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Link (Kengo Takanashi) takes flight in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023), Nintendo

Kotaku Journalist Luke Plunkett Insinuates A Desire For Anti-Japanese Violence In Response To Nintendo Denying The Outlet A Review Copy Of ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’

May 3, 2023

Further proving the already widely-held opinion that most mainstream video game journalists are no better than the strawmen they claim to fight against, Kotaku journalist Luke Plunkett recently responded to a r...

Gina Carano Responds To Kotaku Senior Editor That Calumniated Her As Transphobe: “The Person Who Posted This Is Sad”

John F. Trent

March 24, 2023

Celebrity

Terror on the Prairie and My Son Hunter actress Gina Carano recently responded to Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante who calumniated her by calling her a transphobe. Gina Carano as Agent Hound in My Son H...

Kotaku Senior Editor Calumniates Gina Carano As “Transphobe,” Claims She’s “Living” That Carano Got Kicked Off ‘The Mandalorian’ And Was Replaced

John F. Trent

March 21, 2023

Celebrity, Television

Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante took to social media to not only defame Gina Carano, but declared her celebratory emotions that Carano was fired from The Mandalorian and replaced by a "muscular lesbian." ...

Clive Rosfield (Yuma Uchida) backed by flames via Final Fantasy XVI (2023), Square Enix

Kotaku Denounces “Racist” G4 Review Of ‘Baten Kaitos Origins,’ Social Media Calls Out Their Own Hypocrisy And Treatment Of The JRPG Genre

Ryan Pearson

March 20, 2023

Video Games

Kotaku's denouncement of G4's infamous JRPG review has only exposed their prior hypocrisy with how they treated the genre as a whole. Cloud Strife and Sephiroth face off via Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergr...

MAGFest Caves To Social Media Pressure And Apologizes For Joke Mocking Kotaku’s “Journalistic Integrity”

Ryan Pearson

January 10, 2023

Video Games

MAGfest 2023 organizers have apologized for a sign mocking that Kotaku's "journalistic integrity" could not be found. The Sorceress nurtures a skeleton to her bosom via Dragon's Crown (2013), Atlus RELAT...

Tracer in her Constable Tracer skin "on duty" in Overwatch HQ via Overwatch 2 (2022), Blizzard Entertainment

Forbes Dismisses Kotaku’s Outrage Over “Constable Tracer” Skin In ‘Overwatch 2’ As “More Finger-Wagging Than Case-Making”

Ryan Pearson

December 23, 2022

Video Games

Forbes has hit back at Kotaku's disgust over Overwatch 2 adding a British police uniform "Constable Tracer" hero skin. A full body shot of Tracer in her Constable Tracer skin via Overwatch 2 (2022...

YouTuber Melonie Mac Tears To Shreds Kotaku’s Argument That ‘Resident Evil’ And ‘Silent Hill’ Feature “The Same, Boring” Blond Male Protagonist

Ryan Pearson

November 3, 2022

Video Games

Kotaku derided Resident Evil and Silent Hill protagonists Ethan Winters and James Sunderland as "the same, boring protagonist;" only for the author to later claim the editorial was a "s—tpost." Y...

Video Game News Outlets Claim Hammer-Wielding Suspect In Nancy Pelosi Home Invasion Was “Radicalized” By Gamergate

Ryan Pearson

November 1, 2022

Video Games

Two major video game news outlets have attempted to take a brief mention of Gamergate by the hammer-wielding man who recently attacked Nancy Pelosi's home as evidence that the suspect was "radicalized" by the e...

Kotaku Writer Ian Walker Falsely Claims Street Fighter 6 Will Feature “Series’ First Playable Black Woman”

Spencer Baculi

June 5, 2022

Video Games

In the latest example of how identity politics serves only to erase history and denigrate true accomplishments, Kotaku writer Ian Walker has falsely asserted that Capcom’s upcoming Street Fighter 6 will feature...

Kyle Rittenhouse-Inspired Zombie Shooter ‘Acquitted’ Riles Kotaku Writer’s Feathers As He Calls Developer’s Wife “Actual Nazi”

Ryan Pearson

May 20, 2022

Video Games

Nordic Empire Games has caused a stir with their Kyle Rittenhouse-inspired zombie shooter Acquitted. Source: Acquitted (2022), Nordic Empire Games RELATED: EA Targets Kyle Rittenhouse’s Account, Claims V...

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