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Are These Modern Warfare 3's Multiplayer Maps?

Owen Good — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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Several outlets this morning have posted what appears to be the layouts of the 16 multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 3, giving fans a glimpse at their size, exploits, bottlenecks and what have you. More »

Video of the New Xbox Dashboard Surfaces After Leak

Owen Good — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

A recent leak of the latest software development kit for Xbox 360 included the new Xbox Live dashboard, which rumor has it will be released on Nov. 15, and scuttlebutt has it some kind of cable TV service could arrive with it. This two minute video [hit mute unless you want to hear some reggae] of the new dashboard does not show any streaming television, but it does give a good look at how complete Kinect integration works. More »

What the Hell is Going On in This Leaked Assassin's Creed Video? [Update]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:20:00 EDT

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Between the old-school Animus interface and the Ubisoft Digital Arts watermark, I'm positive this video is leaked footage of something Assassin's Creed related, but what? More »

Are These the Remaining Eight New Fighters in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:20:00 EDT

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Fans combing over Capcom's website following the announcement of Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 have unearthed eight new character images that could very well be the rest of the update's new lineup. Frank West? Iron Fist? Rocket Raccoon!? Yes, please. More »

Microsoft's E3 2011 Website Outs Halo 4 and More

Mike Fahey — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:20:00 EDT

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Microsoft's E3 2011 briefing isn't until 9:30 AM Pacific. Someone forgot to tell the Xbox.com guys that, because for a brief moment around 9:30AM Eastern, fans caught a glimpse of Halo 4. More »

Did Ubisoft Just Leak the Next Assassin's Creed Game?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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A message appearing briefly on the Assassin's Creed Facebook page lead NeoGAF users to a Flash file urging fans to "Spread the Word" to reveal an exclusive look at the next Assassin's Creed game, and lurking within the Flash file was this logo. What is Assassin's Creed: Revelations? More »

L.A. Noire Trailer Leaked; Releases May 17

Owen Good — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:34:00 EST

Someone leaked the L.A. Noire trailer that was supposed to go out on Monday. Too late, we now know that Rockstar's crime thriller will arrive May 17. You'll solve many crimes in the game; here we learn about the biggest. More »

See Midway's Dead 'Hero' & Its Super-powered Mutant Spawn

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:00:00 EST

Before the collapse of video game publisher Midway, the company's Chicago studio was working on a game known simply as Hero, an ambitious open-world superhuman project that was ultimately killed. But like most superheroes, Hero may cheat death. [Updated!] More »

Someone Is Already Playing Gran Turismo 5

Mike Fahey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:20:00 EST

While fans all over the world sit and wait for word on the holiday release date for Gran Turismo 5, some lucky bastard is sitting in his home playing it. More »

First Look At That HUGE Beta Kinect Camera in the Wild

Brian Crecente — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:20:00 EDT

Beta users for the Xbox 360's Kinect seem to have mixed feelings about the still-in-development motion gaming device. More »

A Closer Look At The Kinect Beta's Avatars and Dashboards

Brian Crecente — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EDT

With the official Kinect Beta flooding out to those select few whom Microsoft invited to test out their upcoming motion gaming add-on, the images are already starting to stream in. More »

Microsoft Is Ready To Ban Halo: Reach Pirates

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EDT

As leaked copies of Halo: Reach hit the torrent sites, Microsoft tells Kotaku that they are aggressively investigating the leak and are fully prepared to hand out bans to anyone caught playing the game pre-release. More »

GameStop's Buy Two Get One Free Used Sale Starts Tomorrow

Mike Fahey — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:04:53 EDT

Various sources have confirmed to Kotaku that GameStop will be holding a two-day buy two, get one free sale on used titles starting tomorrow and running until July 17. They hate to sell them, but they're forced to. More »

Crysis 2 Nano Edition Briefly Appears, Is Nowhere Near Nano-Sized

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:20:00 EDT

Swedish online store Webhallen.com briefly carried a listing for the Crysis 2 Nano Edition priced at the equivalent of nearly $200. What Crysis 2 swag could be worth that much? More »

Fly Through World Of Warcraft's Cataclysm, Quickly

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

YouTube user Supereuropaa has posted a pair of videos taking us through World of Warcraft's Cataclysm alpha test, from character creation and beyond. Catch them while the catching is good! More »

Massive World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Leak Gets Plugged

Mike Fahey — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:20:00 EDT

Remember that giant compilation of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm alpha test info and screens MMO Champion released last week? It's gone now, but certainly not forgotten. More »

World Of Warcraft Mounts Now Available In The Blizzard Store

Mike Fahey — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:30:00 EDT

According to an image that briefly appeared in the flash rotation on top of Blizzard's online store, the Celestial Steed mount will soon be joining the World of Warcraft pet store as a purchasable in-game item. Update: They're live! More »

