How a Manga Artist’s Style Changed Over Four Decades

Nothing stays the same. As time passes, we change. And if you are a manga artist, that could mean the way you draw does, too. Manga artist Yu Yabuuchi published her first manga Boin de Gomen! in 1983 issue of Ciao magazine when she was only thirteen years old (just 13!). Since then, Yabuuchi has…

Frieza Senpai, Notice Me 

This past Saturday, Frieza held a meet-and-greet at a shopping mall in Shiga Prefecture, Japan to promote the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie. A Frieza cosplayer showed up and things got awkward. Not awkward in a bad way! But awkward in a very good one. See how Frieza reacted to seeing a fan, Twitter user…

Halo 5 Is Out October 27

The next Halo game will be out this October, Microsoft announced tonight in a trailer that aired during The Walking Dead You can watch the trailer, which is live-action and unfortunately has no actual gameplay, above. Halo 5: Guardians will be released on October 27 for Xbox One. Hopefully matchmaking works then too. If you’re…

Kid Arrested, Confesses To Swatting A…Minecraft Rival

A 13-year-old kid from Camarillo, California was arrested earlier this month and has since confessed to three acts of “Swatting“. The Camarillo Acorn reportthat police were initially investigating the boy for one Swatting incident, but in the process discovered he’d been responsible for two more, all three taking place in January. The boy made two…

Mortal Kombat Producer Walks Away From Twitter Over Family Threats

Shaun Himmerick, producer on Mortal Kombat X, is the latest games industry professional to step away from Twitter after receiving threats against his family. On March 26, Himmerick retweeted this message he received, after which he changed his Twitter handle to “come on people”: (WARNING: NSFW language) He then explains his decision in more detail:…

The grand finals of the 2015 Call of Duty Championships are happening today. Which of the 32 competing teams is going to walk away with $400,000? Head over to the Major League Gaming event site to watch live and see which 29 teams are definitely not winning.

Gloating Is A Bad Idea In Bloodborne

Just because the boss is dead doesn’t mean it’s time for a victory cheer, as streamer Jeff Ramosdemonstrates in this video. “It’s really the story of my fucking life,” Ramos said as I commented on how beautiful this video is. He downed whichever vile Bloodborne boss this was despite losing his partner in the process,…

The Week In Games: Baseball Season

It’s baseball season, which means I’ll be playing just about every game on this week’s release list but the baseball ones! Touchdown! I’ll probably start off with some Axiom Verge on the PS4, maybe see how Toukiden handle the move to current-gen, and then ride out the week with some peaceful farm life in Story…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.: The TAY Review • Are Bloodborne’s Early Bosses the Game’s Equivalent of Tutorials? • A Lawyer Revisits the Ace Attorney Trilogy (Introduction) • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story, Vol. 2: Chapter 21 • TAY Flashback – Bioshock TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…

New Jersey Game Store Swatting Takes An Uglier Turn

Gamers attending a monthly social gathering at Digital Press Video Games in Clifton, New Jersey Saturday evening had no idea the sudden massive police presence outside the store was pointed their way, until a caller posing as a fire department representative started giving them questionable instructions. According to local reports, the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office…

Pillars Of Eternity Characters Crippled By Ridiculous Inventory Bug

Pillars of Eternity is alovely CRPG, but it’s a lovely CRPG from Obsidian Entertainment, a developer that’s be known to miss the odd bug or two. Like the one that strips your character’s permanent buffs and abilities if you double-click equipment in your inventory. The relatively devastating bug, posted to Reddit by kiror yesterday, happens…