EA Still Partying At The Super Bowl, Despite Layoffs

With the economy in a rut, it's hard to justify fabulous Super Bowl bashes when companies are bleeding cash and slashing headcount. But Electronic Art's is proudly soldiering on with its festivities, Madden Bowl-style.

4:40 PM on Mon Jan 26 2009, by Michael McWhertor, 3,372 views, 33 comments
http://kotaku.com/5139629/ea-still-partying-at-the-super-bowl-despite-layoffs

Sony Sue Over Hacker-Friendly PSP Battery

Datel - makers of the Wii's Freeloader, amongst other things - were working on a third-party PSP battery that would have made it easier to hack the PSP-3000. That is, until Sony sued.

3:30 AM on Wed Jan 14 2009, by Luke Plunkett, 11,741 views, 124 comments
http://kotaku.com/5130837/sony-sue-over-hacker+friendly-psp-battery

Wii Hack Does Region-Free Gaming (Relatively) Easily [Update]

There are things I love about the Wii, and things I hate. Wanna know what I hate? I hate its draconian region protection. My PS3 is completely region-free, my 360 is region-free for, oh, 50-70% of the games on the market, and both handhelds are...

3:30 AM on Wed Aug 6 2008, by Luke Plunkett, 19,830 views, 51 comments
http://kotaku.com/5033564/wii-hack-does-region+free-gaming-relatively-easily-[update]

Kotaku Originals: Power to the Paper Trail

Sunday's major security breakdown in a marketing research firm's website opened up a flood of info and set Kotaku Originals off to a strong start early in the week. McWhertor then came up for air from leak coverage to give you a full breakdown of...

8:00 AM on Sat Jun 21 2008, by Owen Good, 1,890 views, 7 comments
http://kotaku.com/5018263/kotaku-originals-power-to-the-paper-trail

Atlus Makes You Master Of The Monster Lair

Budding dungeon designers can get excited about Atlus' latest, Master of the Monster Lair, which challenges Nintendo DS gamers to build a better monster trap. A talking shovel recruits a young hero to build dungeons to bait and trap the wandering...

4:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008, by Mike Fahey, 5,607 views, 34 comments
http://kotaku.com/5018103/atlus-makes-you-master-of-the-monster-lair

1 2 3 4 5 Jackie Boy Gets A Visit From A Couple Of US Marshals (32,596...

4:53 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008, 23 views
http://kotaku.com/5017382/

My Weekend Is Over

To: Crecente

7:40 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008, by Brian Ashcraft, 695 views, 25 comments
http://kotaku.com/5017124/my-weekend-is-over-

Wii Update 3.3 Kills Freeloader Too? [Update]

Oh dear. I'm getting reports starting to trickle out of Australia that the latest Wii update (3.3) has done more than block the Twilight Princess save-game exploit. I'm hearing it's killed Datel's Wii Freeloader as well, which if true, will not go...

2:30 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008, by Luke Plunkett, 25,565 views, 174 comments
http://kotaku.com/5017064/wii-update-33-kills-freeloader-too-[update]

Indie Designer Punks BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek's BW Arcade page showcases a collection of acclaimed indie games, like One Ton Ghost's Iron Dukes, Joakim Sandberg's Noitu Love and Petri Purho's recent IGF winner Crayon Physics, to name a few.

3:30 PM on Fri May 16 2008, by Leigh Alexander, 4,713 views, 19 comments
http://kotaku.com/391279/indie-designer-punks-businessweek

Mario Kart Wii <3 Freeloader?

It appears that those who were worried about Japanese copies of Mario Kart Wii not loading on US Wiis through Freeloader may have been breaking a sweat for nothing. Import retailer NCS tested the game on v3.1U firmware and found it to run just...

1:20 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008, by Mark Wilson, 6,442 views, 51 comments
http://kotaku.com/378404/mario-kart-wii-