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See Arya Stark Fight Batman In W.B.’s Bonkers New Fighting Game
18.11.2021
Last month, leaked images showing a platform fighting game featuring Warner Bros.-owned fictional properties including Batman and Steven Universe made the rounds. Today, WB Games confirmed the game, titled MultiVersus, in a trailer. And you know what? Unlike the name, it doesn’t look so bad!...
Man Dressed As The Joker From Batman Arrested After Knife Attack
1.11.2021
Seventeen people were injured on October 31 in Tokyo during an attack on a Tokyo subway train. The attack has left one victim, a man in his 70s, in critical condition. A 24-year-old man, dressed as the Joker from Batman, was arrested at the scene for attempted murder.Read more
New Harley Quinn Clobbers Comic Industry Ableism
12.10.2021
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series is hands down my favorite piece of DC Comics media. The show’s sharp, raunchy writing, alongside its thoughtful characterizations of Harley and the rest of Batman’s rogue’s gallery, have injected new life into these once-familiar characters for me. It also doesn’t...
DC Comics Aims to Release ‘One of the Largest NFT Drops Ever’ at This Year’s Fandome
30.9.2021
One of the largest and oldest American comic book publishers DC Comics, Inc., has announced the firm has partnered with Palm NFT Studio in order to unleash a large swathe of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. The NFT drop will take place during the DC Fandome on October 16 and the NFT art will...
Marvel Comics Tells Freelance Artists Not to Mint Marvel-Brand NFTs, Publisher to ‘Introduce Opportunities for Creators’
12.9.2021
Last March, the comic book publisher DC Comics told freelancers that intellectual property (IP) and characters owned by DC Comics were off-limits in regards to freelancers leveraging the IP for non-fungible token (NFT) asset sales. A recent report indicates that Marvel Comics has also told...
Epic Disables Disrespectful Fortnite Emotes In The Martin Luther King Event
27.8.2021
Yesterday, Epic added an interactive Martin Luther King, Jr. museum to its popular free-to-play shooter, Fortnite. While the civil rights educational event came with some specific emotes for players to use, it also allowed folks to activate any emote from the wider stable of options. Having this...
The Tricky, Essential Art of Preserving Canceled Games Like Starfox 2
4.8.2021
What we know of history is preserved in the art we create, and what we leave behind. Cave paintings tell stories of great hunting feats, crumbling texts give us a glimpse into ancient cultures, and film reels show us how far life has come. In the same way, these artifacts represent the breadth...
Xbox Custom Controllers Have A Messed Up Banned Word List
23.6.2021
When playing around with the relaunched Xbox Design Lab, to create the colorful Xbox Series controller of my dreams, I was delighted to notice I could add a little 16 character engraving on the front to really make it my own. But then realized my ideal choice was deemed “not a valid engraving”...
Which E3 Character Makes For The Most Cunning Linguist?
16.6.2021
And now, for absolutely no reason at all (thanks Batman), here’s a bunch of characters we saw at E3 along with expert analysis as to whether or not they go down on folks with vaginas.Read more
Four Inches Is A Great Size For A Batman Figure
23.5.2021
A 12-inch Batman is great for kids or serious collectors, depending on the toy line. Six inches is a good size if you want a nice amount of detail and articulation and don’t want Bruce Wayne to get lost under the couch. But for my money and purposes, the four-inch Batman of Spinmaster’s Bat-Tech...
This Week's Toys Feel Like They're Wearing Nothin' at All, Nothin' at All, Nothin' at All...
2.4.2021
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately. This week: head back to Middle-earth’s Second Age, Lego strikes out on DC and Marvel with classic Batman and Venom sets, the perfect Star Trek Rubik’s Cube, and more. Check it out!Read more
What’s A Game You Like That Doesn’t Get Enough Love?
29.3.2021
It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.Read more
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Shows Just How Dirty the Theatrical Cut Did Ray Fisher
19.3.2021
Let me get this out the way right quick: I was not initially on board with Zack Snyder’s Justice League (ZSJL). After being burned by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and feeling sincere heartbreak at how mediocre the 2017 theatrical cut of Justice League was, I simply didn’t want to...
Gotham Knights Delayed Until 2022
19.3.2021
Warner Bros. Montreal has announced that Gotham Knights has been delayed until 2022. Read more
DC Comics Warns Freelancers Not to Participate in NFT Auctions Featuring the Company’s IP
16.3.2021
DC Comics, the American comic book publisher may be getting into the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem in the future. The company is the oldest comic book publisher in the U.S. owning characters such as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. In a letter dated on March 11, 2021, DC Comics’...
Space Jam 2 Sounds Weird
4.3.2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy—or as I will be referring to it for the rest of this blog Space Jam 2—is coming out later this year. Thanks to a new story from Entertainment Weekly we now know what the movie is actually about and folks, it’s some wild shit involving VR, Casablanca, Don Cheadle playing...
It's the Joker, Baby: Save up To 83% on Comics Starring the J-Man
24.2.2021
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11 of the Best and Brightest Batman: The Brave and the Bold Episodes to Stream on HBO Max
22.2.2021
There’s a cavalcade of DC Animation on HBO Max now, from Static Shock to Justice League, and, of course, more Batman than you can shake a batarang at. But instead of re-indulging in the giddy highs of The Animated Series, why not check out the finest of Batman’s animated hidden gems, Batman:...
The Lightning and the Storm: How an Imperfect Past Shaped the Rise of the Black Superhero
22.2.2021
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 1. Read more
Batman Forever: The Retro FAQ
16.2.2021
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and things must be desperate here because I just watched Joel Schumacher’s first Batman movie, Batman Forever. Read more