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Fornite’s latest patch went live this morning, officially vaulting the Tactical Submachine Gun. It’s been replaced by a slightly higher damage, lower round SMG. Meanwhile, the Typewriter Assault Rifle is being added to Save the World mode. Correction: an earlier version of this article misstated which weapon was being added to the game’s Battle Royale…
By Ethan Gach Published July 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
Broly’s New Character Design Causes Dragon Ball Fan Speculation
Now that we’re getting better looks at Broly in the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Broly, fans have been commenting on the character’s new look and attempting to deduce what it all means. Here are Broly’s character designs for Dragon Ball Super: Broly A couple things to note. It looks like Broly is wearing Frieza Force…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
Hideaki Anno Visits The Largest Evangelion Statue In The World
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is in Shanghai, where he’s checking out the world’s largest Unit-01 statue. As Kotaku previously reported, this official EVA-01 Test Type statue measures 24.8 meters (81.36 feet) high with the Spear of Longinus Here’s Anno having a look at the statue Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
In Japan, 7-Eleven Was Going To Serve Beer
Not just sell it, but have a Kirin beer dispensing machine in store for perfect foamy pours. Think a Slurpee machine, but for beer. As Yahoo! News Japan and PDR-san report, 7-Elevens in Japan were supposed to have beer machines as a test rollout at several branches. A small cup of beer would cost 100…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2018 - Uncategorized
Spice & Wolf is getting a VR game. Isuna Hasekura, who wrote the original novel, is penning the VR game’s scenario, while the anime’s voice actors Ami Koshimizu and Jun Fukuyama will be lending their talents to Spice & Wolf VR, which is slated for early 2019. It will have subtitles.
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2018 -
CultureCosplayThe Brands Are Into Cosplay Now
Money has been finding its way into the cosplay community for years now, but usually it’s been in the form of sponsorships or paid appearances, not—as Arby’s has just done—directly joining in on the fun. The company—which specialises in fast food and nerd jokes on Twitter—worked with cosplay costume and props builder Volpin Props to construct…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureUnder A Porcelain Sun is a first-person adventure set in a surrealist colonial India. It’s about two thieves searching for the mythical city Kayamgadh. Along the way, they’ll encounter castles of glue, wax people, and other strangeness. It comes from a studio in India called Oleomingus and will be out this summer.
By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2018 - Culture
A World You Can Hold In The Palm Of Your Hand
Li-Yu Lin, originally from Taiwan but currently living in Denmark, is an artist and designer at LEGO. As a side project she builds these tiny little dioramas, which at first look like polygonal 3D models, but which are actually handmade papercraft, cut and folded with absolute precision. The pieces are for sale on her personal…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Commandos Games Are Coming Back
Commandos, the classic PC stealth series, has been missing in action for years. No more: strategy publisher Kalypso (Tropico) has bought the rights to the games, with plans to bring them back. This includes the obvious thing—re-releasing the existing games—but also more ambitious plans as well, with Kalypso’s Simon Hellwig saying they’re looking at “the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 - Uncategorized
New Sega Book (For Adults) Has Pop-Ups
Specialist publisher Read-Only Memory, the team behind A+ books like the Sega Genesis Collected Works, are trying something different. Instead of releasing another coffee table book about video games, they’re releasing a coffee table book about video games that also has cardboard pop-ups of old Sega arcade cabinets. The book is called SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2018 - Uncategorized
Why I’m Not Streaming On Twitch Today
Today is Prime Day, the Amazon-invented international shopping holiday that involves offering extensive deals on the digital storefront’s products. Amazon workers across facilities in Europe are celebrating this artificial holiday with a multi-day strike, and I’ve decided to join them in my own way. I stream video games on Kotaku’s Twitch channel multiple times a…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 16, 2018 -
CultureFortnite Cart Does Sick Flip
Today on Highlight Reel we have big ships, skinless giants in Fortnite, cart tricks, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch up on…
By Chris Person Published July 16, 2018 - Uncategorized
Amazon Temporarily Sells Pirated Copies Of Popular PC Games
Over the weekend, people shopping on Amazon thought they’d hit the jackpot: popular recent PC games like Frostpunk and Surviving Mars for the price of a cup of coffee. Problem: these copies were pirated. Word of the dubious deals first got out in a Reddit thread on Saturday. “I think this is a screw up…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 16, 2018 -
EsportsThe Best Call Of Duty Zombies Players Throw Down Next Month
The Zombies World Championship is returning on Sunday, August 5, and the future looks positive for competitive Call of Duty Zombies. Highly-skilled finalists will compete for an increased prize pool in a tournament that promises to be more polished than last year’s inaugural event. The Call of Duty Zombies community loves a good challenge, whether…
By S.E. Doster Published July 16, 2018 - CultureSplitscreen
Nathan Fillion Tells Us How That Great Uncharted Fan Film Happened
How did Nathan Fillion wind up playing Nathan Drake in an Uncharted fan-film? And who really voiced Cayde-6 during that E3 trailer? On a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Speaking on Splitscreen this afternoon to promote the excellent Uncharted fan film he put out this morning, Fillion explained that he’d met the director,…
By Jason Schreier Published July 16, 2018 - Uncategorized
An update on our colleague Mike Fahey: Mike is now home and acclimating to a future of having to use a wheelchair. He’s exploring options for a van he could ride in or even drive with hand controls. They’re expensive, so we’re inviting people to contribute to his family’s GoFundMe to help get him back…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2018