At Nintendo, Working All Night Is ‘Mario Time’

Over the years, game development companies have found all sorts of euphemisms for unpaid overtime, but Nintendo’s might be the best. If legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto ever comes up and tells you it’s “Mario time,” you’re in for a long night. In a fantastic new interview over at Gamasutra by some dude named Chris Kohler,…

Baking A Cake Is Still The Hardest Thing To Do In Parappa The Rapper

When I was seven years old, I could never beat the Cheap Cheap Chicken stage of Parappa the Rapper. Now that I’m an adult and the HD remaster has been released for the Playstation 4, I figured I’d finally get past it. I was wrong. Parappa the Rapper is a game bursting with joy. You…

Twitch And YouTube Streamers Slam Persona 5‘s Video Policy

Yesterday, Atlus warned Persona 5 players that if they show gameplay footage after a certain point in the game, Atlus will go after their channels with copyright claims and strikes. While some streamers aren’t surprised by this policy, they’ve reacted with frustration at what they feel are measures that will negatively impact their channels. Atlus…

Blizzard Considered Adding A Cat In A Jetpack To Overwatch

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan is full of surprises. For example, it turns out that he’s a Hanzo apologist. And, at one point, he considered a cat in a jetpack as an original Overwatch hero. There’s still time, my man. We want that cat hero. Yesterday, in an interview with GameSpot, Kaplan revealed a few…

Yooka-Laylee Brings Back Banjo-Kazooie’s Best Easter Egg

Yooka-Laylee captures all the good and badof a Nintendo 64 platformer. It doesn’t just take the gameplay. It also takes the urban legends as well. The Ice Key was an item hidden in Banjo-Kazooie’s Freezeezy Peak level. Tucked in cave and secure behind an ice wall, players could do little more than look at the…

Here’s What Happens If You Say No At The Beginning Of Persona 5

Before you start playing Persona 5, a video game about stylish teens learning how to take care of a cat, you need to answer a simple question: Do you agree that the game is fictional? If you say no, Persona 5 won’t joke around or repeat the question. It just won’t allow you to play.…

Your Spring 2017 Anime Guide

Flowers are in bloom. The temperature is warming up. It’s perfect weather to go outside. But you know what? Let’s stay indoors and watch some anime. The spring anime season is upon us! Which shows do you want to watch? Let us know in the comments below. Aikatsu Stars! 2nd Season Hoshi no Tsubasa Studio:…

Call of Duty‘s April Fool’s Mode Was So Good, Players Want It To Be a Regular Thing

For April Fools’ Day, Call of Duty turned its players into literal trash. And now fans are begging to become garbage again. Over the weekend, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, the upgraded version of the 2007 game packed in with some editions of last year’s Infinite Warfare, introduced a game mode called “Prop Hunt.”…

Dark Souls Rings You Can Own In Real Life

No word if these Dark Souls rings raise max equipment burden or decrease fall damage, but they do look nice! As Famitsu points out, Japanese brand Torch Torch has men’s and women’s Havel’s Rings and Silvercat Rings.  Slated for August, the Havel’s Ring is made from 925 silver and priced at 18,900 yen (US$171). The…

Hentai Woody Is Returning And Going Back on Sale in Japan

You didn’t think it could happen. Not again, you said. Well, yes, it’s happening. Hentai Woody is back. Again. That’s right, the “Hentai Woody” (aka “Creepy Woody”) figurine is once again going on sale. Kaiyodo’s Revoltech Woody figure launched back in 2010 and became infamous online for its highly expressive mug. Back in spring 2013,…

Starbucks Japan’s New Frappuccino Is American Cherry Pie You Can Drink 

For a Starbucks Frappuccino, this looks incredible. Sure there already are an apple pie as well and a blackberry cobbler Frappuccino on the secret menu, but this American Cherry Pie one is coming to the regular one in Japan. As you can see in this photo via Entabe, the lid is made out of crust.…

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One Cosplayer Brings Bioware, Souls & Witcher Games To Life

As we’ve established, some of the best cosplay on the planet comes out of Russia, a point I’m only going to further emphasise today by sharing some of niamash’s work. A cosplayer we’ve featured a few times before, mostly for her Witcher stuff, niamash has also done some incredible recreations of Bioware games, along with…

The Weird Words I Learned From Video Games

We learn a lot of words growing up. We learn a lot of words at school. We might even learn some at college. But as expansive as our vocabularies can become through traditional means of education, let’s not forget that video games can teach us new terms as well. And they’re often some weird ones.…

Here’s Persona 5 “Running” On A PC

Persona 5 may be fresh out this week on PS4, but don’t forget the game is also available on PS3. And has been out in Japan since last year, which explains why there’s now footage of the game trying to run on a PC via an emulator. This is RPCS3, a PS3 emulator for the…

Titanfall 2 Execution Is Perfectly Timed

Today on Highlight Reel we have execution timing, cops, very British deaths and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Tomb Raider – Everyone do…