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TV Anime Veteran Shares His Depressing Salary

If it wasn’t enough that working in the anime industry is hard, the pay can also be shockingly low. Taiki Nishimura has been making anime for the past twenty years. But as he recently revealed on Twitter (via ANN), he gets around a thousand bucks per month for each show he works on. According to…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017

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El Shaddai Creator Announces New RPG For PS4 And PS Vita

Sawaki Takeyasu, the director and artist behind El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, is working on a new title called The Lost Child Released in 2011, El Shaddai featured Lucifel who carries a cell phone with God on the speed dial. According to Famitsu, The Lost Child follows in the footsteps of this previous title,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017

Kotaku East

Father Surprises Son With A Nintendo Switch In An Excellent Way

Twitter user Mohikan noticed that his son made a cardboard Nintendo Switch. “Probably because he wants us to buy it,” Mohikan added. After doing that, Mohikan didn’t just give his son the new Nintendo hardware in its retail packaging. What he did was better. His son isn’t alone in making cardboard Switch hardware, but he’s…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017

Kotaku East

A new VR area is opening at Club Sega in Akihabara on May 31. Called Sega VR Area (clever!), it will be located on the sixth floor of that legendary arcade.

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017

Kotaku East

Zhongshan Disctrict At Night. Taipei, Taiwan. By Patrick Lehrmann. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017

Esports

Twitch Streamer/Gaming Journalist Apologizes For Horrible Tweets About Ariana Grande Concert Bombing

David Leavitt, a freelance writer and Twitch streamer, decided to tweet out a few idiotic jokes after news broke of the fatal bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. (Leavitt deleted the first tweet, below is the screen grab.) Leavitt has written for CBS Local, the now-defunct Examiner, and AXS.com, which appeared to have…

By Laura Wagner Published May 22, 2017

Culture

3855 Artists Imagine What Lost Civilizations Could Have Looked Like

Some of the best artists working in video games, TV and film have taken part in a massive competition, judged by folks responsible for the look of series like Halo and Assassin’s Creed Called Ancient Civilizations: Lost & Found, the competition was held over at industry site ArtStation, and featured almost 4000 entries from professionals…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017

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If Overwatch Was A Turn-Based Tactics Game

A modder has brought a little Overwatch to the excellent Invisible Inc., adding two new agents—Sombra and Widowmaker—to the stealth title’s roster of thieves, hackers and spies. The mod, made by Saltrain, may as well be an official and blessed addition. Both agents look great, having had their designs modified to fit Invisible Inc’s art…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017

Reviews

Endless Space 2: The Kotaku Review

There have been a lot of 4X games set in space lately, from Stellaris to the Master of Orion reboot. Some of them have been good! None, however, have been as good as Endless Space 2 A lot of 4X games, and I’m especially talking about ones set in space, often struggle on two fronts:…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2017

Culture

New Steam Game Has Over 4,000 Achievements

Most Steam games come with somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-50 unlockable achievements. Running Through Russia has 4,096. Let me be upfront with you: Running Through Russia, which I found out about thanks to PC Gamer, is not good. It’s actually many unique flavors of bad—like a rainbow shaved ice, except all the flavors are…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2017

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The Open Source K-Type Keyboard Makes A Fantastic First Impression

As nice as some of boards you can pick up on Amazon are, the only real way to get the perfect mechanical keyboard is to build it it yourself. Engineered by a small group of enthusiasts known as Input Club, the K-Type is a fully-customizable, completely open source keyboard that’s the next best thing to…

By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2017

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Normally, A Competitive Pokémon Match Between These Top Players Wouldn’t Happen

There are many ways to play competitive Pokémon, and each format has its own group of top players. These groups usually don’t cross paths, but YouTubers created an online league to remedy that. Last weekend, two elite trainers from the singles community took on their “doubles” counterparts in a clash of the titans. Joey “pokéaimMD”…

Jason Krell Published May 22, 2017

Culture

For Honor Player Picks Perfect Time To Gloat

Today on Highlight Reel we have perfectly positioned Rocket League goals, very old games, force chokes, brake checks and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for…

By Chris Person Published May 22, 2017

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A Game About The Dangers Of Looking At Your Phone

There are cool ways to risk your life. For example, being a firefighter, rescuing a wolf from a bear trap, or expressing an opinion on Twitter. Then there’s looking at your phone while crossing the street. That is decidedly not cool Risky Phone (via RPS) is a free game about a thing a lot of…

By Nathan Grayson Published May 22, 2017

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My Eye-Opening Trip To An Anime Maid Cafe

It would be a gross understatement to say that I do not enjoy Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. The viral winter anime turns my stomach with its nauseating mix of saccharine anime tropes and raunchy fan service. And, on top of that, somebody who is both dear to me and on my apartment’s lease will not…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 22, 2017

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Delayed To 2018 (Obviously)

If you had “spring 2018″ in the Red Dead Redemption 2 delay pool, congratulations. Rockstar announced today that the highly anticipated western game will not make it this year after all Rockstar has delayed pretty much every game they’ve announced in the past decade, so this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone.…

By Jason Schreier Published May 22, 2017

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A Nintendo Fan’s Quest To Collect Every Wii U Game On Miiverse

There are over 700 games for the Wii U, and one person on Miiverse is trying to collect all of them. If you scroll all the way down on 47’s profile, who sports an Agent 47 from Hitman themed Mii, you’ll see what remains of their adventure collecting games for the Wii U. Their profile…

By Gita Jackson Published May 22, 2017

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You Should Play This Creepy, Free Horror Game

Glitched out texts, lush water colors and abandoned towns: Yurei Station, a visual novel that came out a few weeks ago on itch.io, uses these elements to create a horror game that lingers with you long after you’re done with it. Yurei Station was created by Atelier Santô, a French comics and game dev duo…

By Gita Jackson Published May 22, 2017

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First-Time Tips For Attending E3

Last week, I got an e-mail from a reader named Ben. “I was just wondering if you and your team had any advice for first timers that are heading to E3 this year since it’s opened to the public now,” Ben wrote. “Any Do’s and Don’ts? Do they give out tons of swag? Any tips…

By Jason Schreier Published May 22, 2017

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Destiny 2 Shows Bungie Is Listening To Fans, In Its Own Way

Bungie is constantly changing and improving Destiny, though rarely in the precise ways players have requested. That seems like it will hold true for Destiny 2 At last week’sbig Destiny 2 blowout event in Los Angeles, the differences between the new game and the old one were not always apparent. I saw the same guns,…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2017