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The Best (And Worst) April Fools’ Jokes In Gaming For 2022
1.4.2022
April Fools’ is finally upon us, or as our UK editor John Walker likes to call it: “International Lying Day.” Never fear, readers. We Kotaku bloggers are vigilantly keeping alert for any announcements that seem a little bit too good or too weird to be true. Not me, though. Some April Fools’ jokes...
Big Horizon Forbidden West Patch Makes The Game Less Shimmery
30.3.2022
Developer Guerrilla Games has rolled out a massive patch for Horizon Forbidden West, purporting to fix more than a dozen quests, plus a litany of minor hiccups. It also aims to make the game less shimmery. Those who made it through the era of puddlegate unscathed should rejoice.Read more
Destiny 2 Maker Blasts YouTube's Takedown System In Wild Lawsuit
28.3.2022
Earlier this month, a bunch of Destiny 2 YouTube videos, including some by high profile content makers and even Bungie themselves, were hit by rogue copyright takedown notices generated by fake Google accounts. Bungie is now trying to sue the people responsible, and has called out YouTube...
Canadian Musician Grimes Reveals ‘Intergalactic Children’s Metaverse Book’ at Avalanche Summit
27.3.2022
At the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona, the Canadian musician and record producer Grimes announced she plans to launch an “intergalactic children’s metaverse book.” Grimes’ children’s metaverse book project is part of a $100 million initiative started by...
All Of The Upcoming Video Game TV Shows Currently Announced
26.3.2022
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a lot of video game TV shows in the works. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we can’t go more than a week or two without another story or report about some video game getting a show on Netflix or Amazon...
Why Did John McAfee Stop Paying Taxes? ‘I’d Just Had Enough’
26.3.2022
In a newly released (and non-fungibly tokenized) book, the late entrepreneur talks about his love for crypto and his brushes with the law with characteristic bravado
The Halo Show Isn’t Trying To Be The Game, And That’s A Good Thing
25.3.2022
It only took one Speilberg exit and one decade of development hell, but a show based on Halo is finally here. I can’t believe I’m typing this: It’s actually good. Surprisingly so, though it’s not absent any cause for concern.Read more
5 Messed Up Things That Happen In Kirby Manga Mania
22.3.2022
With Kirby and the Forgotten Land coming out later this week, I decided to do some reading up on Nintendo’s pink puffball by checking out a wacky collection of his manga aptly titled Kirby Manga Mania. Going into this venture I expected to be overwhelmed by Kirby in all his babble-talking glory...
6 Questions for John deVadoss of Neo and the Global Blockchain Business Council
20.3.2022
PlayStation’s Big New Exclusive Has Been Nearly Unplayable For Over 24 Hours
18.3.2022
PlayStation racing sim Gran Turismo 7 has been offline for maintenance for over a day. Normally, that wouldn’t be a huge deal, but because so much of the game requires an online connection, including a great deal of single-player content, fans have effectively been locked out of Sony’s latest...
Instagram Is Working on Bringing NFTs to the Platform in the ‘Near Term,’ Says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
16.3.2022
In December 2021, the CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, discussed how the firm was looking into non-fungible token (NFT) technology during an ask-me-anything (AMA) session. Three months later, at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event in Texas, Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained Instagram plans...
Halo Infinite's New Slayer Mode A Great Reason To Return To The Game
14.3.2022
Maybe you’ve maxed out the battle pass. Maybe you’re distracted by the embarrassment of riches in gaming right now. Whatever the reason, if you’ve bounced off Halo Infinite, there’s immediate grounds to return: the ongoing “Tactical Ops” event.Read more
Zapala Free Zone to Offer New Opportunities to Bitcoin Miners in Argentina
12.3.2022
The Zapala Free Zone, an area located in Neuquen, Argentina that has the objective of incentivizing various productive activities, will receive its first bitcoin mining-related investment this year. The company that will create the power infrastructure for the mining farm aims to generate more than...
Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away Comes To Life With Puppets
11.3.2022
Originally released in 2001, Spirited Away is beloved by fans and critics alike. The award-winning film showed the depth and the brilliance of Hayao Miyazaki’s imagination. Creating a live-action stage show version was challenging, made even more so by a pandemic and a travel ban.Read more
US Inflation Skyrockets, 64% of Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck, S&P 500 Chart Shows Death Cross Imminent
9.3.2022
Inflation continues to rear its ugly head in the lives of Americans, as 64% of U.S. residents are living paycheck to paycheck. Equities futures indicate Wednesday’s trading sessions may see stocks heal after the last two days of significant capitulation. However, the S&P 500 index...
Web3 platform integrates social commerce app into Circle's payment infrastructure
9.3.2022
The platform was founded in 2018 by musical icon John Legend, alongside a number of Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs
Nifty News: Women’s Day in the Metaverse, Potion Unlock NFT auction, and Papa John’s brand new bag
8.3.2022
To celebrate International Women’s Day, HeyLayer on Stacks is hosting an event in the Metaverse. Meanwhile, PotionLabs is auctioning off NFTs of its code, and Papa Johns has put cheese in its NFTs
Papa John's Plans NFT Drop Despite Prior Warning From UK Advertising Regulator
8.3.2022
Pizza takeaway chain Papa John's is giving away nearly 20,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to customers in the U.K. shrugging off a previous warning from the advertising regulator about its dalliances in the crypto world
Mládí jako v bavlnce: John F. Kennedy vyrůstal se stříbrnou lžičkou v puse
7.3.2022
Jen málokdo dokládal pravdivost tvrzení o „americkém snu“ lépe než rodiny irských přistěhovalců Kennedyů a Fitzgeraldů. Jejich neutuchající ambice je katapultovaly do světa na hony vzdálenému životu chudých příbuzných v Irsku
The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet
4.3.2022
It's my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice:By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving cars meeting SAE J3016 level 5 will be commercially available for