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'Shop Contest: Thicczilla, Winners
20.2.2021
Godzilla is old news. Last week, Netflix introduced the world to the glorious Thicczilla. We here at Kotaku decided to celebrate this big, beautiful boy. Read more
20 Must-Watch Muppet Show Episodes on Disney+
18.2.2021
Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show—the one and only—is finally going to be more easily accessible to fans with its arrival on Disney+ this week. You might be so excited you’re just going to dive in headfirst, but if you’re down to skip around a bit, we have some suggestions for the best of the best. Read...
The New Mortal Kombat Movie Might Just Be A Good Mortal Kombat Movie
18.2.2021
In the first 30 seconds of the first trailer for April’s Mortal Kombat movie reboot, Mehcad Brooks’ Jax loses both his arms to the icy grip of Joe Taslim’s Sub-Zero. Then things get violent.Read more
20 Movies to Stream Before This Year's Blockbuster Sequels Arrive
17.2.2021
This year’s film slate includes the usual glut of remakes, prequels, and sequels—some of them continuations of decades-old franchises. Films like Coming to America 2 and Top Gun: Maverick began their stories in the ‘80s and are only now receiving their long-awaited followups, while the next James...
Zack Snyder's New Justice League Trailer Ushers In a New Age of Heroes
14.2.2021
It’s also living in a society. Yes, they went there.Read more
Sunday's Best Deals: Dash Compact Juicer, Xbox One and PS4 Controllers, Car Jump Starter, Corsair Virtuoso Headset, UNT Ready For Takeoff Peelable Base Coat, and More
14.2.2021
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32 Movies That Will Help You Chill the Eff Out
12.2.2021
This year was supposed to be better than last year, but apparently 2021 didn’t get the memo. The world is still just as tumultuous, and we’re all still just as frazzled by nerves, overwhelmed by the news, and desperate to find some kind of escape.Well, for the past year, we’ve had little else to...
I Killed A Dancing Bear In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Feel Terrible, And Would Do It Again
12.2.2021
Lurking out in the fields and forests of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla are immensely powerful beasts. The kind of animals that people tell stories about. Dangerous, killer monsters that only a hardy, brave, and perhaps foolish warrior could...Oh wait, never mind. It got stuck in the ground like...
The True Monster in Silence of the Lambs, Still Rearing Its Ugly Head 30 Years Later
10.2.2021
Clarice Starling first appeared onscreen in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs; the 2001 feature Hannibal followed, and the CBS series Clarice debuts this week. The lead’s immediate association has always been with the killers she pursues for the FBI—but rewatching Lambs offers a reminder of...
Another Good Actor Has Somehow Signed Up For The Borderlands Movie
9.2.2021
Halloween and Christmas with the Kranks star Jamie Lee Curtis joins Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart as the latest actor to be cast in the upcoming Borderlands movie, Collider reports (h/t Variety).Read more
I Want IO's Upcoming 007 Game To Be Just Like Hitman's Train Level
8.2.2021
The final level of Hitman 3 is an exciting and aggressive fight that moves across the length of a long cargo train filled with bad guys and guns. It’s also a bad Hitman level, but it might be our first sign of what an IO Interactive 007 game might look and play like. And that has me excited. Read...
What Your Genshin Impact Crush Says About You
5.2.2021
Anime games are about thirst, and Genshin Impact fans are among the thirstiest. They keep sending the game’s hottest characters to the top of Twitter’s trending topics with alarming frequency. Whether you’re one of these thirsty weebs, or you’re trying to understand why your friends can’t shut...
The Mistake That Changed the History of Blade Runner
4.2.2021
These days, Blade Runner is considered one of the all-time masterpieces of science fiction. The combination of Philip K. Dick’s idea, Ridley Scott’s direction, Harrison Ford’s performance, and a laundry list of technical masters behind the scenes created a film that has stood the test of time....
Serena Williams's Interior Decor Is a Nerd's Delight
4.2.2021
Serena Williams is Architectural Digest’s new cover star. In the feature, written by former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth, Williams walks AD through her Miami enclave, designed by sister Venus’s design firm V Starr. It’s a lot. Read more
It's Official, Lego Is Making A Sonic The Hedgehog Set
4.2.2021
Early last year the Lego Ideas program began looking into the possibility of turning a fan-made Sonic Mania Green Hills Zone design into a real Lego set. This morning The Lego Group makes it official. Lego Sonic the Hedgehog is happening. Read more
Dune: Imperium: The Kotaku Review
4.2.2021
Because the movie business is in a state of absolute chaos right now, the Dune reboot, which was supposed to be the big holiday movie of 2020, is now going to be the big holiday movie of 2021 instead. Just don’t tell this accompanying board game, which went ahead and released in December 2020...
10 Apple TV+ Originals to Watch Before Your Free Trial Ends
3.2.2021
Last year, Apple offered a free one-year subscription to their streaming service, Apple TV+, with the purchase of any eligible Apple device, giving millions of Apple customers the chance to see if the streaming service is really worth paying for. The cost of “free” made it worth the try for many...
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gets History Right Where It Matters
2.2.2021
If Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is indeed based on historical events like its intro screen says, it is based very loosely. Yet for all its simplification and misrepresentation of the Viking invasions of Britain, there’s one thing the game depicts really well: the idea that England’s history is one...
'Shop Contest: Muncher, Winners!
30.1.2021
Last week we met Muncher, a new ghost from the upcoming Ghostbusters film. He’s a big jolly-looking blue blob. But the internet was all obsessed with tall vampire ladies and Bernie Sanders, as usual, so Muncher got overlooked. But not around these parts!Read more
Hitman 3 Has Some Weird Easter Eggs, Like A Talking Hippo
30.1.2021
The Hitman games have always had some weird secrets and Easter eggs. And Hitman 3 continues the tradition, including some truly strange and cool secrets, like a talking hippo, a UFO abduction, and a hidden ending.Read more