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Tekken Director Challenges Virtua Fighter Team To Make Another Game
3.6.2021
In the latest video for his personal YouTube channel, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada spoke at length about this week’s release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, sharing that he’s always viewed surpassing Sega’s foundational 3D fighting series as a personal goal.Read more
Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Is Thinking About Retiring
26.5.2021
Masahiro Sakurai has a regular column in Japanese game magazine Weekly Famitsu. In the latest issue, just released and read by Kotaku, Sakurai’s article is titled, “Everything comes to an end.”Read more
Bandai Namco Is Releasing A Peppa Pig Video Game
21.5.2021
It’s coming maybe 5-10 years too late for peak Peppamania, and more than a few voice actors seem to have changed since my kids were into this show, but in 2021 we’re finally getting a proper Peppa Pig video game.Read more
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Is Coming To Switch
20.5.2021
A version of Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom that includes both expansions is coming to Switch on September 17, Bandai Namco announced today. The role-playing game was previously only playable on PlayStation 4 and PC.Read more
Gundam's Zaku Makes A Pretty Good Japanese Teapot
12.5.2021
Quick! Out of all the Gundam mecha, if you were to pick one to make a Japanese teapot, which would you pick?Read more
Over Twenty Years Later, Nintendo Fan Completes Famicom Game Collection
7.5.2021
Back in December 2000, Somari began a Famicom game collection with the 1986 title Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble. And now, as of this spring, the YouTuber finally owns all 1,053 games for the consoles.Read more
Witcher 3 Director Leaves CD Projekt Following Bullying Allegations
4.5.2021
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, director of The Witcher 3, has resigned from his position at CD Projekt after being accused of workplace bullying, Bloomberg reports.Read more
Gold Gundam Statues Go On Sale In Japan For Only $240,000
3.5.2021
Like Gundam? Have lots of money? Well, does a Japanese jewelry company have a product for you. Several, actually.Read more
New Pokémon Snap: The Kotaku Review
28.4.2021
After 21 years, gaming’s least violent on-rails shooter triumphantly returns to usher in a new generation of Pokémon paparazzi. New Pokémon Snap adds layers of complexity to the monster photo safari without straying too far from what made the original so damn lovable.Read more
Tales Of Arise Out September 10, Coming To Next-Gen Consoles Too
21.4.2021
Tales of Arise, the next game in Bandai Namco’s long-running spikey-haired angst series, will come out on September 10, according to the game’s official Twitter account. Previously announced for PC and last-gen consoles, the action-RPG will also come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.Read more
Nexon Is Investing $1.5 Billion In Konami, Sega, Namco Bandai, And More
30.3.2021
This week, Nexon announced that last year the company greenlit up to $1.5 billion worth of investments in Konami Holdings, Bandai Namco Holdings, Sega Sammy Holdings, and Hasbro.Read more
Super Smash Bros. Devotes An Entire Update To Nerfing Wii Fit Trainer
24.3.2021
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate balance changes tend to come in waves. Whenever the developers add new content to the game, players can expect to be greeted by a handful of character adjustments across the expansive roster. But in the latest update, the decision-makers at Nintendo set their sights...
Tekken 7’s Newest Fighter Is The Fictional Prime Minister Of Poland
22.3.2021
The real prime minister of Poland, 53-year-old Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki, does not look like much of a fighter. Fictional Polish prime minister Lidia Sobieska, joining Tekken 7’s roster on March 23, seems a much more sensible choice.Read more
Gundam Build Series Going Live-Action
19.3.2021
Bandai and anime studio Sunrise are teaming up for a new Gundam Build series. This time, though, it’s not animated. It’s live-action.Read more
Scarlet Nexus Out June 25, Anime To Follow
18.3.2021
Scarlet Nexus, the “brain punk” action role-playing game from Bandai Namco, will come out on June 25. It’ll be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Read more
More Game Companies Take A Public Stand Against Anti-Asian Racism Following Atlanta Shootings
17.3.2021
A white man entered an Atlanta, Georgia spa yesterday and opened fire, killing four people and wounding another. He then drove across town and repeated this heinous act at two more locations, killing four more people. Six of the victims were Asian women, four of them of Korean descent.Read more
Eternal Sonata Literally Includes Some Of The Greatest Music Of All Time
17.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. This morning I am totally cheating by presenting you with tracks from Eternal Sonata, the Bandai Namco RPG that features music composed by 19th-century Polish classical superstar...
Bandai Namco Speaks Out Against Anti-Asian Racism In America
16.3.2021
In an official statement released on Twitter this morning, Bandai Namco took a public stance against the spike of anti-Asian racism in the United States in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.Read more
Here's How Fans Are Resurrecting Beloved Cars From Retro Games In Modern Racing Sims
12.3.2021
The Assoluto Bisonte seen above weighed about 2,750 pounds in its 1999 race trim and derived its power from a mid-mounted pushrod V8 of 3 liters. The four different teams that ran it during the Real Racing Roots campaign that year quoted different power figures, though the most well-known example...
The Digimon Reboot Said 'Workers' Rights'
9.3.2021
In both the original Digimon Adventure and the new reboot, each of the chosen human children brought to the Digital World to partner with a Digimon has a special emotional affinity that, when activated, helps give their Digimon the power to evolve. Some of the kids’ specialties, like Taichi’s...