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Kotaku EastJapanDragonball Figures Look Even Cooler With New Paint Jobs
Know how to make already badass Dragonball figurines and statues look even better? Have some incredibly talented artists add a new coat of paint. Previously, we’ve seen anime-style paint on Gundam models, and today, let’s look at them on Dragonball—namely, let’s see how repainting the statues and figurines can make them even cooler. Below are some…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2020 -
Kotaku EastChinaMovie Infringed On SNK’s Mai Shiranui Design, Says Chinese Court
In 2018, the movie Warrior Angels was released in China. It’s a fantasy comedy with characters, like above, that certainly resemble iconic those from The King of Fighters. Now, a court in Beijing ruled that the movie violated SNK’s copyright. Via IMDB, here is the movie’s summary: Qiao Fan can’t control her power. After she…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2020 -
CultureManor Lords Is A City-Builder With Medieval Battles
Hello, Manor Lords, and welcome to my wheelhouse. This upcoming PC strategy game is impressive for a number of reasons. Firstly because it’s combining two of my favourite types of game (city-builder and Total-War-style real-time combat), and secondly because it’s being made by one guy It’s currently in Early Access, and is due sometime in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2020 -
CulturePersona 5’s Anime Is Finally Getting A $300 English Dub
While Persona 5’s anime has been out for over two years now, it’s only been available to watch with subtitles. The show’s upcoming Blu-ray release in the West is changing that, bringing back most of the game’s English-language cast for a dubbed release that…is going to cost you. I’m not really down on the pricing…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureTrack: No More Words | Artist: Berlin | Album: Love Life
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryIn VR You Can’t Escape The Loading Screen
Loading screens are something we all deal with while playing video games. As long as they are brief many of us will just grab our phone and check Twitter or grab a bite to eat. But in virtual reality, with a headset strapped to your face, you are trapped and forced to awkwardly stand and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Pascal
Animal Crossing: New Horizons recently received a new update that lets players swim around their islands. And it also brought back a fan favorite animal, Pascal. He’s cool. Let’s welcome back Pascal with some fun images! Your challenge this week: Add Pascal to stuff. I haven’t played Animal Crossing in weeks. I just don’t find…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Leftovers Edition
It’s Sunday! The weekend is wrapping up and it’s time for a nice and cozy open thread. Come on in. Over the years my girlfriend and I have gotten very skilled at making dinners that are big enough to feed us both, leave some leftovers for lunch, and won’t cost us a lot to make.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: What Color?
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 July 2. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published June 29. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 5, 2020 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Vault Boy, Winners!
The loveable mascot from all the Fallout games was recently added to Smash Bros. So, it felt like a great time to have some fun with Vault Boy and I asked you creative people to spread Vault Boy to other games. Our winning image this week comes from Frode who adds yet another surprising cameo…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureGet Over Here!!!
This week on Snapshots: Some more Last of Us 2 photos, a demon covered in sparks, a sad angel, some gorgeous environments, and a Spider-Man spiral. One day, people will stop taking amazing screenshots in Spider-Man. But today is not that day. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
UncategorizedCelebrate the 4th Of July With Video Gaming’s Finest Fireworks!
The evening sky is overrated. Don’t go there for awesome fireworks. Look at these clips of video gaming’s best fireworks. We’ve got to start with Mario Update 7/4/18: This post originally appeared July 4, 2015. It’s been edited to include Monster Hunter: World and Far Cry 5. Update 7/4/19: This post has been edited to…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 4, 2020 -
CulturePokemonLunatone Is Probably An Alien And Has The Ability To Make People Fall Asleep
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 Lunatone! Lunatone Details Type: Rock/Psychic Average Height: 3′ 03″ Average Weight: 370.4 lbs First Added In Generation III Last…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureThe World Ends With You Anime Releases Next Year
Announced this weekend at the digital FunimationCon 2020 event, The World Ends With You The Animation is a new anime launching in 2020 and is based on popular RPG game The World Ends With You. This new anime uses the same art style as the original game, as seen in a newly released trailer. Funimation…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Grinding Edition
Hello! I’m happy to see you all. Come on in, we got some chatting to do! It’s weird what we find relaxing in these anxiety-filled months. For me, grinding in a few online games has become my therapy. Recently, I’ve been playing a lot more of The Division 2. The new season went live not…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointWhat’s The Best Reese’s Cup Shape?
This week we review GTA Online, watch a parrot attack, check out Horizon: Zero Dawn running on a PC, remember Amazon’s failed game, and debate the best Reese’s Cup shape. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week On the one hand, this is embarrassing. On the other hand, a bunch of people just remembered this…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureUbisoft Editorial VP Maxime Béland has resigned and fellow Editorial VP Tommy François has been placed on disciplinary leave, the company’s CEO Yves Guillemot announced in a company email today while both are investigated for misconduct. It also stated that an employee from Ubisoft Toronto had been terminated.
By Ethan Gach Published July 3, 2020 -
CultureVery FirstThe Very First Rocko’s Modern Life Game Was Also The Last
Long-running video game franchises (or uh, in this case very short ones) all have to start somewhere, and it’s not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far they’ve come since. Today we unearth the very first Rocko’s Modern Life video game. So,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 3, 2020 -
CultureWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for watching Hamilton on Disney+. Sad personal fact: I had tickets to Hamilton last year, but we wound up having union contract bargaining that same night, so I had to sell them. I felt that this was a noble sacrifice, but it was also a huge bummer. I’m excited for this situation…
By Riley MacLeod Published July 3, 2020
