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Nintendo Game And Hardware Designer Genyo Takeda Is Retiring 

Genyo Takeda has worked on some of Nintendo’s most iconic games, consoles, and tech. As of this June, the 68 year-old is stepping down. Hired in 1971 by future Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, Takeda cut his teeth working on a gun game that nearly broke the company. However, he would go on to produce…

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Persona 5 vs Grand Theft Auto

In case your team of Phantom Thieves ever feel like moving onto crimes of a more tangible nature, here are a series of downloads that will let you run around Los Santos as Ann, Makoto, Yusuke and Joker. If you’re wondering why Ryuji isn’t included, it’s because Ryuji is a piece of shit. You can…

Street Fighter V Stage Pulled Over “Unintentional Religious References”

Street Fighter V has a remake of the classic temple level from Street Fighter II. Or, it did for a few hours, until the stage was yanked from the game not long after fans quickly noticed it contained Islamic references. Despite being a stage set in the predominantly Buddhist Thailand, and focusing the camera on…

Atlus Apologizes For Persona 5 Streaming Restrictions, Loosens Them

Earlier this month, Atlus warned streamers to not broadcast beyond an early point in the game, seemingly threatening content claims and strikes for anyone who defied their wishes. Today, Atlus is walking some of that back. Recognizing that Persona’s popularity can be partially attributed to streamers, Atlus says it has reconsidered how it will approach…

Puyo Puyo Tetris Is Delightful, Even When You’re Losing

While I’ve still not gotten the hang of Japanese puzzle classic Puyo Puyo, I‘m pretty good at Tetris when I concentrate. Recording a Kotaku Plays video is not a good way to concentrate, but I don’t mind losing when I get to share the colorful sights and spirited sounds of Puyo Puyo Tetris. Out this…

A Game About Hiding Porn From Your Parents

My heart pounds in perfect rhythm with the oscillating clicks of the timepiece behind me. The modem connects with its familiar sequence of chirps and squawks. The house is empty. The shades are drawn. The lights are off. I’m ready to masturbate. That’s the premise of You Must Be 18 or Older To Enter, a…

Localizer Asks To Be Removed From Game’s Credits After Developers Erase KKK Reference

Yesterday, a localizer for the publisher XSEED took a dramatic stance on what he saw as potential censorship, asking his company to remove his name from the credits of the upcoming JRPG Akiba’s Beat after the developers removed a controversial phrase involving the KKK from the game. “I wanted to make a statement,” localization specialist…

Early Mass Effect: Andromeda Art Shows Some Very Different Characters

Former BioWare UI designer Eric Bellefeuille posted a large gallery of his work this week, and it offers a fascinating look at some early versions of Mass Effect: Andromeda Above, for example, is a snapshot of some strikingly different characters, including an odd Peebee and a resoundingly Donald Glover-looking Liam Kosta. Another shot shows what…

Here’s Our First Look At Call of Duty: WWII

Described as “gritty” and “visceral” and “boots on the ground” and all of the other buzzwords you’ve come to expect from a military shooter, here’s Call of Duty: WWII, coming November 3 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. This one is developed by Sledgehammer Games, the studio last responsible for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare…

FX’s Legion: An exuberant reminder of how fun superhero shows can be. What it is: A new FX show based on the Marvel character Legion, a powerful mutant in the X-Men universe. What I’ve watched: Finished the first eight-episode season last night after starting a few days prior. Definitely a fun show to watch all…

GTA Online’s New Tiny Racers Mode Plays Poorly, But Pays Well

GTA Online received a new game mode this week, Tiny Racers. Played from a top down perspective, it’s a new adversary mode that channels old-school GTA. Tiny Racers might seem fun, but sadly, it’s often better to watch it than to play it. By using a high camera and large stunt tracks, Tiny Racers makes…

Games Like Project Phoenix Ruin Kickstarter For Everyone Else

Kickstarter, a polarizing crowdfunding website that has become a useful tool for aspiring game developers, should maybe reconsider its policy on helping backers of failed projects get their money back. Otherwise, games like Project Phoenix will keep hurting crowdfunding for everyone. In 2013, a Japanese composer named Hiroaki Yura raised over $1 million for Project…

Tales from the Borderlands, Abzu Headline PlayStation Plus Lineup For May

May’s PlayStation Plus lineup features the lovely Abzu, Tales from the Borderlands, and more. As ever, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. PS4 Tales from the Borderlands Abzu PS3 Blood Knights Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants PS Vita (crossbuy on PS4) Laser Disco Defenders Type:Rider

Holy hell, Forza Horizon 3 is getting a Hot Wheels expansion. Arriving on May 9, the expansion features six themed islands off the coast of Australia, all connected with Hot Wheels track, plus iconic Hot Wheels rides like Twin Mill, Rip Rod and the Bone Shaker. Best expansion idea ever.

Burnout Creators Try To Turn Crash Mode Into A Game Again

Last year a small independent development studio lead by Criterion Games veterans Fiona Sperry and Alex Ward released Dangerous Golf, a game that was basically Burnout’s Crash Mode without cars. With Danger Zone, due out next month for PC and PS4, they’re trying it with cars. Excellent. Crash Mode was my favorite part of Burnout…

Marvel’s Diablo-Style MMO Plays Pretty Well On Console

Marvel Heroes, Gazillion Entertainment’s Diablo-style comioc book MMO, is making the move to consoles as Marvel Heroes Omega. The PlayStation 4 closed beta launched last weekend, and I’m here to show it to you the only way I know how—with copious amounts of Squirrel Girl. Early last year, Gazillionintroduced controller support to its long-running Marvel…

Baseball Stars Are Signing Pokémon Cards

“I just thought it would be cool if professional athletes would sign Pokémon cards”, says Addison Russell, one of the best young talents in baseball. Russell, an infielder for the Cubs, started collecting Pokémon cards during the offseason as a way of connecting with the younger members of his family. Then he had an idea.…

Elite Players Find A Giant Derelict Spaceship

The Elite Dangerous community, no stranger to long-running and elaborate in-game mysteries, is currently in the midst of another, with players having followed some clues to find a massive ship that’s just drifting out there, alone in space, with nobody left alive onboard. As Eurogamer report, the ship appears to be part of a storyline…

Emulator Helps Open Zelda’s Impossible Treasure Chest

As we’ve seen, you can play Breath of the Wild on a PC using an emulator. It’s not exactly optimal, but there’s a tiny bright side to the struggle: you can open a busted treasure chest that on both Switch and Wii U is inaccessible. Because it’s half-buried and underwater, in retail copies of the…