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Evo Japan Cuts Sexual Dead or Alive 6 Stream Short, Issues Apology

Evo Japan 2019 kicked off festivities last night in Fukuoka, ushering in a second year of the Evolution Championship Series spin-off event. The broadcast day opened with a special Dead or Alive 6 exhibition, followed by a stage show that apparently got too risqué for the Evo organizers, who later issued an apology. Dead or…

An Open Letter To Game Developers From America’s Largest Labor Organization

Editors note: Given ongoing issues in the games industry, the AFL-CIO recently reached out to Kotaku about addressing the people who make games. The AFL-CIO represents more than 12 million workers in the United States across more than 50 labor unions (including the Writers Guild of America, of which Kotaku and its sister sites’ staffs…

Final Fantasy IX Switch Is The Same Version As PC And Mobile, Bugs And All

You might think that a publisher with as much prestige as Square Enix would want to preserve its history in as smart a way as possible, allowing new generations of video game fans to discover and fall in love with Final Fantasy. But… nope. Final Fantasy IX launched on Switch and Xbox this week, and…

League of Legends K-pop Video Gets Inevitable Cosplay Movie

That well-done League of Legends K-pop video has already inspired cosplay photos. Now, it has inspired a cosplay video. What took so long, you wonder. The original video debuted back in November. Since then, a photographer known as Skulds has been working on his cosplay clip. Cospalyer Aza Miyuko, formerly of Spiral Cats fame, is…

Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto has left Platinum Games. Hashimoto also produced the first Bayonetta and directed Star Fox Zero. He just announced his departure on Twitter (see above). Platinum Games is currently working on Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3

Celebrity Philadelphia Flyers mascot and orange ??? Gritty made an appearance at the Philadelphia Fusion’s Overwatch League match tonight

The final open beta for Black Desert, the MMORPG with the ridiculously detailed character creator, is now live on Xbox One. Thefree download allows players to explore the beautiful world from now through February 17. That should be enough time to get a character created before the game launches on March 4.

The ‘Meaningful Stories’ Mod Makes Your Sims A Lot Closer To Actual Human Beings

My Sim, Ivy, was about to propose to her boyfriend when she got a call and found out that a close friend had died. Immediately, she fell into a sad funk. In an unmodded game, this feeling would last for two days unabated, and also dominate any other feeling she might have. But since I…

The Roblox Company announced in a forum post that it has reinstated YouTuber PewDiePie’s account in Roblox and that it had previously been deactivated as part of a larger effort to block mentions of “pewdie” which it claimed become part of a meme last December that violated its community standards. 

Dead Cells got a huge new update on PS4, Xbox One, and Switch today In addition to addition to tweaking the difficulty and adding a new mode for creating custom runs, the update also claims to bring 60fps to the Switch version. The full list of changes is worth checking out.

Apex Legends Works Because Everyone Can Contribute

Apex Legends dropped into the battle royale genre with a strong first impression. There’s still an allure of newness, but as the initial dust settles and the game starts to take shape, it’s clear that Apex Legends has staying power. Much of that is owed to design decisions that streamline some of the clunkier aspects…

Three Big Questions After The February 2019 Nintendo Direct

Nintendo crammed a lot of news into yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, but with that came some questions, ones that might not have concrete answers right now but are still worth some discussion. Do we now know about all of Nintendo’s big 2019 Switch games? It’s only February, but consider what we now know is announced for…

God of War took home Game of the Year at the DICE Awards in Las Vegas last night, along with a whole bunch of other awards. Celeste got best indie, while Florence was voted the best portable game. Interestingly, only one award—Outstanding Technical Achievement—for Red Dead Redemption 2

Four Hundred Blizzard France Employees Still Don’t Know If They’re Laid Off

By now, many of the people caught up in this week’s massive Activision Blizzard layoff have been informed that they’ve lost their jobs. But at Blizzard’s office in Versailles, France, more than 400 people are still waiting for news. And, due to complex French labor laws, it might be months before they find out what…

As part of the 7.40 patch, Fortnite players who complete 13 of the new Overtime challenges will get Season 8’s Battle Pass free. The patch also brings new LTMs, changes to the Bush and Zipline, and brings back gifting until February 22.

Hollow Knight Is Getting A Full Sequel

What was once downloadable content has morphed into a completely new sequel. Early this morning Australian indie developer Team Cherry announced Hollow Knight: Silksong, and it sure looks fantastic. Previously promised as DLC for the spectacular action-platforming game Hollow Knight (thanks to a Kickstarter stretch goal), Silksong stars Hornet, the spear-wielding heroine (and occasional antagonist)…

Deadmau5 Says He’s Quitting Twitch After Getting Suspended For Using A Homophobic Slur [Update]

Joel Zimmerman, better known by his stage name Deadmau5, announced in a now deleted Reddit post that he’s quitting Twitch after the streaming platform temporarily suspended his account because of a homophobic slur the DJ used while playing PUBG over the weekend. As first reported by the music outlet EDM.com, Deadmau5 was being shot at…

One of the most popular mobile multiplayer arena games is now on PC. Super Evil Mega Corp’s Vainglory is now on Steam, free-to-play with cross-platform play with the mobile version. Time to show those tablet touchers how it’s done. 

Everything That Happened In Today’s Nintendo Direct

The long-awaited first Nintendo Direct of 2019 hit today, and as expected, it was packed full of news sure to please Switch owners looking for more Fire Emblem, Mario, and even Zelda. Here’s everything we learned. Super Mario Maker 2 is coming to Switch—with slopes!—in June 2019. Freaking finally. We can now create our own…

Astral Chain Is A New Switch Action Game From Platinum Games

During today’s Nintendo Direct, Bayonetta, Nier Automata, and Vanquish developer Platinum Games debuted its latest Switch game: a mecha-powered cyberpunk action game called Astral Chain The trailer depicts stylish anime police battling monsters alongside mecha partners and pulling up what seem to be predictive holographic interfaces to see what’ll happen to people and environments around…