Here's The Final Fantasy XIV Alpha Tester Guide

Mike Fahey — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EDT

Upset that you aren't in the alpha test for the second Final Fantasy MMO? We've got what looks to be a chunk of the Final Fantasy XIV alpha tester handbook and some videos to help you pretend you're in it. More »

Is This The Best Nintendo 3DS Mockup We've Seen, Or The Real Thing?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:20:00 EDT

If this wonderful little piece of machinery isn't Nintendo's 3DS, slated to be revealed at E3 later this year, then we damn sure wish it was. Check out the sliding, twisting marvel in all its glory. More »

Two Remaining Old Republic Classes Revealed

Mike Fahey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

The latest issue of German magazine PC Games spills the beans on the two final classes for Star Wars: The Old Republic - the Jedi Consular and the Sith Inquisitor. More »

Oh Look, More Leaked Witcher 2 Footage

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST

Witness our hero Geralt fighting a giant, blurry Kraken in the latest leaked footage of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which CD Projekt has decided to talk about openly. More »

Leaked Survey Tips Off MLB 2K10 Cover Athlete - 2nd Update

Owen Good — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST

A tipster taking a marketing survey was asked to judge four potential covers for next year's MLB 2K10. The Tampa Bay Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria is on all of them. More »

A Sneak Peak At The TGS Yakuza 4 Trailer

Mike Fahey — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:20:00 EDT

The cast of Sega's Yakuza 4 is revealed in this screen-to-cam trailer shot by an early visitor to the Tokyo Game Show floor. More »

Is This New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Footage?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:30:00 EDT

We've gotten our hands on some footage that appears to be for Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil 2, the sequel to the underappreciated 2003 title. More »

Gears Of War 2 Invades Torrent Sites

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:40:00 EDT

Yes, yes - Gears of War 2 has begun showing up on popular torrent sites across the internets, with a gigantic 6.76 GB file in convenient RAR format currently being seeded by hundreds of inconsiderate asshats around the world. I won't go into details because quite frankly I've gotten to the point where I don't even consider leaks news anymore. It's going to happen, be it a week away from release or a month away. The only difference between now and any other time of the year is that more high-profile games come out during the holiday season, which I suppose means this is a busy time for everyone in the industry, pirates included. I think the most important thing to note in this post is that my spellchecker (yes, I use one) still fails to recognize asshat as a proper word. I know I can add it in myself, but that isn't the point. Until the word is officially recognized these leak posts will continue to make me a spellchecker rebel, living on the edge, clicking 'skip all' like some kind of madman. More »

Bethesda Looking Into Fallout 3 Leak

Jim Reilly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:30:00 EDT

Were you the one that leaked Fallout 3? Well, you better not be, because Bethesda is looking to find out just who did! Bethesda VP Pete Hines says they've narrowed it down and they're gonna get you!

"We're looking into it. Since we haven't sent out a single disc, it greatly reduces the number of places this might have come from."

So that means it must have been an internal leak (really doubtful) or someone haxored their way in. Me? I like to buy my games (or at the very least own a used retail copy). Nothing beats the smell of opening a new game and displaying it proudly on your bookshelf with the rest of your collection. (Tom's Games va Maxconsole) More »

Xbox Fall Update Leaked, Hacked, Relatively Useless

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:20:00 EDT

An early beta version of Microsoft's Fall Xbox Experience dashboard update for the 360 has made its way onto the internet via the usual file sharing sites, and modders and hackers have been working overtime to get the thing up and running on their consoles. xHaVoK87 has been constantly updating readers on his progress in getting the dash functional on his box, and as of his most recent update it looks like he's been successful. Congratulations! You now have a buggy beta version of the Fall dash update, complete with font errors, missing graphics, and none of the actual features that are supposed to be coming to revolutionize the Xbox Live Experience. In essence, your hacked Xbox now looks different. Way to go. Work is currently being done towards an install solution for retail Xbox 360 systems, but you know what? I'll just wait. Hit the jump for a clip of the new dash in action, or hit the link for the full rundown of how they did it. Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard 08 Leaked! [xHaVoK87's Blog - Thanks Madgame] More »

Massive Leaks Are Rumors, Says Marketing Company Responsible

Leigh Alexander — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Intellisponse, the marketing firm behind the recent weekend's massive Activision and Microsoft leak-fest, is declining to comment on its gatekeeping issues or the impact the leaks might have on its clients. More »

EVE Online Source Code Leaked, No Worries

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:40:00 EDT

The source code for CCP's EVE Online has been popping up on torrent trackers all over the place this week, leading to players worrying about the security of their accounts, as well as having the peace, sleep-inducing serenity of their mining efforts disturbed. CCP assures everyone that the leak will have no adverse effects on the EVE community.

