PSA: Don’t Watch The Latest Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer

This morning, the publisher Square Enix put out a new trailer for its upcoming video game Final Fantasy VII Remake. We here at Kotaku would like to offer some friendly words of advice: Don’t watch it. See, this new trailer for the game (which launches on April 10 for PS4—although many stores in Europe and…

Woman Who Played 4,000 Hours Of Animal Crossing: New Leaf Finally Starts New Horizons

After playing over 4,000 hours of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, 88-year-old Audrey at long last embarks on her deserted island getaway in Animal Crossing: New Horizons The last time we saw her, she was diligently checking in on the villagers of her New Leaf town and tending her huge flower garden. Now she’s returned along…

Darkest Dungeon Is Getting Multiplayer

For four years the grueling dungeon-crawler Darkest Dungeon has let players suffer alone. In May, new downloadable content will add a multiplayer arena where they can suffer together. Red Hook Games announced the new content back on April 1, but because it was April Fools’ Day, everyone assumed it was just a joke. Multiplayer? In…

Track: Radiation Vibe | Artist: Fountains of Wayne | Album: Fountains of Wayne

This Friday, the 96th compiled One Piece volume was released, bringing the total number of copies of the manga in print to a staggering 470 million. As Mantan Web (via ANN) reports, the total consists of 390 million copies in print in Japan and another 80 million in print internationally. 

Anime Tiger and Bunny is coming back! In 2022, a new anime series, appropriately called Tiger & Bunny 2, will debut with a new story set that takes place after the feature animated film Tiger and Bunny: The Rising 

Loads Of Awesome Old PC Games Will Keep Your Damn Kids Busy

ExoDOS, a project we profiled last year to catalogue and preserve every MS-DOS game ever released, is doing something special in these new and trying times: rounding up all their collected educational games and distributing them with notes and tips for parents. This is some essential shit! My wife and I (mostly my wife, since…

Instead Of Closing, Video Game Retailer Provides Employees With Bullshit Coronavirus ‘Safety’ Tips

Instead of providing stores with adequate sanitation supplies (or simply closing them outright) in response to the covid-19 pandemic, Game X Change corporate felt it best to send employees what amounted to a chain email full of bogus prevention tactics. Their advice includes gargling vinegar, drinking lots of water (to “neutralize” the virus in the…

With Tours Canceled, Venues Closing, And Futures Uncertain, Musicians Flock To Twitch

Popular musician Marc Rebillet’s March 17 Twitch stream—the first in his “Quarantine Livestream Tour”—began just like his other shows: Wearing a silken robe, he improvised a series of songs based on topic suggestions from his audience. People asked for songs about the apocalypse and toilet paper. About an hour and a half in, he announced…

Staaarrrrsss… I’m streaming through Resident Evil 3 right now on Twitch. Keeping it pretty chill even if an unstoppable Nemesis is gonna chase me. Come join chat to talk about zombies, sandwiches and whatever else!

John Wick Hex And Some Other Indie Games Are Headed To PS4

The boogie man himself is finally headed to PS4 along with a small but diverse collection of other indie games over the next several days and months. Earlier today, Sony published a series of surprise posts over on the European PlayStation blog, revealing news about five games headed to the PlayStation 4. It’s an odd…

Apex Legends‘ Bloodhound Event Adds Permanent Duos Next Week

Starting next week, Apex Legends is getting a permanent Duos mode, alongside a temporary event featuring Bloodhound. Announced today, Apex Legends’ Old Ways Lore Event will run from April 7-21. According to the description, prowlers—alien beasts perhaps most memorable for scaring the crap out of me in Titanfall 2—will be loose and guarding high-tier loot.…