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Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Is Making Yakuza 8
Life-Sized Lucario Goes On Sale In Japan For $400
The Best PlayStations Were Beat To Hell
I'm Enjoying Battlefield 2042, But There May Be Something Wrong With Me
Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit
Destiny 2 Gets Biggest Balance Patch Ever Next Month
Battlefield 2042's Hovercrafts Are So Busted They're Climbing Walls, Killing Helicopters
Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed
Xbox Boss 'Disturbed' By What's Going On At Activision Blizzard, Reconsidering Relationship
Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer, As Told By Steam Reviews
Someone Right-Clicked Every NFT In The Heist Of The Century
In A Twist, Nintendo Is Actually Supporting Smash Bros. Melee Now
A Saucy Queer Romance Game About Vampires? Say Less
Far Cry 6’s First DLC Is A Weird Little Roguelike Starring Vaas
What The PS5 Has (And Hasn't) Added Over The Past Year
Microsoft Exec Praises Preservation and Emulation, But Xbox Isn't Getting More
Harry Potter RPG 'Accidentally' Added Popular Hentai Porn Expression
See Arya Stark Fight Batman In W.B.’s Bonkers New Fighting Game
Halo Infinite Improves Grindy Battle Pass, Gives Out Bonus Gift [Update]
Let's Build A Zoo: The Kotaku Review
My Favorite Part Of Elden Ring's Preview Was Accidentally Reaching A Small Island
Decades Later, Mariya Takeuchi’s 'Plastic Love' Is A Top Ten Hit Song In Japan
Capcom Delays Cool-Looking Sci-Fi Game Pragmata To 2023
The Art Of Forza Horizon 5
Let's Meet The Board Members Supporting Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick

Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Is Making Yakuza 8

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST

In October 2021, Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed he was leaving the studio he helped found. Joining him in the departure was long-time series director and producer Daisuke Sato. In a new interview with Weekly Famitsu, the studio's new boss Masayoshi Yokoyama talks about how these departures have impacted…

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 02:30 AM PST

Are you a big Lucario fan? If so, and if you're in Japan, you can order a large version of the Fighting-Steel type Pokémon. A life-sized one, to be exact.

The Best PlayStations Were Beat To Hell

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 07:35 PM PST

I remember the first PlayStation I ever had wasn't even really mine, it was one that me and a bunch of guys I was living with in England had bought and shared. And while it worked, it was also in the worst shape imaginable, covered in stickers and chip dust and beer stains and God knows what else.

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 04:30 PM PST

Earlier this week, Ethan rightly called out Battlefield 2042 as being the "wrong game at the wrong time". A similar piece on Eurogamer says Battlefield 2042's opening weekend was "a disaster". User reviews of the game are in the toilet. Imagine my confusion, then, when I realised last night that I'd been logging onto…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 04:00 PM PST

The ABK Workers Alliance, a group of Activision Blizzard workers formed in response to the company's treatment of its employees, began circulating a petition earlier today for anyone working at the publisher's studios and offices to sign. It has now been endorsed by over 1200 workers.

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 03:25 PM PST

It's quiet in Destiny 2 at the moment, but big changes are right around the corner. Last week, Bungie outlined major balance changes coming to weapons next month. Today, it revealed it's completely overhauling how ability cooldowns work. Destiny 2 is going to feel like a very different game when the 30th Anniversary…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 02:15 PM PST

Early access Battlefield 2042 players are seemingly having an amazing time with the game ahead of its official launch on November 19, though not always in ways the developers may have intended. One source of tremendous absurdity and enjoyment is the game's hovercraft, in which players are doing delightfully impossible…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 02:15 PM PST

The ongoing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard has made public some truly terrible and horrendous behavior that occurred across multiple studios and offices. Many women were allegedly sexually harassed, assaulted, and psychologically traumatized while the folks in power at the companies involved seemingly did little…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 01:41 PM PST

Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, sent an email to staff calling the latest wave of allegations about Activision Blizzard deeply troubling, as first reported by Bloomberg and confirmed to Kotaku by Microsoft PR. Spencer joins a growing list of developers, shareholders, and game industry executives speaking up about reported…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 01:20 PM PST

