No More Heroes dev to fans: Please stop showing up at our studio

Grasshopper Manufacture, the Japanese developer behind games like No More Heroes and Killer7, recently publicized its ongoing struggle with fans randomly showing up at its Tokyo studio and asked everyone to, uh, stop doing that.

“We’ve had a lot of fans showing up at the studio unannounced, which has actually started to become a bit of an issue,” a Grasshopper rep posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Feb 6. “While we are obviously extremely happy and appreciative to have such fans and truly wish that we could accommodate those who care enough to want to come visit our studio, the unfortunate fact of the matter is that it simply isn’t possible for us to receive sudden visitors during work so often, and we also don’t want anyone to feel as though they’re being treated unfairly.”

The company has apparently become so conscious of the issue that it canceled an upcoming installment of The Dev Room, its long-running series of behind-the-scenes videos on YouTube, because employees felt the episode could “inadvertently end up encouraging even more people to suddenly show up at the studio.”

“All of us at Grasshopper Manufacture would like to offer our sincerest apologies and appreciation to those of you who were looking forward to the episode, to everyone involved in its production, and to everyone who was hoping to come and visit the studio at some point, and we hope you understand the reasoning behind said decision,” the X post adds. “Thank you all so much for all your continued and invaluable support.”

Grasshopper most recently released Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered on Oct. 31 and is currently deep in the development of a brand new game. The studio may pride itself on its punk rock ethos, but it’s still running a business, folks. Stop being weird.