Samurai-themed action-adventure Like a Dragon: Ishin! was originally released in 2014, but its recent remake was so solid, Kotaku staff writer Sisi Jiang called it the “best samurai game ever” way out here in 2023. That was mostly due to the appeal of the original game’s absorbing historical fiction, inspired by Japanese history, and not
Screenshot: WB Games / Kotaku The only true moral stance Hogwarts Legacy takes is that animal abuse is bad. One of the main enemy types you face are poachers, a quest takes you to a dragon fighting pit that will horrify, and Poppy Sweeting (bless her) is a Hufflepuff student determined to free every animal
Naruto’s grandfather’s grandson has big shoes to fill. Image: Masashi Kishimoto / Viz Media / Pierrot / Kotaku Yesterday, Viz Media announced that the end is neigh for the Naruto sequel series, Boruto: Naruto The Next Generations. Part I of the Boruto finale will air on March 26 and Part II is in production, according
Image: WB Games / DC Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the upcoming online co-op action shooter from Rocksteady, has reportedly been delayed from its planned May release to sometime “later this year.” This follows last month’s release of new gameplay footage being met with a flood of negative reactions from fans and critics alike.
Image: Shonen Jump / Kotaku Whether it’s video games or comic books, nerd media loves sexually awkward women. Or rather, the geekosphere only loves one type of sexually awkward woman. The ideal “femcel” is shy, selfless, and generally uninterested in male attention until the protagonist comes along. Mitaka Asa of Chainsaw Man is none of
Nothing is the same in Nothing, Forever.Screenshot: watchmeforever / Kotaku That never-ending show parodying the ‘90s sitcom Seinfeld using machine-generated content, Nothing, Forever, is back on Twitch after being temporarily pulled offline in early February for generating some transphobic jokes. Unfortunately, this revival that creators Mismatch Media have dubbed season two isn’t quite like the
Image: The Pokémon Company First, there was Charizard, then there was Cinderace and Greninja. Now Decidueye is the latest seven-star tera raid in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This limited-time event will give you a chance to catch the Alolan grass-type starter, who is otherwise not available in the games at this time. While there are
In the recently released book, Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars, Cal Kestis and his crew are together again, completing missions and having fun fighting the Empire. But one small moment early on in the book reveals that your alien pilot, Greez, didn’t put all that salt on his food by accident. Instead, it seems like
Screenshot: Level-5 / Kotaku Level-5 announced Professor Layton and the New World of Steam at the Nintendo Direct last month, ending fans’ decade-long wait for a sequel. Today, the developer showed off additional story and gameplay details to satiate those who weren’t content with just seeing a cinematic trailer. Professor Layton and the New World
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal is being picked apart under a microscope by regulators. It still appears to be crawling towards its inexorable conclusion, but things are getting very messy, and incredibly silly, in the process. The latest stunt? Activision’s chief