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Dante's Inferno Dark Forest Micro-Review: Much Power, Little Point [Review]

Stephen Totilo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:00:49 MDT

For five bucks, a Dante's Inferno player can have the most powerful Dante in the video games. More »

Is Kotaku In Your MP3 Player Of Choice Yet? [Kotaku Talk Radio]

Stephen Totilo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:07 MDT

Each week we record a live audio call-in show, modeled off of all those drive-time talk radio shows on the radio. We do this, in part, so you can listen to Kotaku while obeying the speed limit. More »

PlayStation Prez Promises Killzone 3, Eventually [Sony]

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:00:00 MDT

Sure, a third entry in the Guerrilla Games' Killzone series seems like an inevitability, an obvious sequel as assured as Gears of War 3 or Resistance 3. PlayStation president Jack Tretton promises it will happen, as close to confirmation as well get. More »

Get Your PlayStation Move On At PAX East [PAX East]

Mike Fahey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:00:24 MDT

Our PAX East party might be the convention's must-attend Friday night event, but what can you do on Thursday night? Why not get some hands-on time with the PlayStation move at Sony's PlayStation Blog meet-up? More »

One Left 4 Dead Character Won't Survive The Passing [Valve]

Mike Fahey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 MDT

Valve's poster for Left 4 Dead 2's The Passing downloadable content finally gets a tagline: Nobody Survives Forever. And while the original survivors will be showing up at the beginning of The Passing, only three make it to the end. More »

What The People Behind Mass Effect And Dragon Age Are Trying To Do [Vision Statements]

Stephen Totilo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:00:13 MDT

I spoke to the men running the studio behind many of the world's biggest role-playing games a couple of weeks ago, to discuss a variety of things. I left with a bonus: The BioWare Vision Statement. More »

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves [Official Kotaku Forum]

Stephen Totilo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:04 MDT

On the weekend, you can talk about video games right here. This is Weekend TAY, which is just like Weekday TAY, except, because this goes live Saturday morning, the Smurfs might appear. More »

Naughty Bear Does His Chest Burster Impression [Clips]

Mike Fahey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:00 MDT

Rather than tiptoe around our nightmares, the fine folks at Artificial Mind and Movement have decided to just tear through our darkest childhood fears like so much tissue paper with their latest Naughty Bear video vignette. More »

Sometimes Camping Is OK [Screengrab]

Brian Crecente — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:00 MDT

As seen on Halolz. More »

Kotaku Census 2010: You, Gamer [Research]

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

OK, we are done with the tangible stuff. The machines you own, the games you play. To finish off our census, we're going to dig a little deeper. More »

Announcing our PAX East Party: Come Drink AND Eat [Penny Arcade Expo East]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:00:00 MDT

So all of the neat things you find out when reading Kotaku on a Friday night? Take for instance news that we'll be hosting our own open-bar party at Penny Arcade Expo East in Boston next week. More »

Pole Dancing at the Game Developers Conference [Clips]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:00 MDT

As we mentioned earlier this week, GDC got some class this year with some pole-dancing, clothes-on erotic dancers. More »

First Impressions Of The Kane & Lynch Movie Script [Hollywood]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:00 MDT

I've been slowly reading through a draft of the big screen adaptation of IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch today, the movie set to star Bruce Willis as Kane, Jamie Foxx as Lynch. Screenwriter Kyle Ward has done some... interesting things. More »

Kotaku Off Topic: Raw Thrills [How Is This News?]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:00 MDT

It's Friday night and we're feeling a little "off topic" right now, so let's take a sharp turn from our regularly scheduled video game conversation and discuss other nerdy delights: film, music, comics, science, food, whatever you choose. More »

PSP Still Winning The War In Japan [Console Taisen]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:30:00 MDT

The PlayStation Portable may not have had another stellar performance on par with its showing in Japan last week, but the PSP is still resting comfortably atop the country's hardware chart. More »

Game Developers Conference 2010, As Told To Twitter [Syndicated]

jesper juul — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:00 MDT

What was everybody (on Twitter) talking about during this year's GDC? Game researcher Jesper Juul offers his annual look at the most tweeted highlights from the week of GDC, during which "pocket protector" was a surprisingly hot topic. More »

Beyond Sonic The Hedgehog: These May Be The New Sega All-Stars [Sega]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:00 MDT

Sonic the Hedgehog may be Sega's most recognizable cash cow—those Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games titles are huge—but the successes of Bayonetta, Total War and Football Manager may represent the new wave of Sega's key franchises. More »

Everybody Loves The Panda [Note]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:00 MDT

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Pikmin 3 "Well Underway" Says Miyamoto [Wii]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:30:00 MDT

