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CultureNewsLawsuit Claims Capcom Stole Pictures For Resident Evil And Devil May Cry
A designer is suing Capcom over improper use of licensed material, Polygon reports. According to a lawsuit filed Friday, Capcom used unlicensed photographs as art assets in Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry, and other games. Judy A. Juracek, an author and artist, filedsuit in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on Friday. In 1996, Juracek…
By Ari Notis Published June 6, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Keyblade
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 June 3. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 31. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Riley MacLeod Published June 6, 2021 -
AnimeEvangelion Teams Up With Japanese Sake Maker To Recreate Misato’s Apartment
If you’ve seen Evangelion, then you’ve watched Misato Katsuragi drink at home. Her beer of choice? Ebisu. Her sake? Dassai. This is not cheap sake and underscores the fact that Misato takes her drinking seriously. Plus, as evident in the anime, Misato has a wide variety of different Dassai releases—not just the brewery’s standard stuff,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanCar Crashes Into Japanese Arcade, Thankfully No One Was Hurt
Last week in Hiroshima, a sedan plowed into an arcade at a little after 9 pm, knocking over a row of bicycles and smashing through glass. The game center was still in operation, and fortunately, no one in the car or arcade was hurt In the above image from FNN, you can see the car…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapan18-Year-old Artist Draws Incredible Portraits On Her Smartphone
Mejiro, an 18-year-old artist in Japan, was recently featured on the country’s national TV news for art she draws on her smartphone. “I drew this on my smartphone,” she said, holding up a portrait on her phone. Mejiro doesn’t use a stylus, but her finger as she draws directly on the screen. Her illustration app…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2021 -
CultureNewsHere’s GoldenEye 007 Remade From The Ground Up In Far Cry 5
If it walks like a GoldenEye, talks like a GoldenEye, and quacks like a GoldenEye, it’s a GoldenEye, right? Well, not always. It could also be a Far Cry. Case in point: This recreation of GoldenEye 007 in Far Cry 5‘s level editor. A YouTuber known as Krollywood, an intrepid fan of both games, has…
By Ari Notis Published June 5, 2021 -
CultureKnockout City Doesn’t Show Your Overall Stats, Which Is A Bummer
Last week, Kotaku’s Zack Zweizen and I teamed up for a few rounds of Knockout City. I played fairly well. Zack, on the other hand, crushed it, even ending one match with a jaw-dropping positive-15 KD. Sadly, save for the screenshots we both snapped in shock after the fact, there’s no way to tangibly commemorate…
By Ari Notis Published June 5, 2021 -
CultureEvery Indie Game Shown During Today’s Guerrilla Collective Showcase
It’s officially E3 season. Between the marquee E3 pressers (Microsoft, Square Enix, Ubisoft, et cetera) and individual events from publishers gone E3-rogue (what’s up, Sony?), you can catch a handful of events focusing on smaller games. The first of those, at least per the calendar, is the Guerrilla Collective, which aired its first of two…
By Ari Notis Published June 5, 2021 -
CultureSplitscreenWe’re Not Expecting Much From This Year’s E3
Somehow it’s June again, which means it’s almost time for E3 to start—and also, depending on who you ask (Sony, Sega, Blizzard), it’s already started. Still though, this must mean that several volcano bursts of white-hot excitement are just around the corner, right? You’d think, but after the year we just made it through, you…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 5, 2021 -
CulturePokemonJolteon Could Charge More Than 800 Car Batteries
If you’re a Kotaku regular, you’re likely familiar with our long-running Here’s Another Pokémon series, curated by our stalwart weekend editor, Zack Zweizen. Zack’s taking some well-earned time off this weekend, which means I’m taking the reins today. (Sorry in advance, but also, cue maniacal laughter.) That also means I’m in charge of showing you…
By Ari Notis Published June 5, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsEarthBound Secrets Discovered On Ancient Floppy Disk
In 2018, Marcus Lindblom, a former Nintendo of America employee best known for localizing EarthBound, discovered the floppy disk containing his personal files from that massive project in an old box. He had, at some point, wiped the disk to make room for more data, but thanks to the folks at the Video Game History…
By Ian Walker Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureSupport Palestine With This Massive Game Bundle
A new game bundle on itch.io is raising funds for the people of Palestine, who despite a recent ceasefire between Israel and Gaza continue to live as second-class citizens in their own homeland. With a contribution of at least five bucks, you’ll get Liyla and the Shadows of War, a survival game from Palestinian developer…
By Ian Walker Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureActivision Hires Yet Another Former Republican Big Wig
It seems that Activision has a type. After hiring former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee Frances F. Townsend and controversial Trump administration member Brian Bulatao in March, the mega-publisher has now rounded out its ranks with a third ex-member of a Republican Presidential administration: former George W. Bush White House lawyer Grant Dixton. Activision disclosed…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureYou (Or Someone, At Least) Can Win $5,000 For Being Really Good At Microsoft Excel
Been practicing your Excel macros? What’s your APM in Microsoft Office? If you’re the best of the best, you might just have what it takes to dominate in the world of competitive financial modeling. In fact, another international exhibition match is about to start. Microsoft just announced a “financial modeling battle” which will go down…
By Jonathan Lee Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Drama Between Hasan And Dream Turns Into Reasonable Conversation
If there’s anything to be learned from being on the internet, it’s that things are always more complicated than they seem…on the internet. Yesterday evening, this played out in real time between two hugely popular streamers. It began with leftist streamer Hasan Piker browsing r/Livestreamfail—a Twitch-focused subreddit that streamers often mine for react-style content—and coming…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureNewsReport: Quantic Dream Executives Cry, Ask If They Can Lie During Recent Court Appearance
Quantic Dream executives recently appeared in a Paris court as part of its ongoing defamation lawsuit against French publications Le Monde and Mediapart. But according to a May 31 report, things didn’t go smoothly for the studio behind games like Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human Independent French union Solidaires Informatique reports that co-CEOs David…
By Ian Walker Published June 4, 2021 -
OpinionImpressionsNecromunda: Hired Gun Will Be Fun Once It Runs Better
It’s hard being a mercenary in the Warhammer 40k universe. Even though you get a cool hound and can upgrade your powerful guns, everything you encounter is deadly and dangerous. Most things are covered in big spikes and probably packing some weapons too. But it’s even harder to be a hired gun in this world…
By Zack Zwiezen Published June 4, 2021 -
CultureD&D MMO Neverwinter Will Finally Let You Be A Bard
Loremasters, minstrels, tale-tellers, songblades—every adventuring party needs a bard. If there isn’t someone on your side fighting kobolds with a lute, what’s the point? I don’t know how a Dungeons & Dragons MMO has survived since 2013 without them, but the question will soon be moot, as bards are coming to Neverwinter in the game’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2021 -
EsportsCounter-Terrorists Win: Valve Just Nuked Most Of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s F2P Features
Since 2018, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players could enjoy the entire game, more or less, without paying a cent. That’s now come to an end as Valve just announced the end of many CS:GO free-to-play (F2P) features in a blog post on the official CS:GO website. Since its original release in 2012 CS:GO has gone through…
By Jonathan Lee Published June 4, 2021
