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Xbox Japan's January Software Deals [Microsoft]

Xbox Japan has just released a list of its latest additions to the budget priced Platinum Line. Unfortunately for those in Japan looking for some before Christmas deals, these games will not go on sale until after the holidays. Title, pricing and release[...]

Xbox 360 Newswire - December 2nd

Here’s all the latest news stories for Xbox 360.-Midway games sold-History of Prince of Persia-Xbox 360 sales soar-DRM gets more stick-Halo 3 Legendary map pack discountCheck back for more stories later.Related posts:Xbox 360: The Month Ahead -[...]

World Tour December: Pumpkins, Eagles, Nirvana, And Reggae [Guitar Hero World Tour]

Activision lays out December's DLC plans for Guitar Hero World Tour, kicking things off with The Smashing Pumpkins and topping off the holiday season with what all the kids want - free Reggae Rock. December starts off with The Smashing Pumpkins[...]

Win Totally Devalued Copies Of Arcade Mania [Contest]

One contest ends, another starts. That's the circle of Kotaku life. This time around we are giving away three copies of Arcade Mania, the arcade book I wrote. And if you want, I'd be perfectly happy to sign your winning copy (should you win) and forever[...]

Vin Diesel?s Wheelman - Preview event

You remember Vin Diesel right? Of course you do? big guy, moody looking, great voice?Well, Mr. Diesel and his production company Tigon Studios have been working with the UK?s own Midway Studios on a new action driving game. A driving game which promises[...]

Viewing a kid's face as they play violent video games

by: John YanNEWS - Watching the video, I can say my expression probably matches some of them and I know Chuck's face looks like a few in the video. Here's a little art project called Immersion where you just see a kid's face as they play violent video[...]

Video Game To Sponsor Pro Football Team [Pro Evo 2009]

Games companies sponsoring sporting teams is nothing new. Sega (Arsenal), Nintendo (Fiorentina) and Microsoft (Seattle Sounders) have all tried their hand at it. But a game sponsoring a football team, that?s new. Reason we bring this up is that Konami?s[...]

Vanguard Testing The Waters With Fishing [Fish Fish Revolution]

Sony Online Entertainment's Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is finally on the road becoming a real massively-multiplayer online RPG as fishing makes an appearance on the game's test servers. Every true MMORPG needs fishing. This is a fact that cannot be[...]

UK:Resistance Breaks Up With Sonic [Sonic Unloved]

It's a sad day. UK:Resistance, whose long and sometimes torrid love affair with the Sonic the Hedgehog series is the stuff of legends, has decided to drop the Sega mascot from their logo. I've been following UK:Resistance since the late 90's, and while I[...]

These Are The 2008 PlayStation Award Winners [Sony]

To acknowledge hit PlayStation platform games, Sony has the "PlayStation Awards." These are given to PlayStation titles that are "hits" in Japan. There are two categories: Gold Prize and Double Platinum Prize. Gold Prize Awards (which were ¥500,000,[...]

The iPhone / iTouch 2008 Gift Guide.

GIFT GUDE Hello, it is almost the end of 2008 and with that, the gift season.The iPhone / iTouch is perhaps one of the most requested items this year. They are extremely popular. The first part of the Article will focus on the basics. DO YOU HAVE OR ARE[...]

The best of WoW Insider: November 25 - December 2, 2008

Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMODecember is here, and where are WoW players? In Northrend, of course -- a sizable amount of the population has hit 80 already, and the rest of us are scrambling through the new content to join them. In the[...]

The N3 Newswire for December 3

Here’s the latest Nintendo news:–That supposed YouTube account owned by Serebii is fake–You know a game movie will be bad when this happens–First look at Ghostbusters: The Game (yes the theme song is in thereStay tuned for[...]

Sony Promises "Improved" LittleBigPlanet Moderation [Littlebigplanet]

Prior to release, LittleBigPlanet showed a ton of promise. Heavy-handed moderation in the weeks since release, however, has rubbed a little of the lustre off the game's appeal. Don't think that Sony aren't aware of this. They are so aware. And have today[...]