Nintendo designer and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto was in London today to pick up his BAFTA fellowship award, an honor he reciprocated by delivering his acceptance speech in pure English. What did Miyamoto have to say, specifically about Pikmin? More »

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Keeps 2D Fighting Alive This Summer [BlazBlue]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:00:00 MDT

North American fans of the two-dimensional fighting game will get their fisticuffs fix with the release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer, the follow up to last year's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. More »

What Are You Playing This Weekend? [Lazy Sundays]

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:30:00 MDT

What else? God of War III was released this week and, despite my initial apathy toward playing through another God of War game, I'm excited. That's why I'll be trading in a bunch of games this weekend. More »

Review Round-Up: Yakuza Greed, Street Fighter Max [List]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:32 MDT

With the use of some red ink and some blue ink, we reviewed some video games this week. Links to the results are below. How'd we do? More »

To Do In Atlanta: Momocon - Anime, Comics, Gaming, And Kotaku [Events]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:00 MDT

If you're in the Atlanta area this weekend, you'd be remiss if you didn't stop by MomoCon, the largest free admission fan convention in North America, featuring anime, manga, gaming, comics, and a special Sunday panel session with yours truly. More »

PixelJunk Expansion Channels Demon's Souls, Of All Things [Innovation]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:08 MDT

The stylish, HD-retro PixelJunk games are among the highlights on the PlayStation platform. But another cult favorite, Demon's Souls, beat the series to its latest clever innovation. More »

FarmVille How To: The Tips and Tricks of The Farming Masters [Strategy]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:00 MDT

With around 82 million players worldwide, odds are at some point you're going to be playing the hit Facebook game, FarmVille. Kotaku went directly to Zynga's FarmVille team for tips and tricks on harvesting your way to the top. More »

ModNation Racers Was My Favorite Low-Expectation Game Of The Show [Preview]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:06 MDT

I care little for kart-racing games and seldom generate any user-generated content. So, to be honest, I did not rush at the chance I was given last week to play ModNation Racers at Game Developer's Conference 2010. My mistake. More »

Puzzle Quest 2 Playable At PAX East, And So Are We [PAX East]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:30:00 MDT

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the game that launched the puzzle-RPG genre, Puzzle Quest, will be playable at PAX East next weekend, if you can manage to pry us away from the controls. More »

Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store [Apple]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:40 MDT

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »

Now Everyone Can Be A Lord Of Ultima [Beta Watch]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:29 MDT

EA's web-based strategy revival of classic RPG series Ultima has entered open beta, with thousands of players fortifying their towns for the inevitable invasion by everyone imaginable. Will you join the fray? More »

Street Fighter IV iPhone Review: A Party For One [Review]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:00 MDT

Street Fighter IV was an exuberant return to the days of classic arcade fighters. It was a game designed specifically to reel back in aging gamers who once dropped pounds of quarters on virtual tournament in arcades around the world. More »

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flow Chart [Screengrab]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:30:00 MDT

Will you die now, or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer. More »

The Spectacular Downhill Chair Racing of Slider in Motion [Clips]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:00 MDT

I had a chance to virtually chair-run my way through the downhill streets of a virtual city last week using the Playstation Move controller. More »

The Splash Hills Of Sonic The Hedgehog 4 [Sega]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:30:00 MDT

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 website updated yesterday, with new screens showing off the verdant Splash Hills Zone, Dr. Eggman's character profile, and a little free music to whet your appetite for some old school hedgehog action. More »

The God of War Needs to Do Laundry Too [God Of War III]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:00:00 MDT

Turns out Kratos wasn't acting out against innocent Best Buy employees because he wanted a copy of God of War III. He was just sick of hanging out in the story reading books, using the restroom, doing... laundry? More »

God of War III Mystery Website Promises Nothing [PS3]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:30:40 MDT

Attaining a platinum medal in the PlayStation 3's God of War III rewards players with the address to mystery web page Spartans Stand Tall, according to multiple Kotaku readers who must have excellent God of War skills. What's it mean? More »

Electronic-Free Gaming [Board Games]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 MDT

It's snowing right now, very hard actually, blizzard-like in fact. And I'm off. Yes, I know I'm writing this, but I am in fact off. But first, I need your help. More »

Talk Amongst Yourselves [Official Kotaku Forum]

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:30:39 MDT

More button-pressing is needed. Please press some here to discuss video games. More »

The Will Wright Tapes: Infant Borg, M&M Death Match and Drug Dealers [Clips]

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 MDT

Will Wright popped up on the last talk of the last day of the Game Developers Conference to deliver a classic Wright mind-blowing talk on, well, everything. More »

Your Favorite Animal Is... [Note]

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:30:00 MDT

To: Crecente More »