Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) Facebook parent company Meta reportedly has plans to launch a new digital currency for the metaverse. Internally, employees at Meta are calling the unannounced currency “Zuck Bucks.” These new digital dollars won’t likely be connected to any kind of blockchain, but don’t worry; Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has …
Be glad they didn’t go with Funchyroll or Crunchimation. Screenshot: Crunchyroll Dubs/YouTube/Kotaku If you’ve been looking for Funimation’s YouTube channel, you won’t find it. The channel has been rebranded as Crunchyroll Dubs. While the name has changed, what it’s offering, so far, hasn’t. Anime News Network reports that it will still stream trailers, clips, and …
Photo: Kotaku / Spencer Platt (Getty Images) People have been waiting for the GameStop bubble to pop for over a year now. Instead, the ailing brick and mortar video game retailer just posted another record week on Wall Street. Earnings are down. Employee morale is in the pits. But the company’s stock went from $78 …
Photo: Charly Triballeau (Getty Images) Sony is cutting up to 90 jobs from its “merchandiser” and retail marketing teams as part of a “global transformation,” according to a new report by Axios. The layoffs come despite the continued growth of PlayStation thanks to the success of the PS5, and some employees were caught off guard …
Image: Rockstar Games Today, Rockstar Games announced GTA+ a new paid monthly subscription service for Grand Theft Auto Online. GTA+, which launches March 28, will only be accessible to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players and will offer folks who sign up for it monthly deposits of cash, exclusive access to new rewards, double and …
Image: Kotaku Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Image: See Below Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 17. Read more of Corpse Run. Image: See Below Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 14. …
Image: Kotaku Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Image: See Below Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published March 10 Read more of Corpse Run. Image: See Below Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published March 7. …
The three men currently under investigation: media magnate David Geffen, Fox co-founder Barry Diller and Alexander von FürstenbergPhoto: Matt Winkelmeyer, Bruce Glikas & Donato Sardella (Getty Images) The Wall Street Journal is reporting that three men—Fox co-founder Barry Diller, Reggie Miller-hating socialite Alexander von Furstenberg and music magnate David Geffen—are currently under two separate federal …
Screenshot: Pokemon Last year a Georgia man was charged by federal prosecutors after allegedly lying to apply for a Covid disaster loan, then turning around and spending it on a single Pokémon card. He has now admitted his guilt and been sentenced to prison. As we wrote in 2021: Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, has …
Image: Activision Two Activision Blizzard shareholders have filed lawsuits against the Call of Duty publisher for making allegedly inadequate disclosures in its recent filings with the SEC about its deal to sell to Microsoft for $68.7 billion. The investors further alleged that big payouts for CEO Bobby Kotick and others that would result from the …