Alicia Haddick, Author at Kotaku

Sony Announces New Japan-Only PlayStation Portal With Internal Storage

The new model launches next month, with the internal storage being included for future unannounced device capabilities

By Alicia Haddick Published November 9, 2026

Super Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Cautions Against The Use Of Gen AI: ‘We Can Come Up With Better Ideas’

Masahiro Sakurai doesn't believe the technology is ready for adoption, but fears there may be no choice but to use it for future games

By Alicia Haddick Published November 9, 2026

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Transformers Company Announces New Indie Publishing Label Focused On Toy-Like Games

The Japanese indie gaming scene is booming, with Takara Tomy the latest to get in on the action

By Alicia Haddick Published November 6, 2026

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Unity Is In $21.5 Billion Buyout Talks With Saudi Arabia’s PIF

The buyout would increase the Saudi government's influence in gaming mere months after purchasing EA

By Alicia Haddick Published November 6, 2026

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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney Insists AI Adoption ‘Unlikely To Be Reversed’ As Company Crams AI Into Unreal Engine 6

The CEO's comments were made to developers at Unreal Fest Tokyo

By Alicia Haddick Published November 5, 2026

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Hugely Popular RPG NIKKE Was Compromised, Installing Malicious Code On Players’ PCs

Though the issue is now patched, publisher Level Infinite recommends users scan their PCs for the malware

By Alicia Haddick Published November 5, 2026

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Itch.io Deletes ‘Terabytes’ Of AI Slop In Attempt To Counter Surge In Game Uploads

AI disclosure policies are also part of company’s attempt to counter growing spam games

By Alicia Haddick Published November 3, 2026

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Japanese Arcade Machines Have Been Taken Down By A Major Hack Of Sega’s Services

Sega Fave's Aime and ALL.net services are offline after servers were 'accessed without authorization'

By Alicia Haddick Published November 3, 2026

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Suda51 Wants A Now-Independent Grasshopper To Bring Back No More Heroes (And One Of His Earliest Games)

In his first interviews since the studio went independent, Suda51 says he wants to revisit a darker side of Grasshopper Manufacture

By Alicia Haddick Published November 2, 2026

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Yakuza Spiritual Successor Gang Of Dragon Seemingly Cancelled As Nagoshi Studio Is Closed

After months of speculation, the studio officially shut its doors on October 31st

By Alicia Haddick Published November 2, 2026

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Japan’s Gundam Is Gone, But It’s Getting Two Life-Sized Monster Hunter Statues

But you'll have to travel a long way from Tokyo to find them

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026

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First Teaser For New Death Stranding Anime Cryptically Reveals ‘My Mom Became A Crater’

A stacked production team and a typically cryptic teaser are all we have to go on for now

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026

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Yakuza: Like A Dragon Is In Roblox And Seeing Kiryu Like This Weirds Me Out

Kamurocho is explorable in all its blocky glory

By Alicia Haddick Published October 29, 2026

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GTA 6 Is So Detailed, Rockstar Had To Make Its World Slower Than GTA 5′s To Accommodate It

Rockstar needed to make sunsets longer and let nighttime linger in order to make Vice City feel real

By Alicia Haddick Published October 29, 2026

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Researchers May Have Cracked The Science Of Falling In Love With Hot Anime Guys

New paper finds U.S. players find emotional connection key to having fun In games like Love and Deepspace

By Alicia Haddick Published October 27, 2026

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Zero Escape Writer Is Pro-AI, Believes His New Studio’s Game Wouldn’t Have Been Canceled If He’d Used It To Cut Costs

Kotaro Uchikoshi understands the resistance to AI, but feels it is necessary to cut costs and make games faster

By Alicia Haddick Published October 27, 2026

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Final Fantasy And Chrono Trigger Veterans Believe Modern Developers Must Possess Skill To Take An Idea ‘From 0 To 1’ In The Age Of AI

Yoshinori Kitase and other Square Enix creatives also reflected on the SNES development of the Mana series

By Alicia Haddick Published October 26, 2026

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Hackers Begin Dumping Nintendo Switch 2 Games As Expanded Exploit Breaks Console Security

New exploit allows for game dumps, but will probably be patched soon

By Alicia Haddick Published October 26, 2026

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Capcom and Square Enix Suffer Online Attacks As Hackers Access Player Data

Japanese companies have been facing a growing number of security breaches in recent weeks

By Alicia Haddick Published October 23, 2026

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Shigeru Miyamoto Doesn’t Know If AI Can Take Over Creativity, But Says It Could Be An ‘Opportunity’ To Define What It Means To Create

The legendary Nintendo developer made his comments while receiving a national award for his contributions to culture

By Alicia Haddick Published October 23, 2026