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CultureEvo 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 -
ReviewsMultiplatformPokémon 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 -
CultureEvo 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 -
CultureUbisoft 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 -
CultureTwitchTwitch 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 -
CultureBethesda 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 -
OpinionImpressionsNier 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 -
CultureNBA 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 -
OpinionI 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 -
CultureHow’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 -
ReviewsPS4Iron 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 -
CultureWhy 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 -
UncategorizedThe 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 EastJapanA 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 -
CultureNBA 2K21 Has Two Cover Stars, And One Of Them Is Rookie Zion Williamson
Like previous years, NBA 2K21 will feature multiple cover stars. Current-gen versions will have the Blazer’s Dame Lillard on the front, while the next-gen editions will feature Zion Williamson, who in any other year would be coming up on his second season, but in this current hellscape is still a rookie. That’s kinda notable, because…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsWe Are Now Entering The “Animal Crossing Buttplug” Stage Of 2020
A lot of people around the world, especially in the US, are still stuck at home, away from friends and loved ones. Out of this isolation new ways of keeping in touch have emerged, including…buttplugs and vibrators that can sync with Animal Crossing and vibrate whenever the player swings a shovel. As Vice report, Kyle…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 1, 2020 -
OpinionI Loved The Last Of Us 2 Except For All The Parts I Deeply Hated
I do not like The Last Of Us 2. I didn’t like the first one either (it kinda fell apart for me in the final act) and everything I’d heard about its sequel made it sound like a carnival of violence I’d feel okay about abstaining from. And yet, despite the foul taste left from…
By Ash Parrish Published July 1, 2020 -
CultureRace To Clear The Division 2‘s New Raid Marred By Cheating Accusations
The Division 2 received its second post-game raid, Operation Iron Horse, yesterday, setting off a mad dash by players and content creators to be the first in the world to finish the difficult mission. It took the eventual winners over eight hours to complete the raid, but what should have been a moment of celebration…
By Ian Walker Published July 1, 2020
