What Made Toonami So Good

An entire generation’s fondness for anime can be traced back to one programming block on Cartoon Network called Toonami. Toonami is a well of nostalgia for millennials whose introduction to anime included Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon and other classics. I’d never really thought about what made Toonami so special until yesterday, when…

The Pedestrian, A Game About Signs, Looks Great

The Pedestrian’s pitch begins: “What’s it like inside the world of public restroom signs?” It’s a game about signs. Caution signs, street signs, any kind of sign that would feature a little human icon. And the aim of the game is to arrange a bunch of the signs together so you can get that little…

Final Fantasy XV Gets Its Own Gold Saucer

Next week, Noctis will adorn his finest chocobo outfit for a trip to the Moogle Chocobo Carnival, which starts on January 24 and transforms the city of Altissia into a theme park full of minigames. There’s dancing, fishing, photography, and of course, machine-gun firing. New trailer above. In other news, turns out Final Fantasy XV…

The Injustice 2 Prequel Comic Launches April 11, And It’s Gonna Be Great

One of thebest evil Superman stories ever told continues on April 11, when DC Comics reunites writer Tom Taylor and lead artist Bruno Redondo to explore what happened between Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2. Normally a prequel comic book wouldn’t be big news, but the three-year run of DC’s original Injustice comic was…

World of Warcraft Cooking Show Debuts In South Korea

And it’s even called Wow! Recipe? The Meal Is Ready. Of course it is. As tipster Sang points out, the Blizzard-backed show will be hosted by Choi Hyun-seok, a famous chef in South Korea known for his TV appearances. Choi is also apparently a WoW fan. WoW inspired dishes will be created, and guests will…

Making Gravity Rush Real With Practical Effects

Sony has also released a behind-the-scenes look at how it turned the world of Gravity Rush into reality. Here’s the original Gravity Rush 2 ad. And how it was done. What’s cool is that a lot of it was done with practical effects, like a giant rotating room! Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

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The Story of Sega’s First Console, Which Was Not The Master System

On July 15, 1983, the Famicom was released in Japan. The console, later rebranded in the West as the Nintendo Entertainment System, would go on to change video games forever. Did you know, though, that the Famicom wasn’t the only gaming system released on that day? It was joined on shelves by the SG-1000, the…

Dead Cells is Castlevania meets permadeath. You explore an interconnected castle that sprawls and shifts like those stairs in Harry Potter, except evil. Death, however, replaces backtracking, and each death will unlock more of the world. Combat is Souls-inspired. It’s on Steam Greenlight right now.

What Borderlands & Fallout 4 Look Like Without All The Color

If you visualize the depth buffer of a game (stay with me), you can make it look like the game is running in black & white, ala Limbo It’s not a very practical thing to do, but it does look very nice, as kidaXV shows/explains here Here’s Borderlands 2: Here’s Fallout 4: And here, most…

Nintendo Answers (And Avoids) Our Switch Questions

The Switch won’t have Netflix or any other video apps at launch, but it will have a Mii Maker app. No video capture, sad to say. Last week, just after the Switch event, we sent Nintendo a bunch of questions about their new hardware, which launches on March 3. Today, Nintendo sent back responses. Here’s…

Long War 2 Completely Changes XCOM 2

Long War was one of the first XCOM reboot’s most popular and beloved mods, so much so that XCOM 2 ended up liberally cribbing notes from its playbook. Now there’s a Long War for XCOM 2, and it’s a doozy. The goal of the mod is to make players feel like they’re waging a real…

Ice Cold Battlefield Medic Doesn’t Even Care

Today on Highlight Reel we have enthusiastic FIFA celebrations, Roadhog hooks, Widowmaker shutdowns 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! Rainbow 6 Siege –…