Kotaku was first launched in October 2004 with Matthew Gallant as its lead writer, with an intended target audience of young men.[4][5] About a month later, Brian Crecente was brought in to try to save the failing site.[6] Since then, the site has launched several country-specific sites for Australia, Japan, Brazil and the UK. Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009[7] and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006. The site has made CNET's "Blog 100" list[8] and was ranked 50th on PC Magazine's "Top 100 Classic Web Sites" list.[9] Its name comes from the Japanese otaku (obsessive fan) and the prefix "ko-" (small in size).[10]
Stephen Totilo replaced Brian Crecente as the editor in chief in 2012.[11] Totilo had previously joined Kotaku in 2009 as deputy editor.[12]
Kotaku was one of several websites that was purchased by Univision Communications in their acquisition of Gawker Media in August 2016; Gizmodo Media Group was subsequently founded to house the Gawker acquisitions, operating under the Fusion Media Group, a division of Univision.[14] The Gizmodo Media Group was later acquired by the private equity firm Great Hill Partners in April 2019, and renamed G/O Media.[15]
The transition to G/O Media led to several departures from the site, as well as from other sister sites under the former Gawker Media label due to conflicts with G/O Media's management. Cecilia D'Anastasio left Kotaku in December 2019 to become a journalist for Wired.[19] Joshua Rivera and Gita Jackson left in January 2020 stating it was impossible to work with the new management.[20]Jason Schreier, one of Kotaku's writers since 2012 known for his investigative in-depth coverage of working conditions at various studios and development histories for various video games, announced his departure from the site on April 16, 2020, citing the issues surrounding G/O Media which filtered into disruptions at their sister website Deadspin around October 2019. Schreier subsequently took a position at Bloomberg News.[21] In May 2020, senior writer Harper Jay MacIntyre[a] departed from Kotaku, similarly citing conflicts with management, and joined Double Fine Productions as their content and community manager.[24]
Totilo announced he was departing as editor in chief on February 5, 2021, though will remain in games journalism elsewhere.[12] Riley MacLeod served as interim editor in chief following Totilo's departure, before Patricia Hernandez commenced her tenure as editor in chief from June 2, 2021.[26]
Controversy
In 2007, attorney Jack Thompson sued Gawker Media and site editor Brian Crecente over concerns that Kotaku declined to remove threatening user comments,[27] but the lawsuit was dismissed the next day.[28] In 2009, Business Insider reported that Hearst Corporation sought to buy Kotaku from Gawker Media.[29] 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.[30]
Blacklistings
In 2007, Kotaku ran a story about rumored upcoming features on the PlayStation 3, and Sony responded by temporarily blacklisting the website.[31] In 2015, Kotaku claimed that they had been blacklisted by major video game companies Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft.[32] Because of this blacklist, Kotaku opted not to be a jury member in The Game Awards when invited by Geoff Keighley.[33]
In 2014, Kotaku was part of the accusations that instigated the harassment campaign known as Gamergate when a writer from the site, Nathan Grayson, was falsely accused of writing a favorable review of the game Depression Quest as a result of his relationship with its developer, Zoë Quinn. After conducting an internal review, it was discovered that no review of Depression Quest existed and he had only written one article that mentioned Quinn in passing before their relationship began.[34][35] The subreddit/r/KotakuInAction became a hub for the Gamergate community.[36][37] Its creator attempted to shut it down in 2018, claiming that it had become "infested with racism and sexism", but it was reinstated by a Reddit administrator due to the site's guidelines.[38][39]
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Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network 2 Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith 3 Cecilia D Anastasio Tim Rogers and Jason Schreier KotakuType of siteGaming blogOwnerG O MediaCreated byBrian CrecenteEditorPatricia Hernandez 1 URLkotaku wbr comCommercialYesLaunchedOctober 2004 18 years ago 2004 10 Contents 1 History 2 Controversy 2 1 Blacklistings 2 2 Gamergate harassment campaign 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditKotaku was first launched in October 2004 with Matthew Gallant as its lead writer with an intended target audience of young men 4 5 About a month later Brian Crecente was brought in to try to save the