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Twitch Will Stream Months-Long Pokemon Marathon Starting Next Week
Over the next several months Twitch will stream the first 932 episodes of the Pokemon anime series, as well as every movie. The livestream will begin August 27 and last into 2019, the company announced today, making it not only the longest TV-like marathon Twitch done to date but also a perfect test of the…
By Ethan Gach Published August 23, 2018 -
UncategorizedReigns: Game of Thrones, a mashup of the fantasy TV show and the Tinder-like card game, is coming to mobile and PC sometime in October. While it’ll include all the big characters from the show, the game explores possible futures for them, meaning it won’t be bound by existing canon.
By Ethan Gach Published August 23, 2018 -
UncategorizedFortnite Now Gives You A Reward If You Turn On Two-Factor Authentication
I have avoided the depths of distraction that ensnare millions of people who download Fortnite. I don’t play much. But I do get the emails telling me people are trying to hack my account and have finally done something about it. A quick survey of Kotaku staff indicates that getting security warnings from Epic is…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 23, 2018 - Kotaku East
Ride Tokyo’s Pokémon Trains For A Limited Time
Starting this past Sunday, special Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! Tokyo Metro trains have been making commutes more enjoyable. Pokémon plastered trains are running on both the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and the Marunouchi Line. Ride ‘em while you can!
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2018 - Kotaku East
Right Now, The Nintendo Switch Is Dominating In Japan
The Switch has been out for a while now. Wondering how it’s now doing in Japan? Pretty dang well, that’s how. Here is how the best-selling video games at Japanese retail for the week of August 13 to August 19. 1. Minecraft (Switch): 25,948 copies sold 2. Splatoon 2 (Switch): 24,188 3. Taiko no Tatsujin…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2018 - Kotaku East
Average Anime Industry Salaries Get Depressing
The anime industry is brutal. The average salaries can get low. Just how low? Let’s have a look at how they break down per position. TheJapanese Animation Creators Associationpublished results of average salaries and ages for different production jobs in the anime industry. Before we get to that, Tokyo-based animator Thomas Romain created a helpful…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2018 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Hello
Cho Yong Pil is one of the titans of the Korean music industry, having debuted in 1968(!). He has a staggeringly long list of hit songs, awards, nominations, and accolades too long to list here; instead, let’s listen to one of his modern classics, Hello Hello was the title track for 2013’s eponymous album, his…
By Seung Park Published August 23, 2018 -
CultureCosplayGalleryThe Best Cosplay From AnimeFest 2018
Over 10,000 fans packed in over the weekend to the Sheraton Dallas Hotel for AnimeFest, a convention run by a non-profit group who have been educating the masses about anime since the early 90s. Where there are cons there is of course cosplay, and below is a selection of the best of it, with all…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2018 - Culture
Morning Coffee, Visualised
Natalie Dombois is an illustrator and graphic designer from Germany. You can see more of Natalie’s work at her personal site and Instagram page Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of both their professional and personal portfolios. If you’re in the business and have some concept,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedThree Consoles, One A/V Port
It is unholy, and yet, also strangely beautiful. Squint and you’ll see the PlayStation’s contribution, with a “Sony Computer Entertainment America” screen flashing up a few times. And the Xbox’s menu features prominently early on. Aside from that, though, this three-way struggle for AV supremacy was clearly won by the GameCube and Final Fantasy Crystal…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2018 - ReviewsBoard Games
Flamme Rouge: The Kotaku Review
Flamme Rouge is a game about early 20th- century bicycle races, and I promise you, it is a lot more fun than that sounds. While unable to actually use the words, since it doesn’t have the license, Flamme Rouge—a “Red Flag”, waved when a race is one kilometre from the finish—is based on early Tour…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Rat Game Is Making Me Puke
Medieval adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence, which had one of the more memorable E3 trailers, now has some gameplay footage to go with the cinematics. If you do not like rats, please continue scrolling past this story. Look at all these rats! Look where they came from! I already love this game. It’s gross…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 22, 2018 - Culture
Sexy Steam Games Have Spent Months In Limbo Thanks To Valve’s Inconsistent Rules
James Cox was finally feeling optimistic about his game’s chances on Steam. Last year, his horror-inspired exploration of what it’s like to look at porn for the first time, You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter, got booted from Valve’s walled garden, but then, earlier this year, Valve said it was getting rid of…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
There Are Never Enough AA Batteries Around To Power My Xbox One Controller
Two AA batteries. That’s all I recently needed to turn my Xbox One controller on and get back to steaming dumplings in Overcooked 2. It was around 1:00 a.m. on a Saturday, though, and I didn’t have any left. I found an Energizer box crammed upside down in a coffee table drawer. It was empty.…
By Ethan Gach Published August 22, 2018 - Uncategorized
God Of War‘s New Game Plus Actually Does Feel Like A New Game
God of War’s New Game Plus mode doesn’t offer any radical spins on the game’s formula, but does reveal how much fun the game is when you’re given all the tools it offers you for all your beheadings and beatdowns. Kratos fans who want reasons to keep playing the new God of War have been…
By Gita Jackson Published August 22, 2018 - Culture
PUBG Is Getting A Training Mode
Since time immemorial (it’s been a long year), PUBG players have been asking for a training mode. OK, actually they’ve mostly been asking for bug fixes and optimization, but they’ve also been harping on the whole training mode thing. Soon, they’ll be getting their wish. Training mode will take the form of a new 2×2…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 22, 2018
