A Very Anime Love Story

The anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is full of perfect moments. And buried in it is a very, very anime love story. Protagonist Edward’s martial arts trainer is a woman named Izumi. She’s tough as nails. And how she got that way is revealed in the bonus episode “Tales of the Master.” When she was 18,…

Pokémon Hunter Gets Rare Shiny On First Try, Freaks The Hell Out

In modern Pokémon games, there is only a 1 in 4,096 chance you’ll find a monster in a special coloring. People can spend hours, days, weeks, sometimes even years searching for shiny Pokémon to no avail, just resetting a game over and over again. Here’s what happens when you find a legendary shiny on your…

Here’s The First Trailer For Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Straight out of the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida today, here’s the first trailer for the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, which comes out on December 15. It’s an excellent teaser, one that will no doubt be endlessly dissected for the next eight months. It hints at, among other things, some Rey…

Bayonetta, As Told By Steam Reviews

Bayonetta is on Steam, and Steam users have absolutely no chill about it. Following an April Fool’s joke and a mysterious countdown clock, the beloved action game Bayonetta finally landed on Steam. If you’ve never played the game, it’s like Devil May Cry, but instead of a very pretty man you’re a witch with guns…

Mr. Shifty: The Kotaku Review

Just going by the title “Mr Shifty,” you might expect something cute. Little Mr. Shifty. He sounds adorable, right? He isn’t. He’s a thief, he can teleport through walls, and he beats the hell out of a lot of dudes. Mr. Shifty is a violent action game for computers and Switch set across the many…

How Deus Ex Predicted the Future

Warning: If you haven’t played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you’re absolutely going to play one day, this article will drive a twelve-car train of spoilers through that dream like you’re Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception This post originally appeared 8/5/14 on Kotaku UK A piece of driftwood…

Toy Time Takes The Fate Of The Furious Into Its Own Hands

In honor of today’s release of the eighth installment of The Fast and the Furious, Toy Time launches Ludacris, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson from the hoods of Mattel’s Stunt Stars vehicles. I’ve not seen many of the Fast and the Furious films, but I am a huge fan of Vin Diesel and people riding…

Anime Cosplay Made Easy In Tokyo 

Starting April 21, visitors to J-World Tokyo, the indoor amusement park, can dress up as One Piece, Dragon Ball, Gintama, and Naruto characters.  J-World is calling this J-Cos, and is renting out “official” costumes and wigs. For example, Gunosy reports that one costume with a wig is 3,500 yen (US$32) for 90 minutes, while the…

Nintendo Also Discontinues The Mini Famicom For Japan, But Only Temporarily 

Just as Nintendo has decided to end NES Classic production, it’s doing the same in Japan for the miniature Famicom. Yet, the decision does not sound permanent. As Famitsu notes, the official site for the Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom states, “Production of this product is ending temporarily. When manufacturing resumes, we will provide information at…

Dragon Ball VR Set Coming To Japan

Look, if VR is a thing, then you better believe that VR Kamehameha is one, too. Japanese toy maker Mega House is releasing a Capsule Corporation branded VR headset able house a smartphone as this Dragon Ball Z VR experience comes via downloadable mobile app. The set also comes with hand sensors and a VR mat. …

Attack On Titan Overruns Tokyo Skytree

The tallest structure in Japan is under siege by a 1,148-foot Titan. As you can see in these terrific photos from Ryutsuu News, there’s a big Attack on Titan exhibit at Tokyo Skytree with original art, life-sized Survey Corps. statues, Attack on Titan food, and merch. Attack on Skytree, as they’re calling it, runs from…

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Hoo Boy Look At This Zelda Shield Parry

This is some anime superweapon-ass shit. Shot, parry and video by GirKart64. Today, I have learned many things about Breath of the Wild’s draw distance and enemy AI, and they are all good.

The Five Lowest Rated Games On Steam

Steam has some damn good games. It also has some extremely bad ones. Which ones, though, have the lowest ratings on the whole service? A Steam game’s overall rating is calculated based on what percent of its reviews are positive. Now, Steam reviews are user-based, and they come from very particular users on a very…

Nintendo Sells Nearly A Million Switches In The United States

Nintendo sold over 906,000 Switch units in the United States alone last month, making it, as they bragged in a press release tonight, the fastest-selling video game system in the company’s long history. Combine that with half a million in Japan and you’ve already got nearly 1.5 million of these things, not counting Europe (where…

The Next Professor Layton Is Coming to America This July

Following yesterday evening’s news that the next game in the Professor Layton series will hit Japan on July 20, publisher Level-5 has now revealed that the new game starring the professor’s daughter will be available worldwide that very day—on iOS and Android, but not Nintendo 3DS. Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy, formerly…

The Brave Sir Nofriends

Ivan Vujovic is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Serbia who has been working in video games for the past few years. You can see more of Ivan’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a…

Maniac Battlegrounds Player Just Came Outta Nowhere

Today on Highlight Reel we have skinless astonishment, shrine skips, Battlegrounds shenanigans, 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! For Honor –everything worked out…

Snacktaku Showdown: Oreo Vs. Hydrox

We here at Snacktaku have given the Oreo a great deal of attention over the years, but several years before the popular cookie’s 1912 debut there was another. Hydrox, the original sandwich cookie, takes on Nabisco’s usurper in the first-ever Snacktaku Showdown. Sunshine Biscuits launched the first creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie in 1908. Hoping to…