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Wholesome Classroom Hypes Professor As He Rolls For Rare Genshin Impact Hero
3.12.2021
Last month, BiliBili—China’s anime version of YouTube—content creator Harry华ye asked his professor to help him get the rare and powerful Genshin Impact character, Hu Tao. The result is possibly my favorite Genshin Impact video I’ve seen all year.Read more
Someone Please Explain This Hideo Kojima Tweet To Me
2.12.2021
Hideo Kojima’s Twitter feed is one of the best in the gaming industry. He talks movies, shares his eclectic interests with fans, and generally provides a dose of positivity in a world sorely bereft of good vibes. But I really need someone to walk me through what the heck he meant when he sent a...
Rockstar Delays Physical Editions Of GTA Trilogy
1.12.2021
Rockstar Games has announced via Twitter that the physical editions of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition have been delayed to December 17 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Nintendo Switch owners will have to wait until sometime in early 2022. The physical...
New Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Patch Fixes 100+ Bugs
30.11.2021
Today, Rockstar Games released a new patch for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition that fixed a whopping 117 bugs in the game. Read more
How The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell
30.11.2021
Queerness has always existed in the gaming world, even if it hasn’t always been out in the open. But more and more, we’re seeing new and existing gaming communities embrace and even center their queer members. One such community is the vast, rapidly growing subculture around speedrunning,...
Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
30.11.2021
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.Read more
Neon Genesis Evangelion Cosplay Gets In The F**king Robot
30.11.2021
I’ve lost count of the amount of Neon Genesis Evangelion cosplay I’ve posted on this site over the last 10 years, but pretty much all of it has been focused on the anime’s characters, especially Rei and Asuka. It’s enormous mechs are a somewhat trickier proposition.Read more
Sunday Comics: Are You Real?
28.11.2021
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
Get 'Em, Jinx
26.11.2021
Carla Antonia is an artist and illustrator based in France.Read more
Video Game Faces Might Finally Start Bridging The Uncanny Valley
25.11.2021
Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic, as while we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial animations remain are still stuck in the depths of the uncanny valley.Read more
Poyo? Kirby Has Been Nominated For A Grammy
24.11.2021
Kirby, Kirby, Kirby. We already know he’s the star of the show, but now Nintendo’s pink mascot that’s shaped like a friend is being acknowledged as a star on the grand stage of the 64th annual Grammy Awards.Read more
Report: Amazon Wants To Make A Mass Effect TV Series
24.11.2021
It was first announced all the way back in 2010 that beloved sci-fi series Mass Effect was being turned into a movie. Fast forward 11 years and, uh, no movie.Read more
Epic Buys Rock Band Creators To Make ‘Musical Journeys’ For Fortnite
23.11.2021
Epic Games recently acquired Rock Band developer Harmonix, the two companies revealed in separate announcements today. Here we go again.Read more
XxxHolic Manga Getting A Live-Action Film In Japan
23.11.2021
Artist collective Clamp’s popular xxxHolic manga will be turned into a live-action movie adaptation, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, who previously appeared as Seta in the Rurouni Kenshin film franchise, and Ko Shibasaki of Battle Royale and 47 Ronin fame. Read more
Genshin Impact's Next Characters Include An Exorcist And An Opera Singer
22.11.2021
This morning, the official Genshin Impact Twitter account gave more information about Shenhe and Yun Jin, who will be playable characters sometime in the future. According to the tweets, Shenhe will be a cryo-element polearm user, and Yun Jin will be a geo-element polearm user. Read more
Report: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will 'Consider' Quitting If He Can't 'Fix' Company's Culture
22.11.2021
Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who last week was the subject of staff walkouts and shareholder calls for his resignation, has reportedly said he will “consider leaving the company” if he can’t speedily address the harassment issues that have made headlines around the world this...
Former Bungie Composer Tells Fans To 'Destroy' Destiny Music He Published Against Court Orders
20.11.2021
Marty O’Donnell, the former audio director at Bungie who worked on Halo and Destiny for years, was forced by a court to upload a video yesterday asking folks to stop sharing and publishing video game music he uploaded online without legal permission and against court orders. In the short video,...
GTA Trilogy Fans Say They've Found A Clue About GTA 6
19.11.2021
While Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy -The Definitive Edition is a dumpster fire that Rockstar Games is finally addressing, those playing the San Andreas remaster have found a detail that some think may be a clue to the setting of GTA 6. The “clue”? Among images depicting recognizable locations from...
Rockstar Apologizes For Busted GTA Trilogy, Offers Free Games To Owners
19.11.2021
Today, Rockstar Games released a statement where the publisher apologizes for the various technical and visual issues players have documented in the recently released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition. More importantly, Rockstar is promising updates to fix these issues. ...
Decades Later, Mariya Takeuchi’s 'Plastic Love' Is A Top Ten Hit Song In Japan
18.11.2021
Recorded in 1984, “Plastic Love” is the song that continues to make comeback after comeback. This month, well over three decades after its original release, the song’s full-length official video was finally uploaded to YouTube and, according to Warner Music Japan, its re-issued 12-inch single also...