Luke Plunkett

Adding A Touch Of Class To Game Of Thrones

Natascha Röösli works at Rock Pocket Games, the developers behind the very promising indie platformer Oliver & Spike But that’s not why we’re here today. No, we’re here for her beautiful work on trading card games, like Game of Thrones, and board games like Arkham Horror. You can see more of Natascha’s work at her…

Sony Still Crazy For Indies, Shows Four Very Pretty Games

The PlayStation Blog earlier today was all about indie projects for Sony platforms, highlighting four games that, for different reasons, all look great. First up is Vita (and mobile)strategy game Rymdkapsel, which strips just about everything away from the RTS genre except coloured planes and mechanics. It’s out today. Next is Hohokum for the PS4,…

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon: The Movie: The Awesome Trailer

If Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the encapsulation of c-grade 1980’s sci-fi and action figures, this mock trailer for a Blood Dragon movie is the encapsulation of Blood Dragon. Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: THE MOVIE [YouTube, via Super Punch]

Just Cause Devs Nearly Made A Star Wars Game

Ah, what could have been. In the wake of EA and Disney’s blockbuster deal to make new Star Wars games, the developers of the Just Cause series have come out and said that, a few years back, they came very close to making a game for former owners Lucasarts. A former Avalanche manager (Oskar Burman)…

PS4 Fans Still Winning The Next-Gen Gif Battle

This is…words escape me For reference, it’s hyping Sony’s PS4 press conference at E3, and Tony Stark is legendary developer (and PS4 wizard) Mark Cerny. If anyone knows who actually made this thing, let me know so we can give credit (and rapturous applause). Update – credit to NeoGAF user weige! (thanks GreenLantern09!)

SimCity’s Problems Have Caused This Family Nothing But Suffering

Meet the Rogers. They live in that tiny little house. One of the first families to move into my burgeoning metropolis of Windfall Islands, they are stalwarts of the city, having stayed in the same spot, in the same house, for what feels like an eternity. Or, at least, I think they’re the Rogers. Not…

EA Won’t Be Paying For Real Guns In Video Games Anymore

A report on Reuters says that following recent events like the Newtown school shooting, and the controversy over the company’s relationship with arms manufacturers, Electronic Arts has made the decision to stop paying for the rights to use real weapons in its video games. But it’s still going to use them anyway. Just like it…

First Look At Telltale’s Fables Game

Next up from Telltale, developers of The Walking Dead adventure game? A prequel to the Fables comics series It’s based on the adventures of detective Bigby Wolf, and Game Informer have just uploaded the first screens (and previewed the game). If you liked Walking Dead’s cel-shaded look, you’ll love this. The Wolf Among Us: Telltale…

Players Claim Diablo III’s Economy Is In Meltdown [Update]

Diablo III’s in-game economy is in serious trouble tonight after users claim to have discovered an exploit in the game’s latest update which lets them duplicate gold. Seems a glitch is letting people cancel a transaction in the Diablo III auction house before it’s completed, with the result that any money involved is doubled. The…

Reader Kenneth Eaton likes Shadow of the Colossus and likes the films of Studio Ghibli. Put ’em together andyou get this, which I would watch a million times over, if only it actually existed.

Real Majora’s Mask Is Too Beautiful To Actually Wear

Artist Camille Young – who we’ve featured before here – is the master craftsperson behind this amazing 1:1 replica of Majora’s Mask from the Zelda game of the same name. It was made for the upcoming Grace & Ritual exhibition being put on by the crew at iam8bit, and which opens this Friday. Grace &…

Of Course There Are Infomercials In The Star Wars Universe

While commercial influences in the original trilogy are non-existant, the prequel films saw fit to properly introduce the Star Wars universe to the notion of canonical enterprise. Namely, with giant advertisements and billboards. So this clip, bizarrely, isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility. Mashing together several infomercials, it gives us a rare glimpse…

Batman, 80s Ladies And…Walking Sharks

Dan LuVisi is a concept artist who has worked in motion pictures, advertising and comics. He’s also done some video game work, for companies like Collission Games and Acony, the now-closed developers of Bullet Run A reminder: Fine Art showcases not just an artist’s professional work, but their personal projects as well (like his own…

RIP, Far Cry 3’s Dr. Earnhardt

Martin Kevan, who played the crazy Dr. Earnhardt in Far Cry 3, passed away on May 1 following a brief battle with cancer. Born in 1947 in Kenya, Kevan’s family moved to England and then Canada, where he began a long and successful career in TV, theatre and books. Martin is survived by his mother…

SimCity’s Creator Calls SimCity Launch “Inexcusable”

Will Wright created SimCity. Will Wright did not work on the digital clusterfuck that was is the 2013 version of SimCity, though, so what did he think of the game? The game itself, he says it’s “good”, and that he enjoys “playing it a lot”. But in an interview with GI.biz, he talks more about…

The Coolest Nintendo Games That Never Actually Existed

It’s my favourite time of the year. The time when, like clockwork, Japanese indie gaming store Meteor holds its annual Famicase exhibition, which brings together artists from all over the world and asks them to design fake Nintendo games. The label art they design on old Famicom cartridges can be political, funny, realistic, attractive or…

This Machine Will Change Your Xbox 360 Discs For You, Captain Lazy

I use that term loosely, though, because while the day-to-day operation of it will certainly save you valuable time and effort, designing and building it must have taken some work! Built by Finn zwenkka over the Winter, the LEGO contraption uses Mindstorm kit and an Android app to control a multi-disc carousel that can spin,…

EA Buying Star Wars Might Not Be All Bad

The news that EA has locked down the rights to Star Wars games has, understandably, been met with a fair amount of backlash. Electronic Arts is far from people’s most trusted and beloved publisher of video games, and fans are worried this will somehow be bad news for the future of Star Wars video games.…

You Are Killing GameStop. Now GameStop Needs Your Help.

Executives in cages. Dog food on the face. Cliff Bleszinski eating noodles Mega64 can run hot and cold, but boy, when they run hot, it’s hot Mega64: SAVE GAMESTOP [YouTube]

Now This Is How I Imagine Samus Looking

It always baffles me when people go out of their way to make Metroid’s Samus look “beautiful”. As if that matters. There’s a reason her gender was kept secret for the first game, and that’s because the point was she was a badass, not that she was a she So I love this pic by…