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Activision Blizzard Allegedly Wouldn’t Let Call Of Duty Twitch Streamer Run A Team Due To ‘Oversexual’ Posts
4.2.2022
Activision Blizzard, a publisher under a government investigation revolving around sexual harassment at the company, allegedly stopped a Call of Duty personality from leading her own team within a tournament held by her own organization. The reason? She’s claiming that the publisher...
The Battle Between Anime YouTube and Japan Keeps Escalating
4.2.2022
Anime content creators on YouTube have been entrenched in a brutal fair use battle with aggressive Japanese copyright owners for a while now, but as one content creator tells it, things are starting to get out of control. Japanese companies don’t want YouTubers using their footage. YouTubers need...
Rockstar: GTA 6 Development Underway, And It's 'Significantly' More Ambitious
4.2.2022
Well, after years of rumors and fake-outs, it’s finally happened. Rockstar Games has confirmed that the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is in active development.Read more
Halo Mod Makes TV Show Canon By Adding Chevy Tahoe
3.2.2022
Chevy fans who also love Halo, rejoice. Finally, your day has arrived. A talented modder has added a Chevy Tahoe into Halo 3 after being inspired by the SUV’s recent appearance in a new Halo TV show trailer. Read more
JRPG-Style Prayer Alter For Your Dead, Gaming-Loving Relatives
2.2.2022
In Japan, butsudan (仏壇) are small shrines found in Buddhist temples and homes. They certainly don’t usually look like this!Read more
There's One, Set For Stun
2.2.2022
Yannick Stahl is a freelance artist based in Germany.Read more
Summer Wars Creator's New Anime Is Visually Stunning, But Misses The Mark
1.2.2022
The new animated movie Belle is a marvel. The latest from Mamoru Hosoda, director of 2018’s acclaimed Mirai, Belle features skilled art direction that remains coherent and focused in even the busiest scenes, and I loved the English soundtrack for its haunting beauty, which never strays from...
Make Shopping Online Better With The Wii Shop Channel Song
31.1.2022
It’s a universally agreed-upon truth that the Wii Shop Channel music is a banger. No doubt about it. One of the best pieces of music humanity has ever created. And now, thanks to a nifty and clever little browser add-on, you can have this wonderful song play wherever you go, provided it’s on...
Pachinko Is Not Doing Well In Japan
31.1.2022
Japan’s pachinko industry, a bulwark in the country’s amusement industry, has been hit hard during the pandemic. According to pachinko news site Green Belt, nearly 640 pachinko parlors closed in 2021. As of December 2021, there were 7,637 pachinko parlors affiliated with the Japan Amusement...
First Proper Trailer For Halo's TV Series Drops
30.1.2022
While it was teased in December, the first full trailer for the upcoming Halo TV series was just released and it looks, if nothing else, very expensive.Read more
Sunday Comics: Wow!
30.1.2022
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
28.1.2022
In the 1970s Will Shortz submitted a crossword to the New York Times with a word so scandalous that the editor rejected it. The word: bellybutton. Fast forward over four decades and Shortz himself is the Times crossword editor who is now the gatekeeper, selecting puzzles from the nearly...
My, Link, How You've Grown
28.1.2022
Dan Eder is an artist currently working on Warner Bros’ fighting game Multiversus.Read more
Canceled Star Wars Game Footage Teases Boba Fett Bounty Hunting Action
27.1.2022
Star Wars 1313 footage was recently discovered wiling away in an animator’s online portfolio, providing us with yet another brief glimpse at the canceled game.Read more
YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone
27.1.2022
In a new video, Mark Fitzpatrick of the anime YouTube channel Totally Not Mark revealed he not only won a battle in his copyright strike war with Toei Animation but also influenced YouTube to create a new copyright rule for content creators.Read more
Sunday Comics: There!
23.1.2022
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.Read more
Hacker Hijacks Military Numbers Station, Proceeds To Rickroll Everyone
21.1.2022
Mysterious Russian shortwave radio station UVB-76, known as The Buzzer, normally broadcasts nothing but indecipherable beeps and numbers. But recently it has started to take music requests and post memes, after hackers seemingly took control of the channel for their own purposes. “Aboba” a voice...
Meet The ‘Lesbian Skip,’ An Essential Deltarune Speedrunning Strat
19.1.2022
Apparently if you want to be a pro speedrunner in Deltarune, it’s imperative that you utilize a technique called “Lesbian Skip.” What’s the deal with that? It’s very straightforward actually.Read more
Undertale Fan Prequel Six Years In The Making Almost Done, Looks Fantastic
18.1.2022
Undertale Yellow is a fan-made prequel to the indie RPG that tells the story of Clover, the seventh human who falls into the game’s Underground. Given the go-ahead by Undertale creator Toby Fox back in February 2016, the labor of love is close to achieving its final form, with a new animated teaser...
Report: Live-Action Lost Judgment TV Series In The Works
18.1.2022
Japanese actor and pop star Takuya Kimura made his video game debut with Judgment and its sequel Lost Judgment. Apparently, there are unconfirmed plans to adapt the budding franchise into a live-action TV series. Kimura was previously in a boy band called Smap, but has also been one of Japan’s...