Starbucks Trolled In China With Ridiculous Containers 

Photos have been circulating online showing people in China bringing bowls and pots to Starbucks. While there’s more going on than what first appears, it certainly looks like some people were trolling the coffee chain. The recent Earth Day campaign was actually for free 12 oz. coffee for those who brought their own cup, which…

Sailor Moon Still Works As A Figure Skating Routine 

This isn’t the first time Evgenia Medvedeva has done a Sailor Moon routine, and it’s probably not the last time, either. In 2016, the Russian skater did a Sailor Moon themed routine, which made big waves in Japan. This year, she’s brought it back. Kotaku previously reported how Medvedeva is a huge anime fan. In…

Gaming Themed Drinks “HP” And “MP” Launched In South Korea

Not only were the drinks HP and MP created for those who enjoy gaming, but also as a way to help cut sugar consumption. The Korea Times reports that the drinks, created by Kwangdong Pharmaceutical, have 120 kilocalories each, and the company says this is 30 percent lower than other carbonated drinks available in South…

The Live-Action Gintama‘s Debut Trailer

This summer, the live-action Gintama movie rolls into Japanese movie theaters. So, let’s check out the flick’s first trailer. The movie stars Shun Oguri as the titular Gintoki Sakata. Joining him is Masaki Suda as samurai-in-training Shinpachi Shimura and Kanna Hashimoto as the main female protagonist Kagura. Well, what do you think? The Gintama movie…

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Colossal Iron Man “Figure” Costs $8000

I’ve got an Iron Man figure from Hot Toys on my shelf. It’s 1:6 scale, and is worth a couple hundred bucks. This one is 1:1 scale, and costs almost $8000. Called theIron Man Mark III Life-Size Figure and built by Sideshow, it’s not really a figure, in that you can’t pose it. It’s not…

North American League Finals End In A Barnburner

Two games in, Team SoloMid looked poised to deftly sweep the number-two seed Cloud9 in the finals of the North American League Championship Series Spring Split. Cloud9 would not cede so easily, however, and rallied back to push it to a climactic game five, where a single clash would decide the champion of the split.…

Vinyl Takes Video Game Music Appreciation To New Levels

Vinyl’s not just a fad, it’s a fundamentally unique way of interacting with music and art. So it makes sense that fans of the medium would want to re-introduce video games to the wonderful world of spinning records that preceded them. Take Rez for example. Released in 2001, it was one of the first games…

The Best Cosplay From Anime Matsuri 2017

Anime Matsuri is a massive anime convention that takes place in Houston every year, featuring live performances from J-pop stars, a car show, fashion, merch and…oh yeah, cosplay. Here’s some of the best from the show, ranging from Overwatch to Zelda to Overwatch to Gundam to Overwatch All pictures and video by Mineralblu, who has…

The Week In Games: What Remains Of Mario Kart

Battle mode makes its triumphant return. It’s hard to think that Mario Kart for the SNES was originally planned as an F-Zero sequel, or that the series original battle mode was almost conceived of as an after thought. But perhaps that explains why Nintendo didn’t give much of a flying koopa shell about Mario Kart…

Team Coach And Manager Charged With Match Fixing In Overwatch Qualifier

The coach and manager of Korean Overwatch team Luminous Solar have been charged with fixing the wildcard qualifier match for OGN APEX Challengers Season 3, according to a report from Inven In a translation from ESPN Esports, Luminous Solar manager Jin Seok-hoon and coach Baek Min-jeh were booked without detention by police after OGN, the…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Stare Of Duty

Welcome back friends, it’s been a while. The ‘Shop Contest had to come back sooner or later, and this week’s unofficial reveal of the next Call of Duty game seemed like as good a time as any. After more than a decade away, the series is finally returning to World War II with more grey-scale…

Former Counter-Strike Pro: Don’t Fix Matches, Timmy

Match fixing has been the end for several professional Counter-Strike players’ careers. At this weekend’s cs_summit tournament, Josh “Steel” Nissan appeared in a comedy PSA with a simple message for young Counter-Strike hopeful Timmy: don’t fix matches. The Summit series of tournaments, hosted by esports production hub Beyond The Summit, often creates skits and sketches…

Podcast: What Makes Nier: Automata So Great

From Nintendo’s baffling NES Classic decisions to Nier: Automata’s greatness, there’s lots to discuss on this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen We start off with some brief chat about Kirk’s cool Undertale cover (3:37) and some of the games we’ve been playing including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Dungeon Keeper (10:23). Then, we dig into the week’s…

Mod To Put Red Dead Redemption Map Inside GTA V Gets Canceled

Last month, the mod group known as .White announced “Red Dead Redemption V,” a project that would incorporate Red Dead’s map into Grand Theft Auto V. But soon after releasing a teaser trailer for the mod on Friday, the group decided to cancel the project. “I know this is hard pill to swallow, but as…

Sunday Comics: Stop Manufacturing Them 

Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics that usually occurs on Sunday except when it doesn’t. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published April 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 17. Read more…