A Silent Voice Is A Sensational Anime Movie About Bullying

In anime movie A Silent Voice, deaf girl Shoko Nishimiya’s sixth-grade notebook is full of apologies to the classmates who keep throwing her hearing aids in the river. Her bullies’ ringleader, Shoya Ishida, later watches his guilt-ridden mother offer $15,000 dollars to Nishimiya’s mother in compensation. The cycle of hurt continues until it reveals itself…

Tips For Playing Agents Of Mayhem

Saints Row spin-off Agents of Mayhem is out today, and it’s a very different game than its over-the-top, gang-banging, devil-taunting predecessors. It can be daunting, but worry not — we’ve got tips. Here are some helpful suggestions from getting the most out of the struggle between the heroic agents of MAYHEM and the global terrorist…

25 Years Later, ‘Disgusting’ Night Trap Is Incredibly Tame

Night Trap, the FMV game that U.S. Senators once called “sick” and “disgusting,” is now available in a spruced-up edition on PlayStation 4 and PC, 25 years after its original release on Sega CD in 1992. There’s even a few special, delightfully cheesy, bonus gifts. Before getting to the nitty and the gritty of the…

New Ocarina of Time Glitch Shakes Up Speedrunning Community

Ocarina of Time has been turned inside out by speedrunners who are still hungry to find new glitches that could improve their times. Yesterday, a new glitch was discovered that could make some major changes to speedrunning the game. Last year, a glitch blew Ocarina of Time open by letting players summon an empty bottle…

Sonic Mania Has A Secret Joke Mode, And It’s Perfect

Sonic Mania hides a few goodies, and this one in particular shows that SEGA knows exactly how to meme. Presenting “& Knuckles Mode,” where you can play as the lovable red Echidna while also accompanied by another Knuckles, who acts as your buddy. (You can also play as other characters paired with Knuckles, but that’s…

H1Z1: Just Survive, the companion game to H1Z1: King of the Kill, is now simply called Just Survive, separating it from the H1Z1 universe. The rebranding arrives with today’s massive update, which introduces player-built strongholds to the game. Check out the update notes here.

Why We Like That Undertale Is On Consoles Now

It’s a VGChat! I’m here with Kotaku’s editor-at-large Kirk Hamilton to talk about Undertale, which came out for PC back in 2015, but is available today for PlayStation 4 and Vita. Hence our renewed interest. Spoilers ahead! Do not get spoiled! Chris Kohler: Kirk, you played through the game on PC, yes? Kirk Hamilton: I…

Popular RPG Undertale releases on the PS4 and Vita today, and there are a lot of achievements to unlock for the game—  many of which seem to be quite easy to obtain. There are also 15 separate achievements you can get simply for donating money to the dog shrine. To check out the full list…

The Secret World Is Getting A TV Series

Funcom’s supernatural conspiracy MMO recently got a reboot, and now it’s getting its own television show. Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and G4C Innovation have teamed up to produce a live-action TV series based on The Secret World. Or Secret World Legends. Whichever. Set in the modern day and revolving around a power struggle between a…

What It’s Like To Attend The Biggest Dota 2 Tournament In The World

The first thing I felt after the conclusion of The International 7, the seventh annual Dota 2 event that caps off every season of play, was whiplash. The day had gone by so fast, I had barely noticed it. As I walked in through the press entrance in the morning, I saw Team Liquid in…

The Beauty Of A Destroyed Gundam In Miniature Tokyo

Created by Taiwan-based model maker Hank Cheng, this piece is called “Gundam, The Desolation After War.” Kotaku has previously profiled Cheng before, and he’s one of the most talented model builders around. This work shows him in top form. You can see more photos of the piece here. The diorama is set in front of…

Japan Is Experiencing A Ninja Shortage

The country that made ninja famous is currently experiencing a shortage of their stage variety. There are not enough ninja performers in Japan. Nippon Television (viaLivedoor) reports that local ninja shows don’t have enough performers to entertain the crowds. Of course, Japanese children have long been interested in ninja, but with foreign tourism higher than…

The Best Dragon Ball Cosplay Of 2017

This year is not over, but this Master Roshi cosplay will be hard to top this year. And next year, too. That’s body builder Taichi Shimizu, who previously pulled off a great Zangief cosplay. At this summer’s Comic Market in Tokyo, he did an excellent Master Roshi in his Max Power form. See how it…

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