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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero officially comes out later this week, but thanks to an early access period, a slew of players have been jumping into the game ahead of time. From the sounds of it, the newest DBZ title, which returns to the long-dormant Budokai Tenkaichi sub-series of arena fighters, is a (ki-)blast. It turns out that folks have missed letting loose on huge destructible stages and fully embodying the fantasy of being one of...

Though the new HBO Max series The Penguin is obviously a hyper-gritty take on DC’s Batman universe set in a world created by Matt Reeves, I can’t stop laughing at it. Iconic Director And Proud Nerd Kevin Smith On Sneaking Into Movies, Mallrats, And More Not because it’s bad (it’s very good), but because there are so many disarmingly hilarious moments in this show that happen so fast you might miss them, fired off like...

Paradox Entertainment is the Swedish company behind some of the biggest, densest strategy games around, from Europa Universalis IV to Crusader Kings III. It’s also been responsible for a number of major blunders lately. Now some of its executives are on an apology tour promising a return to better times and a stricter focus on the niche strategy games it’s been known for. The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Alan Wake 2 Paradox’s...

There are a lot of tiny details in Atlus’ new fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio that make moving through its world a delight. I love how Gallica, my fairy companion, sits on my shoulder as I walk through the streets of its fantasy setting. I enjoy reading all the chatter that pops up from the citizens as I make my way from one side of a city to the other. Metaphor isn’t an open-world game, but...

Uzumaki is a popular late ‘90s horror manga that fans have always wanted to see turned into an anime that lives up to the incredible art of creator Junji Ito’s original work. Recently, it seemed like Adult Swim was finally set to deliver with an adaptation five years in the making. The first episode certainly lived up to the hype, then episode two dropped and fans were left scratching their heads at the shocking drop...

Five years ago, The Weather Channel announced a new, immersive weather presentation tool, powered by Unreal Engine, that uses mixed reality to better depict major weather events. Since then, it’s been regularly used on TWC for weather reports and storm warnings, though it’s most effective (and memorable) when depicting severe weather, like showing viewers how wildfires spread. Today, that tech is being used yet again to showcase the potential storm surge from Hurricane Milton, one...

Image: Coffee Stain / Sony / Kotaku The PlayStation 4 and Xbox are nearly 11 years old, but they are still surprisingly popular and used daily by a lot of people. That probably explains why Goat Simulator 3, released back in 2022 as a current-gen-only game, is now getting ported to the older consoles later this month. And this isn’t the first time that’s happened this year. The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck:...

Popular YouTuber and Kick streamer Jack Doherty made news over the weekend after he crashed his pricey sports car into a guardrail. The crash happened during a livestream on Kick and he has been banned from the platform permanently. Iconic Director And Proud Nerd Kevin Smith On Sneaking Into Movies, Mallrats, And More On October 5, 21-year-old Doherty crashed his custom (and very expensive) McLaren 570S while live-streaming. In video footage shared online, the content...

Gif: NEARstudios / Kotaku Hawthorn is an upcoming game from some ex-Bethesda devs about animals harvesting produce, setting up dinner parties, and generally chilling about in the great outdoors and fulfilling everyone’s cottagecore dreams. It looks sort of like Animal Crossing if it took place inside of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. What Is Dragonsplague? Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Devastating Contagion Explained It’s in development at NEARstudios, a new team led by Heather Cerlan (Bethesda, Naughty...

Image: EA on X (formerly Twitter) God, I have seen what you’ve done for others, and I ask only that you offer me just a sliver of your generosity—like the New York Rangers winning the Stanley Cup next year, a win that EA Sports’ NHL 25 has just officially predicted. Iconic Director And Proud Nerd Kevin Smith On Sneaking Into Movies, Mallrats, And More NHL 25, the latest entry in the annual hockey sim centered...