Luke Plunkett

How To Dress Like Lara Croft

Dancing the line between cosplay and homage, pxlbyte has some sound advice on how to dress like the new Lara Croft while still looking good enough to step out in public. Sure, most of that is accomplished by not being covered in mud and blood all the time, but what’s left is still good advice.…

A Dusty Old Football Game Shouldn’t Look This Pretty

And really, the item itself – Mattel Electronic Soccer – isn’t. But as is their thing, the team at Bleeping Relics have made a quick session with the relic about as informative and good-looking as possible. As you may quickly notice, the Bleeping Relics guys are Belgian, but there are English subtitles available in the…

Double Fine’s Broken Age Is Looking Just Lovely In This New Trailer

This trailer for Double Fine’s Broken Age adventure game was just shown at the Game Developers Choice Awards. It is a very pretty thing to look at. The “credits” at the end is a nice touch, too.

No, EA Sports Is Not Making This All-Girl Roller Derby Sports Video Game

There are so, so many sports in the world that it seems a pity so few are properly realised in video games. We get football, another country’s version of football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, and that’s about it if you don’t count console mascots facing off every Olympics in a shameless cash-in. Which I don’t.…

Someone Had To Actually Build The Things In Crysis. Someone Like This Guy.

Manuel Virks is a 2D/3D artist at Crytek’s primary studio in Frankfurt, Germany, where he currently serves as a Senior Character Artist. Prior to joining the Crysis developers he worked at Splash Damage (Brink) and German studio Cranberry Production. In this gallery, you’ll see a selection of his work, much of it from his contributions…

Best Buy Is Making This Man Destroy A Vintage NES Deluxe Set [Update: Nope! Saved!]

Reddit user ipoopinthesink, an employee at Best Buy, says he was handed a rather strange item to recycle as part of the retailer’s “Renew Blue” program, where people’s old electronic gear can be brought in and disposed of properly. It’s not a broken old TV set or outdated mobile phone. It’s a very fancy, very…

Activision’s Next-Gen Soldier Graphics Have Crawled Straight Out Of The Uncanny Valley

During a talk at GDC earlier today, attended by GameSpot, Activision artists showed off what they think/hope next-gen character models will look like. While stressing that these are just exploratory models, and not in-game assets, the fact this is Activision, and that there’s a soldier there, will still be pointing towards the obvious: your next…

Bart Simpson Has Lived Through Seven Console Generations. Let’s Take A Look Back At All Of Them.

Beginning in 1989, and somehow still running, The Simpsons has seen a lot of trends and fads come and go. Video games, however, have been there for the long haul. And so has Bart’s fascination with them. This amazing video from College Humor shows Bart enjoying games across the decades, from humble arcade beginnings to…

Metacritic Treats Some Outlets Differently From Others. Here’s How [Update: Metacritic Disputes Findings]

Industry favourite Metacritic, a site which aggregates review scores, does not simply add up every score it can find and come up with an average. It weights scores, giving some outlets more of a say in the final aggregated tally than others. While the outlet has never publicly disclosed the criteria by which it does…

The Video Game Based On The Fables Comics Stars Badass Bigby Wolf

In a smart move, Telltale’s video game series based on the Fables comics won’t try and adapt the overall arc of the modern-day epic. Instead, as the developer tells IGN, it’ll focus on one character: Bigby Wolf. Fabletown’s resident detective will be the focus of an episodic series called The Wolf Among Us, and is…

Dragon’s Crown Is Looking Just Beautiful

The action-RPG, from Vanillaware, is out on PS3 and Vita later this year. “Later” can’t come soon enough. You can see some video of the game in action here viaTiny Cartridge

Taking Cosplay Into The Wild, Wild West (Quite Literally)

Cosplay photos are normally taken in a studio, or on a set, or from the relative safety of a convention floor. Rarely do we get to see people dressing up as their favourite characters and actually going to the kind of desolate and wild places their favourite characters do battle/hang out. So top-shelf cosplay photographer…

Watch 17 Minutes Of Battlefield 4 Gameplay, Right Here

EA just released this enormous 17-minute gameplay demonstration of Battlefield 4’s singleplayer campaign. Yes, that is Bonnie Tyler you are hearing at the start. Amazing. This is the first piece of media EA has managed to successfully release on its own tonight, after first screenshots and then a low-res version of a trailer slipped out…

Daft Punk Get Fancy Japanese Action Figures

Standing 15cm tall, these Daft Punk action figures are being released by Bandai Japan’s “premium collector’s label”, Tamashii Nations. They’re out in November. Price is TBA. S.H.Figuarts Daft Punk Figures [TNI]

Clive Mantle, who plays Greatjon Umber on Game of Thrones, has had his ear bitten off in an attack outside a hotel in England. Not by a direwolf, but by “two drunken Scotsmen”.

Terrible Star Wars Figures Become Incredible Video Game Figures

Dan from Chicago Toy Collector has taken some crummy old original Star Wars figures – and come on, nostalgia aside, with that range of movement they were crummy – and turned them into something a little more video gamey. Cannibalising parts (I can see some Bespin Cloud Car pilots, Leia and Obi-Wan) and doing some…

All The Valve Concept Art You Could Ever Need

I saw these pop up on Twitter a few weeks back, but you know what? I’ve been on vacation for a few weeks. So here they are. ***** Artists is a page on Steam’s community hub that showcases the work of Valve’s art team, past and present. There are rough sketches, promo pieces, 3D renders…

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a first look at the remake of classic Warhammer 40K game Space Hulk. Check it out

Star Citizen’s Starfighter Building Options Are Like A 90’s Childhood Fantasy Come True

Star Citizen, the upcoming space shooter whose development is being led by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, lets you customise the look and construction of your starfighter. The game’s site says “It will be your home, your mode of transportation, your line of defense against pirates, Vanduul raiders and the dangers of vacuum itself… and…

Battlefield 4 Trailer Leaks Online

To accompany the screenshots we showed you earlier in the day, it looks like a low-res trailer for Battlefield 4 has turned up live a little early ahead of its official reveal. The clip, carrying UK ratings, was uploaded by YouTube user MrTheoth Given the amount of voice-overs, cinematic first-person “moments” like being helped to…