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Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s new recruitment pamphlet looks like a child’s picture book. It’s actually a corporate guide and the pages seem to depict the character working in different jobs, such as doing office work or composing a score. The art style is fantastic!

McDonald’s Japan Introduces The Adult Cream Pie

The cream pie is a traditional, delicious dessert. McDonald’s Japan is rolling out a version at its restaurants across the country with some unfortunate innuendo. Oh no! In Japanese, “cream pie” refers to the dessert just like in the West. However, the English language “cream pie” slang is known in Japan (though, obviously, not as…

A Very Frosty, Expensive Game Boy

Artist Daniel Arsham, who in 2018 quietly collaborated on one of the sneakers of the year, often makes and sells very expensive, very sought-after stuff on his personal site. Loads of them are from his “future relic” series, where everyday pieces of tech and pop culture are reimagined as archaeological remains, and the next one…

There Was A Cancelled Ty The Tasmanian Tiger TV Show

Ty The Tasmanian Tiger, for an ocker platforming game from Australia, has had a pretty good life. It was well received at launch, and the remaster had the honour of being the highest rated game on Steam for a short while. But the story goes much further than that. The game was actually optioned for…

GDQ Suspends Speedrunner With ‘Feminazism’ In Twitter Profile, Raising Lots Of Questions

The tenth annual installation of Awesome Games Done Quick wrapped up yesterday, raising over $3 million for charity and bringing in hundreds of thousands of viewers. But as the event gets bigger, so do its controversies. This year, organization GDQ’s decision to accept a runner who espoused right-wing viewpoints on social media—and then to ban…

Breath Of The Wild Player Beats Lynel With Devil May Cry Hijinks

Japanese YouTuber Peco has mastered the art of making The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild boss fights look like highly choreographed action movie scenes, and it’s super satisfying to watch. Peco recently shared a clip of themselves taking on a Golden Lynel. The video has already been watched millions of times, no doubt…

I’m finishing up Wattam today LIVE on the Kotaku Twitch channel and if I finish up sooner than I think, I’m streaming a bonus game. Ooh. So please, join me in the chat!

Harry Potter x Minecraft Map Looks Like A Whole New Game

Over a decade later and it still boggles the mind how much work and cool shit people can come up with in Minecraft. The latest example being this enormous recreation of the world of Harry Potter Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a project being run by a small group of students who have…

Wait, I Played Dragon Quest Builders 2 And Need To Change My GOTY List

I made a mistake. Last month I wrote up my top ten games of 2019. I still stand by that list. I love those games and Control is still my favorite game of last year. But last week I started playing Dragon Quest Builders 2 and I need to change my list. I need to…

20 Years Ago, Mission Hill Had A Perfect Video Game Episode

Video games appear in TV shows and movies all the time. Usually, they are just small background elements. A character playing a shooter on their PC or someone tapping away on a mobile game in an elevator scene. And often when they do play a bigger role in the plot, it’s handled poorly. However, 20…

Made In Dreams, This Is What Cyberpunk 2077 Would Look Like If It Was Released On The PS1

Cyberpunk 2077 is shaping up to be a big game with some incredible visuals that will probably end up pushing current-gen hardware pretty hard. But what would Cyberpunk 2077 look like if it was released back in the 90s for the original PlayStation? Well, someone used Dreams to give us the answer and it looks…

A Lot Of Work Went Into Making This Useless Minecraft Level

Building something big, exciting and cool in Minecraft is hard work. You have to spend hours or days building large structures, working with others, planning ahead, etc. But it turns out it takes a lot of work to also make something really worthless and silly in Minecraft. Like a small room that only has one…

Mario Maker Contest: Going Down!

A few months back I asked you all to create levels with Mario going up. Now it’s time to do the opposite. Let’s all get down and create some courses where you get lower and lower as you go. Your Challenge This Week: Create levels all about going down and getting lower. After the last…

Modder Creates Custom GameCube Controller For Switch

It took a lot of work, planning, and tinkering, but a modder has created a custom GameCube controller that can split apart and connect to a Switch tablet, allowing for handheld play. Shank Mods is a popular YouTuberwho has created a lot of wild things, like portable Wiis and GameCubes. His latest project, turning a…

Hngnngh, Colonel, there appears to be some sort of livestream going on. Heather’s playing through all of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty right now on Twitch. Until the mission is complete, non-stop. Let’s do this.

Goodbye Joshua Rivera, Even If You Only Just Got Here

Joshua Rivera, Kotaku staff writer and noted Metroidvania hater, has decided to venture back out into the wilds of the internet from whence he came. We’d like to wish Joshua all the best on his way out the door that it feels like he only just entered through. Although he’ll still be occasionally freelancing for…

Goodbye Gita Jackson, Weird Internet Translator And Dwarf Fortress Stan

Gita Jackson, Kotaku staff writer and likely Sims replicant, has filed her last epic essay for this site—a timely meditation on gaming apocalypses—and now prepares to take up a new position at what I understand to be a surprisingly lucrative Earthbound fansite. While we treat the burns on our galaxies brain left over from years…

After a long hiatus, during which Jason Schreier acquired a child and I (Tim Rogers) went to Japan to translate 88,000 words’ worth of a full, ancient, shockingly bizarre Japanese role-playing game, we’re back playing Chrono Trigger on our Twitch channel. Join us for a leisurely steam in which I may or may not teach Jason…

Jedi: Fallen Order‘s Glitches Hold It Back From Greatness

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order combines the DNA of various games into its own unique blend of action and exploration. When it comes to combat, that means pulling lessons from games like Dark Souls, like pattern heavy bosses and resting points for upgrading abilities. As I explore distant planets there’s a sense that something feels…

Doom I and II got huge updates on PC yesterday Both can now be played in 60fps as well as their original 4:3 aspect ratios, while options for quick saves and level select have also been added. Their even getting new content in the form of official add-ons like John Romero’s SIGIL mod.