Mario Was Such a Jerk to Yoshi

We love to think that Mario and Yoshi were the best of chums, but when you examine the evidence in Super Mario World, it’s pretty clear that Mario was a really awful friend. Just look at the singalong video above, from the good folks at Fox ADHD. What kind of friend would ride you around,…

Disney Infinity 2.0 Start Set Featuring Merida And Stitch

Don’t like Marvel heroes? Looks like there’s going to be an alternate starter pack featuring Merida, Stitch, and Merida and Stitch discs. Via Vinylmation Kingdom You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Team Fortress 2 Could’ve Been A Pretty Different Game

Over the years, Valve has added an almost mind-boggling amount of Stuff (TM) to multiplayer shooter phenom Team Fortress 2. Even more interesting, however, are the things that didn’t make the cut. The video digs deep into TF2‘s lengthy history and unearths all sorts of weird, wonderful relics. The opening bit about how things changed…

Highlight Reel: High Speed Captain Falcon Knockout

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past few days in the gaming world and put them all in one place for you. Today, the most brutal Falcon Punch, an incredibly lucky League of Legends play, and more! Link any of your favorite highlights in the comments below, and be sure to…

Destiny is going to take you to Mars. And, just like on the Moon, it looks like you’ll be fighting new enemies there, too.

Warlords of Draenor Collector’s Edition, Temple of Osiris [Deals]

Warlords of Draenor hits November 13. Preorder the Collector’s Edition today, which includes soundtrack, artbook, and “epic” in-game content. [Warlords of Draenor CE] Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook to never miss a deal, check out our Gaming and Movie/TV release calendars to plan your…

‘World of Warcraft II’ Is Actually A Thing That Could Happen

Here at Kotaku, we try to avoid writing stories based on vague statements from developers about things they’ve got planned in the future, but this is too interesting not to share: turns out Blizzard is constantly thinking about the idea of World of Warcraft II Strange thought, right? A sequel to an ever-evolving online game…

The Future of Oculus Rift, According to the Man Who Invented It

If anyone knows what’s going to happen to virtual reality it’s Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift. So I asked him. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK.] Looking way, way into the future Palmer sees a very different kind of Rift to the current set up full…

How Xbox is Changing its Dudebro Image

You know the strange thing about my eight years with the Xbox 360? Despite the fact that I played it most days, I often felt kind of alienated by it. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The ads it was serving me, the language used on the dash and the games that Xbox always…

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JRPG Characters Look So Good As 2D Sprites

Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver’s pixel art reminds me of the Metal Slug games, especially Barret’s look in the Final Fantasy VII piece above. But he’s mostly into JRPGs and recently, he remade the cast of a couple of classic games as detailed, colorful 2D sprites. Here’s Breath of Fire II: Final Fantasy VII, with Cait Sith,…

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