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Unicorn Overlord: The Kotaku Review
7.3.2024
There is a satisfaction that comes from being told you are too weak to face a challenge and then quickly handing your enemy their defeat on a silver platter regardless. Being the David to your enemy’s Goliath and leveraging not just physical but strategic power to overcome the odds is a thrill that...
Splatoon And Marvel Snap Inspired FF7 Rebirth's Best Minigame
7.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s in-universe card game Queen’s Blood has taken players by storm. Whether it’s the thrill of the hunt for a new card, or besting your opponent with a broken deck, the Final Fantasy series has another standout card game to go alongside Final Fantasy VIII’s revered Triple...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Is Heavily Inspired By GTA V, Says Director
6.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s upcoming open-world fantasy RPG, is looking like it’s gonna be something special. And while you might expect a game with swords, mages, dragons, and other high-fantasy concepts to be inspired by something like Dungeons and Dragons or Lord of the Rings, the game’s director...
Sony Has The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy On Lock
6.3.2024
I hope you weren’t holding your breath for Final Fantasy VII Remake,Rebirth, and whatever the threequel will be called to come to a non-PlayStation console. Because tough luck, Sony and Square Enix have agreed to make the Remake trilogy a PlayStation exclusive forever and ever.Read more
Persona 3 Reload Getting Much-Requested DLC, But There's A Catch
6.3.2024
It turns out that Persona 3 Reload, a remake of the original game released earlier this year, will be getting its much-requested DLC “The Answer” after all. As part of today’s Xbox Partner Preview, Atlus announced that the DLC, called “Episode Aigis,” is releasing in September as part of Persona...
Square Enix’s Horror Classic Should Be Adapted To The Silver Screen
6.3.2024
On a snowy Christmas Eve, rookie cop Aya Brea attends the opera at Carnegie Hall. In the middle of the performance, while the star performs a haunting aria, the theater and people within it burst into flames. Screams and crackling wood form a symphony with the still-singing star. This is...
Elden Ring Has Been Teasing Shadow Of The Erdtree All Along
6.3.2024
FromSoftware’s award-winning 2022 RPG Elden Ring is full of secrets. Its most evocative ones are hidden in environmental details and item descriptions, and when they’re discovered they offer information about The Lands Between’s characters and lore. Apparently, one of those secrets may have been...
We Need To Talk About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending
6.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is out now, and we here at Kotaku have been chewing on its ending for a bit. Now that folks have had time to play the game and sort out their feelings on it, we wanted to take some time to chat about the finale’s merits, issues, and how it left us feeling after spending...
Japan’s Daiwa Capitalizes on Crypto Boom, Secures 10% Stake in Singaporean Startup
6.3.2024
Japan's Daiwa Securities has decided to acquire a 10% ownership stake in Singapore-based cryptocurrency startup Penguin, citing a growing trend of affluent individuals and institutional investors investing more in the crypto market.
The post Japan’s Daiwa Capitalizes on Crypto Boom, Secures...
Japanese Police Arrest ‘Teenage Litecoin Exchange Operator’
6.3.2024
Japanese police officers have arrested a teenage high schooler on suspicions of operating an illegal Litecoin (LTC) exchange.
The post Japanese Police Arrest ‘Teenage Litecoin Exchange Operator’ appeared first on Cryptonews
Dragon's Dogma 2 Could Be 2024's Breakout RPG
5.3.2024
As my fearsome archer walks across a bustling sand-coated bazaar, my coin purse must be jingling, because countless town folk are vying for my attention. Nestled on a mountain top, this dust-coated medieval market city is abuzz with activity. A fully clothed, purring cat-man beckons me towards...
FF7 Rebirth: How Synergy Skills And Abilities Work
5.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth features an evolved form of the combat system as it appeared in Final Fantasy VII Remake. As an action RPG, Rebirth’s combat is both tactical and demanding of reaction time. There are a number of moving parts going on all at once when the blades and spells start flying....
Loveless Embodies One Of FF7 Rebirth’s Biggest Flaws
5.3.2024
In extending one 40-hour RPG into three separate, equally long, titles Square Enix has found a lot of ways to build out the world of Final Fantasy VII. Rebirth, the second entry in the trilogy, takes it a step further than in its predecessor by packing the now-sprawling world full of activities....
Fans Deem Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Moogle A Freaky Little Guy
5.3.2024
Moogles, one of the consistent mascots of the Final Fantasy franchise, have taken many different forms over the series’ lifetime. While they’re always mammalian in some way, they’ve resembled different animals such as bears, bunnies, cats, and bats across iterations. These little guys are usually...
25 Years Ago, PlayStation Was Blessed With An Amazing Advergame
5.3.2024
America was culturally adrift in the 1990s. When the Cold War ended, it took a big piece of the nation’s identity with it. So it’s not shocking that, absent a real honest-to-goodness war for the first time in half a century, the most materialistic society in history dove headfirst into brand wars....
Animoca Brand Japan and KDDI collaborate to boost Web3 usage
5.3.2024
Animoca Brands Japan and KDDI Corporation established an exclusive partnership to accelerate the widespread adoption of Web3. Concurrently, an association is established between Mocaverse and αU (AlphaU). Animoca Brands and KDDI aim to provide enhanced interoperable visibility specifically for Web3...
FF7 Rebirth: Where To Find All Seventh Infantry Members
4.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix’s latest entry in the ongoing FF7 remake project, contains recreations of several classic moments from the original, such as the parade honoring President Rufus Shinra’s newly acquired title. During this sequence, you’ll be asked to round up a few stray...
One Of PlayStation’s Most Overlooked Games Could Be Coming To PC
4.3.2024
Gravity Rush, the topsy-turvy action-adventure game from Sony’s now-defunct Japan Studio, might be making a return. According to a recent rumor, a Gravity Rush 2 remaster is in development for PS5 and PC. Seven years after its release, and three years after the closure of Japan Studio, fans...
Stop Telling People They Can Play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Without Remake
4.3.2024
Over the weekend, an old quote from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth co-director Motomu Toriyama started recirculating on social media that, after finishing the game myself, nearly turned me into the Joker. It originated in a social media Q&A with the development team, and one question was, “Do I need...
Multiple Fighting Game Tournaments Ban Competitor After Woman Says He Beat And Raped Her
4.3.2024
Multiple organizations have banned fighting game competitor Andre “OmGiTzAndre” Howard from competing at their events after a fellow community member said he raped and assaulted her. The woman described the abuse last night after her boyfriend spoke about it in a podcast on Tuesday.Read more