After the tragic and sudden passing of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura last year at the age of 54, fans had been wondering whether the series would, or even could, continue without him. After over a year of waiting, they now have their answer.
Source: Kotaku – Berserk Will Continue Without Kentaro Miura
The brilliant French artist Jean “Moebius” Giraud had one of the most recognisable art styles around, and while his works have inspired video games for decades—including the ones he worked on directly—few have been able to truly look like one of his illustrations come to life.
Source: Kotaku – Time For Another Moebius-Looking Video Game
Back in February, Gary Bowser—who in most media reports has been described as a ‘hacker’—was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in selling cheat and modification devices for Nintendo hardware. Being a court case, most of the reporting dealt only with names on a page and cold facts, but a transcript of…
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo’s Big Piracy Case Is A Very Sad Story
During a recent interview with Gamer, a prominent Japanese gaming website, Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida let slip that his team was at one point mulling the possibility of adding a competitive battle royale to the online role-playing game. It sounds like it’d be a whole lot of fun, too.
Source: Kotaku – Final Fantasy XIV Devs Brainstormed A Battle Royale Mode That Sounds Fun As Hell
Last October, after a surprising amount of hype, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl debuted on all major platforms. While the game was well-received, one big complaint arose from the lack of voiced characters, making the whole thing feel a bit quiet and dead, especially compared to its competition. But now, a new update out…
Source: Kotaku – New Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Update Adds Long-Awaited Character Voices
Developer and publisher Epic Games will make its official foray into crypto with Grit, a battle royale game from blockchain video game company Gala Games.
Source: Kotaku – The First Blockchain Game Coming To The Epic Store Looks Like Garbage
Today, Giant Bomb announced that the website’s co-founder, Jeff Gerstmann, was leaving the popular video game website after nearly 15 years. In a blog post announcing the departure, it was explained that “Giant Bomb and Jeff Gerstmann have agreed to go our separate ways.”
Source: Kotaku – Giant Bomb Co-Founder Jeff Gerstmann Leaving Site After 14 Years
This morning, quality assurance testers on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf unanimously voted to form Canada’s first video game labor union. They filed the motion on April 20, and the election concluded 16-0 in favor of unionizing. This came after the devs mounted an organized campaign focused on bad pay and a troubling…
Source: Kotaku – Dragon Age QA Workers Votes Unanimously To Form Labor Union
Microsoft executive vice president of gaming Phil Spencer recently played Nintendo 64 classic Banjo-Kazooie, according to his Xbox Live account. But where most might simply see a public figure enjoying a bit of nostalgia, a specific brand of diehard took it as a personal wink and a nod from the Xbox head of things to…
Source: Kotaku – Xbox Fans Think Phil Spencer Is Sending Them Secret Messages Through His Banjo-Kazooie Achievements
With E3 2022 canceled, there’s a vacuum at the center of the video game marketing season. Many eyes are on Summer Game Fest for being both the lengthiest and the widest-ranging presser on the horizon. But the host, Geoff Keighley, recently saw fit to temper expectations ahead of the show, saying that it won’t be flush…
Source: Kotaku – What To Expect From Summer Game Fest’s Big Not-E3 Event
I’m on a ship, the waves rocking the boat as I deal cards to a former pirate and my friend (who is also my accomplice). We are trying to cheat this ex-pirate out of information and travel costs via a card game. To help us win, I use a small shiny object on the table to slyly peek at each card that is dealt and signal…
Source: Kotaku – New Game Tests Your Nerve As You Cheat At Cards To Rob The Rich
While many in the fighting game community were happy to finally see Street Fighter 6 in action during last week’s PlayStation State of Play, a very vocal majority of FGC connoisseurs who enjoy the games for their, err, riveting storylines have been absolutely reveling in the sorry state of former golden boy Ken…
Source: Kotaku – Street Fighter’s Ken Has Fallen On Hard Times (And Fans Are Laughing)
After weeks of Morbius memes dominating the internet, Sony had the strange idea to bring Jared Leto’s living vampire back to more than 1,000 theaters this past weekend. Maybe the PlayStation maker was hoping for Morbius to reveal itself as a The Room-style cult classic here, but the bloodsucking superhero flick bombed…
Source: Kotaku – Even The Morbius Memes Couldn’t Stop It From Flopping In Theaters (Again)
It should be no surprise to anyone that the very mention of “trigger/content warnings” is likely to spark politically driven, reactionary rejections that whine about “snowflakes” and spoiled experiences. Years of poisoning the well in this area have made the terms frustratingly charged. But if we move on from the…
Source: Kotaku – Consent And Compassion: How Devs Are Reshaping The Conversation Around Content Warnings
Valve’s Steam Deck promises all the same handheld freedom as the Nintendo Switch, but with vastly more powerful tech under the hood, capable of running the most lavishly produced AAA games. A few months in, according to a blog post from Valve, it turns out everyone’s just using the thing to play a bunch of those “this…
Source: Kotaku – Everyone Uses The Steam Deck To Play Games That Are Perfect For The Switch
Your voice is revealing—it can give up a constellation of personal details, including your age, where you’re from, and how you’re feeling. This isn’t always an issue and can even be a benefit. Your voice can let you bond with a stranger from your hometown, your friend’s voice fills you with relief when you hear it on…
Source: Kotaku – Online Voice Chat Is Often A Sexist Nightmare (But It Doesn’t Have To Be)
Ken Kelly, one of the most talented fantasy artists of the past 50 years, has passed away at the age of 76.
Source: Kotaku – RIP Fantasy Artist Ken Kelly, 1946-2022
There’s a video game coming out called Gotham Knights. It’s about some kids from the Batman universe who band together after Batman is killed. There’s also a TV show coming out called Gotham Knights. It’s about some kids from the Batman universe who band together after Batman is killed.
Source: Kotaku – Gotham Knights Game Distances Itself From Gotham Knights TV Show
You might remember that classic time-shifting platformer Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time is getting a fancy remake. Announced in 2020, it was originally due out in January 2021. Then it was delayed. And delayed again, as the project moved studios. Now it has been delayed once more, only this time it has been…
Source: Kotaku – Prince Of Persia Remake Somehow In Even More Trouble
It’s time once again to answer the age-old question: Who is the best soccer player among all the Mario characters? And thankfully on June 10 Mario Strikers: Battle League will provide us with yet another opportunity to solve one of life’s great mysteries.
Source: Kotaku – The Week In Games: Bend It Like Bowser