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Fake Nintendo Insider Fooled Thousands With Phony Predictions
15.2.2022
If you’ve been on the internet, you’ve seen commenters or social media accounts claiming to have the lowdown. Right before the most recent Nintendo Direct, a new Twitter account called Waddle Dee Knows did just that by making a flurry of predictions. Some of them, including a new Super Mario...
Stomp Stomp Stomp
15.2.2022
Kevin Jenkins is an artist who has worked on stuff like Thor and Star Wars, and has also been a Senior Director at Epic Games.Read more
Mods Accused of Bitcoin Mining, Viruses Removed From Steam
15.2.2022
Over the last few days, a series of mods for the PC strategy game Cities: Skylines have been removed from Steam after users began fearing that they contained all kinds of nasty stuff, from keyloggers to viruses to bitcoin mining software.Read more
Total War: Warhammer III: The Kotaku Review
14.2.2022
I remember putting on record back in 2016 how I thought Creative Assembly’s pivot to Warhammer games was a bad idea. How “seeing the series walk away from the real world was a blow”, and that “This isn’t even the good Warhammer. It’s the dorky medieval one”. Read more
Lost Ark's Depiction Of Female Characters Feels A Decade Out Of Date
14.2.2022
Lost Ark is a lot of fun. I’ve played hours and hours of it and I’m excited to play more. However, the latest smash hit on Steam is facing criticism for how it portrays its female characters. Read more
One Of The Weirdest Resident Evil Games Is Getting An Unofficial 3D Remake
14.2.2022
Not to be outdone by its more respected siblings, the handheld Resident Evil Gaiden is being remade by a group of independent developers.Read more
This AI Generates Fake New Pokémon, And It's Actually Pretty Good
14.2.2022
A machine-learning engineer has harnessed a powerful machine-learning technology to develop a web application that lets you create images of fake pocket monsters. The results are hilarious, and I love how simple the tool is.Read more
God of War PC Mod Makes Atreus Playable, Kinda
14.2.2022
A new PC mod for God of War aims to make Kratos’ arrow-wielding son, Atreus, a playable character. But it will likely be some time before he’s as agile as he is in the game’s finale. Read more
Good News, Horizon Forbidden West Plays Fine And Still Looks Beautiful On Base PS4
14.2.2022
I was ready for Horizon Forbidden West to be a big disappointment on base PS4s. The game is a technical marvel in so many ways on PS5, and developer Guerilla Games hadn’t been showing off a ton of last-gen footage. Surely it would suffer on Sony’s old hardware. Not so. While a clear downgrade,...
Tom Holland’s Uncharted Movie Is Getting Trashed By Critics
14.2.2022
The Uncharted movie won’t be out stateside until later this week, but it’s been out internationally for a few days, having released in a handful of markets last Thursday and Friday. So far, the cinematic adaptation of a popular video game series is being received about as well as any other...
Everyone's Convinced The NYT Made Wordle Harder, But It's Exactly The Same
14.2.2022
Following Wordle’s dream-like purchase for over a million bucks, people have assumed new owners the New York Times would inevitably make changes for the worse. I mean, of course it would. It’s a big billion-dollar corporation buying a tiny morsel of joy. That always ends in sadness, right?...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus Modder Finds Modern Room That Might Hint At DLC
14.2.2022
In the weeks since Pokémon Legends: Arceus released, players have been discovering all sorts of neat secrets about this open-world game set long before the series’ mainline entries. Now, one hacker has found a sectioned-off area containing a bedroom with modern furnishings and amenities like...
Kotaku’s 3-Episode Anime Test: My Dress Up Darling
14.2.2022
Welcome to another edition of Kotaku’s Anime Revolution, presented by Acura, a weekly show where the otaku of Kotaku look at the hottest shows of the winter season and put them through the three-episode test to see whether they’re worth your time. This week, we’ll be taking a look at My Dress-Up...
Genshin Impact's miHoYo Rebrands For Global Audiences
14.2.2022
Founded in 2012, miHoYo became world-famous with games Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd. But now, the game studio is being rebranded to make room for the metaverse. Read more
Hideaki Anno Is Creating His Version Of The Marvel Universe
14.2.2022
The common connection for many universes in movies and TV is corporate. So, what joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe is, well, Marvel. Of course, there are exceptions. The latest of which is the newly announced Shin Japan Heroes Universe.This upcoming collab will bring Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen...
This Man Loves Japan. His Name Is Tommy Lee Jones.
14.2.2022
You might like Japan. But if you are Tommy Lee Jones, you totally *heart* it. Who loves Japan? Why, Tommy Lee Jones, that’s who! Read more
Horizon Forbidden West: The Kotaku Review
14.2.2022
For a game about exploring the unknown, Horizon Forbidden West sure plays it safe.Read more
Sheet Of Uncut 1998 Pokémon Cards Found, Up For Auction
14.2.2022
While there have been many expensive, individual Pokémon cards going up for sale lately, and even some boxes of cards, an upcoming auction is going to be listing something far more interesting: a whole sheet of Pokémon cards that never made it to a packet in the first place.Read more
NBA Star Accused Of Lying About His Wordle Score
14.2.2022
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns is, like the rest of you, playing Wordle on a daily basis, then tweeting about it straight after. But when he shared his results last week, more experienced players noticed something was very off.Read more
The Week In Games: What's On The Horizon?
13.2.2022
It’s time for another large open-world game. Have you had enough time to finish the last one? Well, regardless, Horizon Forbidden West releases on PS4 and PS5 this Friday. Read more