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To: Luke From: Crecente Busy day today with Fahey and Totilo taking on Penny Arcade Expo with the help of Adam. Plenty of interesting hands-on impressions, pictures, videos, what have you, coming out of the show. And the stories should be hitting the site through the weekend and well into Monday. I just realized this…

No More Heroes 2: Cutting New Video and Screens

We had a chance, earlier today, to check out the new demo for upcoming action Wii title No More Heroes 2. Now take a gander at the new screens and this video.

Ken Levine Takes Your Calls During Next Week’s Podcast

We have a special treat in store for you next week during our weekly live call-in podcast. Special guest Ken Levine will be joining us to take your calls. To those of you new to Kotaku Talk Radio, every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern we stream a live video game talk show through the tubes…

Krazy Kart Workaround

When Krazy Kart Racing hit the iPhone yesterday it wouldn’t run on some devices. Konami told Kotaku today that they’re hard at work on a patch and shared a quick workaround with us. If you picked up the $8 app and don’t want to wait for the patch to be abke play now, you can…

Remote Control Halo Warhog, Mongoose and Hornets Incoming

Remote Control versions of the M12 Warthog, M274 Mongoose and AV-14 Hornet all go on sale in later this month as Halo 3: ODST hits shelves. RC toy manufacturer NKOK tells us that the new line of Halo remote control toys will be on sale at Toys R Us, GameStop, Walmart Canada, Blockbusters and specialty…

Sore

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: What To Wear To A Fashion Show, What To Wear, What To Wear I spent today playing through a certain game so I can review it later this week. I can’t say which certain game it was only that I played through the entire thing in one sitting and now…

Ride Ruin at Darksiders’ PAX Booth This Weekend

Not content to have gamers just play their game, THQ is bringing a mechanical horse to Penny Arcade Expo to give gamers a chance to experience being one of the horsemen of the Apocalypse. The life-sized version of Ruin was created by Evan Brainard, founder of Windmere Design and veteran of the studio responsible for…

Microsoft Starts Banning ODST Pirates, Not Players

Microsoft today began permanently banning gamers they describe as “illegitimate ODST players” from their Xbox Live online service. Earlier today Xbox Live Chief of Police Stephen Toulouse wrote on his Twitter page that he had seen some illegitimate ODST players, referring to Xbox 360’s upcoming Halo 3: ODST, online. “No early play for you,” he…

We’re Giving Away Hundreds of League of Legends Beta Codes

For those of you interested in League of Legends, Warcraft III mod turned retail title, we’ve landed a rather large batch of beta codes. One catch, unfortunately, they’re only good in North America, Riot Games tells us. If you haven’t heard of the game, you should check out Michael Fahey’s great write up on how…

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Krazy Kart Racing Hits iPhone With Issues

Konami’s promised iPhone remake of Konami Krazy Racers hit the iTunes App Store earlier this week, but customer reviews and my own experiences show the game isn’t quite working. When attempting to launch the $8 game the iPhone goes to a black screen for several seconds and then returns to the iPhone’s home screen. One…

PAX 09: The Games, The Talks, The Music

Penny Arcade Expo 09 coverage.

Nintendo Packing Heat, Mario For Penny Arcade Expo

When the doors to the Penny Arcade Expo open this Friday, Nintendo plans to give gamers their first chance to get their hands on several upcoming Wii and DS titles. Nintendo says they will have playable versions of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside…

The Many Lawsuits of Take-Two

While Take-Two recently settled a lawsuit brought against them over the now infamous Hot Coffee of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas this week, that doesn’t mean they’re in the clear. The publisher has faced nearly a half-dozen other lawsuits dating back to 2005 over everything from alleged fiduciary mishandling to refusing to sell the company…

Party Plans

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Place Your Foreign Liquor Recommendations Here Plze Today was a relatively slow day, with Totilo jetting off to Seattle to prepare for our Penny Arcade Expo coverage and Fahey doing much laundry to prepare to join him. Mike and I hosted the weekly episode of Kotaku Talk Radio and I…

The Big Bosses of Dead Space: Extraction

When Dead Space hits the Wii later this month it will be a mostly on-the-rails shooter. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be scary. In this latest developer diary for the title, we’re told all about the things the team did to ensure the original Dead Space experience wouldn’t be watered down.

Kotaku Talk Radio: The Console Wars

With price drops hitting the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 are we seeing the beginning of a new console war? Catch the debate featuring live calls from Kotaku readers. Also tune in to listen to Owen Good gripe about why he hates pre-order bonuses. Hear AJ Glasser sing the praises of Batman Arkham Asylum. Discover…

Limited Edition Gran Turismo PSP Comes With Music Voucher

The Limited Edition Gran Turismo Entertainment Pack, announced for Japan last month, is coming to the U.S. on Oct. 20 and brings with it an interesting freebie. The $200 pack will include a “mystic silver” PSP-3000 (that’s not the PSPGo), a copy of Gran Turismo PSP, an exclusive car download, a Playstation Network movie voucher,…

Kotaku Talk Radio is Live, Join in the Conversation

In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about the reinvigorated console wars, the downside of pre-order goodies, whether we finally have a great Batman game, Jonathan Coulton’s latest album and of course fielding calls from you. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on…

Be Bayonetta, Win HD Gaming Set-Up

Maxim and Sega are teaming up to find a real-world Bayonetta. The ankle-gun packing, library-glasses wearing, hair-manipulating witch is set to hit store shelves in her self-titled game in October in Japan and January her in the U.S. But if you think you’re a dead ringer for the witch, you need to submit your pictures…