The Duo Behind Namco X Capcom and Project X Zone Just Left Monolith Soft

While at Monolith Soft, veteran producer Koji Ishitani and game director Soichiro Morizumi collaborated on several crossover projects. Between them, they logged 30 years at Monolith, and they also both left the studio on March 31.  The Japanese financial year begins on April 1, which might explain the March 31 date. As pointed out by…

Japan Has An Attack On Titan… ATM 

Just when you think you’ve seen every promotion possible, Japan goes and wheels out this Attack on Titan ATM. Nice one! According to Get News, the Attack On Titan is located at the Seven Bank in Tokyo’s Nakano Broadway. If you take a photo of the wall with a flash, it will reveal a Titan.…

The New Dragon Ball Super Ending Seems Familiar

There’s a new ending for Dragon Ball Super. Not only is it excellent, but it’s also subtly nostalgic. This is ending number eight for the series, which has typically featured terrific closing tunes. This track, “Boogie Back,” is a standout. What also works so well for this closer is how it tastefully references the “Romantic…

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Official One Piece Lingerie Comes To Japan

Since One Piece is about pirates, it’s only fitting that the manga’s official lingerie would look more like swimwear than underwear. Japanese lingerie company Peach John, whichpreviously released Sailor Moon nightwear, is teaming up with One Piece.  Currently, there are four sets that have been announced for an April 12 launch. Prices are still TBA,…

There Is Nowhere To Hide From Hanzo Cosplay

While Hanzo mains are bad, Hanzo cosplay is just fine. We actually saw this cosplay briefly last year as part of a video, but this is a shoot by Fauxtography Geek that gives Rian Synnth’s costume its own time to shine.

Spend Some Quality Time With Nier: Automata’s Director

In this latest instalment of the excellent toco toco TV, everyone gets to remotely hang out with Yoko Taro,the director of Nier: Automata It’s not just an interview about his processes and the game; like the other episodes in the series, it takes you to a place of great importance in Taro’s career/life, in this…

The New Day Enter Wrestlemania With Final Fantasy Tribute

It’s Wrestlemania time, and hosts The New Day are doing their thing, entering the arena with a Final Fantasy homage. There are also Moogles present.

Take A Moment To Remember One Of The Best April Fools’ Gaming Hoaxes Of All Time

It was 1992 and print was still alive and well with most people relying on monthly magazines for their gaming info. As a result, a joke about a secret Street Fighter character called Sheng Long spread world wide. 25 years later, it’s time we poured one out for all those tortured souls who went looking…

The Week In Games: Back To School

It’s time to leave childish things like tower climbing, cyborg-dino slaying, and planet scanning behind and go hit the books. In case you weren’t feeling buried enough under the weight of all those open world RPGs, here’s another 100+ hour epic to eat away whatever remains of your time an sanity. I can’t wait to…

Madden Pro Trips Over His Own Players

This weekend, the Madden Challenge is pitting virtual football’s best against each other one last time before the championship in May. Though the players behind the controllers are pros, the quarterbacks in the game could use a little work. Tuning into the series, the literal first play I saw on stream had Eli “Trueboy” Clayton’s…

Speedrunner Gets Sabatoged By His Own Twitch Chat During Super Mario 64 World Record Attempt

This weekend a speedrunner who goes by Cheese broke the existing record for beating Mario 64 with all 120 stars with a time1:40:05. But his goal was to come in under 1:39, something he might have achieved if not for one of his spectators spamming a text-to-speech bot. Despite forgoing the LBLJ exploit, a backyards…

Blind Player Racks Up A Win At His First Street Fighter V Tournament

Competing in a Street Fighter tournament is hard, especially if you’re blind. But that didn’t stop a Dutch player by the name of “Sven” from managing to take a few sets off his opponents in the early rounds of Spain’s Sonic Boom tournament for Street Fighter V. Playing as Ken, Sven faced Musashi’s Akuma in…

Sunday Comics: Deathly God Parents

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published March 28. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 27. Read more…

Surprise, There’s A New Episode of Rick And Morty That You Can Watch [UPDATE]

It’s still April 1st, but this is no joke: Rick and Morty season 3 is here, and you can watch the first episode right now, for a while at least. It’s been a while, huh? The season 2 Rick and Morty finale aired in October 2015, and since then, fans have patiently been waiting for…

The Earthbound Vibes Get Even Stronger In Knuckle Sandwich‘s Latest Trailer

Knuckle Sandwich is an RPG about day jobs and cults caught somewhere between Earthbound and Undertale. Need I say more? It’s never clear whether fever dreams like these will pan out. I also had high hopes for Citizens of Earth, another Earthbound-inspired RPG from not too long ago that ended up feeling more than a…