where most first-person shooters only…

Titanfall Beta Signups Are Live

If you want to try and get into the beta for Respawn’s multiplayer shooter Titanfall, you’re going to need to go here, type some stuff, pick a platform (PC or XB1) and hope for the best.

Underground Farm Is Ready For Apocalyptic Salads

There’s a company in London that, deep underground in old abandoned tunnels, is growing fresh food. Imagine Metro 2033, then, only with fresh lettuce. Fast Company saythat the company, Zero Carbon Food, has 2.5 acres of space 100 feet underneath the Underground’s Northern Line, where they grow pea shoots, rocket, broccoli, mustard leaf and basil.…

Arrested Development meets Mass Effect. Simple, but I can’t stop smiling.

Attack On Titan Figures Aren’t Safe For Giant Mouths

Armin, you are a giant wuss. But your Figma is fantastic. Coming after more, ahem, notable characters like Mikasa and Captain Levi, this latest Attack on Titan entry in the best action figure line on the planet captures everything you’d want from Eren’s cry-baby pal: namely the moppish hair and silly faces. He’s available for…

Roman Games Weren’t Built In A Day

Silver Saaremael is a senior concept artist at Crytek, who spent the last two years working on Xbox One launch title Ryse. I don’t know how much more Ryse art we can post, but really, when it’s all this good, who cares. You can see more of Silver’s work at his personal site To see…

RPG Loves Hellboy, And I’m Cool With That

Darkest Dungeon is a 2D RPG that’s looking nice. And I’m not just saying that because those lines and that colour palette are doing a damn fine Hellboy impersonation. That helps, of course, but the premise also sounds interesting: this is a roguelike (Spelunky, FTL, etc) where you’re controlling four grizzled dudes who don’t just…

Making A Medieval Video Game Looks Really Fun

Developer diaries are normally my enemy, but Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets a pass today, as dudes with medieval swords (and crossbows!) strap cameras to themselves and just go at it, all in the name of making better video game combat. Will it actually contribute to a realistic, enjoyable combat system? Who knows, that’s the –…

Starbound Bans “Sexual Predator”

The developers of indie PC hit Starbound have had to call the authorities after it was discovered a sexual predator was using the game to “target children”. “Delaying development to deal with a sexual predator targeting children”, developer Tiyuri wrote on Twitteryesterday. “Just in case anyone is wondering”. Starbound’s Molly Carroll provdied a little more…