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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League: The Kotaku Review
3.2.2024
After years of trailers, delays, controversy, and leaks, Rocksteady’s big, live-service, open-world, villain-themed, DC third-person looter shooter—Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League—is finally out (for real). The narrative that has formed around this game over the last few years has grown...
Suicide Squad’s First 12 Hours Include Great Action, But A Lot Of Filler
1.2.2024
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League isn’t the game a lot of Arkham fans wanted. It’s also yet another live-service video game, something that folks are less and less excited about with each passing year. And it’s not had great previews or trailers. But, I’ve enjoyed Rocksteady’s past games a...
If Publishers Want To Charge Players For Early Access, The Servers Have To Work
29.1.2024
Last year, we saw the rise of video game publishers offering a few days of early access to big AAA games for a price. This year, it’s only going to get worse as it seems every large game publisher is holding games hostage and charging players a ransom fee to play a few days early. But what happens...
Our Fave Cosplay Looks From Holiday Matsuri 2023
25.1.2024
Holiday Matsuri (or Holmat) is an annual cosplay convention held in Orlando, Florida that tends to close out the year with a bang. As it’s the biggest cosplay convention in the state, and always falls near the end of December (it’s nice and toasty in Florida that time of year, trust me), HolMat...
Following Meh Previews, Rocksteady Is Lifting Suicide Squad's Alpha Test NDA
11.1.2024
Rocksteady and WB Games are doing something odd. They are partially lifting the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) surrounding a previous alpha test of the upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League following a load of mixed and negative previews. Read more
Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game
8.1.2024
In a new interview, Darius Sadeghian, studio product director at Rocksteady, danced around the obvious fact that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is an online live-service game, instead claiming it’s “still full of the DNA that infuses the Batman: Arkham series” and adding that no “label”...
Suicide Squad Game Resurfaces With Big Map And Live-Service Plans
15.11.2023
Rocksteady is finally ready to start talking about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, after delaying it (again) earlier this year. The studio first announced its upcoming supervillain co-op action game way back in 2020. In a new video series going behind the scenes of the game, the devs...
Kotaku’s 24 Most Anticipated Games Of 2024
30.10.2023
Congratulations, gamers, you have successfully made it through another year of back-to-back big video game launches, disappointing cancellations and delays, and bizarre tribalistic discourse over which console is the best. Joking aside, 2023 was a very good year for video games, with bangers like...
All The Recent Big, Surprising Anime News You Should Know About
7.7.2023
This week, Anime Expo had a bunch of announcements and trailers for visitors and folks at home to get excited about. In fact, the “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America” almost had too much to reveal for attendees to take time and parse, especially if they were stuck in...
The Joker Looks Wild In The Suicide Squad Anime By Attack On Titan Folks
6.7.2023
Warner Bros. Japan and Spy x Family producer Wit Studio announced at Anime Expo 2023 a new anime centering the DC supervillain team the Suicide Squad. The series, titled Suicide Squad Isekai, does not yet have a release date or an associated streamer, but it will no doubt unite the worst people...
What Your Cosplay Says About You: Brutal Callout Edition
23.6.2023
Ten years ago I went to my first New York Comic Con dressed in a perfectly fine Doctor Who cosplay (Tenth Doctor, of course). My outfit was more a collection of H&M pieces and a pair of Converse I already owned rather than a bespoke look crafted by me in my parents’ garage, but donning such...
Alleged Cocaine Operation That Used Pokémon Art Cases Got Busted
13.6.2023
Two New Bedford, Massachusetts men were arrested on June 6 for allegedly smuggling some four pounds of cocaine in a couple of adorable yellow Pokémon art cases that seem to feature the electric mouse Pikachu on the front.Read more
FTX advisors billed the bankrupt firm for a whopping $103M in Q1
3.5.2023
After Sullivan & Cromwell, Consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal billed the second largest invoice for its finance and accounting work
HSBC Acquires Silicon Valley Bank UK — Sale Facilitated by Government, Bank of England
14.3.2023
The British government and the central bank, the Bank of England, have facilitated a private sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK to HSBC, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt. He stressed that “Deposits will be protected, with no taxpayer support.” British Government Announces...
Lawyers picnic: FTX counsel and advisors rake in $34M in January
8.3.2023
Millions have been invoiced from a host of law firms, investment bankers, consultants and financial advisers in FTX’s bankruptcy case
HSBC’s CEO Explains Why Crypto Is Not in the Banking Giant’s Future
16.9.2022
Banking giant HSBC will not be offering crypto services, according to CEO Noel Quinn. Noting that HSBC is more negative on crypto than other banks, the executive stressed: “I do worry about the sustainability of the valuations of crypto.” HSBC Will Not Get Into Crypto, CEO Says...
Bitgo Files Lawsuit Against Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital for $100M Over ‘Intentional Breach’ of a Merger Agreement
14.9.2022
According to statements made by the digital asset custody business and financial services provider Bitgo, the firm has filed a lawsuit against the crypto company Galaxy Digital and is seeking damages for more than $100 million. Bitgo says Galaxy’s “improper repudiation and intentional...
Galaxy Digital Terminates $1.2 Billion Bitgo Acquisition Deal, Crypto Firm Still Plans for Nasdaq Listing
16.8.2022
Galaxy Digital Holdings and the company’s CEO and founder Mike Novogratz announced the company has “exercised its right to terminate” a previously announced acquisition of Bitgo. According to Galaxy the termination of the deal was due to Bitgo’s “failure...
YouTube Star Dr Disrespect's NFT Game Is Charging Players To Playtest
11.7.2022
The democratization of game development has long been touted as a fresh, original idea, each and every time a developer does it. From releasing daily public builds to frequently updated Early Access editions, it’s been done many times for many years. The difference with Dr “Herschel Beahm...
NFT.NYC expecting ‘diverse and eclectic audience’ to drive utility narrative of NFTs
17.6.2022
The co-founder and vice president of growth at NFT.NYC shared insights into its community-first values and ethos