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'Shop Contest: LeBron James Toy, Winners!
12.6.2021
LeBron James might be one of the best basketball players in history, but he’s also in a movie called Space Jam: A New Legacy. And as such he is now a toy. So we had some fun with this piece of movie merchandise. Read more
Masks Made From Melon Bread Released In Japan
12.6.2021
Melon pan is not only delicious, but one Japanese company also thinks it can make a good mask.Read more
Netflix's Resident Evil Casts A Great Albert Wesker
11.6.2021
Netflix announced today that Lance Reddick has been cast as baddie Albert Wesker in the upcoming live-action Resident Evil series. Alongside that bombshell, Netflix announced five other actresses who will be starring in the series. Read more
Netflix’s Cuphead Show Casts Wayne Brady As King Dice
11.6.2021
Netflix provided a brief look at its new Cuphead show today as part of its ongoing, E3 2021-adjacent Geeked Week event. And while there’s still no release date, they did reveal that Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Wayne Brady will be voicing antagonist King Dice.Read more
CD Projekt Red Confess Hack Severity While Everyone's Distracted With E3
10.6.2021
It’s corporate PR 101: If you want people to miss your announcement, drop it at 5 p.m. on a Friday. Or, at the very least, wait until everyone’s looking at something else.Read more
Hatsune Miku Sneaks Into Ireland's High School Exit Exam
10.6.2021
Hatsune Miku is a digital musician (also known as a vocaloid) who’s been belting out catchy, commercially successful tunes since 2007. The synthetic idol is monumentally popular in Japan and, as of this year, is a major part of Ireland’s exam for students graduating from secondary school. (That’s...
Roblox is Being Sued By Music Publishers For $200 Million
10.6.2021
The National Music Publishers’ Association is suing Roblox for at least $200 million, claiming that the platform’s games are “illegally using songs from numerous artists”.Read more
Wholesome Games Respond To Backlash In The Classiest Way
9.6.2021
Wholesome Games is a gaming community, focused around a Twitter account, that brings attention to gorgeous, sweet, friendly games, for no reason other than the sheer joy of it. So of course, after they recently announced a second, higher profile Wholesome Direct showcase for this weekend, June...
DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power Is A Great Kids Game
9.6.2021
We don’t ask much of our kid-aimed cartoon-based video games, and most don’t give us much in return—just several hours of harmless, colorful fun to keep our children entertained while we adult. But Switch exclusive DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, with its combo-based battles, RPG-style progress...
Grand Theft Auto 6 to Feature a Fictional Cryptocurrency
9.6.2021
One of the biggest franchises in the videogame industry, Grand Theft Auto, will feature in-game payments of “bitcoin” or another fictional cryptocurrency. Contractors will pay the player with this currency when they need to make anonymous, untraceable payments. This would constitute...
I'm Talking About The Big Corellian Ships
9.6.2021
Rasmus Poulsen is franchise art director at Danish studio IO Interactive, the developers of the Hitman series.Read more
Netflix Cowboy Bebop's Existence Now Justified By New Yoko Kanno Music
8.6.2021
On Tuesday, Netflix announced that Yoko Kanno, the musical genius behind Cowboy Bebop’s soundtrack, will be producing original tunes for the Netflix live-action adaptation of the hit anime series.Read more
New Transformers Cyberverse Figures Roll Out, Then Transform
8.6.2021
Hasbro’s new Roll N’ Change Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, announced today for release in September, perfectly illustrate the difference between Transformers’ collector and kids lines. Look at how much fun commercial actor lad is having. You don’t get that from collecting expensive high-end figures....
E3 Avatar Creator: The Kotaku Review
8.6.2021
E3 is here. Registered participants will soon be able to log in to the E3 portal to connect with developers, industry professionals, and fans. Since the event is purely digital, the ESA is encouraging participants to create avatars so exhibitors who may or may not be there and who may or may...
Ex-Giant Bomb Duders' New Project Is Already Blowing Up On Patreon
7.6.2021
One month after leaving Giant Bomb, foundational members Vinny Caravella, Alex Navarro, and Brad Shoemaker have started a new Patreon-supported project known as Nextlander, which so far seems to be Giant Bomb in everything but name. And, shock of all shocks, it already has over 5,000 backers.Read...
Rick And Morty Might Be Coming To Fortnite
7.6.2021
Fortnite is teasing its next crossover and it seems to involve characters from Adult Swim’s popular show, Rick And Morty. Read more
Lawsuit Claims Capcom Stole Pictures For Resident Evil And Devil May Cry
6.6.2021
A designer is suing Capcom over improper use of licensed material, Polygon reports. According to a lawsuit filed Friday, Capcom used unlicensed photographs as art assets in Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry, and other games.Read more
Sunday Comics: Keyblade
6.6.2021
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
We're Not Expecting Much From This Year's E3
5.6.2021
Somehow it’s June again, which means it’s almost time for E3 to start—and also, depending on who you ask (Sony, Sega, Blizzard), it’s already started. Still though, this must mean that several volcano bursts of white-hot excitement are just around the corner, right? You’d think, but after the year...
D&D MMO Neverwinter Will Finally Let You Be A Bard
4.6.2021
Loremasters, minstrels, tale-tellers, songblades—every adventuring party needs a bard. If there isn’t someone on your side fighting kobolds with a lute, what’s the point? I don’t know how a Dungeons & Dragons MMO has survived since 2013 without them, but the question will soon be moot, as bards...