The strike at strategy game makers Eugen Systems based in Paris ended earlier this month. With negotiations going nowhere, the striking workers—close to half of the studio—decided to pursue the matter in court. “We will continue to fight for our rights with the legal means at our disposal,” they said in a statement.

Rockstar says that GTA Online’s “money freezing” exploit, where players sprout huge stunt tracks onto Los Santos, has been patched on PS4.

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will bring back micro-transactions on April 18th as part of a large game update. Crystals will be purchasable and used for cosmetics only. The update also adds an Ewok hunting mode. Yub-nub?

Track: Ball and Chain | Artist: Social Distortion | Album: Social Distortion Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Promoting Avengers Reaches New Levels Of Annoying In Japan 

It often feels like the way movies are promoted in Japan are…peculiar. But Japanese moviegoers do complain about how posters are changed for their market. The same goes for commercials. Walt Disney Japan has released a series of ads for Avengers: Infinity War that awkwardly riff on Japanese internet culture. There are announcers saying “Very,…

K-Pop Pick Of The Day: Good Day

Watched any K-dramas recently? Then you know this song. Good Day came along at the perfect time for IU (real name: Lee Ji Eun). She had already built up a respectable following with Marshmallow and Nagging, her duet with 2AM’s Seulong, but needed that one last push to propel her to the big leagues. This…

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