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CultureGuilty Gear Voice Actor Steps Down To Make Room For Black Women
Erin Fitzgerald, the prolific voice actor who played Ramlethal Valentine in the Guilty Gear Xrd games, won’t be returning in the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive after stepping down to “support more work for Black actresses behind the mic.” “I happily stepped away so they could cast more appropriately,” Fitzgerald wrote on Twitter, responding to questions…
By Ian Walker Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryResident Evil Village Is Proving A Great Intro To The Series, Even When It Makes Me Sick
Until Village, I had never played a Resident Evil game in my life because I am a gigantic baby who is ridiculously easy to scare. But I knew as soon as I saw that tall, glamorous, vampire woman that I’d steel my courage and give the venerable horror franchise a try, if only for her.…
By Ash Parrish Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureMario Golf: Super Rush‘s Speed Golf Mode Looks Like A Trip
Golf is normally a game about being patient and waiting your turn while wearing awesome pants. In Speed Golf, a new mode coming in next month’s Mario Golf: Super Rush, four players tee off at once and then race across the course to complete the hole first. I’d pay to watch real golfers do that.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureTown In England Installs Super Mario Pipes, Residents Not Happy
Local residents in the UK town of Walsall aren’t happy about the 15 giant green planters that have recently been installed in the town center, with many pointing out how they look like the warp pipes found in Mario games. As reported by Birmingham Mail, the pots were bought and set up in town using…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Begins Adjusting Sub Prices Based On Where Viewers Live
While the USD 4.99 per month cost of a Tier 1 Twitch subscription works fine here in the States, five bucks can be a much larger hit on one’s wallet in other countries. Starting this week with Mexico and Turkey, Twitch will begin adjusting subscription costs to better align with the local cost of living.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureFinal Fantasy XIV‘s Getting Electric Guitars Two Ways
In a move that makes complete sense given the amount of electric guitar that shows up in the online RPG’s soundtrack, Square Enix has partnered with Fender to create an official Final Fantasy XIV Stratocaster, both as a physical instrument you can purchase, and a virtual one playable in game. In other news, I am…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureThe Week In Games: Days Gone Rides Onto The PC
Watch out! Not-zombies are running from off the PS4 to attack some local bikers in Days Gone, which releases on PC later this week. I imagine most of you are still neck-deep in Mass Effect and Resident Evil, which is fine. This week is fairly quiet. Nothing too big. I know some folks are pumped…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 17, 2021 -
AnimeHideaki Anno Is Not Remaking A Famous Anime, Says Studio
Recently, an article on a Japanese news site claimed that Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno was doing “a new version” of an anime that “everyone knows” in Japan. The article added that the original iconic anime was directed by someone else, and the information claimed to be from a studio staffer. Speculation ran wild. Online, people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2021 -
Kotaku EastChinaChina Building Full-Sized Titanic Replica As Tourist Attraction
At the end of this year, a theme park in Suining, China is slated to finish a full-sized version of the Titanic. Around $155 million has been spent on the replica, which is being built in a landlocked province. So no worries about it getting out to sea and meeting a grim fate! Xu Junnian,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureFinal Fantasy Has A New Brand Manager
For over a decade, Shinji Hashimoto was the brand director for Square Enix’s Final Fantasy. He has stepped down, and Yoshinori Kitase became his successor last month. Kitase, of course, has had a storied career at Square Enix, working as director on Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureRoblox Is Now Hilariously Pretending It Is Not A ‘Game’
Roblox is a place where you play games, right? It ticks all the boxes, it’s obvious, we all know it is. So why, I wonder, has one of the world’s most popular, uh, entertainment service platforms suddenly stopped using the word “game”? As The Verge reports, last week Roblox scrubbed almost all mentions of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2021 -
CultureeBay Is Banning The Sale Of ‘Adult Video Games’
On June 15, global auction site eBay will be implementing a new “Adult Items Policy,” and it goes a lot harder on mature content than simply outlawing the sale of pornography. The site’s new guidelines take a huge step towards banning (or greatly restricting) the sale of all kinds of sexual content, from art to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureNew Mass Effect Changes Tali’s Face
It wasn’t the biggest of Mass Effect 3’s missteps, so you’d be forgiven for having forgotten all about it, but BioWare’s trilogy did us all dirty when it spent 2.9 games building up the mystery of what Tali the Quarian looked like only to reveal…she looked like stock art of a sexy human lady. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureIGN Takes Down Article And Tweet Sharing Palestinian Aid Groups [Updates]
Following the most recent set of violent military strikes by the Israel Defense Forces that have leveled entire buildings in Gaza and left over 180 Palestinians dead, IGN posted an article linking to a variety of Palestinian charities and even gave a Palestinian flag prominence in its masthead. Sometime earlier today, all of that content,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: New PS5 Controllers
It’s nearly impossible to get a PS5 console these days. But don’t worry, you might be able to snag one of the new PS5 controllers. (Probably not.) However, let’s pretend we live in a better universe. Your challenge this week: Give folks the new PS5 controllers. I personally would love to get the black one.…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureOver 500,000 Cheaters Are Now Banned From Call Of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software recently announced that over 30,000 new Warzone accounts were banned. According to the studio, that brings the total number of banned accounts to over half a million. Warzone has had a problem with cheaters since essentially day one. Since then, Activision and Raven Software have continued to fight…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureSunday Comics: Predators?
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published May 13. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published May 110. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 16, 2021 -
CultureAs Palestine Suffers, A Call For Action
Stop me if you’re heard this one before. The last week has seen an increase in violence by Israel against the people of Gaza, an area that should constitute the state of Palestine but is instead an open-air prison subject to apartheid conditions imposed by the fascist Israeli government. What started as a protest last…
By Ian Walker Published May 15, 2021 -
CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Fallen, Winners!
Last week I asked you all to create some images featuring the adorable Fallen babies which were introduced during this latest season of Destiny 2. You all did great, but the cute Fallen baby helped a lot. Our winning image this week comes from KaputNoob who has recently become a powerhouse in the comments below…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 15, 2021 -
CultureBabies Love High Kicks
This week on Snapshots get ready for some action! Get ready for some speed! Get ready for some… dead birds? Sure. That too. This week has some great screenshots from games like Resident Evil Village, New Pokemon Snap, and Far Cry 4. “KICK MORE! MORE KICKS!” Kid, I’m tired. Give me a moment to drink…
By Zack Zwiezen Published May 15, 2021