Luke Plunkett

This Isn’t a Photo, It’s a Catwoman Action Figure

The last few months of Hot Toys’ show-stopping range of Dark Knight Rises figures have seen some great pieces, but the range’s reveals (presumably) come to a close today with the fourth and final primary character from the movie, Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman. To be released in March 2013, she’s available now for pre-order, and will…

Hyper-Realistic Angry Birds Look Ready For Murder

No doubt inspired by his previous work on the franchise, Rovio recently commissioned artist Sam Spratt to whip them up some paintings of some Angry Birds. They’re as expressive as you’d expect from our former in-house artist, and unlike the mildly cranky birds you see in the game, look genuinely furious at…something. “ANGRY BIRDS ARTIST…

Black Ops II Is So Classified It Won’t Run On Windows XP

You knew it was coming, XP users. Every operating system has to call it a day sooner or later, and 2012 – the year Windows 8 is released and DX11 becomes mainstream – looks like it’s the end for perhaps Microsoft’s best-loved gaming OS. I say this now because Call of Duty: Black Ops II…

The War Z Looks Like a Zombie Game With Less Zombies

The footage you’ll see here won’t stop people comparing this game to DayZ, but it might be worth a watch for those who find the ArmA II mod a little too janky and volatile for their tastes. The War Z is an upcoming multiplayer zombie shooter that leaves the frantic action of games like Left…

Unreleased Altered Beast Games, Guns And Crazy Naked Dragon Ladies

You’ve got concept art with a pinch of news this morning, as Superannuation points out the portfolio of Kiwi artist Christian MacNevin, which contains images from a pitch for an Altered Beast remake that Sega never picked up. They’re…interesting, to say the least, but I’m just as interested in MacNevin’s other fantastic pieces for projects…

Game of Thrones Gets Classy When Redesigned By a Nike Artist

Darrin Crescenzi works as a designer at Nike, where he’s done stuff like the Dream Team’s uniform for the recent London Olympics. Another thing he’s done recently that’s even cooler is this redesign of the family crests from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones) series. A branding…

DayZ is Getting…Dogs. Not Zombie Dogs, Real Dogs.

Zombie survival mod DayZ is to receive an update soon which will see the introduction of dogs. Who, in a similar vein to games like Fallout, will act as a companion and bodyguard on your travels. Your trusty German Shepherd can be given basic orders, but much like the (relatively…aside from the zombies) realistic slant…

This Week’s Best Cosplay is Charming, To The Last

PAX hasn’t been the only place recently to check out some great cosplay. There’s been Star Wars Celebration VI, AmeCon, Anime Expo, Panicon…and that’s before you get to the awesome shots people just feel like taking whenever and wherever the hell they want to. So for today’s cosplay roundup I’ll be looking everywhere but PAX,…

Guild Wars 2 Bans Over 3000 People

Over the weekend, Chris Whiteside, Lead Producer at Guild Wars 2 developers ArenaNet, took to Reddit to announce that over 3000 players had been temporarily banned over the weekend from the game for taking advantage of an exploit. The exploit in question involved a merchant who, in an error, was selling valuable gear at low,…

The Amazing War Between New Video Games and Old Video Games

Well, this brings new meaning to the word “comeback”. In this terrific clip from Freddie Wong and team, retro games invade the modern world, and it’s up to today’s stars to try and stop them.

The Games I Played, Loved and Didn’t Love Last Week

So, unless you were at PAX, or stuck at work, what did everybody play over the weekend? Me, my time was split between the following: TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON – Finished up the singleplayer on this last week. Thought it was a lot better than the first game, much tighter pacing. It sags in the…

Black Mesa Mod Out In Two Weeks (Sort Of)

Infamous Half-Life remake Black Mesa, which has been in development for eight years, will be playable and ready for public download for the first time on September 14. While the mod isn’t quite finished, the team has decided to share what’s been done thus far. Weird that after holding out on us for so long…

She’s Just Running With The Wolves, Man

David Semsei, take a bow. Your fan art isn’t just the knees, it’s the bees knees, a pair of knees so tiny and specialised they’re worth taking a closer look at. Just like this art! Resident Evil, Dark Souls, Metal Gear, even Deadly Premonition, there’s a variety of inspirations and a variety of awesome images…

Guild Wars 2 Bear Loves to Photobomb

There the player was, getting the camera right, the lighting right, the character’s pose just right for that perfect screenshot and…oh, hi bear. Photobombed in Guild Wars 2 [Reddit]

Imagine Battlefield Was a LOT Bigger. With Space Weapons. That’s Carrier Command.

I’ve talked about Carrier Command here before, somewhat enthusiastically, but for those who just can’t see what I’m getting at, this trailer shows better than any other just what the game’s about It’s all about scale. You can be a man on the ground or you can drive a giant aircraft carrier bristling with guns.…

That Insane, World-Spanning RTS is Actually Getting Made. Yes.

When we first saw upcoming RTS Planetary Annihilation earlier this month, it took me days to find my socks, they’d been blown so far away. My excitement was tempered, though, by the fact the amazing trailer was part of a Kickstarter pitch. And we all know how that roller-coaster goes. But good news! You and…

A Backpacker’s Guide to Warhammer 40K, Part 7: Churches

You’re about to see some of the work of Carlo Balassu, an artist who spent over six years at RTS masters Relic before moving onto a freelance career that spans both games and film. In addition to undisclosed projects on both side of that fence, he’s worked on pretty much everything Relic has released in…

Kickstarter Disaster as Adventure Game Sees Money Disappear

Jack Houston and the Necronauts is an adventure title from the same guy who, in his spare time, is working on that cool Han Solo adventure game. It had been up on Kickstarter, but after meeting its funding goal, it was time to get to work. Until something happened. Something that should serve as a…

The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming’s Most Famous Cover Star

You might not have played the game, but if you’ve ever walked into a video game store in your life, you’ll recognise the face: that of the Chessmaster, star of 1986 game The Chessmaster 2000. That first game, developed by The Software Toolworks, would lead to a series that would span decades, with the last…

Torchlight II will be out on September 20, developers Runic Games have just announced.