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I Wish This Lady Dimitrescu Action Figure Was Real

Capcom, if you want to make a lot of money, watch this fake ‘90s action figure ad about Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrecsu. Then make this thing a reality. This fake ad was created by Kevin Cappiello, a senior video editor at IGN, and shared on their Twitter account where it wasretweeted over 3k times.…

‘Shop Contest: Baby Fallen

I don’t know much about Destiny’s lore or whatever. But I do know that the Fallen baby is adorable. Let’s have some fun with this infant that looks oddly similar to a grenade Your challenge this week: Add the Fallen infant to other games, movies, and TV shows. My only knowledge of the Fallen is…

Activision Cuts Ties With Call Of Duty Voice Actor Following Sexist Remarks

Activision has cut ties with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019’s Ghost voice actor Jeff Leach after a video montage was released showing him using sexist and misogynistic insults and language. Leach also voiced Ghost in Warzone In a Twitter video posted on May 7 by NitroLukeDX, Leach is seen using misogynistic language. In the…

Sunday Comics: HONK HONK!

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. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 6. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…

‘Shop Contest: Pokémon Snap, Winners!

That’s not a Pokémon! Yet, here it is in this picture taken in the popular video game New Pokémon Snap. What a wild and zany situation this is! Our winning image this week comes from Badonkagronk who brings us a creature stranger than any Pokémon. I’m talking about the one and only living nightmare that…

Screaming Into The Void

Welcome to Snapshots, Kotaku’s weekly round-up of the best and coolest screenshots from around the web. This week I got a ton of emails from folks and it was hard to pick the best of the best. And our first screenshot from Resident Evil Village. I can’t wait to see what folks do with that…

Shirley The Skyrim Grandma Has Her Own Fully Voiced Mod

The internet’s favorite Skyrim-playing grandma, Shirley Curry, now has her very own Skyrim mod which adds her to Bethesda’s RPG as a companion. And Shirley voiced the character herself. In Shirley – A Skyrim Follower Mod, she has provided her voice for the companion and according to the mod’s Nexus page, she will tell you…

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 Delayed Only On PS5 Due To ‘Unforeseen Technical Issues’

So here’s a weird thing. The next entry in the Sniper Ghost Warrior series was supposed to come out next month on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. But now the PS5 version has been delayed with no new release date given for vague technical issues. All other versions, including PS4, will…

Koffing Spits Out Toxic Gas When It Gets Nervous

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Koffing! Koffing Details Type: Poison Average Height: 2′ 00″ Average Weight: 2.2 lbs. First Added In Generation I I…

Apple Tries Really Hard To Get Epic To Admit There’s Porn On Its Store

Is there porn on the Epic Games Store? Seems like a pretty easy “yes” or “no” question. Today, however, the ongoing, increasingly contentious Epic v. Apple court case showed us that actually it’s possible to have a nearly 10-minute argument about it. It began as part of a series of inquiries in which Apple’s lawyer…

Shiny Final Fantasy XIV Player Wants To Become Even Brighter

Like most online games, Final Fantasy XIV is what you make of it. You can dedicate yourself to hitting the level cap in every job, focus on completing tough raids on max difficulty, or simply cultivate a second life through role-playing with your friends. But Chungo Humongo, a level 80 Roegadyn Paladin, has a much…

Apple Lawyer Points Out Epic Games Store Top 20 Has 25 Games

During Apple’s cross-examination of Steven Allison, general manager of the Epic Games Store, Apple’s lawyer walked all assembled, piece by piece, through the Epic Games Store. Alongside saying game titles like Warframe and Necromunda: Hired Gun like they’re normal human words, Apple’s lawyer also pointed out a glaring, perhaps even fatal, discrepancy on the store.…

Resident Evil Village‘s Lady Dimitrescu Was Worth The Wait

After the internet spent months pining and meme-ing, she’s finally here: Lady Dimitrescu—and also Resident Evil Village, I guess. But was she (and, I suppose, the game) worth all the hype and marketing-driven hoopla? On this week’s village- (and Village-) themed episode of Splitscreen, we find out. To kick off the episode, Ash Parrish, Mike…

Upgraded Yuffie Version Of Final Fantasy VII Remake Exclusive To PS5 For ‘At Least’ Six Months

I still don’t have a PlayStation 5. If you are like the majority of human beings, you also probably do not, even after six months of futile longing. I say this not to rub it in your/my face, but to instead deliver further sobering news: If you played through Final Fantasy VII Remake on PS4…

Apologies To The Pig I Absolutely Obliterated In Resident Evil Village

In my Resident Evil Village review, I said that the scares were a little light for an installment in the popular survival horror franchise. I stand by that critique, but I’d be remiss to ignore one of the game’s best jump scares. That it’s provided by a pig is neither here nor there. I’ll take…

Apple’s Not Happy With Epic’s Xbox Witness

On Wednesday, vice president of Xbox business development Lori Wright testified in the ongoing trial between Epic and Apple. Now, Apple wants the court to make an “adverse credibility finding,” due to Microsoft withholding pertinent documents in her testimony. Apple’s lawyers took issue with Wright’s testimony in a motion filed yesterday, pointing out that Wright…

Skate City Filled The Skate-Sized Hole In My Heart

Help, I can’t stop playing Skate City, a lo-fi skateboarding game that landed on consoles and PC yesterday following a period of exclusivity on Apple Arcade. I’m of the belief that, when it comes to games based on action sports, players fall into one of two camps. You’ve got your players who favor impossible tricks…

Future Yakuza Games Will Stick With Turn-Based Battles

Sega confirmed today that the Yakuza series will continue on as a turn-based RPG. This comes after the success of the last entry, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, which left behind the fast-paced brawling the series once featured for more tactical, turn-based combat. However, action-craving fans can still get their fill in the Judgment series of…

Don’t Worry, You Can Still Make-o The Mako Horrible In Mass Effect Legendary Edition

If there’s one universal truth about the original Mass Effect, it’s that the Mako is the worst. Or the best? I don’t know, I’ve never played the first Mass Effect, so I will think whatever you want me to think—which puts me in lockstep with developer BioWare. In the upcoming remaster, you’ll be able to…