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GameStop Triumphant
GameStop Claims Triumph Over Recession, Holidays Sales Up 22%
GameStop stands proudly in the snow, one foot atop the neatly decapitated recession monster as it proudly proclaims its triumph over the failing economy, with holiday sales up 22% over last year. More » -
Gloomy Forecast
WSJ: Lower PS3 Holiday Sales Equal Fading Hope
An article in the Wall Street Journal today considers the state of Sony's PlayStation 3 in the video game market, highlighting the fact that the console's holiday sales had dropped considerably over last year's. More » -
2008 holiday cards
Splash Damage Wishes Tapirs a Happy Humbug
Splash Damage's card isn't just delightfully absent of holiday cheer, it's also packed with donations. More » -
2008 holiday cards
Sony Wishes For Peace On Our LittleBigPlanet
It's not the holidays until the mailbox starts to fill with holiday cards packed with video game characters. So I guess that means that today's the official first day of The Holidays. More » -
game crazy
Game Crazy's Black Friday Ad Elicits Thrills, Chills
As a part of our ongoing quest to provide you with Black Friday deals from every store in the entire country, we give you Game Crazy's four-page Black Friday ad, bursting with delicious savings. More » -
microsoft
Microsoft Splurging Millions On Xmas
No, not just on Steve Balmer's Xmas stocking (he is getting hundreds of Zunes). Microsoft are preparing for a full-on Xbox marketing blitz this Christmas. More » -
happy easter
A Basket Full Of Easter Eggs
It's Easter Sunday, and all over the country children will be set loose in their backyards, hunting for colorful treats hidden away by mischievous and sometimes sadistic adults. I'm speaking, of course, about Easter eggs, and while here at Kotaku tower we prefer to shop for our Easter treats in bulk after the holiday is over and the prices get slashed, we can still share with our fluffy bunny readers some of the best video game Easter eggs we've come across in our travels. To start us off on our egg hunting adventure, we give you - well... More » -
ces08
Microsoft: 360 on Track for Biggest Game Year in History
Robbie Bach says that the continuing success of the Xbox 360 is "another indication of the power of digital technology to transform the way people access and experience entertainment of all kinds."
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sony
Sony Moves 3.9 Million Units Over The Holidays
In yet another press release today, Sony announced that they sold over 3.9 million hardware units over the 2007 holiday season. This number of course, is an accumulation of all gaming hardware sold including the PS2, PSP and PS3 in the time from Black Friday, November 23 to December 31. Here's the breakdown: More » -
dlc
Rock Band DLC Available Next Week on XBLM; PS3 Has to Wait
In a post on the Rock Band Forums, Harmonix Developer hmxsean reaveals that there will be Rock Band DLC next week over the holiday. No announcement what the tracks will be yet, but we do know one thing: PS3 owners will have to wait. More » -
from the road
Update #2: A Touching Wish for a Wii in Amarillo, TX
I know a lot of you read my story last week about the Big Texan Steak Ranch waitress in Amarillo, Texas who wanted a Wii for her son so I just wanted to give you all an update on what is happening with it. A terrific guy named Scott Rays stepped forward and donated a brand new Wii and as I write this I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival so I can wrap it and send it down. After being sure I had acquired the Wii I started a round of phone calls to my contacts at the various publishers to see if I could track down some games. EA, Namco/Bandai, Capcom and a few others who have requested to remain anonymous have all donated some games so this lucky guy and his mom should have a lot to open on Christmas morning. More » -
wii
Retirement Community Finds Wii For Stroke Victim
A Highlands Ranch, Colorado retirement community recently banded together to track down a Wii for a 13-year-old girl and her father, the recent victim of a stroke. More » -
grey market
Weekend Wii Stock Causes eBay Spike
In many ways, many, many ways eBay is an albatross around the necks' of gamers. This is most evident around the holidays when the demand for consoles and games goes through the roof. More »
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charity
Oxfam Says "Give Sheep, Not Wiis" This Holiday Season
In an (admittedly somewhat successful) attempt to coast on the holiday popularity of the Nintendo Wii, Oxfam America is urging consumers to "Give wool, not Wii" this season. Like fellow non-profit Greenpeace, the international relief organization is attempting to appeal to consumer guilt, asking Americans in a press release to "put down potentially dangerous Wii remotes", instead devoting that $250 (or more) to giving "the gift that keeps on giving: fluffy sheep." More » -
kotaku gift guide 2007
Kotaku's 2007 Video Game Wish List
Earlier this week we posted our first ever, sorta, Gaming Gift Guide. While the G3 was packed full of all sorts of goodies, mostly game related, but not totally, it was completely missing any actual games. That's because we had a different idea for listing out which video games would make good gifts and why. More » -
gambling
Place Your Bets On Holiday Bestsellers...Literally
Irish gambling site Paddy Power is taking bets on which video game will come out on top the week before Christmas (ending November 22nd). While most Kotaku readers surely know gaming so well that it's almost cheating, betting is off limits to US residents. Still, we had a good time looking through the odds. More » -
confirmed
Nintendo's Holiday Release List Includes DS Assassin's Creed
Sure Super Smash Bros Brawl has been pushed back into 2008, but there's still going to be a ton of games to choose from for the Wii and DS. Check out the full list of release titles on the jump and keep an eye of for Link's Crossbow Training on the Wii and Assassin's Creed on the DS to name a few.