Smashing Eagles into Nirvana on Guitar Hero World Tour

by: John YanNEWS - Three great bands are releasing more tracks as DLC for Guitar Hero World Tour in December. On December 4th, The Smashing Pumpkins will have more songs for the game as G.L.O.W., 1979, and Everlasting Glaze will be available. Next week,[...]

Rise Of The White Wolf Teaser Trailer [The Witcher: Rise Of The White Wolf]

In case anyone had any doubts about how much of a badass Geralt the Witcher was, here's the teaser trailer for Atari's newly announced console title The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf. The console version, as previously reported, features a revamped[...]

Rip-Off Chinese MMO Publishers Respond To WoW-Rip-Off Allegations [Aurora Blade]

It's Limbo of the Lost all over again. No sooner have allegations of mass copyright infringement been levelled against Chinese browser MMO Aurora Blade than the game's publishers have responded, wiping their hands of it. IGG - who publish Aurora Blade in[...]

Qore Episode 07 Set Free For The Holidays [Qore]

PlayStation 3 owners who haven't seen the point of paying for a monthly magazine on their console will get a taste of what they're missing tomorrow as Sony releases Qore episode 07 for free. The episode is being released free to all as a way of saying[...]

PS3 Newswire - December 2nd

So today has a few more articles than did yesterday. Some include some reviews of a certain Prince of Persia. It’s gotten some good feedback.* Waiter, There’s Some Beyond Good & Evil In My Prince Of Persia [Kotaku] Unlockable Elika[...]

PS2 Gets SNK Love Next Year With King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match [Japan]

Hey, PS2, who still loves ya, baby? SNK does! The Osaka-based developer is releasing The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match next February. It's a remake of KoF 2002. Featuring 66 playable fighters, the game gets newly tweaked and polished menus and[...]

More WotC layoffs

Just like back in August, Wizards of the Coast has laid off employees today. Rumors are still swirling about the number of employees affected, though around 24 seems the prevailing estimate. According to a post at ENWorld by Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens,[...]

Mirror?s Edge in 2D

On my daily rounds of interweb i found that EA is working with Bourne Games on an official Mirrors Edge 2D game. Play it now on the link, its pretty good and something to play when your board in the office! ----[...]

Michael Phelps Says His Game Is 'In Development' [Rumors]

Michael Phelps is both the winningest swimmer ever, and chummy enough with Activision to be given a box containing no copies of Call of Duty. Surely he should have his own game by now? Michael thinks so too - in fact, in an interview on 60 Minutes he[...]

Massively week in Review

Filed under: Culture, Features, PC, MMO Joystiq's sister site Massively.com has all the news you'll need about MMOs. Here's the best, brightest, and most interesting stuff from the last week, all in one convenient place for your MMO minute. EA licenses[...]

LocoRoco 2 Review: Arming The Mui Mui [Review]

The original LocoRoco was probably as close as to a killer app the PSP has come; exclusive, unique, reasonably innovative — a great game. Wasn?t a perfect game, however, as it had a few problems. Chief among them was the fact it played like a[...]

Kotaku's Favorite Lara Croft Is... [Tomb Raider Contest]

Kotakuland has voted and picked a winner for the Tomb Raider contest. There were tons of amazing entries so big thanks to everyone who entered. You have made priest Tim Curry proud. How divine. The winner is after the jump. Actually, I also put the[...]

It?s M&A time

All over the world right now tens of thousands of bankers and other financial services workers are being given a bin bag to put their personal possessions in as their employer dispenses with their services. Many would say they brought it on themselves[...]

Is it Time for Nintendo to Change Their Pack-in Games?

Nintendo has a method to their madness. Here's another approach to marketing their games and gaming hardware that benefits the gamers, too.Read more... ---- linkGamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts [...]

How Splinter Cell Voice Actor Survived Mumbai Terrorist Attacks [News]

In late November, we brought word that game voice actor Michael Rudder (Far Cry Instincts, Prince Of Persia: The Warrior Within, Splinter Cell) was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The actor was dining at the Oberoi Hotel in[...]

