Gaming
Gaming

The Aftermath Of Twitch’s Deepfake Porn Scandal

You know Sweet Anita. You’ve seen her streams, stumbled across her Twitter account, or watched clips of her on TikTok. She’s likable—the kind of person you could watch do anything, even as she clicks her tongue, whistles, and tells you fuck off. You’ve probably had her curse you out on repeat in a video playing

Read More
Gaming

$70 Price For New Switch Games Will Be ‘Case-By-Case’

Image: Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be Nintendo’s first $70 game, but it doesn’t sound like it will have a whole lot of company anytime soon. Rather than being a watershed moment for premium Switch games moving forward, the publisher says the $70 price point will be reserved for specific

Read More
Gaming

Survivor Brings Back The Best Clone War Droids

Image: Lucasfilm / Disney / Kotaku If you, like me, are a big fan of the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, then I’ve got some very good news to share. As first seen in a new gameplay video released earlier this week, a load of classic Clone Wars-era droids are featured in EA

Read More
Gaming

Yoko Taro’s New Game Turns Sega Classics Into Waifus

Taro’s got waifu on the brain.Image: Sega / Kotaku Today, Sega revealed the trailer for its new mobile game collaboration with Nier and Drakengard series creator Yoko Taro. As is tradition for any collaboration with Taro, this game’s elevator pitch trades in the bizarre twists only Taro’s mind can concoct: a gacha game that transforms

Read More
Gaming

Hogwarts Legacy’s Steam Forums Are A Mess Right Now

Screenshot: Warner Bros. While not every Harry Potter fan is a transphobe like J.K. Rowling, the new open-world RPG Hogwarts Legacy seems to bring out the most dedicated bigots out in full force. As of the pre-launch period, the game’s discussion forums on Steam, the leading PC platform, are filled with hateful, transphobic posts from

Read More
Gaming

The Division 2 Isn’t Dead, But It Did Just Break In A Big Way

Image: Ubisoft The Division 2 was recently due to get its season 11 update. Instead, the entire game ground to a halt after the tool the development team relies on to issue updates went completely offline. The damage is now being repaired, with “compensation” planned as players wait for the promised update. How did it

Read More
Gaming

More Games Need Dead Space’s ‘Stomp Shit’ Button

I’m walking around the dark, creepy corridors of the large spaceship Ishimura in Dead Space. Suddenly, I turn a corner and see two large boxes filled with possible goodies. I could shoot them open or use my telekinesis module to grab and slam them into a nearby wall. But that’s not nearly as fun as

Read More
Gaming

Buy Your Valentine These $1,500 Sailor Moon Boots

Image: Naoko Takeuchi / Kotaku British luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo, which has spent the past 40-ish years slipping handmade heels on anyone from Princess Diana to new brides, recently announced a collaboration with Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi. The capsule collection follows up Jimmy Choo’s 2022 collaboration with Takeuchi—a pair of $15,000 bespoke, fuschia boots,

Read More
Gaming

The Witcher 3’s Next-Gen Vaginas Were A Mistake, Devs Say

I know Yen, I’m calling BS, too.Image: CDPR / Kotaku This post contains NSFW references, proceed at your own risk. Honey, hurry, they’re going to nerf The Witcher 3 vaginas. Kotaku posted a story yesterday pointing out that The Witcher 3 next-gen update added realistic vaginas, and suggesting that these kitties were one of the

Read More