At this juncture it's almost comical that Halo was once upon a time treated as second fiddle on PC. These days, it's an undeniable juggernaut. Case in point: Earlier this week, Microsoft surprise-released a beta for Halo Infinite's multiplayer mode on Xbox and PC. It instantly rocketed up the Steam charts, topping …

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST

Hours ago, a website appeared online with the express purpose of hosting a nearly 20TB torrent (that's terabytes, folks, the big boys of digital data measurement) containing every NFT available through the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 11:45 AM PST

After years of neglect and in some cases outright hostility, Nintendo has finally admitted that competitive Smash Bros. Melee exists. On Thursday, Nintendo announced a series of all new tournaments for the 20-year-old GameCube game. They will be part of an official Smash Bros. championship series kicking off in 2022…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 11:20 AM PST

LGBTQIA+ studio First Bite Games, after a year of titillating its followers on social media with love bites of information and spicy character art, has finally released its dark comedy visual novel romance game, First Bite. Initially scheduled to release on Halloween, First Bite came out yesterday on Itch.io.

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST

Vaas, Far Cry 3's famous villain, has an equally well-known speech about the definition of insanity. As he tells it, "Insanity is doing the exact same fucking thing, over and over again, expecting shit to change. That is crazy." So it seems perfect that Far Cry 6's first DLC starring the charismatic villain tosses him…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 10:45 AM PST

One year ago, two notable events happened in the world of video games. First, on November 12, Sony released the PlayStation 5 in certain markets—its first totally new gaming console in seven years. Then, a few days later, Kotaku assessed the new system's features, exploring what it would take for the hardware to feel…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 10:15 AM PST

Phil Spencer, vice president of gaming at Microsoft, wants the industry to sell more of its older games through legal emulation. There are steep legal barriers to making widespread industry emulation a reality, but it would be a boon to making older games more accessible to players.

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 09:50 AM PST

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a card-based RPG for mobile devices and PC that's only available in Eastern countries for now, is really popular in China. However, the game is currently attracting attention not for its incredibly successful launch, but for a hilariously unfortunate "bug" that's bolstering its online…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 08:15 AM PST

Last month, leaked images showing a platform fighting game featuring Warner Bros.-owned fictional properties including Batman and Steven Universe made the rounds. Today, WB Games confirmed the game, titled MultiVersus, in a trailer. And you know what? Unlike the name, it doesn't look so bad! See for yourself:

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

Microsoft has announced updates to Halo Infinite's battle pass ahead of schedule, following widespread backlash at how it awards XP. While it won't address all of the underlying criticisms, these new tweaks will definitely make the grind a little more palatable in the weeks leading up to the game's full December 8…

Let's Build A Zoo: The Kotaku Review

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST

The park I've been cultivating in Springloaded Games' Let's Build a Zoo currently houses two lions. One is actually someone's lost dog that we dressed as a lion. The other is a robot made out of dead animals that saves me money by not having to eat or drink. One could argue that my zoo actually houses zero lions, but…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PST

Elden Ring's recent closed network test served as a fantastic sneak peek at From Software's upcoming Dark Souls successor. There were menacing bosses to fight, unique dungeons to explore, and vague bits of lore to deduce, but the absolute best part of the whole experience was how I found my way to a small, uninhabited…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 03:30 AM PST

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. According to Warner Music Japan, its re-issued 12-inch single also broke the country's top…

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 02:30 AM PST

One of the most interesting-looking games announced in 2021 was Pragmata. The debut trailer was so baffling that some mistook it for a Hideo Kojima production. That is not a bad thing! Pragmata was supposed to be out in 2022, but today, Capcom announced that the game has been pushed back to 2023.

The Art Of Forza Horizon 5

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:05 PM PST

Forza Horizon 5 is fun as hell, but I think the main reason it seems so much more popular than the last entry is how it looks. Not in terms of the number of polygons on the screen, but just the vibe of it.

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 03:30 PM PST

Activision Blizzard has had a nightmarish 2021, with historic allegations of harassment causing enormous upheaval at the company, several high-profile lawsuits and the departure (or firings) of many key executives and developers. You would think that this mess would fall at the feet of the company's CEO Bobby Kotick,…

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