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Report: Sony To Buy Owners Of Elden Ring Developer, FromSoftware
19.11.2024
Reuters is reporting that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the company that owns FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and many other Japanese businesses. If successful, it would be a big move for Sony, gaining names as big as Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Danganronpa, and be a strike back...
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's First Update Is Live, Bringing Bean Daddies Everywhere To Their Knees
24.10.2024
The first patch for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is out and it has demolished Yajirobe players even more ruthlessly than that Saibaman wasted Yamcha. There is no coming back from this nerf, bean daddies. But at least the game runs better now due to some menu improvements and other bug fixes, even...
Celebrating Metaphor: ReFantazio's Greatness, Criticizing Its Faults, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
12.10.2024
This week saw the release of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the long-awaited new release from the folks behind Persona. It’s a game bursting with big ideas and rich themes, and we’ve got a lot to say, both about the things it does well, and at least one area in which it falls short of one of...
The Mystery Behind Long-Awaited Horror Anime Uzumaki's Shockingly Bad Episode 2
8.10.2024
Uzumaki is a popular late ‘90s horror manga that fans have always wanted to see turned into an anime that lives up to the incredible art of creator Junji Ito’s original work. Recently, it seemed like Adult Swim was finally set to deliver with an adaptation five years in the making. The first...
Metaphor: ReFantazio: The Kotaku Review
7.10.2024
Throughout Metaphor: ReFantazio’s roughly 80 hours, the RPG’s protagonist carries a novel with him as he travels through the fantastical world of the United Kingdom of Euchronia. The book depicts an idealized metropolis of skyscrapers where equality is written into law. It’s clear this story...
Dark Fantasy Manga Jujutsu Kaisen Is Finally Ending And I Couldn't Be Happier
20.8.2024
After six years, Shonen Jump’s mega-popular sorcery-fighting manga, Jujutsu Kaisen, will publish its final chapter on September 30. In the years since it began syndication, it was nominated for (and won) a few literary awards, and both seasons of its anime series brought home Crunchyroll’s Anime...
Netflix Faces Major Anime Crisis As Fans Freak Out Over Leaks
9.8.2024
There’s a ton of cool Netflix anime coming out this fall, and a bunch of it just leaked early. Screenshots, blurry clips, and in some cases entire episodes appeared online early, leading fans to worry about spoilers and call on the streaming platform to release shows early. Days later, Netflix...
Five Years Later, Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Best Character Is Still Edelgard
26.7.2024
Amongst an impressive library of games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Metroid Dread, 2019’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses will still go down in my books as the best Nintendo Switch game ever made. It’s a grand fantasy story and an excellent tactical RPG that feels unmatched, even...
The 9 Must-Watch Anime Of the Summer 2024 Season
16.7.2024
The 2024 winter and spring anime lineups will be a tough act to follow, as standout series like the wonderful end to Frieren’s first season, and the complete delight of Delicious in Dungeon, were delightful, and set a high bar for the summer season. But thankfully, it’s shaping up to have some gems...
Olympic Athlete Keeps Bringing Yu-Gi-Oh Cards To His Races—And Winning
28.6.2024
When the hell did you get into Yu-Gi-Oh? Where were you all when I was the last holdout of my middle school lunch period trying to do synchro-summons because I thought they were the coolest thing in the world? I ask this because there has not only been a discernable uptick in the trading card game...
How To Defeat The Furnace Golems In Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
25.6.2024
There’s a ton of new stuff to enjoy in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, the massive new DLC from FromSoftware. But aside from the very pretty Gravesite Plains, and one of those annoying chakram ninja things, the very first thing you’ll notice when you step into the Realm of Shadow is a massive...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Producer Responds To Backlash Over Yasuke
13.6.2024
When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows in May, there was backlash directed at the inclusion of Yasuke, the game’s Black samurai co-lead and real-world historical figure. Some argued that the reaction was simply over a matter of what they saw as historical inaccuracy, as they repeated that...
Legendary Anime Studio Behind Neon Genesis Evangelion Files for Bankruptcy
7.6.2024
It’s not every day that you wake up to find a company with a legacy like anime studio Gainax is shutting its doors. The prolific studio behind works like FLCL, Gurren Lagann, and the legendary Neon Genesis Evangelion has been struggling financially for several years. On June 7, the company...
Anime Foundation Launches With Animoca Brands, MyAnimeList, and San FranTokyo
28.5.2024
Anime Foundation aims to bridge traditional anime and manga industries with web3 communities, enhancing fan experiences and monetization models with its community-owned cultural protocol.
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Call Of Duty’s Next Crossover Brings Gundam To The Game
20.5.2024
Each season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and free-to-play battle royale Warzone includes crossovers with other pop-culture franchises. The games have seen King Kong, Dune, and more in past seasons. None of them have been that enticing to me, but then again I’m not the audience since I don’t...
Captain Tsubasa NFT soccer game debuts on Oasys blockchain
20.5.2024
Mint Town CEO Hiroshi Kunimitsu said integrating into the Oasys blockchain lets fans experience the story in a new way
Japanese Manga Game Captain Tsubasa Launches on Oasys Blockchain
20.5.2024
Japanese Manga-inspired game Captain Tsubasahas launched on the gaming blockchain Oasys offering 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to players.
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Animoca Brands Japan and Quidd to Release ‘FAIRY TAIL’ Digital Collectibles
14.5.2024
Animoca Brands Japan introduces digital collectibles of popular manga “FAIRY TAIL,” featuring 29 characters including Natsu and Lucy, launching on Quidd on May 24.
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This Underrated 2023 Gem Is Getting A Second Chance On PC, PS5, And Xbox
7.5.2024
One of 2023’s most criminally underrated games is getting a second chance. Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is Spike Chunsoft’s spiritual successor to its beloved murder mystery series Danganropa. It launched on Switch to decent reception last year, but several reviewers noted some technical...
Dragon Ball Creator Praises Sand Land Game From Beyond The Grave
25.4.2024
Legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama, character designer for Chrono Trigger and creator of the Dragon Ball series, passed away in March 2024. He was just 68 years old. Though he’s gone now, publisher Bandai Namco has shared a note Toriyama wrote in January 2024 about developer ILCA’s Sand Land,...