failing site 6 Since then the site has launched several country specific sites for Australia Japan Brazil and the UK Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 7 and one of gaming s Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006 The site has made CNET s Blog 100 list 8 and was ranked 50th on PC Magazine s Top 100 Classic Web Sites list 9 Its name comes from the Japanese otaku obsessive fan and the prefix ko small in size 10 Stephen Totilo replaced Brian Crecente as the editor in chief in 2012 11 Totilo had previously joined Kotaku in 2009 as deputy editor 12 In April 2014 Gawker Media partnered with Future plc to launch Kotaku UK and with Allure Media to launch Kotaku Australia 13 Kotaku was one of several websites that was purchased by Univision Communications in their acquisition of Gawker Media in August 2016 Gizmodo Media Group was subsequently founded to house the Gawker acquisitions operating under the Fusion Media Group a division of Univision 14 The Gizmodo Media Group was later acquired by the private equity firm Great Hill Partners in April 2019 and renamed G O Media 15 In December 2018 Pedestrian Group owned by the Australian media company Nine Entertainment acquired Kotaku Australia 16 17 and as of March 2022 update continues to own it 18 The transition to G O Media led to several departures from the site as well as from other sister sites under the former Gawker Media label due to conflicts with G O Media s management Cecilia D Anastasio left Kotaku in December 2019 to become a journalist for Wired 19 Joshua Rivera and Gita Jackson left in January 2020 stating it was impossible to work with the new management 20 Jason Schreier one of Kotaku s writers since 2012 known for his investigative in depth coverage of working conditions at various studios and development histories for various video games announced his departure from the site on April 16 2020 citing the issues surrounding G O Media which filtered into disruptions at their sister website Deadspin around October 2019 Schreier subsequently took a position at Bloomberg News 21 In May 2020 senior writer Harper Jay MacIntyre a departed from Kotaku similarly citing conflicts with management and joined Double Fine Productions as their content and community manager 24 Kotaku UK closed on September 9 2020 25 Totilo announced he was departing as editor in chief on February 5 2021 though will remain in games journalism elsewhere 12 Riley MacLeod served as interim editor in chief following Totilo s departure before Patricia Hernandez commenced her tenure as editor in chief from June 2 2021 26 Controversy EditIn 2007 attorney Jack Thompson sued Gawker Media and site editor Brian Crecente over concerns that Kotaku declined to remove threatening user comments 27 but the lawsuit was dismissed the next day 28 In 2009 Business Insider reported that Hearst Corporation sought to buy Kotaku from Gawker Media 29 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 30 Blacklistings Edit In 2007 Kotaku ran a story about rumored upcoming features on the PlayStation 3 and Sony responded by temporarily blacklisting the website 31 In 2015 Kotaku claimed that they had been blacklisted by major video game companies Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft 32 Because of this blacklist Kotaku opted not to be a jury member in The Game Awards when invited by Geoff Keighley 33 Gamergate harassment campaign Edit Main article Gamergate harassment campaign In 2014 Kotaku was part of the accusations that instigated the harassment campaign known as Gamergate when a writer from the site Nathan Grayson was falsely accused of writing a favorable review of the game Depression Quest as a result of his relationship with its developer Zoe Quinn After conducting an internal review it was discovered that no review of Depression Quest existed and he had only written one article that mentioned Quinn in passing before their relationship began 34 35 The subreddit r KotakuInAction became a hub for the Gamergate community 36 37 Its creator attempted to shut it down in 2018 claiming that it had become infested with racism and sexism but it was reinstated by a Reddit administrator due to the site s guidelines 38 39 References Edit What s a Kotaku Who Works Here Kotaku August 2013 Retrieved May 8 2021 A Note to Readers June 10 2016 Archived from the original on December 22 2016 Retrieved December 21 2016 GAMING S TOP 50 JOURNALISTS Edge October 17 2006 Archived from the original on February 3 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 Carr David October 4 2004 At These Web Sites It s a Man s World The New York Times Archived from the original on March 4 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 Parker Pamela October 4 2004 Gawker Media We re Where the Boys Are ClickZ Retrieved September 