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Here Are Japan's Biggest Selling Manga of 2021
Japan’s premiere sales chart Oricon has released a list of the biggest selling manga of this year in Japan. Yes, 2021 isn’t quite over yet, but hey, we’re close enough.
KotakuKotakuRight-Wing Group Wants Bobby Kotick Removed From Coca-Cola's Board
The National Legal and Policy Center, a right-wing organisation that “promotes ethics in public life”, has written to Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey asking that he “immediately seek the resignation” of besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick from the company’s board of directors, on which Kotick also…
KotakuDemocrats Announce Bill Aimed At Stopping Bots From Buying All Your Consoles & Graphics Cards
A group of Democrats are introducing the “Stopping Grinch Bots Act”, a proposal with an incredibly stupid name that is aimed at preventing (or at least curtailing) the use of bots to snatch up stocks of goods from online retailers. Something many of you trying to get PS5s and new graphics cards have been struggling…
KotakuTwitch Is Now Using Machine Learning To Target Ban Evaders
Twitch is about to roll out a new tool called Suspicious User Detection, which aims to do exactly what it says on the box: try and detect users who are being suspicious. More specifically, those trying to evade existing bans.
KotakuHalo Infinite’s PC Cheating Has Xbox Players Wanting To Split
Halo Infinite has certainly had an eventful launch. The game released over half a month early, was met with critical acclaim for how damn good it feels, and received massive backlash for its progression system all in the span of a single week. As the dust has settled and players have gotten more comfortable in the…
KotakuNew Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Patch Fixes 100+ Bugs
Today, Rockstar Games released a new patch for_Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition_ that fixed a whopping 117 bugs in the game.
KotakuSomeone Is Trying To Make Mother 4 Again And It Looks Great
Not satisfied with simply taking inspiration from Mother (known as EarthBound outside Japan), a new group of developers is trying their hands at creating an unofficial numbered entry in Nintendo’s cult classic role-playing franchise.
KotakuNew World Bots Are Stealing All Resources And Tanking The Economy
Amazon Game Studios’ New World has been plagued by a number of issues since the MMORPG launched in September, from incredibly simple exploits to repeated pauses in its economy due to cheaters. The game’s latest confounding issue comes in a deluge of high-level farming bots that are stripping the natural world bare and…
KotakuHow The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell
Queerness has always existed in the gaming world, even if it hasn’t always been out in the open. But more and more, we’re seeing new and existing gaming communities embrace and even center their queer members. One such community is the vast, rapidly growing subculture around speedrunning, a specialized way to play…
KotakuWow, Dead Cells Is Still Going Strong, Huh
For a game about the undying, Dead Cells is really living up to subject matter. The popular roguelike, first released in 2018 for consoles and PC, is getting even more new content, developer Motion Twin announced via press release today. The expansion announcement comes shortly after announcing a different massive…
KotakuBots Propelled An Old Arcade Game To The Top Of The Steam Charts
The top five played games on Steam are the usual suspects, online multiplayer games, with one unusual exception. As of this writing, Capcom Arcade Stadium is the third most popular game on the Steam charts.
KotakuThe New Turn-Based League of Legends Game Is One Of The Best RPGs Of The Year
_The Ruined King: A League of Legends Story_is, like many of Riot’s recent projects, an effort in translation. League of Legends remains one of the biggest games in the world, despite its rampant community toxicity and the tremendous time investment required from most players—but things like The Ruined King and Riot’s …
KotakuFinal Fantasy XIV's Endwalker Launch Will Prioritize Game Owners Over Trial Players
The most popular MMORPG in the world launches its next big expansion at the end of this week, which means Final Fantasy XIV’s servers are about to get hammered. While the ongoing global semiconductor shortage has kept Square Enix from adding new servers for Endwalker’s launch, the developer is taking steps to help…
KotakuLess Than 5 Percent Of Managers At Nintendo HQ Are Women
Following internal comments by Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser earlier this month about allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination at Activision Blizzard, Nintendo has updated its Corporate Governance document today with a new commitment to “increase the proportion of women in managerial positions”…
KotakuHalo Infinite's Battle Pass Just Got Way Better
Following weeks of vocal community backlash, developer 343 Industries has announced sweeping changes to Halo Infinite’s contentious battle pass. The adjustments, which go live today, make progression far friendlier, allowing you to easily rank up at least once per day.
