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Report: Jeopardy! Players Turn Down Rare Opportunity To Return, With Good Reason
11.8.2023
Jeopardy!’s 40th season is scheduled to begin on September 11. And this time around the popular trivia show is inviting past players from previous seasons to play one more time, a rare opportunity that most contestants never dreamed would happen. But to play again these contestants are being asked...
The Most Essential Barbie Video Games, Ranked
7.8.2023
Before Greta Gerwig exploded some men’s brains with her blockbuster Barbie movie earlier this summer, and some decades after toy company Mattel exploded parents’ wallets with the Barbie doll in 1959, video game companies released a bunch of Barbie games. Read more
Blind Street Fighter 6 Player Steals Fighting Game Tournament's Hearts
7.8.2023
A blind gamer who competed in the biggest fighting game tournament of them all, the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), took home the ultimate W this year: An uproarious applause from nearly 10,000 competitors and fans alike.Read more
Street Fighter 6 Cheat Turns Commentators Into Animals
2.8.2023
Street Fighter 6 players have uncovered a hidden code in the game that transforms its commentators into shout-casting animals. Read more
15 Character Revelations We Learned In Street Fighter 6
2.8.2023
Street Fighter 6 characterizes its fighters in odder, more specific ways than prior games in the franchise. The broad strokes—the character archetypes—are still the same. Ryu is a stoic warrior. Dhalsim is a serene yoga master. E. Honda is a prideful sumo fighter. But Street Fighter 6 grounds these...
‘Community-Based IP’ — Yuga Labs CEO Describes Web3 Evolution of Licensing to Japanese Government Official
29.7.2023
In a recent “fireside chat” with the deputy director of the Web3.0 Policy Office of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre noted: “We’re not even in the first inning” of where Web3 “evolution” is going to...
US State of Minnesota Okays Crypto Donations to Political Campaign Committees
29.7.2023
Minnesota has become one of the few U.S. states to permit crypto donations to political campaign committees. However, according to the state’s new rules, crypto donations must be converted to U.S. dollars within five days. In the event of price changes within the five-day grace period, these...
R&B Singer Ne-Yo Loves Street Fighter So Much He Takes His PS5 With Him On Tour
25.7.2023
This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary.Read more
Our Favorite Cosplay From San Diego Comic-Con 2023
24.7.2023
When it comes to incredible cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con always delivers, and this year was no exception. The event, which ran from July 20 to July 23 and took place at the famed San Diego Convention Center, brought fun panels, cool interactive experiences, and almost provided us with an unofficial...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games With Feel-Good Vibes
21.7.2023
Summer weekends mean fresh air, sunny beaches, barbeque—oh, who am I kidding? This is “I’m locked inside all day bathed in air conditioning and glued to a video game” weather, and this weekend we’ve got some more games for you to consider adhering to. Our guide this week features some more retro...
The Video Game Endings We'll Never Forget, For Better Or Worse
19.7.2023
A lot of people never finish the video games they buy. We’re all guilty of it, and as a result, we’ve missed out some pretty memorable finales, both good and bad. For some games, an ending can be a great culmination of hours and hours of storytelling, design decisions, and and interacting with...
The 20 Best Nerdy Video Game Rap Lyrics
18.7.2023
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Barbie-Themed Xbox And Controllers Are Too Good To Not Sell
26.6.2023
Calling all Barbie girls living in their Barbie worlds. I’ve got new plastic; it’s fantastic. It can also control your Xbox and help you look cool while gaming. Plus, Microsoft announced a new, specially made Barbie-themed Xbox that sadly—along with the controllers—can’t be bought, but can be...
Street Fighter 6’s Lobbies Are Full Of Chaos Freaks, It Rules
20.6.2023
Every time I hop into a lobby in Street Fighter 6, it feels like I’m one of the only people who has an avatar that looks just like a regular guy. This game’s character creator is wild, folks. You can create near-perfect recreations of just about anyone, or you can make some weird little guy, and...
These Two New Street Fighter 6 Characters Are Taking Over The Internet
15.6.2023
Capcom’s Street Fighter series has given us some of the most recognizable and iconic game characters in history. But when attached to Street Fighter V, a game with a rocky 2016 launch it never fully recovered from, those characters got relatively little attention. Thankfully, Street Fighter 6...
Street Fighter 6: The Kotaku Review
30.5.2023
To say Capcom fumbled Street Fighter V is an understatement. SF5 launched in an incomplete state, going all-in on “esports” to the point that it shipped without even basic single-player modes, and the flat, offense-heavy combat came off so canned, so rote, that it almost felt turn-based. (Also,...
Street Fighter 6 Comic Confirms Ken Is A Crypto Bro, Bad Father
5.5.2023
On Thursday, Capcom announced a four comic-book series leading up to the events of Street Fighter VI. Produced in partnership with Udon Comics, the series will catch eager players up on what their favorite fighters have been up to since Street Fighter V. The first of Street Fighter 6’s prequel...
SBF’s lawyers unable to tap his parent’s phones to meet bail conditions
23.4.2023
The new cell phones purchased for Bankman-Fried's parents cannot "automatically photograph the device's users every five minutes as required by the Order," according to a recent court filing
Tekken 8 Has Special Character Intros For Lore Nerds
29.3.2023
Fighting game fanatics got their first real look at Bandai Namco’s newest entry in its long-running Tekken series during last year’s PlayStation State Of Play. Now a bunch of hands-on previews for Tekken 8 have dropped, and among the revelations is the fact that Tekken is taking a page out of...
Street Fighter 6 Drops In June With Cool 2v2 Mode
9.12.2022
You may have already seen, but Street Fighter 6's June 2, 2023 release date leaked late in the day on December 8. Apparently Sony, whether accidentally or intentionally, published the date on the PlayStation Store, alongside three different editions that will be available come launch....