16 2015 Kotaku November 9 2004 Archived from the original on November 9 2004 Shuman Sid May 2009 20 Most Influential People in Gaming 20 Brian Crecente IDG Archived from the original on June 7 2011 Retrieved July 12 2009 CNET News com S Blog 100 CNET Archived from the original on July 13 2012 Retrieved January 24 2014 The Top 100 Classic Web Sites PC Magazine Archived from the original on February 1 2014 Retrieved January 25 2014 Kotaku FAQ Kotaku Gawker Media July 2 2004 Archived from the original on July 15 2007 Retrieved July 6 2015 Caoili Eric January 3 2012 Consumer gaming blog Kotaku loses key staff Gamasutra Archived from the original on February 19 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 a b Sinclair Brendan February 5 2021 Stephen Totilo leaves Kotaku GamesIndustry biz Retrieved February 5 2021 Reynolds John March 13 2014 Gawker links up with Future to launch Lifehacker and Kotaku in UK The Guardian Archived from the original on July 22 2015 Retrieved July 22 2015 Calderone Michael August 18 2016 Gawker com Ending Operations Next Week The Huffington Post Archived from the original on October 16 2016 Ha Anthony April 8 2019 Gizmodo Media Group acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners TechCrunch Retrieved October 31 2019 Bennett Lindsay December 11 2018 Pedestrian TV to absorb Allure Media in post Fairfax consolidation AdNews Retrieved April 14 2021 Nine merging digital publishers Pedestrian TV amp Allure Media Mediaweek December 11 2018 Retrieved March 17 2022 Home page Pedestrian Group Archived from the original on March 15 2022 Retrieved March 17 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link D Anastasio Cecilia December 5 2019 Goodbye Kotaku Retrieved April 16 2020 Jackson Gita January 10 2020 Goodbye From Josh and Gita Kotaku Retrieved April 16 2020 Park Gene April 16 2020 Jason Schreier is leaving Kotaku citing G O Media as reason Washington Post Retrieved April 16 2020 MacIntyre Harper Jay September 22 2021 On September 20th my name was legally changed to Harper Jay MacIntyre I have no issue sharing that last name I ve done so professionally Heather was a spur of the moment choice as a writer This Is me A deliberate choice to become who I am Twitter Retrieved July 11 2022 MacIntyre Harper Jay November 2 2021 Psychonauts 2 Update 21 Quality Of Life Fig Retrieved July 11 2022 MacIntyre Harper Jay May 8 2020 To The Horizon Kotaku Retrieved May 22 2020 Stanton Rich September 7 2020 Farewell from Kotaku UK Kotaku UK Archived from the original on September 7 2020 Retrieved September 1 2021 Liao Shannon May 27 2021 Kotaku s next editor in chief will be Patricia Hernandez Washington Post Retrieved September 2 2020 McCarthy Caroline April 26 2007 Gaming foe Jack Thompson sues Gawker Media CNET Archived from the original on February 1 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 McCarthy Caroline April 27 2007 Judge tosses out Jack Thompson s lawsuit against Gawker Media CNET Archived from the original on February 1 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 Carlson Nicholas November 13 2009 Hearst Eyed Videogame Blog Kotaku For Acquisition Business Insider Archived from the original on February 3 2014 Retrieved January 24 2014 Quillen Dustin April 26 2010 Konami Shuns Blog Over Metal Gear Review Controversy 1up Retrieved January 24 2014 Kohler Chris March 1 2007 Sony and Kotaku In Blacklist Flap Wired com Archived from the original on July 27 2010 Retrieved January 24 2014 Totilo Stephen November 19 2015 A Price Of Games Journalism Kotaku Archived from the original on November 20 2015 Glennon Jen December 11 2019 Geoff Keighley Is The Nicest Power Player In Video Games Inverse Retrieved December 11 2022 Rott Nathan September 24 2014 Gamergate Controversy Fuels Debate On Women And Video Games NPR org Retrieved July 27 2019 In recent days I ve been asked several times about a possible breach of ethics involving one of Kotaku August 20 2014 Retrieved June 14 2020 Bernstein Joseph October 30 2014 The Disturbing Misogynist History Of GamerGate s Goodwill Ambassadors Buzzfeed News Retrieved August 2 2019 Singal Jesse October 20 2014 Gamergate Should Stop Lying to Itself New York Retrieved August 2 2014 The Creator of the Largest Gamergate Subreddit Rage Quits Says it s Infested With Racism and Sexism Vice Retrieved March 25 2022 Alexander Julia July 13 2018 Reddit employee saves GamerGate subreddit KotakuInAction after founder closes it Polygon Retrieved July 27 2019 Formerly known by the pen name Heather Alexandra now goes by Harper Jay MacIntyre after a legal name change 22 23 External links EditOfficial website Kotaku Australia Portals Internet Journalism Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kotaku amp oldid 1126862203, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