KotakuSomeone Needs To Send Hideo Kojima To Space
If Jeff Bezos and William Shatner have been to space, surely someone can get Hideo Kojima there, too. He would really, really like to go. While hosting a recent press screening for Last Night in Soho, the game creator once again underscored his desire to be an astronaut.
According to Oricon, while talking about one’s…
KotakuLucky Kids In Japan Are Getting A Pokémon Playground
Chansey’s name in Japanese is Rakkii (ラッキー ) or “lucky,” and that’s exactly what kids in Namie, Fukushima prefecture are. The character is getting its own playground in the city, and it looks sweet.
KotakuLudwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.
KotakuNeon Genesis Evangelion Cosplay Gets In The F**king Robot
I’ve lost count of the amount of Neon Genesis Evangelion cosplay I’ve posted on this site over the last 10 years, but pretty much all of it has been focused on the anime’s characters, especially Rei and Asuka. It’s enormous mechs are a somewhat trickier proposition.
KotakuBattlefield 2042 Glitch Lets Players Cancel Smoke Grenades Using Menu Screen
It’s time to reset the clock on days without a glitch being discovered in Battlefield 2042. The latest glitch found in the first-person shooter allows players to use the in-game menus to cancel the effects of smoke grenades.
KotakuMan Shot While Trying To Sell His PlayStation 5
We’re a year after release and the PS5 is _still_hard to find, which means the consoles already out there are a hot commodity. Sadly this has led to a heated resale culture around the machine, and even sadder in this case, it has resulted in a 19 year-old being shot trying to sell one.
KotakuMrBeast's IRL Squid Game Sees Contestants Just Running The Red Light
YouTuber James Steven “MrBeast” Donaldson’s Squid Game recreation is so popular on the video-sharing platform that its view count almost mirrors that of the hit Korean survival drama that inspired it. While it’s easy to get caught up in how accurate the non-lethal set was, it’s even easier to miss some of the…
KotakuDestiny 2's Expansions Have Become Needlessly Confusing
Destiny 2 has a reputation for being convoluted and obtuse, even among live service games, and things are about to get even worse when it comes to its expansions, with integral parts of the game arbitrarily paywalled behind old products.
KotakuHalo Infinite’s Battle Pass Is Totally Fine, You Guys
There’s a new Halo out, the first in more than half a decade, but all anyone can talk about is its contentious battle pass. The convo has now hit a point of cacophonous saturation, prompting a top creative on the game to openly acknowledge complaints about Halo Infinite’s progression, and state that addressing them…
KotakuPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Players Are Glitching To Get Shaymin Early
Some of _Pokémon Brilliant Diamon_d and Shining Pearl’s rarest Pokémon aren’t officially in the game yet, but that hasn’t stopped impatient players from finding creative ways to get at least one of them early. Normally, the mythic hedgehog Shaymin isn’t available outside of special events, but thanks to BDSP’s litany of…
KotakuCall of Duty: Vanguard Player Headshots Opponents With Donkey Kong Bongos
When Nintendo released the bongo drum controllers used with the _Donkey Konga_games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the company probably didn’t envision them being used in a Call of Duty game. To be fair, neither did I. But in a recent Call of Duty: Vanguard match, Twitch streamer DeanoBeano managed to amass 105 kills and…
KotakuWrestling Man Collects 2,706 Copies Of Burger King Video Game
What drives a man to spend his time and money procuring a couple thousand copies of Burger King’s stealth-action advergame Sneak King? I have no idea, but wrestler and professional thumbtack enthusiast Leeroy Patterson seems to be having a great time doing it.
KotakuJump Force Is On Sale For $6 Before It Goes Offline In August 2022
Jump Force, a game that will be summarily executed by its publisher in just a few short months, is discounted to just $6 as part of Steam’s fall sale—so this may be your last chance to grab the anime arena-fighter before the game is delisted on February 7, 2022, and sees its online services disabled in August.
KotakuPokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Glitch Is Renaming Monsters
The latest batch of Pokémon games, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, are experiencing a handful of silly glitches. While the duplication glitch is something players are exploiting to their advantage, there’s another glitchy issue players are encountering that is just plain weird: seeing their monsters’ nicknames…
KotakuPokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Duplication Glitches Are Out Of Control
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has been a glitch-fest so far. While some of the bugs have been annoying or just plain weird, others, like duplication glitches, have effectively broken the game. First, players found a way to clone one Pokémon at a time. Then they found a way to duplicate entire teams. Now,…