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Let’s Check In On Japan’s Latest Giant Gundam Statue

Japan’s newest giant Gundam is being erected near Yokohama’s Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbor in a special area that will be called The Gundam Factory. The 59-foot moving Gundam will have walkways, allowing visitors to get up close to the statue. Above is a CG video imagining what the finished giant Gundam will look like.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

There’s A VR Mega Man Experience In Japan

Starting July 18, a VR Mega Man (aka Rockman in Japan) will be playable at the Plaza Capcom shot in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro. At the Plaza Capcom location, there’s a permanent VR corner, where people can experience Rockman VR: Aimed At The Virtual World In the VR game, players don a headset created by Dr. Light…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2020

Culture

Track: Between the Bars (Live) | Artist: Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield | Album: Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2020

Culture

Country Getaway

Cara Stratton is an artist from Canada. You can see more of Cara’s stuff at her ArtStation page

By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Evo Online Cancelled After Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Others Withdraw Over Abuse Allegations

Evo Online has been officially canceled following decisions by multiple developers to distance themselves from the event, Kotaku has learned. Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat 11, and more were pulled from Evo Online following allegations of sexual misconduct against the organization’s co-founder and CEO, Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar. Mortal Kombat 11 narrowly missed out on…

By Ian Walker Published July 2, 2020

ReviewsMultiplatform

Pokémon Smile: The Kotaku Review

Maybe you thought it would be easy to write/laugh this one off as a dumb gimmick, but for real: Pokémon Smile is one of the most important video games to have entered my household in years I have two kids, one 9, the other 7, and while both are beautiful, wonderful little people, both of…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Evo Suspends CEO Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations [UPDATE: CEO Removed]

The co-founder and CEO of massive fighting game competition the Evolution Championship Series has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of past sexual misconduct, the organization said on Wednesday evening. The announcement came a few hours after veteran competitor Mikey “Crackpr0n” Pham accused the CEO, Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar, of repeatedly preying on teenage…

By Ian Walker Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Ubisoft Announces Plans To Shake Up The Company’s All White Male Editorial Group [Update]

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced today in an email to employees that the game publisher will be revising the composition of its currently all white male Editorial Department which oversees creative decisions across all of its global studios. He also outlined other measures to try to address a recent wave of allegations about harassment and…

By Ethan Gach Published July 2, 2020

CultureTwitch

Twitch Streamer Byron ‘Reckful’ Bernstein Dies At 31

Today, former top World of Warcraft player and longtime Twitch streamer Byron “Reckful” Bernstein died. Bernstein’s ex, Blue, and his close friend, Andy Milonakis, and posted about him on Twitter. “Byron, I wish I could have helped you,” wrote Blue, saying that Bernstein died by suicide. “We all do. I’m so sorry I couldn’t. Thank…

By Nathan Grayson Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Bethesda Announces Fallout TV Show

Today, Amazon and Bethesda officially announced a TV show set in the Fallout universe, being produced by the creators behind HBO’s Westworld Bethesda posted a short teaser video for the show on the official Fallout Twitter account. The teaser contains almost nothing beyond an old TV and a test pattern asking folks to “Please stand…

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 2, 2020

OpinionImpressions

Nier Creator’s Fairy Tale RPG Is So Grim It’s Silly

In SINoALICE, a new mobile RPG for iOS and Android directed by Nier creator Yoko Taro, fairy tale characters brutally murder everyone and everything in order to somehow revive their authors and make their bloodiest wishes come true. At first it’s shocking. Then it’s silly. Little Red Riding Hood just wants to play all day,…

By Mike Fahey Published July 2, 2020

Culture

NBA 2K21 Will Cost $70 On PS5 And Xbox Series X

With the release of NBA 2K21, games on next gen consoles might see a price increase. In a press release this morning, Take-Two Interactive announced NBA 2K21 on the PS5 and Xbox Series X, as well as their current-gen counterparts. Noticeably, the next-gen standard versions of the game came with a suggested retail price of…

By Ash Parrish Published July 2, 2020

Opinion

I Have Mixed Feelings About The Last Of Us Part 2‘s Trans Character

Whether or not you like The Last of Us Part 2, there’s no denying it’s a diverse game. People of different genders, sexualities, and races exist in its world, and there’s a perverse equality in the way none of them are exempt from suffering. The game’s only trans character, a religious youth named Lev, is…

By Riley MacLeod Published July 2, 2020

Culture

How’s It Going?: Doctor Edition

It’s Thursday—we’re so close to the weekend! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I have to go to the doctor today, which feels weird after four months of just hoping I didn’t need medical care. I feel pretty nervous about traveling there and sitting in a waiting room. I hate the doctor under the…

By Riley MacLeod Published July 2, 2020

ReviewsPS4

Iron Man VR: The Kotaku Review

Iron Man feels like a perfect fit for virtual reality. In the movies, Tony Stark’s advanced armor operates like VR, with a virtual screen projected inside his helmet. So when I put on my PSVR headset and started playing Iron Man VR I felt like that famous, armor-wearing superhero. Unfortunately, I didn’t have to just…

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Why Resident Evil Village Isn’t Called Resident Evil 8

When the upcoming Resident Evil Village was first announced last month, we thought it was called Resident Evil 8: Village. It’s not! The game is simply called Resident Evil Village. There’s a reason for that. hy is that? After all, the game is a sequel is Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. So, shouldn’t it have the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2020

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The latest issue of Maxim Korea features non-real-world models, with characters from Ragnarok Origin. There are two different covers, each with different in-game characters, and they are the first non-real-life models since the magazine launched in 2002. [Thanks, Sang!]

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2020

Kotaku EastJapan

A Giant Evangelion Statue For Only $14,700

This month a 6.5 foot Evangelion Unit-01 will be released in Japan. It’s priced at 1.58 million yen or $14,708.62. Available for order online, the limited-edition statue, made by Kaiyodo, was shown earlier this year at the Wonder Fes in Japan. Famed figure sculpture Shinobu Matsumura created the original statue, which was then scanned for…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2020

Culture

An Abandoned Hotel. Malinska, Krk, Croatia. By Eduard Tucaković | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 2, 2020

Culture

Ready For Launch

Anthony Trujillo is an artist at Blizzard, where he’s worked on stuff like World of Warcraft You can see more of Anthony’s stuff at his ArtStation page.

By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2020