Here’s Sir Ian McKellen Reading Fate/stay Night

During an interview with Chinese streaming service Bilibili, famed British actor Sir Ian McKellen was asked to read a bit of Fate/stay Night As pointed out on ANN and Sankaku Complex, the dialogue he’s reading is the full version of Archer’s incantation. I think he sells it! Sorta. You? Kotaku East is your slice of…

The Charms of Dating a Japanese Horror Character 

While watching the classic Japanese horror movie Ring, have you ever thought what it would be like to date Sadako? Something like this, it seems. Japanese site Walker Plus recently spent the day with the character for a photo shoot that should give you an idea of said date. Maybe you could meet for coffee.…

The Chinese One Piece Live-Action Movie Seems Like a Hoax

Yesterday, a Chinese company based in Shanghai apparently issued a press release claiming it had purchased One Piece’s copyright from creator Eiichiro Oda for 1.6 billion yen (US$ 15.1 million) and was planning to make a live-action movie. That is simply false, the manga’s publisher said today. The original press release stated that Japanese actor…

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The Witcher 3 Has A Perfect Video Game Goodbye

It’s been a good year for video game endings! Not long after Uncharted 4’s masterpiece, along comes The Witcher 3’s final expansion Blood & Wine, which serves as a playable farewell tour for Geralt of Rivia, someone fans have been playing as for almost nine years now. And that farewell is good Where Nathan Drake’s…

Two Overwatch Ultimates Synchronize Perfectly

Today on Highlight Reel we have dancing dragons, ultimate Mercy sacrifices, bookworms, screaming barrel people, 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 Watch Dogs – Check both sides – Elwanya Dark…

Counter-Strike Weapon Sounds Spark Controversy

Valve just dropped a big Counter-Strike update with some good stuff (snazzy new knife finishes, an extension to Operation Wildfire), some experiments (CSGO Prime accounts now require lieutenant rank 21 in addition to a phone number), and some questionable decisions. The big point of contention in the new Counter-Strike update is a single weapon sound.…

Take A Tour Of E3’s Extremely Long Lines

The lines at E3 are really long. Wanna know how long? Kotaku’s editor in chief Stephen Totilo gave us a live tour.

20 Minutes Of Death’s Gambit, A Very Dark Souls Side-Scroller

I was wondering if we’d written about Death’s Gambit before, and all I could find was a 2014 post about how much I loved a GIF I saw of it. That GIF is still cool, but the actual game looks good, too. Yesterday at E3, the game’s lead designer Jean Canellas played through a demo…

A Closer Look At Secrets Hiding In The God Of War Reveal

God of War 4 (aka God of W4r, God of Four, 4 God 4 Fourious, etc) is, I think it’s fair to say, not what people expected from a God of War follow-up. In it, Kratos has a precious new family member (his beard) and also a son. What does it all mean? Nothing’s concrete…

Rain World’s Charming Slugcat Meets Some Dangerous New Beasts

We last checked in on Rain Worlda little over a year ago, with its nifty platforming and cute little Slugcat star.Yesterday at E3, half of the game’s two-man dev team showed off the progress they’ve made since then. This clip via Sony’s PlayStation underground stream: Rain World will be out “hopefully soon-ish,” according to the…

Today in sea shanties: These folks in pirate garb outside the Sea of Thieves booth at E3, as captured by Jason Schreier.

E3 2016: A Cringe Compilation

There have been a lot of stage presentations, interviews, videos and livestreams to come out of E3 this year. Some have been slick, professional and informative! Others have not. We’re here to celebrate/die 1000 deaths watching the latter, via digbickqt

Podcast: E3 Day Three

We’re three days into E3, and there’s still plenty to talk about. Final Fantasy XIV, for example. And Final Fantasy XV. And maybe a little Final Fantasy XII. Let’s hit ‘em all, on another bonus E3 episode of Kotaku Splitscreen You can listen to the podcast on iTunes here, and we’re also on Google Play.…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s New ‘Deep Dungeon’ Will Be Different Than Anything Else In The Game

When patch 3.35 goes live in Final Fantasy XIV, it’ll unlock the Deep Dungeon, a 50-floor instance with randomly generated maps that’s inspired by roguelikes. It sounds pretty rad. The Deep Dungeon, also known in English as the Palace of the Dead, is designed to both channel old-school Final Fantasy spelunking and to switch things…

Insomniac: VR Finally Made Our 10-Year-Old Game Idea Possible

The Unspoken, a multiplayer spellcasting game, is one of several VR games in development at Insomniac Games. It’s also a game the studio has been trying to make for 10 years. In the early days, Insomnaic was a studio focused on one game at a time. That used to mean annualized Spyro the Dragon and…