• sega

    Celebrate Sonic's Birthday With Sega Swag

    It's Sonic the Hedgehog's 18th birthday today, and in order to celebrate, Sega Europe has been giving away Sonic swag all day via Twitter and Facebook. More »
  • anniversary

    City Of Heroes Celebrates Five Years Of Heroism

    NCsoft's superhero simulation City of Heroes celebrates its five-year anniversary next week, with contests and events planned to keep the game's super-powered denizens partying Paragon City into the ground. More »
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    Comment by ryangadsby: Too bad it's really only been playable for about 1.5-2 of those years. In the early Emmert days heroside content was... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • sony online entertainment

    EQ 10th Aniversary Book Art Revealed By Uncomfortable-Looking Firiona Vie

    A woman dressed up as elven princess Firiona Vie stood off to the side looking uncomfortable at Sony Online Entertainment's private CES unveiling of the EverQuest: The 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition book cover. More »
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    Comment by Thecenturyslayer: She kinda looks like Charlize Theron. 17 Responses | Other threads

  • doom

    Fifteen Years Of Doom

    On December 10th 1993, id Software introduced a title that would change the face of gaming as we knew it. Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the revolutionary FPS, Doom. More »
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    Comment by Boom! Turducken!: We need to remember not just what Doom was but what Doom inspired...and that is the Doom novels. 9 Responses | Other threads

  • havok

    Happy Tenth Birthday, Havok!

    Often unsung heroes of the gaming world, physics simulation, content development, and digital media service provider Havok celebrates 10 years of their logo showing up all over the damn place. More »
    12/10/08
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    Comment by Ken: Wasn't one of their first major games Psi-Ops? At least, that's the first time I remember a Havok logo.... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • sega

    The Dreamcast Turns Ten Today

    Sega's last stab at console dominance is now ten years old. The Dreamcast was launched on November 27, 1998 in Japan, back when global hardware launches were almost unheard of. It wasn't exactly a success. More »
    11/26/08
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    Comment by dan: I'll get it out of the way: SHENMUE. 9 Responses | Other threads

  • world of warcraft

    Blizzard Celebrates World Of Warcraft's 4th Anniversary With Baby Bears

    Four years ago today (November 23rd), Blizzard threw open the doors to Azeroth and then quickly shut them, opening and closing them several times until they were sure they had enough servers to handle the massive rush of players eager to enter the World of Warcraft. To celebrate 1,460 days of lost time, broken relationships, and weight gain (and I'm not excluding myself here), folks who log into the game today are gifted with the achievement "WoW's 4th Anniversary" and an adorable little baby polar bear to follow them around everywhere they go. More »
    11/22/08
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    Comment by Bagelmobile: You only get one baby polar bear on per account. I logged on an alt first and shafted my main from... 16 Responses | Other threads

  • nintendo

    The Wii Enters Its Terrible Twos Today

    Can you believe it's already been two whole years since Nintendo launched the Wii in North America? What heady times! We were still reeling from the PlayStation 3 launch two days prior, still making off-color Wii puns, confident that we'd be able to stroll into a Best Buy, Target or GameCube Hut and walk away with one of the many Wiis that would be available at retailers nationwide. And we'd pay for it with the winnings from our recently auctioned-off PS3. More »
    11/19/08
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    Comment by AproposOfEverything: Currently suffering from a good ol' bout of "no games". Wii devs need to get off their asses. 24 Responses | Other threads

  • eca

    The ECA Turns Two

    The Entertainment Consumer Association today celebrates 24 months of consumer advocacy on behalf of gamers nationwide. The ECA was actually formed back in July of 2006 by industry veteran and former president of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association Hal Halpin, but I guess they were just dicking around for those first couple of months. Over the past two years the ECA has been sticking their noses everywhere on our behalf, from fair use to violent game studies, piracy to government video game legislation, with varying degrees of effectiveness. It's kind of nice to have them there. More »
    11/05/08
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    Comment by EmeraldDragon: Is it just me, or does their logo look like distended eyeball? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • the legend of zelda: ocarina of time

    Ocarina Store Celebrates Ocarina Of Time Anniversary

    When the St. Louis Ocarina Store opened back in 2005, they quickly became aware of the large overlap found between fans of the quirky musical instrument and fans of Nintendo's Zelda series. Realizing that they owe a great deal of their sales to Nintendo's classic N64 title, they've issued a press release celebrating the 10th anniversary of the game's release. More »
    11/04/08
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    Comment by The Cap'n: Do they have a physical location? I can't find any sort of address. Main reason that I'm curious... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • sega genesis

    The Sega Genesis Turns 20

    Twenty years ago today, Sega released in Japan what was to be the most successful console in the history of the company. While the Sega Master System had only really taken off in Europe, the Sega Mega Drive, later renamed the Sega Genesis for its North American release, took the western world by storm. While it may have stayed a distant third behind the Super Famicon and NEC's PC-Engine in Japan, in North America the console fought Nintendo to a standstill, and in Europe it consistently outsold all competition, cementing Sega's place as a top-tier console manufacturer...until they went and screwed it all up. More »
    10/29/08
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    Comment by tomakasatnav: Mega Drive was always a cooler name, why can't consoles today have such awesome names? 5 Responses | Other threads

  • dreamcast

    Happy 9th Birthday Dreamcast!

