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Japanese Popstar Teams Up With Square Enix For Some Fancy CG
27.4.2021
Koichi Domoto, one half of the Japanese boy band Kinki Kids, has roped in Square Enix for his upcoming solo album Playful. Read more
Nice Robots
27.4.2021
Ryan Wong is an artist based in China.Read more
Despite R-Rating And Pandemic, Demon Slayer Sets Box Office Record In North America
26.4.2021
Earlier this spring, when it was announced that Demon Slayer was getting a dreaded R-rating in the US, there was concern that this could impact the movie’s performance. Those concerns, it seems, were wrong.Read more
Studio Ghibli Producer Says Hideaki Anno Wants To Make A Live-Action Nausicaä Film
26.4.2021
One of Hideaki Anno’s earliest gigs was animating the seminal God Warrior sequence in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Now, according to Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, he’s interested in making a live-action film. Read more
Listen To Gilbert Gottfried Mispronounce Some Mortal Kombat Names
23.4.2021
A couple weeks ago, video game cover band Lame Genie recorded a fantastic version of the iconic Mortal Kombat theme song. Then they slapped on videos of comedian Gilbert Gottfried in place of the vocals for some reason.Read more
Opening Osaka's Super Nintendo World Last Month Seems Like A Mistake
23.4.2021
On March 18, Shigeru Miyamoto appeared at the Super Nintendo World opening at Universal Studios Japan. For the photos, he seems to have briefly removed his mask, which was probably safe. However, in light of the ensuing state of emergency, the photos reflect poorly on the seriousness of...
Dude Gets 100% On Guitar Hero Song That Looks Physically Impossible
23.4.2021
Honestly, this is one of the most physically impressive video game feats I have ever seen.Read more
Clone Hero Is So Much Fun I Don't Mind The Carpal Tunnel
23.4.2021
As the last of the notes disappeared from the screen, I put my fake, plastic guitar down to look at my hands. They were shaking, and my fingers were curled as if they were still wrapped around the fretboard. I felt pain twisting around my wrist and creeping into my finger joints. Still, I wore...
Manga Artist Hiro Mashima Is Teaming Up With Square Enix For A Totally New RPG
22.4.2021
Award-winning manga artist Hiro Mashima, best known for the smash hit Fairy Tail, is joining forces with Square Enix for an entirely new fantasy role-playing game called Gate of Nightmares for iOS and Android.Read more
8-Bit Theater Avoids Final Fantasy Copyrights With 20th Anniversary Script Book
21.4.2021
From 2001 to 2009, writer Brian Clevinger of Atomic Robo fame produced a hilarious webcomic called 8-Bit Theater, which follows the misadventures of a dysfunctional adventuring party. Unfortunately, that adventuring party is comprised of Final Fantasy game sprites, so Clevinger can’t reprint them...
Sonic 2 Movie Set Photos Feature A Second Sonic Sidekick
21.4.2021
We know Sonic the Hedgehog 2 features Sonic, and the teaser at the end of the first movie revealed Tails. Photos shot during the sequel’s filming in Vancouver show off a third anthropomorphic animal character that could be joining the cast. Potential movie spoilers but come on, we all know who...
Japan's Fraudulent Composer Returns Years Later With New Music
21.4.2021
In 2014, it was revealed that Mamoru Samuragochi, who was called “Japan’s Beethoven,” was not actually deaf. What’s more, he also used a ghostwriter for music.Read more
Rockstar Very Quietly Adds A Bunch Of Free DLC To Max Payne 3 & LA Noire
21.4.2021
Rockstar haven’t just spent the week fucking around with their Steam listings for no reason; not long after accidentally bringing Midnight Club II back for a few minutes, folks discovered that Max Payne 3 and LA Noire’s Steam versions now include all their DLC for free.Read more
Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard
20.4.2021
As of today, the man, the myth, the meme Jeff Kaplan is no longer a member of the Overwatch team—or Blizzard, for that matter.Read more
Rockstar Games Disappeared From Steam, Then Came Back, Even Ones You Couldn't Buy Anymore
20.4.2021
Earlier today all of Rockstar’s games temporarily disappeared from Steam, then quickly came back, likely down to a listing error. That’s fine, whatever, but when the games came back, some of them hadn’t been there in the first place.Read more
I’m Extremely Here For A Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots Movie
19.4.2021
Toy manufacturer Mattel is turning Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots into a movie, an idea that’s so brilliantly idiotic that I’ll be first in line when tickets go on sale.Read more
Sony Reverses Course On PS3 And Vita Store Closure
19.4.2021
Today, Sony announced they will no longer shut down the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita users.Read more
Zombie Army 4 Sounds Like A John Carpenter Joint
19.4.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re preparing to fight off the undead as we listen to fantastic tunes from Zombie Army 4: Dead War. Read more
The Mysterious Girl On The My Neighbor Totoro Poster
19.4.2021
On the original poster as well as on the DVD and Blu-ray cover, there is a mysterious girl standing next to Totoro. She isn’t Satsuki or Mei, and this girl does not appear in the movie. Yet, here she is.Read more
Homeworld 3, It's Nice To See You Again
19.4.2021
It has been almost two years since Homeworld 3 was announced alongside a slightly suspicious crowdfunding model, and in those two years we’ve barely seen or heard a thing about the game. We still haven’t, really, but at least today we got to see something.Read more