Brian Crecente

These Lucky Two Won Five Great Scott Pilgrim Shirts

You missed the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World party at E3, but maybe you won’t miss out on winning five shirts from the event. And they’re pretty kick-ass shirts too. We used Random.org to randomly select two lucky, lucky readers to win a set of these shirts each. Without further delay, here are your shirt…

Report: High-Speed Cell Service Could Come to Nintendo, Sony Devices

Sony and Nintendo are in talks to add 3G network connections to their next line of handheld game machines, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that Ryuji Yamada, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s biggest wireless carrier by subscribers, is in talks with video game hardware makers to allow…

Penny Arcade Expo East Inks Deal For Three Years in Boston

The organizers of Penny Arcade Expo have signed a three year agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center to bring PAX East back to Boston for at least three more years, the Boston Herald reports. The show’s first year on the East Coast brought nearly 60,000 fans and developers to the three-day event in Boston. The…

Was Kinect-Enabled Dance Central Really One of the Best Games of E3?

Why! Why, you keep asking, did Kotaku heap so many awards on Dance Central? And what about the Game Critics? They did too? Has the world gone crazy? Now’s your chance to find out. We’ve got the project leader of Kotaku’s best new game of E3 2010 on the phone live to take your calls…

Report: Sony Working on New Gaming Machine

Is Sony working on a new handheld gaming machine? That’s what the Wall Street Journal seems to think. Buried in their story about the possibility of high-speed cell connections coming to gaming platforms is this juicy little nugget: Meanwhile, Sony is developing a portable device that shares characteristics of handheld game machines, e-book readers and…

Bombastic Developer Details New Twisted Metal

Now that the cat is out of the bag, developer David Jaffe has gone from denying the existence of a new Twisted Metal game to spilling beans about it. In a series of Twitter posts and replies to questions, the famously bombastic developer detailed some of the upcoming vehicle combat game. While Twisted Metal will…

Get Some Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Packs Here

Activision hooked us up with some codes for the PC and Playstation 3 versions of the latest Modern Warfare 2 pack. Grab a code for the Resurgence Pack below for your system of choice and plug it in, but do it quickly, these bad boys are going to disappear. Be nice and make sure to…

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Party and Giveaway

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World isn’t just a comic book, movie and video game, for one brief night at E3 it was also a party. Check out this video from the event and don’t feel too bad if you missed it, we missed it too. Better still we’re going to be giving away two complete…

Hanging Out

To: Bash From: Crecente I spent today working on the site, writing and hanging out at my mom’s in El Paso, Texas. The entire bottom floor of her house has been gutted. There is no living room, no den, no kitchen, no where to eat. They’ve converted one of the spare bedroom into all of…

Site Borked

Bear with us as tech deals with some server issues that are impacting some pictures, stories and commenting access. We’ll be back up.. soon?

Free MotoGP DLC Hits Today

The first 2010 MotoGP download pack hits today for free. The Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 DLC includes the brand new Silverstone (United Kingdom) track and a bunch of updates for the current season.

Is Now A Good Time to Buy a New Game Console? Let’s See

If the DSi were stock it would be down today. Why? Because we’ve updated the Buyer’s Guide to the DS Our guides to what to buy, when to buy a gaming platform are packed with information, but the most important thing about them is that they are living documents. No, they won’t bleed when you…

Rapstar Trivia Game Packed With Arcane Hip-Hop Facts

Def Jam Rapstar brings hip-hop and rap to the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this October. It also brings with it proof of my complete lack of knowledge about solid hip-hop. Sure this Konami widget is a bit of marketing, but it does have some neat design elements, like achievements and scores you can share.…

We’re Huge in the UK

As seen in the UK’s Sunday Times. [Thanks Paul]

This is Kotaku

Hey there! Welcome to Kotaku. Sit back, have a drink, let me show you around the place. Kotaku might be best known for its up-to-the second video game news coverage, or its deep dive into video game culture, or the news it breaks, but it’s so much more. Kotaku is the gamer’s guide to everything,…

Rollin Rollin Rollin

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Would I Like This Voltron USB Drive? Yes, I Would We’re heading down to El Paso, Texas for the long weekend to hang out by the pool with my mom and step-dad and our combined five dogs. FIVE! This should be fun. What you missed: Apple Engineers “Totally Wrong”, Nintendo…

iPhone Zombie Price Drop

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies I and II for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for a limited time for only $7.99. Additionally, Zombies HD for the iPad is now available for $9.99.

The Inconvenient Truth Of Buying Video Games?

What do you consider when shopping for a new video game console? The games available for the console? How much it will cost you? What about the ethical impact of your choices? Do you weigh what the creation of that console does to the environment, whether it was built in sweat shops or contains supplies…

R-Type Coming to the iPhone “Soon”

Classic 80’s arcade side-scrolling space shooter R-Type is coming to the iPhone soon, Electronic Arts tells us. They are also giving us a rundown of the game’s features and some nice screens. As with the original, you will be piloting the R-9a Arrowhead spaceship as you take on waves of enemies from the Bydo empire.…

A Kirby Made For and From Epic Yarn

As seen on Deviant Art. Also seen in video form