    Nine years ago today Sega introduced the little engine that couldn't quite to North American shores. The Dreamcast burst onto the video game scene with the roar of a lion, which unfortunately turned out to just be the noise the GD-ROM drive made when accessing a disc, spinning up, or idling. It brought with it the hope of a new era of online console gaming, and for the Phantasy Star Online fans out there it delivered. It gave us Soul Calibur, one of the greatest console fighting games of all time, Jet Grind Radio, which introduced the world to cel-shading, and Seaman, which completely creeped an entire generation the f*** out. More »
    09/09/08
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    Comment by smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(: I never had a Dreamcast, and this is probably just fanboy baiting, but: "There is a reason the Dreamcast failed" 12 Responses | Other threads

  • second life

    Second Life Celebrates Five Years

    Linden Labs is celebrating the five year anniversary of the launch of their virtual world Second Life, and you're all invited, even if most of you won't come! In honor of this milestone, the Lindens will be holding a two-week long Virtual World Fair, complete with parties, roundtable discussions, and exhibits that highlight the genitalia perversion creativity of the world's residents. More »
    06/20/08
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    Comment by everybest: @karmaghost: haha, gotta agree. more » | Other threads

  • capcom

    Happy 25th Anniversary Capcom!

    25 years ago today, CAPCOM Co., Ltd.was established in Hirano, Osaka for the purposes of selling software. Now it's two and a half decades later and Capcom is still going strong, with flagship franchises like Street Fighter more popular than ever, and old favorites like Bionic Commando ready to reclaim their popularity in this anniversary year. In celebration, Capcom CEO Kenzou Tsujimoto has released a special message to fans and investors (mainly investors) thanking them for their support and pledging continued success in the future, along with the image you see here. More »
    06/11/08
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    Comment by Jason144: Happy birthday Capcom! Thank you so many memories. Mega Man, Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, Okami, Power Stone, Rival Schools, Marvel... more » | Other threads

  • matrix

    The Matrix Online turns 3 today! More »
  • gaming press

    IGN Turns 10, Goes Retro

    Back in 1998, I was writing for a tiny gaming site called Videogamers.com (long since defunct, but the Wayback never dies), having had the good fortune of being a guy in Atlanta who could attend E3 (then in Atlanta) and write halfway decently. Our main competition, if you could call it that (the internet was much friendlier back then) was a fledgling gaming site called IGN. Ten years later, Videogamers.com may be long forgotten, but IGN is still going strong, having spread out to encompass everything their target demographic could want and then some. This week marks their 10th anniversary, and to celebrate they are holding a week-long celebration of IGN, with articles covering the history of the site, writers past and present, and their role in covering the gaming industry. They're also launching IGN Retro, a new channel that focuses on gaming both pre-IGN, like the Colecovision and Atari, as well as systems that have come and gone since, like my beloved Dreamcast. Happy 10th Anniversary IGN! Damn, it's nice to still be around to say that. More »
    01/14/08
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    Comment by Fett101: IGN Retro? Does that mean no annoying flash? Please! more » | Other threads

  • megaman

    MegaMan Turns 20

    This week is not only notable for the Christmas holiday but (possibly even more importantly) this week also happens to be the 20th Anniversary of MegaMan (aka RockMan). Website Platformers.net has taken a little look back at the long running franchise. It's a nice medium length retrospective that will be perfect for holiday reading if you want to learn a little bit more about the man in blue and all his various games. More »
    12/23/07
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    Comment by Recoil: Isn't it sad how Megaman isn't standing in the middle? What happened, Capcom? And where's my Megaman 9 god damn... more » | Other threads

  • anniversary

    Going Postal: The Postal 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition

    Running With Scissors' Postal, the game that has a little something to offend everyone, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a Collector's Edition that creator Vince Desi describes as "The mother load of swag." The package includes Postal (Classic and Uncut with the bonus Special Delivery levels), Postal 2 (the full and expanded version including Share the Pain multiplayer), Postal 2 Apocalypse Weekend expansion pack (with new weapons, characters, dismemberment and 20 new maps) plus a bunch of fan-made mods including Eternal Damnation, A Week in Paradise and A Very Postal Christmas! Also included is a CD entitled Music To Go Postal By, 10 sets of Postal Babe photos, POSTAL Comics; Posters and POSTAL 3 concept art, preview screens and a sheet of nostalgia inducing Postal colorforms. All this fun comes stuffed in a Krotchy O's cereal box with word puzzles on the back and will be available on Tuesday. Part on an insane balanced breakfast, Uwe Boll not included. More »
    10/27/07
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    Comment by rebelphoenix: Of course there are hardcore Postal fans. I am one. I ordered this thing on sunday as soon as it... more » | Other threads

  • many happy returns

    Happy Birthday, Dreamcast!