Hotel 626

Hotel 626 is an amazingly innovative, beautifully-produced nightmare of a game. After "checking in" (giving the website your name, email and creating a password), you are immediately whisked away into the opening movie: your awakening, in the middle of[...]

Good Digital Hair Is Not Easy [Bald Space Marine]

There's a reason why we get some many bald space marines or dudes in skull caps: Hair. Digital hair ain't easy. It's tricky to pull off realistic looking digi-locks. Why? As NewScientist points out, it's difficult to recreate how floicles flow from the[...]

Ghostbusters on DS ? The Return of Bill Murray [Impressions]

The DS version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game is the only place you?ll see Bill Murray?s character, Peter Venkman, in this new generation of ghostbusting games. That would be largely because there?s no voice talent involved with the DS title; but that[...]

Ghostbusters ? What?s Different on the Wii [Impressions]

Usually when a game goes for simultaneous multi-platform releases, I immediately write off the Wii version. Can you blame me? Empirically, the Wii suffers from ?bastard stepchild port? syndrome, which leaves Wii owners like yours truly high and dry when[...]

Ghostbusters ? The Tom Hanks of Intellectual Properties [Impressions]

Nobody looks at Tom Hanks and says ?He sucks, I hate him and every movie he?s ever been in.? Similarly, nobody hears ?Ghostbusters? and thinks ?They suck, I hate them.? So says Ghostbusters: The Video Game developer Terminal Reality. After enduring a[...]

Gene Simmons Talks Up Replica Axe Guitar [Gene Simmons AXE Guitar]

The Gene Simmons AXE bass guitar for Guitar Hero and Rock Band is now available, and in celebration of the product's launch, Simmons himself took a break from his tongue exercises to say a few words. ?I never do anything half way. My AXE controller is[...]

Fable II Getting Massive Dose Of Bug Spray [Fable II]

Oh yeah, about that patch! Fable II developers haven't forgotten the bug-ridden masses, and are now finalizing a patch that should wipe out most if not all issues keeping players from enjoying the game. Better late than never I say. The patch, promised[...]

Even Pikachu Rides The Train In Japan [Pokemon]

To recap: Pokémon planes and Pokémon bullet trains. We've touched on both rapid forms of Pikachu approved transport before. But what about something slower? Like a regular subway train? Pikachu likes them, too. Pictured is Pikachu[...]

Driving the Desert Bus for a Good Cause

You may be aware of Penn & Teller’s unreleased Desert Bus game, wherein you have to drive a bus the complete 8-hour realtime trip between Tucson and Las Vegas.Since the bus veers to the right, and since there is no pause or save function, this[...]

Doom

You kids these days with your Halos and your Gear Wars and your Half Lifes... you don't appreciate what we had to work with! Back in my day, we didn't have no fancy-schmancy high-end graphics in our shooters! No complex storylines, neither. We didn't[...]

Dev Box Interview: Jumpgate Evolution?s Programmer Ohm Unmongkolthavong

It usually takes a small army to create the video games that we play, and, most of the time, all of the focus gets put on the game itself, and not on the people that came together to make it. Our Dev Box interview feature takes a look at some ... ----[...]

DC Universe Coming Late 2009, Early 2010 [DC Universe Online]

Marvel Universe may be dead, but DC Universe is not. It's alive. And it's coming. But when? Speaking with MTV, DC comics writer Geoff Johns - who's working on the game - says it won't be with us anytime soon. "It launches I think in early 2010, it could[...]

Custom Headcrab Zombie Lovingly Detailed in Gore [Headcrab Zombie Action Figure]

Reader Mark sends along his latest action figure creation: A 12-inch high Half-Life Headcrab Zombie. Mark says the figures clothing was assembled from his collection of action figure playthings, but that the headcrab and the remains of a face underneath[...]

City of Heroes Issue 13 hits today

by: Charles HusemannNEWS - NC Soft has launched the latest free add on for City of Heroes today. The Power and Responsibility pack adds in secret identities, new build out options, and a mac beta in addition to a host of other changes and[...]

