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Did you buy, rent, or steal a game last year expecting the worst only to be pleasantly surprised? Commenter DerpiestShazbot wants to know, and you'll tell him in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles, originally not due out in Europe until September, is having its release slid up not by a few days, but by a few weeks. It'll now be out on August 19. More »
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There are two ways to describe Nintendo's next Wii game, Wii Play: Motion. Well, three ways, if you include Game I Was Never Going To Touch Based On Its Original Description. For Nintendo, there were two: More »
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Those lucky enough to be in on the Gears of War 3 beta today were treated to this, either cute or disturbing depending on your sensibilities. Pick a male character, COG or Locust, and voila, bunny hat. [h/t reader Hazel H.] More »
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And I thought our Kotaku Play Date on Halo: Reach was intense, at least we didn't try distracting each other... More »
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Ten-year-old Kade Goodman's holiday dreams were shattered on Christmas Day, when it was discovered that someone had left a penis on his used PSP. More »
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You know that little spirit that's been following Link around in all of the trailers for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the Nintendo DS? Surprise, it's Princess Zelda! More »
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Well this one took us almost completely not by surprise! Sega's countdown clock has ended, revealing a trailer for Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll for the Nintendo Wii. More »
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A surprise to absolutely no one, the LinkedIn profile for a senior animator at Treyarch lists Call of Duty 7 as currently in production. More »
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This week's Nintendo Wii update not only includes Evasive Space for WiiWare and NES shooter Life Force on the virtual console, but also a secret surprise clue that we need your help to decipher. More »
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Who saw this coming? I mean, aside from just about everybody? The countdown has ended and those that signed up for the Atlus Faithful (including myself) were served an email this morning officially announcing the expansion to the award-winning Persona 3, Persona 3 FES! Atlus is releasing the disk as a standalone game, containing both the original P3 with the new episode, higher difficulty level, new personas, sweet costume changes, and much more. P3 FES is heading our way April 22nd, for the low, low price of $29.99! If you haven't played one of the best console RPGs of 2007, now's your chance. Check out the gallery for a look at some new persona and some rather revealing new costumes. Mmmm, Yukari maid. More »
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Codemasters has finally pulled aside the velvet curtain that hid their mysterious new MMO from view, revealing NetDevil's Jumpgate Evolution, which obviously must be standing in front of Codemasters' awesome, all-new game, seeing as we've known about the new Jumpgate since June of last year, with NetDevil hinting at the new title as far back as December 2006. *peeks behind Jumpgate* Nope, that's it folks. I'd say that's an awfully crafty way to hide your brand new MMO, leaving it out in plain sight like that. Either way, Codemasters will be distributing the game throughout North America and Europe, with Codemasters Online handling the game's operation. Hit the jump for a press release that should have been titled "NetDevil Finds Publisher / European Partner For Jumpgate Evolution." More »
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When you're Kotaku Editor Brian Crecente, everyone wants to be you. Men. Women. Vidal Sassoon models. Everyone. More »
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SEGA PS3 title Valkyria Chronicles is strategy RPG meets Ghibili anime meets third person shooter. Producer Ryutaro Nonaka told us that he wanted to try something new using the PS3 hardware — such as the hand-drawn style art. The game is set during the Second European War, and Nonaka said they kept the art unrealistic so war would see less grim. What games influenced Valkyria Chronicles? According to Nonaka:
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What is Toy Home? Good question! This PlayStation Network release was unceremoniously announced via the PlayStation press site today alongside zero details. Oddly enough, the game was playable at Sony's Gaming Arcade at this years E3, but received little in the way of attention. Even I passed it by, in a rather big hurry to make my appointment to see Eye of Judgment for the PLAYSTATION 3. More »
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I'm starting to think that Nintendo isn't going to send Wiis to any stores for sale. Instead they're going to follow their marketing strategy and let people buy empty boxes and then send them a little piece of the console every week for three years. More »
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Could Nintendo be sniggering behind their hands, waiting to spring another shock on its poor, unsuspecting audience? Joystiq reports that Go Nintendo says that French gaming blog ActuJV has a man on the inside. Oh how I love these he-said, she-said daisychains, and how come the French get all this stuff first? More »
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