From Kotaku

  • Discord Takes Aim At Bots Mining User Data

    Last week, journalist co-op 404 Media reported on Spy Pet, a site that was mining billions of Discord messages from nearly 620 million users and selling access to that data for as little as $5. After investigating the matter, Discord has announced that the accounts connected to that repository have been banned and the company is considering legal action. According to an April 26 404 Media story, Spy Pet had been trawling roughly 14,000 Discord servers for a few months now, collecting tons of...

  • The Internet Reacts To The Knuckles Show

    The Knuckles show is out today on Paramount+. As Kotaku’s resident Sonic (eh, Shadow, really) sicko, I did not like it! I gave it a broadly negative review and was especially caught off guard by how little the titular punch-throwing echidna is actually in it. Now that the show is available to stream, fans are forming their own opinions, and it turns out the show’s landing like Sonic falling into a body of water and sinking to the bottom. There seem to be a few major points of contention. The...

  • Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content

    Garry’s Mod, a popular 2006 sandbox game that emerged from the modding scene around Valve’s Source software, has recently been issued takedown notices by Nintendo. As a result, Facepunch Studios, the developers of Garry’s Mod, are in the process of removing about 20 years’ worth of Nintendo-related content from the game. In an update to Garry’s Mod’s Steam page, the developers stated, “Some of you may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down. This...

  • Fortnite Festival's New Season Makes The Game Even More Like Rock Band

    On April 23, Fortnite Festival Season 3 launched, adding new music, skins, features, and tweaks to the popular rhythm game mode that lives inside Epic’s popular online battle royale. The big news is that players can now use plastic guitars while playing Fortnite Festival, making the mode just a bit more like Rock Band. Released earlier today, Fortnite Festival Season 3 is themed around “Bad Guy” singer Billie Eilish, adding the popular artist to the game as a playable character that can be...

  • Fortnite’s Next Big Musical Guest Is Billie Eilish

    Between in-game concerts, skins based on pop stars, and the addition of a rhythm game, Fortnite has been courting musicians and music lovers for years. I have to give props to Epic for specifically adding updates that spotlight pop queens like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, which has extended to full seasons for its Festival rhythm game bringing new skins, cosmetics, and songs based on specific artists. Starting tomorrow, April 23, it’s adding another pop girly to the line-up: Billie Eilish. The...

  • Yuri On Ice’s Long-Awaited Prequel Movie Has Been Canceled

    It’s so over, y’all. Yuri on Ice, the gay ice-skating anime that took the world by storm in 2016, won’t be getting its long-anticipated follow-up film, Yuri on Ice the Movie: Ice Adolescence, as the movie has been canceled. A moment of silence for those who were present for the gay cultural reset. We’re hurting. The announcement came from a post via the official Yuri on Ice social media accounts, which was shared in both Japanese and English. Unfortunately, the statement doesn’t say why the...

  • Everything We Saw At Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase

    Nintendo has delivered a brand-new Indie World showcase. It lasted about 20 minutes and gave us a look at some cute and cozy games, a few of which are launching today. Unfortunately, there was no Hollow Knight: Silksong news, but there was still plenty to get stoked about. Little Kitty, Big City In Little Kitty, Big City, you’re the little kitty and you’re exploring a big city. This is a third-person game about doing cat things: knocking people over, jumping on things you shouldn’t be sitting...

  • GTA VI Publisher Cancels $140 Million In New Projects And Lays Off Hundreds

    Grand Theft Auto VI publisher Take-Two Interactive announced massive cuts in an SEC filing at the end of business today. The company revealed it will lay off 5 percent of its roughly 11,000-strong workforce and has cancelled several in-development projects valued at $140 million in an effort at “rationalizing its pipeline.” “The Company estimates that it will incur approximately $160 million to $200 million in total charges in connection with the Plan,” Take-Two wrote in its filing. “The...

  • The Internet Reacts To Keanu Reeves As Shadow The Hedgehog

    After years of speculation, it was revealed that The Matrix, John Wick, and Cyberpunk 2077 star Keanu Reeves is voicing the broody antihero Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Reeves had been a fan-favorite to play Shadow in Paramount’s live-action adaptation since the character debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s post-credits scene, so by the time his casting was confirmed, years of anticipation came to fruition across the internet in a testament both to the strength of the casting, and the love fans...