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The Horse Girl Gacha Game Reminds Fans To Be Cool Around IRL Horses
11.7.2025
Sometimes you have to remind your diehard fans to be chill around the talent, and that’s just what Umamusume: Pretty Derby is doing after the horse girl gacha game has become a viral sensation. The game depicts real-life race horses as reincarnated high school student racers, and now that those...
Persona 4 Remake Announces Itself With Laughably Short Trailer
8.6.2025
During today’s Xbox Summer Game Fest event, the long-rumored remake of Persona 4 was finally announced... but that’s about all we got from the ridiculously short teaser revealing the upcoming remake. Read more
Rumored Persona 4 Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Voice Actor After He Claims To Have Been Recast
28.5.2025
Persona 4 voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who has voiced the character of Yosuke in every Persona 4 game and project, announced on social media that he wouldn’t be returning in the upcoming Persona 4 remake, despite asking if he could come back. Funny thing, though: Atlus and Sega haven’t actually...
How To Defeat The Wise In Assassin's Creed Shadows
20.5.2025
You know, Naoe and Yasuke have been killing a whole lot of people lately. Maybe this time, given this mission’s all about two diametrically opposed political factions trying to come to an agreement, they really should dial back down on the violent rhetoric, reach across the aisle, and let diplomacy...
How To Defeat The Mourner In Assassin’s Creed Shadows
15.5.2025
Same old goddamn story every time. An old crush comes calling saying it’s been a while, we should get lunch, catch up. Also, by the way, I know we haven’t been close in a real long time but it’s been a rough couple of months, will you murder several dozen people in honor of my dead brother...
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 6 Cool Games We're Excited To Get Back To
7.3.2025
March has arrived and it’s full of uncertainty. Will Borderlands 4 suck? Will Grand Theft Auto VI cost $100? What beloved game studios will be closed so massive publishers can get back their swagger? Will tariffs kill physical games or is Trump’s trade war still in early access? The only thing...
Celebrating Metaphor: ReFantazio's Greatness, Criticizing Its Faults, And More Of The Week's Top Takes
12.10.2024
This week saw the release of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the long-awaited new release from the folks behind Persona. It’s a game bursting with big ideas and rich themes, and we’ve got a lot to say, both about the things it does well, and at least one area in which it falls short of one of...
The Mystery Behind Long-Awaited Horror Anime Uzumaki's Shockingly Bad Episode 2
8.10.2024
Uzumaki is a popular late ‘90s horror manga that fans have always wanted to see turned into an anime that lives up to the incredible art of creator Junji Ito’s original work. Recently, it seemed like Adult Swim was finally set to deliver with an adaptation five years in the making. The first...
Metaphor: ReFantazio: The Kotaku Review
7.10.2024
Throughout Metaphor: ReFantazio’s roughly 80 hours, the RPG’s protagonist carries a novel with him as he travels through the fantastical world of the United Kingdom of Euchronia. The book depicts an idealized metropolis of skyscrapers where equality is written into law. It’s clear this story...
The 9 Must-Watch Anime Of the Summer 2024 Season
16.7.2024
The 2024 winter and spring anime lineups will be a tough act to follow, as standout series like the wonderful end to Frieren’s first season, and the complete delight of Delicious in Dungeon, were delightful, and set a high bar for the summer season. But thankfully, it’s shaping up to have some gems...
How To Defeat The Furnace Golems In Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
25.6.2024
There’s a ton of new stuff to enjoy in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, the massive new DLC from FromSoftware. But aside from the very pretty Gravesite Plains, and one of those annoying chakram ninja things, the very first thing you’ll notice when you step into the Realm of Shadow is a massive...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Producer Responds To Backlash Over Yasuke
13.6.2024
When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows in May, there was backlash directed at the inclusion of Yasuke, the game’s Black samurai co-lead and real-world historical figure. Some argued that the reaction was simply over a matter of what they saw as historical inaccuracy, as they repeated that...
Persona 3 Reload’s Story DLC Is Only Available As Part of $35 Expansion Pass
13.3.2024
Episode Aigis, the contentious DLC coming to Persona 3 Reload this September, is going to cost players who own the base game a pretty penny. To be precise it will cost $35. That’s because it will only be available as part of the game’s Expansion Pass, which bundles three pieces of post-release DLC....
Persona 3 Reload Producer Explains Why The Epilogue Is DLC
12.3.2024
At Xbox’s Partner Preview showcase last week, Atlus announced that Persona 3 Reload would be receiving the original game’s add-on epilogue, Episode Aigis, as DLC at the tail end of an expansion pass. The expansion pass, which will cost $34.99, will also have two additional waves of DLC before...
How To Get Persona 3 Reload’s True Ending
8.2.2024
Persona 3 Reload, Atlus’ remake of the PlayStation 2 classic, is a 70+ hour-long RPG. Wouldn’t you hate to play all that video game, with all the dungeon crawling, social linking, and question-answering, just to mess up and take a wrong turn, resulting in reaching its “bad” ending? We’re always...
Persona 3 Reload: The Kotaku Review
30.1.2024
Persona 3 was always the best one. Persona 3 Reload, the from-the-ground-up remake of the 2006 supernatural, social sim-driven RPG, just eliminates any doubt. A complete visual overhaul, new mechanics, and new music all reinforce what made the original a stellar, poignant, and radical game for...
Netflix’s Pluto Anime Is The Best Sci-Fi Anime Of 2023
31.10.2023
While anime streaming juggernaut Crunchyroll is trying a shotgun-spread approach of releasing a wide variety of anime this season that—with a few exceptions—will likely have little to no staying power in viewer consciousness, Netflix seems to be taking fewer, smarter shots, and has struck gold with...
Anime Fans Are Laughing At MJ's Botched 'Akira' Slide In Spider-Man 2
16.10.2023
A new Spider-Man 2 launch trailer debuted just ahead of its October 20 release, and it’s got a brief clip that has anime fans going wild. The trailer, which shows off villains like Sandman, Mr. Negative, and Venom, also has what looks to be an attempt at an iconic move from the beloved 1998 anime...
Exclusive Persona 3 Portable Physical Edition Comes With Your Very Own Evoker
25.9.2023
Role-playing game remasters Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden are getting physical releases through distributor Limited Run, with pre-orders for the former beginning September 29, and the latter coming to the digital storefront on October 27. Physical copies for Persona 3 Portable will...
FLCL: Grunge Is An Anime No One Asked For And Its Premiere Doesn’t Help Much
7.9.2023
FLCL, otherwise known as Fooly Cooly, is uniquely a product of the early 2000s, something that comes through in its provocative art direction, its hectic action sequences, and its unforgettable alternative rock soundtrack. It’s also a cult classic, known for its disorienting fever-dream-esque story...