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Yakuza's Producer Would Like To Bring Its 17th & 19th Century Spinoffs To The West
24.2.2021
While Sega has eventually managed to bring all the main Yakuza games to the West, we’ve still never gotten the series’ two historical spinoffs, Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! and Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!.Read more
Persona 5 Strikers’ Menus Are As Vibrantly Alive As Its Cast
24.2.2021
Video game menus are like assholes—every game has them and more often than not, they stink. They are often the least-pretty, least splashy part of an otherwise beautiful game, partly because they aren’t central to gameplay (unless it’s Crusader Kings or something). But Persona 5 Strikers shows us...
Final Fantasy Got It Right With Two Black Fathers
23.2.2021
Lately, dads have become the video game industry’s pet trope. There are a ton of games that have won a lot of awards about trying, failing, and in very few cases, succeeding at being a dad. But that trend largely excludes Black fathers (with one extremely notable exception), since the video game...
Twitter CEO donates 1 BTC to Bitcoin core development non-profit
23.2.2021
Brink, a fledgling Bitcoin non-profit outfit, got the nod from Jack Dorsey via a BTC donation
Japanese Authorities Say the Majority of People Involved in Coincheck’s 2018 Hack Are Individuals With ‘High Social Status’
23.2.2021
More details keep appearing from the police investigation into the 2018 Coincheck hack that stole $530 million from the crypto exchange. Japanese authorities revealed that most of the individuals involved have a “high social status.” One of the Individuals Took Part in a NEM Swap Deal...
Valheim, As Told By Steam Reviews
23.2.2021
I’m getting the impression that maybe, just maybe, Valheim’s five-person development team might be onto something. Since the Viking survival game’s Steam release earlier this month, it’s sold 3 million copies. Over the weekend, more than 500,000 people played it at once. But what do players...
Bitcoin Price Drops 18%, Fed Discusses ‘Soft’ Inflation, Analyst Says BTC Sell-Off Attracts More Investors
23.2.2021
Digital asset markets are seeing some turbulence on Tuesday as the entire crypto market capitalization has lost 11% in value during the last 24 hours. Bitcoin has slid to a low of $44,846 during the morning trading sessions (EST) losing more than 18% during the last day. Bitcoin Price Dips Over...
If You're Looking for Sailors, Shenmue III is $10 and It Includes a Steelbook Case
23.2.2021
Shenmue III + Steelbook Case (PS4) | $10 | Best BuyRead more
Altcoins and DeFi sell-off after Bitcoin’s 17.6% correction below $50K
23.2.2021
DeFi tokens and altcoins bore the brunt of today's carnage as Bitcoin price dipped below $48,000
South Korean Financial Regulator Confirms Privacy Coin Delistings- Adds New Guidelines to Report Unusual Transactions
22.2.2021
South Korean financial watchdogs are about to start overseeing crypto-related activities in the nation, and additional barriers for exchanges keep appearing. Moreover, one of the South Korean regulatory bodies codified the measures announced last year on privacy coin listings. No Major Domestic...
Why Diablo IV Is So Obsessed With Ears
22.2.2021
Ears. If you watched the debut trailer for Diablo IV’s rogue class, that was your main takeaway—at least, if you’re anything like me. The rogue showed up to “confession” with a big ol’ bag of ears. The priest had a whole darn trophy case of ears. This might have struck you as strange—most regular...
Researcher Finds an Old Twitter Profile May Have Been Satoshi Nakamoto’s Account
22.2.2021
On February 22, 2021, an author published a post on substack.com about an anonymous Twitter account that may have belonged to the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. The researcher discovered a Twitter account dubbed ‘Goldlover,’ and found some interesting coincidences with the account’s...
3 Bitcoin price metrics show bulls were not fazed by today’s $1.6B liquidation
22.2.2021
Today’s $1.6 billion Bitcoin liquidation event might have flushed out some over-leveraged retail investors, but the overall market is still positioned in favor of bulls
Niantic Announces Bonus Pokémon Go Event After Players Let In Free To The Kanto Tour
22.2.2021
Saturday saw one of the biggest paid international events Pokémon Go has hosted, the Kanto Tour. Costing a not-cheap $11.99, it was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, with the hit mobile game going back to the series’ origins for a 12-hour celebration of the OG 151 Pokémon....
Forrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
22.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch.Read more
Swiss crypto ETP issuer passes $1B assets under management
22.2.2021
Swiss crypto ETP issuer 21Shares has increased its managed crypto ETP assets from $500 million to $1 billion in less than two weeks
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits 180 Exahash, Mining Difficulty Climbs Higher, Pools Jump by 35%
22.2.2021
The price of bitcoin has climbed to phenomenal heights during the last few weeks and this has fueled the crypto asset’s mining sector a great deal. Despite the fact that the Bitcoin network’s mining difficulty has never been higher at 21.72 trillion, the hashrate has climbed to...
Skybridge Capital Founder Predicts $100K Bitcoin Price This Year Due to ‘Heavy Demand’ and Diminishing Supply
22.2.2021
The founder of asset management firm Skybridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, has predicted that the price of bitcoin will reach $100,000 before the year-end simply due to supply and demand. “You don’t have a lot of supply out there and very heavy demand,” he said. His firm...
Decentraland celebrates 1 year anniversary with virtual party
21.2.2021
The virtual world is celebrating in style with "live" DJ sets and a new club reveal
'Shop Contest: Thicczilla, Winners
20.2.2021
Godzilla is old news. Last week, Netflix introduced the world to the glorious Thicczilla. We here at Kotaku decided to celebrate this big, beautiful boy. Read more