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Kotaku EastJapanFull Metal Panic Manga Creator Apologizes After Tweets About Greta Thunberg
Over the weekend, manga creator Shouji Gatou took to Twitter, writing what he thought about environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Today, he has apologized, calling his earlier remarks “awful.” “I hate this kid,” he wrote in a now-deleted tweet about Thunberg, reports NicoNico. “If I pulled the strings that controlled the world, I would like to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019 -
Kotaku EastJapanAnime Studio Mysteriously Vanished, With Artists Unpaid And Unhappy [Update]
Tear Studio churned out shows like this year’s Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? and last year’s Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King. And Fragtime, a movie the studio animated, is currently in theaters. Tear Studio, however, seems to have suddenly vanished. Update – December 17 – 5:00 AM EST: AWOL anime maker Tear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 10, 2019 -
UncategorizedPlayStation’s Baseball Studio Is Releasing Games On Rival Systems
MLB The Show, a long-running exclusive to PlayStation systems that is developed by a Sony studio, will now be appearing on other consoles as part of the series’ new licensing deal with Major League Baseball. The deal means that while the series will continue to appear on Sony systems, it will also be released on…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureTwitchScammers Are Impersonating Popular Twitch Streamers
Anybody can make an account on Twitch. It’s a quick, simple process that takes only a few minutes. You (a super villain, in this hypothetical scenario) might be wondering what’s to stop somebody from naming an account after a popular streamer and, say, scamming a bunch of people. Not much, it turns out. Over the…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureOh Hell Yeah Vanquish Is Getting Remastered (And Bayonetta Too)
Sega will next year be remastering two of PlatinumGames’ best releases—Bayonetta and Vanquish—and bringing them to the PS4 and Xbox One. Bayonetta, cool, we all know Bayonetta, but fuck yeah Vanquish is back! The cult classic shooter kinda split opinions at release in 2010, but as its 2017 release on PC showed, its slippy-slidey gunplay,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedTotal Tank Simulator Sure Looks Familiar
Total Tank Simulator is coming on PC for anyone who, like me, misses Battlefield Heroes dearly. And let’s get this out of the way first: It has nothing to do with Totally Accurate Battle Simulator Despite the name, premise, art style and color scheme looking a lot like Landfall’s cult hit, this is actually coming…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureI’ll Pass On These $1140 League Of Legends Sneakers, Thanks
League of Legends has a fashion collab with Louis Vuitton that’s now out and available to purchase. If you’ve ever wanted to spend over $600 on a video game T-shirt, now’s your chance. There’s a line of mostly women’s focused apparel and a pair of sneakers available, and as you’d expect with such a gaudy…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedHow’s your Mario Making going after that last update? Making any Zeldas? I made a Zelda. If you make one, be sure to submit it to the contest! I am not eligible. Please enjoy this one, though. THB-4LW-MJG. Don’t forget about all of Link’s items!
By Chris Kohler Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureDestiny Player Earns Every Title In The Game (And It Only Took 1,200 Hours)
One Destiny 2 player has collected every Guardian title that currently exists in the game. It took him over 1,000 hours to pull off, yet, he tells Kotaku, he doesn’t regret it. Titles in Destiny 2 are special achievements that players earn by completing various tasks, some very grindy and others incredibly hard. They range…
By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureDonkey Kong 64 Originally Had A Realistic Shotgun, Horrifying Shigeru Miyamoto
Donkey Kong 64 stood out from the rest of the banana-obsessed Donkey Kong bunch. The DK Rap is, of course, its most memorable and meme-able element, but we cannot—and indeed, should not—understate the fact that Donkey Kong also had a freaking gun. The coconut gun could fire in spurts, and if it shot you, it…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Video Game Version Of Paranoia Makes Betraying Your Teammates Fun
Paranoia is the ultimate backstabbing tabletop role-playing game. Created in 1984 by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg, the game is set in a dystopian future city ruled over by a computer AI and populated by horrible vat-born people all trying to betray one another for their own advancement. Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory, out…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe X-Files Creator Also Made A Freakin’ Weird Show About Virtual Reality Soldiers In The ’90s
I’m not exactly sure how to explain Harsh Realm, one of the shows that X-Files showrunner Chris Carter worked on in the late ’90s, but I am going to try. I had never heard of Harsh Realm until recently. My boyfriend and I both have a fascination with shows that have only had one season,…
By Gita Jackson Published December 9, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Latest Assassin’s Creed Collection Is A Reminder Of What Made The Old Games Great
One of the most extraordinary things about the games in the new Assassin’s Creed Rebel Collection is their diverse subject matter: a game about being a pirate-assassin in the Caribbean in the late 18th century, a game about disrupting the slave trade in the same region, a game about being an assassin turned assassin-hunter during…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureIn The Space My Mirrors Once Were, I Made Avatars
In many video games, the body of your avatar does not change with time or experience. In Dragon Age: Inquisition or The Outer Worlds, you can apply scars to your character’s face, but they don’t accrue new ones as time goes on. These characters can become absurdly powerful, stronger both physically and mentally, but their…
By Gita Jackson Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureSurprise Character Pick Helps Japan Take Home First Tekken World Tour Championship
Over the weekend, the Tekken World Tour finals played out in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing together some of the best Tekken 7 competitors in the world to fight for the year-end championship. While 2019 was filled with surprise performances from players outside of more visible regions like South Korea and Japan, it was players from those…
By Ian Walker Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureMinecraft PS4 Players Are Finally Getting The Latest Version Of The Game And Cross-Play
At long last, Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition, the latest version of the game, is coming to PS4. PS4 players who couldn’t play with their friends on other platforms, as well as being barred from Microsoft’s latest version of the game, will be brought back into the fold on December 10. Previously, Minecraft players on PS4 were…
By Ethan Gach Published December 9, 2019 -
CultureSources: The New BioShock Has Been In The Works For Years
This morning, video game publisher 2K announced that it had formed a new studio to work on a brand new BioShock game, the fourth in the popular sci-fi series. It won’t be out for “several years,” the publisher said. What 2K didn’t say is that this project has already been in the works since at…
By Jason Schreier Published December 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedMy Favorite Witcher 3 Quest Has No Fighting, Just Drunken Shenanigans
There’s a quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that best shows why the world Geralt of Rivia inhabits is so easy to get lost in. It’s not an epic battle against a Griffin, or a cursed fetus. It’s not even a naked Witcher in a hot tub. There’s actually no fighting at all in…
Alanah Pearce Published December 9, 2019