    Today marks the eighth birthday of one of the most underrated and unappreciated consoles ever to hit the market, The Sega Dreamcast. The little system gave birth to some really great games including Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Rez, Wetrix, PowerStone, and many others. Although it didn't do to well commercially and eventually left the market when some heavy competition appeared on the scene, The Dreamcast nevertheless garnered a rabid cult -like following. Despite it's failure on the commercial front, the system still lives on thanks to the tireless efforts of homebrew creators and fans, giving extended life to an otherwise dead system. So, Happy Birthday Dreamcast, we hardly knew ye.
    09/09/07
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    Comment by stoneprophet: Dreamcast was a great console. Its a pity it had to die out when it did although part of me... more » | Other threads

  • free at last, free at last

    Command & Conquer Gold Free For Download

    To celebrate the 12th Anniversary of the Command & Conquer franchise, Electronic Arts is offering a FREE download of the original game that started it all, Command and Conquer (Gold Edition). the game is Windows XP compatible and is the same version that came with the Command & Conquer: The First Decade collector's edition. Free downloads are always great but it sounds like there are a few steps to get the thing to actually work. But Kotaku readers are a clever lot and I'm sure you will be able to figure it all out with the help of EA's handy dandy instruction manual available on the site. They also hint at some surprises to come over the next few weeks, so if you are a C&C fan, it looks like September will be a banner month for you. More »
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    Comment by perfectoman: Hey, has anyone else had problems with VISTA running the game to slow? I am running VISTA, 2GB Ram, T2080@1.73 GHz Pentium... more » | Other threads

  • premium aged maple

    Maple Story Turns Two

    Nexon's whacky free-to-play but pay-to-pimp side-scrolling MMO Maple Story is celebrating two years of success in North America, home of just a smidgeon of their 50 million+ user base. Throughout the month of May they'll be holding anniversary events that offer special items, birthday-themed monsters carrying unique loot, GM events every day from the 9th though the 16th, and double XP and item drops the 11th through the end of the month. More »
    05/07/07
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    Comment by patarnog: bad game...i mean, after playing WoW (I quit thank god) this game is worth no time... more » | Other threads

  • clips

    Tomb Raider Anniversary Site Live

    Eidos has launched the official website for Tomb Raider Anniversary, feautring dekstop wallpapers, a screenshot gallery, and a brand new gameplay trailer. In case you don't feel like waiting for all of their flash to load, I'll go ahead and post it here. More »
    02/23/07
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    Comment by kozsam: I wonder if they have inculded the Unfinished Business expansion levels into Anniversary? I hope so, I guess the context... more » | Other threads

  • tomb raider

    10th Anniversary Tomb Raider Coming After All

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    10/30/06
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    Comment by Khanstant: Are you refering to that slavery slab of film disgrace that is Batman Begins? If that kind of butchering is... more » | Other threads

  • sega

    Let's Have A Dreamcast Love-In!

    My fellow Kotakuites, I'd like to take a break from the usual news and posts about random gaming weirdness and spend a little time reminiscing. I want us all to take a few minutes and appreciate our Dreamcasts. Today marks the seventh year anniversary of the North American launch of the little white devil, a beautifully compact monster that spawned some of the best games of the generation. So go to the closet, unhook that unsightly Xbox from your composite inputs, and lets have a classic Sega gaming freakout. More »
    09/09/06
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    Comment by revdrjflash: I don't remember the exact date i got my Dreamcast but i do remember why. I was never terribly excited... more » | Other threads

  • sonic

    Sega (of Japan) Celebrates Sonic's Anniversary The Right Way

    With papercraft! I'm pretty sure your first anniversary is traditionally meant to be commemorated with paper and that, after a bit of Googling, year fifteen is remembered with crystal. Sega is bucking tradition with this Greenhill Zone papercraft, yours free for the downloading. More »
    06/25/06
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    Comment by Cydewinder: Im totally making this. Already got the pieces cut out. Problem is, no glue, and the roads too icy to... more » | Other threads

  • frogger

    Frogger Turns 25

    Wow, I can't believe Frogger is 25-years old. I remember playing Frogger in Seoul, South Korea in the base's officer's club. We used to spend a Saturday afternoon there trying to get the frog across the street and then would walk home through the golf course and carry off as many golf balls as we could stuff into our pockets. More »
    03/17/06
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    Comment by skinman: I hope someone at Konami has thought to include George Costanza in the festivities. more » | Other threads

  • zelda

    Japan Only Zelda Swag

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    02/01/06
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    Comment by Apreche: Hopefully I can pick these up in the dealer room of some convention this year. more » | Other threads

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