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CultureMega Man Composer Manami Matsumae Doesn’t Miss The 9-6 Grind
Few game music composers have as iconic a resume as Manami Matsumae. Starting at Capcom in 1987, her first major project was scoring the original Rockman, the game we know as Mega Man. The Cutman theme? That’s Matsumae. And she was just getting started, soon jumping from the Famicom into Capcom’s CPS-1 arcade hardware to…
By Alexandra Hall Published May 3, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Resident Evil Village Is Almost Here
This week get ready to creep around scary, dilapidated houses searching for green herb and bullets, because Resident Evil Village is out on May 7 for basically every platform. I skipped the demos for Resident Evil Village. I’m going in mostly blind and I’m excited. I’m ready to sink away for a week into a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 3, 2021 -
AnimeGold Gundam Statues Go On Sale In Japan For Only $240,000
Like Gundam? Have lots of money? Well, does a Japanese jewelry company have a product for you. Several, actually. Here’s a trio of pure golden Gundam statues, with the larger ones costing a whole lot of money—and the smaller one still costing a lot of money, too. The RX-78-2 Gundam Beam Rifle version measures 180mm…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 3, 2021 -
Kotaku EastJapanJapanese Town Got Covid-19 Money So They Built A Giant Squid Statue
The town of Noto in Ishikawa received millions of yen due to the impact of covid-19. The money was part of a rural revitalization project to help the countryside in the wake of the virus. According to Yahoo! News Japan, local governments such as Noto’s would decide how to spend the money, such as infection…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 3, 2021 -
CultureUh, Epic Games Bought ArtStation
While we’re used to things like studios being bought and paid for as part of Epic’s Fortnite-fuelled crusade against companies like Apple and Valve, the company spent the weekend buying something a little more unexpected: ArtStation, a site that anyone who has ever read our Fine Art feature will be more than familiar with. After…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureResident Evil Fan Patches Original Game With Content Missing Since 1996
Resident Evil: True Director’s Cut is a patch made by Deli295 for Capcom’s original horror classic that wants to be the most comprehensive version of the game available, adding in a bunch of stuff from earlier Japanese releases that for whatever reason we never got in Western editions. While the West received numerous version of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureTotal RecallNintendo Superfan Recreates Company’s 19th Century Office To Store His Collection [Update]
Fabrice Heilig, a Nintendo collector from France, has been amassing stuff for so long that his house was running out of space to store it all. So he decided to expand, and when he did, he had one hell of an idea. As this wonderful story on Before Mario explains, having built an enormous collection…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2021 -
CulturePC Players Have Already Figured Out How To Get Around Resident Evil Village’s Demo Timer
Resident Evil Village has a demo, but it’s been a stupid mess, with limited windows to play it and early access on only Playstation. But yesterday the time-limited demo went live on all platforms, including PC. Naturally, PC players quickly figured out a way to bypass the one-hour timer and play for as long as…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Photo Bombing Pokémon Snap
New Pokémon Snap is out! That means my Twitter feed is currently filled with cute Pokémon photos. It’s honestly a nice change of pace. But let’s have some fun with these Pokemon photos! Your challenge this week: Add some non-Pokémon creatures or characters to Pokémon Snap images! Who or what can you add to these…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureMicrosoft Looked Into Reducing Its Xbox Store Cut From 30% To 12% [Update]
According to internal documents filed in the ongoing Epic Games vs Apple case, Microsoft has plans to reduce its cut on digital downloads on the Xbox console store from 30% to 12%. Found in court documents, first spotted by The Verge, Microsoft shares various information and data about its digital storefronts on Windows 10 and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Stop, Please!
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 April 29. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 26. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Lego Luigi, Winners!
Mario’s tall and cowardly brother is back, in Lego form. To celebrate the news, we took this new, blocky Luigi and took him on some new adventures. Our winning image this week comes from Sharpeofthe95th who created the ultimate weapon: The Luigi Cube. Resistance is-a futile! WAH-HOOOO! One of the best contests of 2021! The…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CultureSweet Backflip, Spidey!
Welcome back to another fine installment of Snapshots! This week we got some pretty photos from various Spider-Men games, some tasteful black and white images, and more great stuff. Also a quick reminder: Please remember to include the title of the game when emailing me! Sometimes I can tell what a game is without it,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsCall Of Duty Warzone’s Big Trucks Have Become A Popular (And Annoying) Way To Win
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy. Call of Duty Warzone’s current solo meta has become dominated by players driving around in cargo trucks, also known as Big Berthas. These large trucks take a lot of damage to stop and can run over players, killing them instantly. They have become so popular…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsThere’s A Creepy Clown Video Hidden In Roblox
I’ve still never played Roblox and now I’m not sure I’ll ever play it after learning about a random, creepy clown video that is, for some reason, lurking in the game’s files. In Roblox, players can input the command “?Iloveyou” and with the correct server and in-game settings, it will display a short video of a…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CulturePokemonFloette Carries A Terrifyingly Powerful Flower, Swings It Around Like An Idiot
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 Floette! Floette Details Type: Fairy Average Height: 0′ 08″ Average Weight: 2.00 lbs. First Added In Generation VI Do…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 1, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsI Love This Fighting Game’s Ridiculous Continue Screen
The fighting game adaptation of Hokuto no Ken (known as Fist of the North Star in the west) has provided some of the most over–the–top competitive moments of all time. But when a Twitter acquaintance shared a screenshot of its continue screen a week ago, I still wasn’t psychologically prepared for just how hard it…
By Ian Walker Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsElder Scrolls, Cut It Out With The Silt Striders
I don’t like bugs. Never have. Flies, bees, wasps, crickets, I hate ‘em all. The bigger they are the more I can’t stand them. So the giant insect-like Silt Striders, first seen in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, are my worst nightmare and I want them all to die. I mean, if no one minds.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published April 30, 2021 -
CultureOdds and EndsPowerWash Simulator Is Why I Shouldn’t Be A Homeowner
Humans are fucked up, anxiety-ridden apes and there is absolutely no telling what causes our brains to light up with feel good juice. But one thing that does it for me is a good pressure washer video. Since being a millennial means I will likely never own a home, the magic of using a pressure…
By Ash Parrish Published April 30, 2021 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Beat Returnal’s Early Bosses
Returnal, the PS5-exclusive action game about pretending you’re in the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow, is no cakewalk. The rank-and-file enemies are one thing, what with their tentacle laser beams and relentless volleys of neon death basketballs. But it’s the boss fights that will really give you a run for your money. Read: Kotaku’s…
By Ari Notis Published April 30, 2021