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avast
Talk Like A Pirate Day
It's September 19th, ladies and gentlemen, and you all know what that means. Whether you are a Pirate of the Burning Sea, a Pirate of the Caribbean, a Puzzle Pirate, or one of Sid Meier's stalwart band of buccaneers, today is your day. Break out the eye patch, cut off your leg and replace it with a wooden stump (do NOT actually do this), and crack open the rum, for International Talk Like A Pirate Day is upon us, may god have mercy on our souls. It's a special day for Kotaku, as it is a well documented fact that we are captained by the notorious dread pirate Crecente, whose exploits and bird shirts are the stuff of nautical legends. How are you planning on celebrating this day? As a ninja, I am going into hiding, though to be honest that's pretty much what ninja do anyway when they aren't killing pirates. Maybe I'll toss in a silent yar for the occasion. -
just in time for the holidays
New 360 Double Game Bundles Discovered
Yesterday I got an email from a fellow who said he had found an image of a holiday bundle for the 360 and as there wasn't much more information available, I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and got to work. After some rummaging about, I was able to turn up not only the Elite Bundle, but one for the Pro system as well marked as eventually being available in the US. The bundle will include the system and it's accessories plus two games, Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. These images were discovered on a website Microsoft uses to market their products and while there was no pricing information available, the Elite image was clearly marked as "Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Value Bundle." Judging by the name, one can assume that this will be the Xbox's bundles available for the upcoming Thanksgiving/Christmas shopping season. Unless of course they are saving it for Flag Day, which means we won't see it till spring of next year. More » -
ps3
Boku no Natsuyasumi Squashes Bugs & Anger
The grinding of my teeth in the general direction of the PS3 just may start to subside. The whole time the this glorified sandwich toaster was being launched, I thought there was just no way I was going to pay damn-near my rent (ok, my rent costs more, but it's a quality of life thing) to play, well, nothing. But, after seeing the LittleBigPlanet and hearing about Boku no Natsuyasumi 3, I'm willing to take my anger down a notch, maybe to like mildly-irritated fingernail tapping on the kitchen table. More » -
child's play
Funde Razor II Tops $4k
A big congrats to Joel Johnson, his second annual Funde Razor raised $4,216 for Montefiore Childrens Hospital. More » -
ps3
Where Have All the PS3s and Wiis Gone?
If you've been looking for Wiis or Playstation 3s you've probably noticed they're not just sitting around, at least not that I can tell. More » -
announcement
Kotaku Shirt
That's right, it's finally happening. There's one catch though. We have no idea what to put on it. More » -
gears of war
Gear's Hype Explodes Heads
GameDaily points to a Reuters story about Microsoft's two-prong attack on the holidays and the phenomenal hype surrounding Gears of War. More » -
wii
Famitsu Polls Japanese Retail, Says Wii Wins Xmas
Cash-for-game-reviews sham Famitsu asked Japanese retailers (we assume places like Sofmap, Yodobashi Camera, Laox, etc.) how they thought the next generation of consoles would fare this holiday season. They asked about the ones that matter anyway—PlayStation 3 and Wii. Sure, they threw Microsoft a pity mention, but we can only assume that Takashi Sensui slipped 'em a 5000 yen note to get it. More » -
toys r us
Toys R Us Disses PS3, Picks Wii
Every year Toys R Us puts together a "hot list" of holiday toys that seems to highlight what is decidedly not hot. This year, the toy company finally decided that video games are worthy of their list. More » -
nintendo
Oh Nintendo, sometimes you just try too hard






























