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Anime director Hideaki Anno, of Evangelion fame, is producing his studio’s first TV anime series: “The Dragon Dentist.” Crunchyroll reported today that, in February 2017, Studio Khara will spin the 2014 short into two 45-minute episodes. It’s a well-wrought short with excellent world-building and character design, so I can’t wait to see how Khara will…

Deus Ex‘s Blocked Doors Are Infuriating Me

What is this, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided? What the shit is this? I’m only a few hours into Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, but I’ve already encountered a few doors like this, mostly in random apartments and things of the like. Un-openable. Impregnable. Blocked by boxes—of crappy beer, in this case. I found this particular blocked…

Titanfall 2‘s tech test has started a second weekend of testing on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment promised key changes after mixed reception to the first weekend test. Movement speed has been increased and players will enjoy more time in their Titans now their mech’s spawn meeter partially fills…

Thousands Are Poorly Explaining Their Furry Personae On Twitter

Curious about the latest trend? You’ve come to the right place. In the last hour, over 200 furries have tweeted with the hashtag #poorlyexplainyourfursona. Since midnight last night, when the furry hashtag was trending, there have been over 2,000 instances of #poorlyexplainyourfursona on Twitter. A “fursona” is a portmanteau of the words “furry” and “persona.”…

The Scariest Video Game Monster Is Time

From Dragon Age’s darkspawn to Silent Hill’s Pyramid Head, video games have no shortage of terrifying foes. But there is a single enemy that is scarier than any of them. A formless, invisible beast that can never be stopped: Time. I still remember the first time I drowned in a Sonic game, specifically Sonic the…

A Puppet Show That Is Also An Anime

Thunderbolt Fantasy is an anime made out of glove puppets. A regular Kotaku reader told me that, and I was like, excuse me? Released early July, Thunderbolt Fantasy is testing the public’s definition of “anime.” Puppeteers inhabiting anime-styled, classic Taiwanese hoteigeki dolls play out sword fights, love scenes and light banter on camera (with a…

Playing With Armello‘s Latest Rat Bastard

Fantasy board/card game Armello was one of my favorite games of 2015. While it remains just as fun to play now as it was then, it’s adding four new fantasy animals to play as in next week’s Usurpers Hero Pack. Watch me play as Sargon, the dirtiest rat ever. Bringing the playable character total to…

The Best Thing About Lego Bastion Is Taking Him Apart Again

Imagine the warm wave of catharsis washing over you as you spend your post-match taking apart Piggy Brother’s fantastic Lego rendition of Overwatch’s Bastion brick-by-brick. Ah yes, feels good. As adorable and endearing as Blizzard wants Bastion to come across, there’s no denying that seeing the military grade robot murder machine and his little bird…

Pokémon Go Spawn Rates In One Convenient Fan Chart

One of Pokémon Go’s many, many mysteries is Pokémon spawn rates. What’s the chance that a Bulbasaur will appear in yonder bushes? How often will I encounter Mr. Mime? (Spoiler: .0031% of the time). This morning, Pokémon Go Hub published a Pokémon Go spawn rate chart using over 100 million data points from Poké Radar’s…

Destiny Fans Raise $500,000 During Charity Stream

Destiny fans raised over half a million dollars this week for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital, thanks to a marathon full of streamers who encouraged fans to donate while they sweated it out in the Crucible. The stream, which was planned as a lead-in to the Destiny Community Con in Tampa, Florida this weekend, was…

Miitomo‘s Japanese High School Rap Song Is Kind Of Catchy

The latest in a series of Japanese promo videos for Nintendo’s mobile social networking app demonstrates Miitomo’s ability to bring plucky teens together in song, which unfortunately isn’t a real thing. We’ve not heard much from Miitomo in a couple of months, what with all the Pokemon Go-ing happening, but the app is still going…

Only Half Of Final Fantasy XV Is Open World

The second half, says FFXV director Hajime Tabata, goes linear. In a recent interview with Famitsu (via Siliconera), Tabata talks about how the game is structured. Tabata explains that the game’s chapters go from zero to 15. But here’s where things get interesting. “As for Final Fantasy XV’s structure, it has both an open world…

The PC’s Best Piracy Control Is Wavering

Denuvo, an advanced form of anti-piracy tech, withstood cracks for years. But 2016 may well be seen as the year it finally succumbed its opponent’s advances in an age-old arms race. It was big enough news that Rise of the Tomb Raider, which used Denuvo and had been thought uncrackable for a time, was pirated…

Aven Colony is a city-building game set in space, as you land on an alien planet and have to start a settlement from scratch. It’ll be out on PC…sometime in the future.

Battleborn Adds A New Character And Reveals Another, In Case Anyone’s Interested

The third of five promised free characters arrived today for Battleborn, the game that makes me sad every time I write about it. He’s a pink bird. They’ve also revealed a kid in a mech suit as character number four. That’s pretty cool, right? I should not be sad while watching a video of a…

Planet Coaster, aka Rollercoaster Tycoon for the modern day, looks very promising. It’s out on PC on November 17.

I Want To Know More About This Hitman NPC’s Extremely Grim Safari

In the newest Hitman level, there’s this guy. He’s smoking a cigarette and taking in the view, reminiscing about what sounds like the grimmest safari ever. You can watch him in the video above. Here is a full transcription: It reminded me of one time in Zimbabwe some years ago. I had just taken out…

This easter egg from Deus Ex: Mankind Divided paints a grim future for Sonic the Hedgehog. Deux Ex and Knuckles will be coming to a store near you in 2029.

Rick & Morty Co-Creator Announces VR Game Studio With Comic Strip

Rick & Morty co-creator (and co-voicer) Justin Roiland has teamed up with former Epic Games producer Tanya Watson to create Squanchtendo, a virtual reality studio focused on something something. Comics are fun! Look at those comics! Roiland is a man who loves video games and often belches into a microphone. Watson has worked on games…

Hitman’s next Elusive Target will be available August 26 for 72 hours. This one seems pretty, well, elusive.