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Our Favorite Cosplay From Japan Expo Paris 2024
12.8.2024
Japan Expo Paris is the largest Japanese pop culture convention outside of the country it honors, so you can always expect some incredible cosplay from the four-day convention. This time around, Omaruisfed and Mineralblu teamed up to bring us the best looks from Japan Expo 2024, from a beloved (but...
10 Things We Noticed In The Last Of Us Season Two Trailer
5.8.2024
HBO dropped the first teaser for The Last of Us’ second season as part of a preview reel for Max’s next year. While it focuses on Pedro Pascal’s Joel, who seems to be undergoing some kind of therapy after the violent events of season one’s finale, there’s a lot more to pick through in the brief...
First Teaser For The Last Of Us Season Two Puts Joel In Therapy
5.8.2024
HBO has released the first footage of the second season of The Last of Us, and it implies that things for Pedro Pascal’s Joel may be a little bit different than they are in the game. No, not that different, but it seems like he might be going to therapy.Read more
House Of The Dragon Is A Master Class In Adaptation
29.7.2024
House of the Dragon, HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off based on the 2018 novel Fire & Blood, is nearly done with its second season. The war between the Greens (Alicent Hightower and her Targaryen children) and the Blacks (Rhaenyra Targaryen and her supporters) kicked off at the end of the first...
House Of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: How To Ride Your Dragon
26.7.2024
Season two’s sixth episode in HBO’s chronicle of House Targaryen opens with the Lannister Army arriving at Golden Tooth and meeting with the surrendering Lord Lefford. But Jason Lannister isn’t progressing towards Harrenhal without Aemond joining the battle on Vhagar.Read more
We Compared HBO’s House of the Dragon To Game Of Thrones To Determine The Worst Ways To Die
14.7.2024
It’s been thirteen years since HBO’s Game of Thrones debuted, and five years since the acclaimed adaptation of the George R.R. Martin saga wrapped. During that time viewers were feted with a staggering death toll and a compendium of medieval torture methods that would make even Genghis Khan wince....
The Nier: Automata Anime Is Back And Still The Most Impressive Game Adaptation Around
10.7.2024
In January 2023, one of the best video game adaptations made to date premiered on TV. A week later HBO’s The Last of Us also premiered. The live-action prestige series based on the critically acclaimed Naughty Dog game of the same name overshadowed a more interesting game adaptation in the form...
New Set Photos Have Fans Divided On Ellie’s Look In The Last Of Us’ Second Season
9.7.2024
HBO is shooting The Last of Us’ second season, and while we’ve gotten an official look at Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, most of what we’ve seen of the Last of Us Part II adaptation has been from since-deleted unofficial set photos. More such pictures from the Vancouver set have...
Netflix Horizon Zero Dawn TV Show Reportedly In Trouble
4.7.2024
In May, 2022, Variety reported that Netflix was developing a series based on hit PlayStation game, Horizon Zero Dawn. Part of the flurry of announced adaptations following the success of HBO’s The Last of Us, showrunner Steve Blackman was attached to the project that would see a live-action Aloy...
The Best (And Worst) Dads And Daddies In Video Games
14.6.2024
Happy Father’s Day weekend to all the dads and dad havers who are reading Kotaku. Yes, it’s the time of year that we celebrate the daddies in our lives—whether that be our fathers or the men we call daddy. So hey, we figured we’d make a big ol’ list of the best dads and/or daddies in video games....
The Last Of Us Show May Stretch Part II's Story Across Three Seasons
5.6.2024
HBO’s The Last of Us live-action series is currently shooting its second season. Based on the first looks we’ve seen and the set photos that have been circulating online, the second season will likely cover the earliest sections of Ellie’s revenge tour in The Last of Us Part II. From the sound...
Sony Deletes Its Controversial Interview With Last Of Us Director Due To ‘Significant Errors’
29.5.2024
On May 23, Sony published an interview with The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann as part of a company-wide campaign on the future of technology. The Q&A was extremely controversial, including quotes from Druckmann advocating for the use of artificial intelligence to write dialogue and cut costs...
Neil Druckmann Sets The Record Straight On What He Actually Said About Naughty Dog's Next Game
25.5.2024
Earlier this week, Sony published an interview with The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann about the future of gaming. The president of Naughty Dog was quoted as saying the PlayStation studio’s next game “could redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming.” In a shocking twist, Druckmann now says...
Another The Last Of Us Game Actor Is Reprising Their Role In The Show
24.5.2024
HBO’s live-action The Last of Us show is currently shooting its second season in Canada. As production continues, the showrunners have been rolling out cast announcements for the people who will join Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie. This has included the actors playing members...
Here’s Your First Official Look At Joel And Ellie In The Last Of Us Season Two
15.5.2024
Earlier this week, we saw some set photos from the upcoming The Last of Us season two that gave us a look at Bella Ramsey’s new get-up as protagonist Ellie. HBO apparently thought that wasn’t enough, and has now released the first official images from the second season showing both Ramsey and Joel...
Amazon Orders Tomb Raider Series From Fleabag Star And Writer
14.5.2024
Amazon isn’t just publishing the next big Tomb Raider video game. Today, the massive company confirmed the previously reported news that it is also making a live-action TV show based on the Tomb Raider games, and has tapped Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write it up.Read more
You're All Playing Fallout Again, You Irradiated Sheep
15.4.2024
Since Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV series premiered, the numbers of people playing various Fallout games has shot up all over. Because you’re all a bunch of sheep, doing whatever The Media tells you to. Like, for instance, how I installed Fallout 76 on my Xbox last night.Read more
2023’s Indie Fishing Horror Game Is Getting A Film Adaptation
9.4.2024
Dredge, the 2023 indie game that was part fishing sim, part cosmic horror, is getting the adaptation treatment. Developer Black Salt games will be partnering with production company Story Kitchen on a live-action film based on the game’s world. Dredge is just the latest in the ever-growing trend...
Open Roads: The Kotaku Review
2.4.2024
Playing Open Roads constantly drags up old memories from my mind. A road trip with my mother along the Pacific Coast Highway, packing boxes and trash bags while clearing out my grandfather’s house after his death–it’s a game that feels primed to make you reminisce. Like the disparate memories...
Elder Scrolls VI Playable, Shakeups At Nintendo, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
30.3.2024
This week’s gaming news was far-ranging in its nature and its implications. We got reports that Pedro Pascal has already wrapped up shooting on season two of HBO’s The Last of Us, heard rumblings that some publishers are unsure if supporting Xbox continues to make sense for them, and got our first...