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Zedd Just Showed How Unfair Japan's Travel Ban Is
17.9.2021
Right now, nineteen prefectures in Japan are under a state of emergency until September 30. But one of them, Chiba Prefecture, will host the Supersonic music festival at a baseball stadium this weekend. Zedd, along with Alan Walker and Steve Aoki, are among the international DJs flown in for...
It's Like Classic Fallout RPGs, But There's A Puke Button
10.8.2021
Death Trash’s whole vibe is summed up early in its beginning area, where the tutorial messages ask you to puke. Before you earn more flashy powers like lightning bolts and poisonous blood, the game’s dedicated ability button (‘F’ by default, in case you were wondering) is just for making your...
Nasty YouTube Death Threat Hoax Has A Happy Ending
27.7.2021
It’s a sad truth of living on the internet that there’s usually someone out there more than happy to make your life a living hell. As public-facing figures, the couple behind popular YouTube gaming channel Girlfriend Reviews know this all too well, but they recently endured intimidation of...
A Magic Boomerang Game Is My New Obsession
12.7.2021
Boomerang X is one of the coolest, freshest games I’ve played in some time. It blends classic first-person, fast-paced action with high-flying teleportation-focused combat into something I’ve never really experienced before. And all of this feels extremely snappy and satisfying, making it hard...
Hikaru Utada Is Non-Binary And Wishes All A Happy Pride Month
28.6.2021
Hikaru Utada, one of the biggest selling artists in Japan, has announced that they are non-binary.Read more
You Can Disable Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Pop Songs While Streaming
22.6.2021
Eidos Montreal confirmed that its just-revealed Guardians of the Galaxy game will include an option to disable its extensive soundtrack during a recent interview with VentureBeat.Read more
Katy Perry And Pikachu Traveling Through Time Singing Songs, As They Do
14.5.2021
Remember way back in January, when I wrote “Katy Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing?” We now have that thing. Check out the video for Perry’s new single “Electric,” in which the singer and her Pikachu travel back in time to interfere with their unevolved forms....
6 Crypto-centric songs you may not have heard
7.5.2021
Crypto has made for a genre-defying trove of lyrical content over the years. Here are some key examples of the industry’s musical creativity
An Ode To Google Chrome’s Dinosaur Game
6.5.2021
This morning, I faced a problem you can probably relate to: my internet went out. As many of us working from home would, I scrambled to let my co-workers know and restarted my router hopefully. But, just as my heartbeat started racing, I was met with a familiar dinosaur friend.Read more
Dude Trains Like One-Punch Man During The Pandemic, Gets Buff
23.4.2021
Back in 2019, in the before times, Kotaku reported that an investor named Sean trained like One-Punch Man for thirty days and got in terrific shape. Now, in 2021, another dude has trained like the character for a whole year. Read more
Dude Gets 100% On Guitar Hero Song That Looks Physically Impossible
23.4.2021
Honestly, this is one of the most physically impressive video game feats I have ever seen.Read more
Online digital music retailer Beatport accepts Bitcoin for songs
21.4.2021
Beatport will accept Bitcoin as a payment method starting this July and is launching an NFT range in the meantime
Zombie Army 4 Sounds Like A John Carpenter Joint
19.4.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re preparing to fight off the undead as we listen to fantastic tunes from Zombie Army 4: Dead War. Read more
Sorry, But The Chug Jug Song
18.4.2021
I’m in charge of the website this weekend, which means I get to spread my suffering to you under the guise of Content. I’m sorry.Read more
Why Did No One Tell Me About Maneater?
13.4.2021
There are backlogs, and there are theoretical backlogs. Those games you never bought, but heard about, thought about getting, and then never did for whatever reason. I’m finding this fallow period for big game releases an excellent opportunity to reach into that pile of potential purchases,...
Lil Nas X Released A Cheeky Video Game About Twerking
8.4.2021
Lil Nax X—prolific Tweeter, former country music superstar, and current Lord of Hell—has released a new video game that celebrates his current chart-topping hit, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”Read more
Music Company Founded by Dr. Luke Enables Bitcoin Payments for Songwriters and Producers
3.4.2021
Bitcoin mainstream adoption is not limited to celebrities endorsing the cryptocurrency via social media or interviews on TV. The music industry is also interested in joining the bandwagon, with an independent publishing company recently enabling bitcoin payments. Bitcoin Adoption Comes in Response...
The Demon’s Souls OST Looks Unreasonably Attractive On Vinyl
3.4.2021
If you enjoyed Demon’s Souls’ updated score on PlayStation 5 and want to be able to listen to it in high fidelity, you’re in luck: Sony and Milan Records are partnering to produce a two-disc vinyl set of 21 tracks from the remastered classic for release on June 18.Read more
I Feel You, Life Is Strange Teen
18.3.2021
I haven’t played any of the Life is Strange games, because I have no nostalgia for my teenage years. Today’s trailer for the next installment in the series, True Colors, with its moody acoustic cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” has only reaffirmed my desire to leave my past in the past. How were any...
The PS5 Is Back In Stock
12.3.2021
Ooops, sorry you just missed it. Read more