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UncategorizedFirst Details About The Japanese Remake Of 24
As Kotaku reported back in early 2019, the American TV show 24 is getting a Japanese remake. Today we’ve finally learned the first details about the show. According to Yahoo! News Japan, the show will star popular actor Toshiaki Karasawa, who has been nominated for two Japanese Academy Awards, as the Jack Bauer character. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2020 -
UncategorizedSouth Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee has rated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered. The country’s ratings board often inadvertently leaks unannounced games it rates. This is probably no exception. [Thanks Sang for the tip!)
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2020 -
CultureCosplayMan Makes Godzilla-Themed Armor Costume
Earlier this month, Mexico City-based cosplayer Salvador Hernandez unveiled his kaiju armor costume. It’s fantastic. The original kaiju armor design was created by artist Bat Zemo. Hernandez, who’s only been crafting costumes for about two years, used that for the basis of his outfit. “From there I took the design for my Godzilla armor [and]…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2020 -
CultureKonami Deal Stops Barcelona From Playing In Charity FIFA 20 Tournament
Whenwe reported that last week that all 20 sides in Spain’s La Liga were taking part in a FIFA 20 tournament, in reality only 18 took part. Both Mallorca and international powerhouse Barcelona were forced out of the competition over their marketing deals with Konami’s rival PES series. As both Spain’s AS and ESPN’s Samuel…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Doom: Eternal
On paper, Doom: Eternal is a simple game. Use big guns. Kill all the demons. Rock out like there’s no tomorrow. But id Software’s hilariously metal first-person shooter—which came out last week for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC—is more than meets the eye. By making the most of the game’s various and intricate systems,…
By Ari Notis Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureDoom Mod Has Animal Crossing’s Isabelle Help You Kill Demons
Doom and Animal Crossing fans have spent the last year turning Doomguy and Isabelle into best friends. Now there’s finally a mod for them to team up and kick ass together. Created by Doom modder itsmeveronica and released last week, the Isabelle mod adds Isabelle as a companion to the first three Doom games and…
By Ethan Gach Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureMaybe There Are Too Many Sea Bass In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
If I catch one more sea bass in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I’m going to scream. Fishing is probably my favorite thing to do in Animal Crossing games. Whether it’s following my island’s wandering rivers in search of elusive golden trout or spending time at the pier wrestling with blue marlin and tuna, I often…
By Ian Walker Published March 23, 2020 -
ReviewsPCHalf-Life: Alyx: The Kotaku Review
Mere minutes into Half-Life: Alyx, I encountered a Strider. These behemoths cast ominous shadows on all who dare pass beneath them, their spindly legs and jagged haunches forming a silhouette of sheer threat. I gazed up at the Strider in awe. I could practically feel the wind buffet my face as it lumbered past the…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureWhy Valve Gave Up On ‘Multiple’ Half-Life 3s
Half-Life: Alyx comes out today. It’s the first Half-Life game since 2007’s Half-Life 2: Episode Two—a conspicuous fact given that Episode Two was supposed to be followed by Episode Three in fairly short order, and it is now, according to my cyberpunk futurephone, 2020. This is not to say, however, that Valve didn’t try. It…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Has An Infinite Item Trick [Update: It’s Been Fixed]
Have you been spending all weekend meticulously weeding, picking fruit, and chopping wood to make money in Animal Crossing: New Horizons the way Tom Nook intended? If so, then you are a right and honorable villager. Unlike those people who have found a new glitch that lets you earn hundreds of thousands of bells in…
By Ethan Gach Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Pets Edition 2
It’s Monday. (That doesn’t warrant an exclamation point.) Welcome back to our open thread! (That does!) I hope your weekend was good. Big news in my life: I’m fostering a shelter dog! I’ve wanted a dog for years, and the New York City shelters are trying to get dogs into homes in light of covid-19.…
By Riley MacLeod Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureNier Creator’s Mobile RPG SINoALICE Goes Global July 1
SINoALICE is a role-playing game for iOS and Android which stars twisted versions of fairytale characters like Pinocchio, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood. It’s directed by Yoko Taro, who directed Nier, with music by Nier composer Keiichi Okabe. It’s been out in Japan since 2017. Everyone else can play it on July 1. The…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureThe Week In Games: A Red Letter Day
Well, it took a little longer than I had expected, but finally, a new Half-Life game, Half-Life: Alyx, is coming out this week. For most things, I can control myself. I love Star Wars, but I know that a lot of Star Wars books and games are mediocre at best. I love Star Trek, but…
By Zack Zwiezen Published March 23, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsHow Dare You, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
As Kotaku’s resident arachnophobe, I find Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ handling of tarantulas, vis-a-vis forcing me to handle a tarantula, completely unacceptable. I do not do well with spiders. People tell me that I am a very large person and spiders are very small, but that just means more of them can fit on my…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Waterloo Sunset | Artist: The Kinks | Album: Something Else By The Kinks
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2020 -
UncategorizedThe Bleach Anime Is Coming Back Next Year
In 2016, the Bleach manga ended after a 15-year-run. The original anime series had wrapped up a few years earlier in 2012, meaning that the animated series never concluded. But that will change because now it’s been announced that the Bleach anime is coming back. The manga’s closing arc “Thousand-Year Blood War” will be adapted…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanPlay Animal Crossing: New Horizons In Japanese, Get A Dreaded Compliment
Anyone who speaks Japanese and has spent time in the country has heard it: nihongo ga ojouzu (“Your Japanese is good”). Even Animal Crossing isn’t safe from this inevitable and dreaded compliment. That’s exactly what happens in Animal Crossing: New Horizons if you play the game in Japanese. Below is a screenshot from a North…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2020
