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The 11 Best Video Game Sequels, According To Kotaku Readers
4.12.2023
Earlier this week, we asked you all to give us your choice for the best video game sequel. Any sequel would count and everyone was free to suggest any game they wanted, no matter how old, obscure, or divisive. And we tallied up all the answers, crunched the numbers, and figured out your top...
10 Years Ago, An Underrated Zelda Game Paved The Way For Tears Of The Kingdom
4.12.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is often heralded as one of the best adventure games of the past 25 years. With the nefarious Ganon once again scheming to conquer the land, it’s up to Link to traverse through time, space, and yet another aggravating water temple to save the Kingdom of Hyrule....
China, Japan, and South Korea Explore Collaboration in Big Data, Blockchain, and AI
4.12.2023
Source: iStock/PeopleImages China, Japan, and South Korea are forging ahead with plans to enhance collaboration in advanced technology sectors such as big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence (AI). During the 10th China-Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Busan, South...
Tears Of The Kingdom's Furniture Is Surprisingly Well-Made, Expert Says
1.12.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom makes you spend a lot of time thinking about the structural integrity of all the nonsense you build with Link’s Ultra Hand. But have you ever stopped to think about the integrity of the wood-based structures Nintendo has put around Hyrule? Well, Eden...
Ready For More Resident Evil Remakes? Capcom Sure Is
1.12.2023
Revisiting the past by way of a remaster, remake, or reboot isn’t always a surefire path to success for most franchises. But things have been working out so well for Capcom’s remakes of older Resident Evil titles that the company is going all in on rebuilding other titles from the classic Japanese...
Street Fighter 6 Players Drag Capcom For ‘Insane’ New Costume Prices
1.12.2023
After remaining silent on the price of the much-anticipated new skins for all 18 Street Fighter 6 launch characters, we finally know how much each alternate costume will cost, and fans of the 2D fighter aren’t too happy about the prices they’re seeing.Read more
Someone Found Secret Cheat Codes In A 14-Year-Old Gran Turismo Game
30.11.2023
14 years after Gran Turismo on the PlayStation Portable launched, someone discovered previously undocumented cheat codes in the portable racing game. It’s a good reminder that there are likely thousands of undiscovered secrets, cheats, and Easter eggs lurking in video games. Read more
Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 Joins Joins A Divisive Gaming Trend
30.11.2023
Dragon’s Dogma 2 looks awesome, right? The much anticipated action role-playing game about dragons and pawns came out swinging with a hefty new gameplay showcase on November 28, showing off the impressive character creator and some spectacular combat and officially revealing a March 24, 2024...
Sonic 3 Movie Teaser Sparks Fan Freak-Out About Shadow's Shoes
29.11.2023
Reader, if you don’t mind a quick look into my personal neurosis, let me tell you that when I’m really looking forward to something, I get a great deal of anxiety about possibly dying before I get to experience it. I’ve felt this about video games, movies, albums, concerts, and pretty much anything...
Circle Partners With SBI Holdings to Launch USDC in Japan
29.11.2023
Circle, a payment services company, and SBI Holdings, a conglomerate of financial companies, have partnered to bring liquidity services for the use of USDC, one of the largest stablecoins in the cryptocurrency market, to Japan, and promote the local use of stablecoins in the Web3 industry. Circle...
Oxford quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI
28.11.2023
OQC is also launching what it calls “the world’s first enterprise ready quantum computing platform.”
Zelda Devs Reveal Why They Made Ganon ‘Robust And Sexy’ In TOTK
28.11.2023
When you think of Ganondorf, the villainous entity that plagues The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule, what comes to mind? Despicable, evil, heinous, repulsive, vile—all good adjectives for the Demon King. “Robust and sexy” might not cross your brain, but those two words were purposeful descriptors...
Meet Regitube, The ‘Fake’ Pokémon Who’s A Hit Among Fans
27.11.2023
Fan-made Pokémon are nothing new, but the community seldom rallies around one like they have Regitube (or Regifloat, depending on who you ask). The hypothetical water-type Legendary Giant originated in a TikTok shitpost and has since become a legend within the Pokémon fandom, inspiring fan...
New Disney Movie Wish Could Have Big Ramifications For Kingdom Hearts
27.11.2023
Wish, the 62nd film released by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a bad movie. The film is meant to celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary, but instead, its incoherent story and reliance on millennial cliches for cheap jokes come off like it was fed into an AI generator and spat out onto the...
IBM brings ‘utility-scale’ quantum computing to Japan as China and Europe struggle to compete
27.11.2023
Experts predict the global quantum computing sector will grow from about $930 million in 2023 to $6.5 billion by 2030, but some global markets may be better poised for growth than others
Average value of undeclared crypto in Japan dropped 19% in 2022
27.11.2023
The number of tax evasion cases featuring crypto assets rose 35% last year when compared to 2021
Circle Signs MoU With SBI Holdings to Expand USDC Circulation in Japan
27.11.2023
Source: Pexels Circle, stablecoin issuer behind USD Coin (USDC), has joined forces with Tokyo-based financial services firm SBI Holdings to facilitate the strategic expansion of USDC into the Japanese market. This collaboration, solidified through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed...
Circle and SBI Holdings partner to boost USDC circulation in Japan
27.11.2023
The agreement was made in a memorandum of understanding, but SBI Holdings must first register as an electronic payment instruments service provider in the country
Japanese Tax Agency Investigates Hundreds of Crypto Tax Violations
27.11.2023
Source: umaruchan4678/Adobe The Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) has revealed it has recently investigated hundreds of crypto tax violations. The NTA released its annual report on tax investigations ahead of the weekend, including a section on crypto taxation. The data in the report, and also...
The World's Most Expensive Pikachu (Birthday) Card
24.11.2023
If I told you there was a Pokémon card going for $50, you’d wonder why I was bothering you. In a world where such things regularly change hands in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, such a figure is a shrug. But sorry, I should have been clearer: it’s a birthday card. A brand new one....