

Archived from the original on November 20, 2015.Kotaku also obtained a photo of an internal EA database that shows that Shadow Realm's online servers were recently switched off. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( |url-status= suggested) ( help) "Kotaku And The Problem With Inflammatory Headlines In Video Game Blogging". "Konami Shuns Blog Over Metal Gear Review Controversy". "Hearst Eyed Videogame Blog Kotaku For Acquisition". ↑ Carlson, Nicholas (November 13, 2009)."Judge tosses out Jack Thompson's lawsuit against Gawker Media". ↑ McCarthy, Caroline (April 27, 2007)."Gaming foe Jack Thompson sues Gawker Media". ↑ McCarthy, Caroline (April 26, 2007).Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. ↑ Calderone, Michael (18 August 2016)."Consumer gaming blog Kotaku loses key staff". "Gawker links up with Future to launch Lifehacker and Kotaku in UK".

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In 2007, Kotaku ran a story about rumored upcoming features on the PlayStation 3, and Sony responded by temporarily blacklisting the website. In 2013, Forbes criticized Kotaku over what they called an inflammatory headline in a story about Hideki Kamiya Kotaku rewrote the headline. In 2010, Kotaku criticized Japanese magazine Famitsu's glowing endorsement of a Konami game as a conflict of interest Konami subsequently revoked Kotaku 's invitation to the game's launch party. In 2009, Business Insider reported that Hearst Corporation sought to buy Kotaku from Gawker Media. In 2007, attorney Jack Thompson sued Gawker Media and site editor Brian Crecente over concerns that Kotaku declined to remove threatening user comments, but the lawsuit was dismissed the next day. Kotaku was one of six websites that was purchased by Univision Communications in their acquisition of Gawker Media in August 2016. Kotaku is currently run by Stephen Totilo, who replaced Brian Crecente in 2012. In April 2014, Gawker Media partnered with Future plc to launch Kotaku UK, and with Allure Media to launch Kotaku Australia. Its name comes from the Japanese otaku (obsessive fan) and the prefix "ko-" (small in size).
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The site has made CNET's "Blog 100" list and was ranked 50th on PC Magazine 's "Top 100 Classic Web Sites" list. Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006. Previous contributors to the site include Luke Smith.

Since then, the site has launched several country-specific sites for Australia, Japan, Brazil and the UK. About a month later, Brian Crecente was brought in to try to save the failing site. Kotaku was first launched in October 2004 with Matthew Gallant as its lead writer, with an intended target audience of young men.
