Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida aka Yoshi-P revealed in a recent interview that he and other developers in Japan didn’t like the popular term JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) when it first popped up years ago, thinking it was “discriminatory” or being used to “make fun of” Japanese developers working on games
Image: ScottGames There sure are a lot of video game adaptations in the works. And while they likely won’t all be as celebrated as HBO’s The Last of Us or 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog, it sure seems like production companies aren’t holding back when it comes to recreating gaming’s iconic locales. The latest sighting of
Image: EA / Respawn Over 200 quality assurance testers at Electronic Arts’ Baton Rouge, LA office were abruptly laid off during a surprise Zoom call on Tuesday, three sources familiar with the meeting tell Kotaku. They worked predominantly on Apex Legends, the publisher’s hit battle royale developed by Respawn Entertainment. Some current and former testers
Screenshot: Square Enix / Kotaku We’re roughly four months out from Final Fantasy XVI’s release, and the press recently got to preview the next entry in the legendary JRPG series. Writers in attendance were impressed by the grandiose, cinematic real-time battles that some likened to God of War. They praised the series’ departure from turn-based
On the eve of the 2023 season kicking off, the Omaha Beef and Midwest Poured Walls, Inc. announced the signing of former University of Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. The four-year starter had an impressive playing career for the Cornhuskers, posting several school records during his career. In 45 games played, Armstrong still holds numerous school career
The Omaha Beef are opening their 2023 season with an exhibition games against the Omaha Stockmenthis Saturday . Its going to be a great game. Omaha Beef football games just aren’t the same without team spirit and entertainment. The 2023 Omaha Beef Prime Dancers have put in the hard work and are ready to cheer
Guess I’ll take my retro games elsewhere then.Gif: Daracell / Kotaku Just when you thought it was safe to freely scope out CRTs at celebratory nerd gatherings, one of the best cosplays from this year’s ATL Comic Convention has reminded us of at least one nasty issue with old cathode ray tubes: Sometimes ghostly girls
Image: Blizzard According to a very disappointed Reddit user, a Mercy player recently won a competitive Overwatch game by submerging herself completely in a bush. Hey! Cut it out, stop laughing. This isn’t a product of Rule 34 or your Discord friend’s sick, twisted fantasy, it’s real life. And it’s effective—safe in the confines of
Bandai Namco Europe The entirety of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series isn’t only the best collection of Naruto games, but it’s also a phenomenal anime substitute for new fans wanting to check out the series in its entirety without all of its creeping flashbacks and hours of filler episodes. With at least 15 different
Image: IOI Today, IO Interactive announced it is working on a new game, unrelated to Hitman or its past titles, codenamed “Project Fantasy.” And unlike Hitman, this upcoming game will be an online fantasy RPG with a focus on teamwork and comradery, with IO further confirming that, after Project Fantasy releases, it will “expand” for