Kyoto Animation Will Release Its New Film As Planned

This September, Kyoto Animation’s Violet Evergarden spin-off anime will be released as originally scheduled. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the premiere for Violet Evergarden Side-Story: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll was scheduled for an August 3 premiere at Germany’s Animagic convention. According to the event’s organizers, the showing will commence as planned “at the…

36 Confirmed Dead After Fire At Kyoto Animation, Suspected Arsonist In Custody [Updated]

A fire, suspected to be arson, at a Kyoto, Japan animation studio has left at least 36 people dead and hospitalized more with injuries. A 41-year-old man, allegedly seen pouring a flammable liquid at the site and setting it on fire, has been taken into police custody. This story has been updated since its original…

Android Is Now Unofficially On Nintendo Switch, And It Looks Great

Back in 2018, an exploit was found in the Nintendo Switch that would allow users to run outside code. While that’s of course led to some piracy, it’s also let modders and coders have some fun with the console, up to and including getting Android running on the system, with all the features and tricks…

Fortnite World Cup Players Who Didn’t Score Have A Sense Of Humor About It

The point spread at today’s Fortnite World Cup Solo finals was massive, with winner Bugha scoring 26 points more than second place finisher Psalm. But not everyone can win: Four players came away with zero points, but—at least on Twitter—they were good sports about it. All of today’s 100 Solo finals competitors are immensely skilled…

What Ganon From Breath Of The Wild Might Actually Look Like

After catching a glimpse of Dehydrated Ganon in the trailer for Breath of the Wild’s sequel,artist Nicholas Kolewondered what a hydrated Ganon—as in, a normal bad guy, neither withered corpse nor spectral beast—might look like. “I paid close attention to the information in the trailer, as well as trying to align him (as the rare…

Bugha Wins Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals

Fortnite player Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf won the World Cup Solo finals today. The 16-year-old North America East player finished with 59 points and takes home a prize of $3 million. The Solo finals kicked off with a concert by electronic music DJ Marshmello, which drew fans into New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium hours before the…

You Can Beat GoldenEye On N64 With Only One Bullet

GoldenEye is a first-person shooter released for the N64 back in the 90s. You might notice a keyword in that previous sentence. “Shooter.” This means the player is equipped with various guns and then shoots them at enemies. But is it possible to beat this classic shooter without actually shooting? No. But you can beat…

‘Shop Contest: National Mustard Day

Mustard. Love it or hate it, you have to at least admit it’s a fun word to say. And next weekend we celebrate National Mustard Day, a day in which people eat mustard, I assume. Your challenge this week: Give video game characters bottles of mustard. For most of my life, I was anti-mustard. Hated…

It Sucks Being A Valet In GTA Online

The newly opened casino in Grand Theft Auto Online is a popular spot. Players are driving up to the casino constantly right now. Luckily for them, there is a valet working the front of the building. But being a valet in GTA Online is a dangerous job, especially if you are unarmed and out in…

Fortnite fans have been lined up for two hours to be among the first to get swag for Marshmello’s World Cup concert. Event staff told me they stopped several people trying to run in before the stadium opened.

Sunday Comics: RAY OF DEATH

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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 22. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published July 22. Read more of Corpse Run Clueless Hero by…

Fortnite World Cup Crowd Cheers Defeat Of Notorious Cheater

Fortnite fans have had mixed opinions of North American East duo XXiF and Ronaldo since they qualified for this weekend’s World Cup Finals after serving a 14-day ban for cheating. At today’s Duos finals, the crowd booed XXiF when he appeared on the feed, then cheered when he was eliminated. In May, XXiF and his…

‘Shop Contest: OH GOD, CATS, Winners!

Last week the world was given the nightmare creation that is the trailer for the Cats movie. I asked you wonderful readers of Kotaku to take these scary creatures from the trailer and place them anywhere you wanted. Make everything terrible! And you folks did just that! Thanks. I guess? Our winning image this week…