City of Heroes Issue 13 Article

by: Charles HusemannArticle - Chuck sits down with Positron and talks about the latest issue of City of Heroes and how the game has changed since it was releasedComment ---- linkGamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts [...]

City Of Heroes Launches Issue 13: Power And Responsibility [Expansionism]

City of Heroes introduces new ways to build up your superhero persona as NCsoft launches their latest free update, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. Issue 13 might as well be called the casual gamer's issue, as it introduces two new ways to advance[...]

Chronicles of Riddick ? Here We Go Again In The Best Possible Way [Impressions]

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena does gamers one better than a next-gen port ? it?s got a completely independent game in there to go with Escape from Butcher Bay. Assault on Dark Athena is more like a follow-up to Escape from Butcher Bay[...]

Christian Group Warns Against Army Of Two's "Homosexual Encounters" [Censorship]

Conservative Christian investment firm (investment firm?) The Timothy Plan have issued a Christmas guide to "responsible" holiday shopping, in the form of a list of 30 of the "most offensive" games on the market. It's intended to help parents decide what[...]

Buy Your Own Sackboy [Littlebigplanet]

On the off chance you?re not already sick of LittleBigPlanet?s over-exposed Sackboys, boy, are you in for a merchandise-related treat. Officially-licensed replica Sackboys are now available for purchase from online retailer Play-Asia. They?re small (at[...]

Ben Heck's Xbox 360 Laptop v2.0 [Xbox 360]

Oh Ben Heck. What can't you do? I ask because there are so many things you can do. Like making desirable console laptops. You may remember the guy made a 360 laptop in 2007. Then made that into a Halo 3 laptop. Well, time flies, and Heck's just released[...]

Batmobile Makes iPhone Drive-By [The Dark Knight: Batmobile]

Glu Mobile brings the caped crusader to the iPhone for the first time with The Dark Knight: Batmobile, a mini-game featuring the movie version of Batman's ride. The game serves as the debut of the Glu Snax line of iPhone titles, which featured bite-sized[...]

Banjo-Kazooie (XBLA)

Those of us who pre-ordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts have been playing this for a couple of weeks, but now the Arcade release of the N64 classic Banjo-Kazooie is unleashed upon the masses. So, playing as Banjo it’s time to strap on your[...]

Atari Combats Resale WIth Expandable Experiences [Buy, Sell, Trade]

With game companies all over the world depressed about the impact used game resales have on the industry, Atari offers up a simple solution - make games people don't want to let go of. This elegant solution to the used game market comes courtesy of[...]

Amazon Wii Gold Box Cracked Open Again Tomorrow [Wii]

Online retailer Amazon is opening up the Gold Box of savings again tomorrow, another take on its Wii-only deal-a-thon. The frenzy of cheapness starts tonight at midnight Pacific Standard Time, if you're still shopping. Typically, these things are good,[...]

A Cheap, Quick PS3 Bundle For The Holidays [Playstation 3]

Don't look now, but it's another holiday console bundle. This one's for Europe, and is for the PlayStation 3. It includes an 80GB PS3, a DualShock 3 and a copy of 300 on Blu-Ray. Nothing big, nothing fancy, just a PS3 with a free copy of a popular movie.[...]

12/3/2008 The Classic Atari USB Joystick Review

New Atari Nerd Blog Entry : The Classic Atari USB Joystick ReviewMy first real video game experience was on an Atari 2600 at a neighborshouse in 1978. Although I had played some Apple II games, hada cheap Pong knock-off, and was familiar with the arcade[...]

10 Gnomes episode 11: The Remains

It's sad to see Mateusz Skutnik's delightful hidden object series coming to an end. This penultimate installment of 10 Gnomes, titled "The Remains" takes place along a quiet village street, and might be one of the most charming and challenging yet. Can[...]

Indiecade 2008: Winterbottom! Gravitation! And More! [Indiecade]

During my practically nonexistent downtime, I wandered down to check out the ... Gravitation by Jason Rohrer, about "mania, melancholia, and the creative process. ...[...]