"The server-side interface used by the client is carefully protected to ensure that no abusive or unwanted information is transmitted to, or from the internal EVE server systems. Nothing the EVE client can do can affect the game state, no advantage can be gained by manipulating the EVE client, no advantageous or disadvantageous information can be transmitted to other EVE users by altering the EVE client."

CCP is still mum on how the source code was accessed, so feel free to make up your own story. Mine involves romance, intrigue, and the movie guy voice saying, "The only thing hotter than their love...was her betrayal." More »

GTA IV Street Map Leaked

Mike Fahey — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:20:00 EDT

This is exactly why we can't have nice release dates. A webshots user named pallamallawa has uploaded six images of what look to be the map insert for the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Images include the city itself, complete with descriptions of various locales, the Liberty City subway map, and the controller map for the PS3. It's about as New York as you can get without actually being in New York. Everything looks rather official, though I'm going to go ahead and rumor tag this pending some sort of official confirmation. It's not that we don't trust the internet, it's just...okay, we don't trust the internet. More »

Ziff Davis Picks On Tiny Brazilian Site Over Leaked SFIV Pics [Updated]

Mike Fahey — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:00:45 EST

Yesterday a tiny little Brazilian gaming site called Blogeek run by Douglas Pereia stumbled upon some new information and screens of Capcom's Street Fighter IV, which were due to be revealed in the next issue of EGM, which will surely grace bathroom floors across the country when it comes out. Gaming websites around the world - including Kotaku - picked up the story and ran with it. Douglas received the information from an anonymous source, but it all looks and feels legit. Well now said information has been confirmed in the form of a threatening e-mail to Douglas from André Forastieri, the boss of Futuro Comunicação, the publisher of the Brazilian EGM.

"The content you posted in the site blogeek is property of Ziff Davis, given from Capcom only to Ziff Davis and EGM issues, with embargo for the publications. Your publication of this subject is theft of intellectual property and should have immediate legal consequences. Ziff Davis and Futuro want you to cut off the content form your site immediately."

Halo 3 Ending Spills Onto Internets

Mike Fahey — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:30:40 EDT

Oh no! The ending to Halo 3 has been posted on the internet a full week before the game is due to be released! I've seen the video now, and to whoever posted it on the net, f*** y*** buddy. Even Crecente, who takes great pleasure in telling me things I am not supposed to know just to make himself feel better didn't spoil the ending of the game for me, and now Dr. McRandom Ass goes and tosses up a crappy phone-vid and ruins everything. Curiosity kicks my ass, so I had to look, but I am giving you folks a choice. I am not posting the video here. Screw that. Everybody else is either in or heading to Japan right now, so it's my call. If they show up later and decide to post it, it's their prerogative, but I won't be that guy. If you really want to see it, I'm sure you'll find it. In its place, I give you Charlie the Unicorn, a classic tale of epic adventure. Oh, and don't post a URL on where to find the video in comments. Make them work for it. More »

Silent Hill PSP Demo Escapes Onto Internet

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:00:31 EDT

Something so evil. . .cannot be contained. If I were Climax CEO Karl Jeffery that is exactly how I would have responded to news that the demo for upcoming PSP title Silent Hill Origins began appearing on torrent sites this past Sunday, days before the game was due to be shown at Leipzig. Instead he reacted to the news that thousands of people were downloading the code to game with a much less interesting but probably much more effective CYA statement.

"All I can say is that code did not leak from Climax - 100 per cent guaranteed," said Jeffery.

WoW Wrath of the Lich King FAQ?

Mark Wilson — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:20:19 EDT

An FAQ for the WoW: Wrath of the Lich King expansion may have leaked onto a German WoW forum earlier today after being up on the European Union WoW website late last night. If its contents are legit, players can expect: More »

Clips: More Juicy Halo 3 Goodness

Brian Crecente — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:00:16 EDT

The "leaks" are so fast and furious around Halo 3 these days it's hard to keep up with what's new and what's rehashed. I believe these show are new bits and pieces of Halo 3 including a map called Epitah. More »

Xbox 360 Keyboard Controller Coming

Brian Crecente — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:31:19 EDT

Gamespot first posted and then yanked a detailed post about a new QWERTY keyboard attachment coming to the Xbox 360 controller today. Wow, that's two in nearly as many days. More »

Rumor: Leaked PS3 Pre-Order Memo

Brian Crecente — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:55:13 EDT

GameStop/EB Games isn't playing around with the PS3 pre-orders. In a recent memo, leaked to us by a friendly mole, corporate walks store managers through the pre-order process and stresses that people will be disciplined if the rules are broken. SEXY, I wonder if they'll use a ballgag? More »

Zune Price Leaked; Not Particularly Competitive

egauger — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:40:07 EDT

CyberNet news reports that a WalMart website screwup listed the Zune's price in advance: $284.00. More »

Many Consoles Hemorraging Power into the Void, Says Report

egauger — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:08 EDT

According to a new report from the British government, consoles are wasting electricity at an alarming rate. More »