'The Video Games and Human Values Initiative' Unveiled [Academia]

Jim Reilly forwarded news of the UConn interdisciplinary and interinstitutional initiative called < a href='http://vghvinet.ning.com/'>The Video Games and Human ...[...]

And The Best Cosplay Is... [Dead Space]

One lucky cosplayer will get this amazing helmet to wear around their neighborhood and freak... Thinking of Subscription-Based GTA and BioShock [Take-Two] ...[...]

The Difference Between 'Female Gamers' and 'Gamer Girls' [Women]

We treat them like a rare species, but really, women who game are not that uncommon. Recent polls have put the figure between 35 and 40 percent of women, a minority ...[...]

Schilling Fields Blizzard And EA Talent [38 Studios]

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios has just added two new players to its lineup of award-winning game talent, snagging a composer from EA and an interface designer from ...[...]

Boogie SuperStar Objectifying And Empowering Tween Girls Everywhere [Ea ...

... ish girls who long to shake their underage booties and karaoke to their hearts? ... Nintendo: We're Battling "Ourselves And Our Sense Of Complacency" ...[...]

IBM and the Palace Museum Launch the 'Virtual Forbidden City' [History ...

... my sections to do next quarter), IBM and the Palace Museum have teamed up to offer a virtual, ... Too Human Soundtrack Hits CD and iTunes [Music] ...[...]

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel detailed and gallery

Ascaron's first Sacred title yielded a solid experience as players navigated and slashed monsters on the continent of Ancaria. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a true ...[...]

The Mirror's Edge between the right and left brain

by: Randy KalistaNEWS - Three full run-throughs of the Mirror's Edge demo and I'm finally making a positive contribution to Faith's "flow" across the urban ...[...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Wii Impressions [Ea Showcase 08]

I made a name for myself in video games by savaging Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on DS. It was the most awful, most painful, most broken game I?ve ever ...[...]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About RMT, and Then Some [Gold Farming]

Via Terra Nova comes a fascinating paper by Richard Heeks that covers the historical, social, and economic aspects playing into real money transactions. I've just ...[...]

SCEA: Universal compatibility for PS3 Rock Band 2, GH: World Tour and ...

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, RhythmIt's about time someone stepped in and took an active role in fixing this nonsense. SCEA ...[...]

Venus and Mars in my living room

Before I begin, a brief advisory: I'm working with a half-baked theory that ... Too Human Soundtrack Hits CD and iTunes [Music] ...[...]

Girl Power Guitars coming for PS2 and Wii

by: Dan KeenerNEWS - Aly and AJ, sisters sisters Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka, have worked with Performance Designed Products (PDP) to create a line of Guitar ...[...]

Contest: Create a South Park character, win Guitar Hero and swag

Yes folks, Mr. Destructoid is generous, and that means it's time for yet another ... And the beat (for Guitar Hero World Tour) goes on. New Left 4 Dead TV Spot, ...[...]

Molyneux Talks Microsoft and Alien Abduction

So things must have gotten worse, right? With Peter Moore sneaking around and ... kotaku.com/gaming/the-movies/molyneux-talks-microsoft-and-alien-abduct ...[...]

The 'Gamer Guilt' and Morality of Fable 2 [Game Design]

David Nieborg has a thoughtful essay up over at Valuable Games on the subject of Fable 2 and its moral system ? and the relative success (or not) of that system. As ...[...]

Peter Molyneux Compares Contrasts Xbox 360 and PS3 [Microsoft]

Let's hear what fable Molyneux has to spin: I um and ah because, OK, it's a ... What I would say, and this is not just me being the good company man, I'd say ...[...]

Obama, McCain and a Headcrab [Half-life 2]

video details and moreA graduate student at the University of Southern ... And I guess those are combine soldiers in the back beating up on something as ...[...]

Sega's GC Line Up - Sonic, Samba, And Surprises [Games Convention 2008]

Sega has just announced their line up for Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig, Germany next week, with Sonic the Hedgehog and the public debut of Samba De Amigo at the ...[...]

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