Nearly pristine. Frozen in time. That’s what the claims are for a rare 1985 edition of the Nintendo Entertainment System being sold on eBay. Wrapped in plastic in a handled cardboard box, the NES up for grabs is apparently in the same state that retailers received it more than 20 years ago. It’s a Deluxe…
An update to iPhone’s Plants vs. Zombies hit today that adds the ability to play as zombies in the game, a new free level and some festive hats for the holiday season. The game’s I, Zombie mode, which is already available on the PC, Mac, XBLA and DS versions, allows you play as the zombies…
If you want to play a Star Wars massively-multiplayer online game with high-quality writing, lots of lightsabers and a ton of pre-Skywalker adventure, next week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic can meet your demands. But no MMO can have it all on day one, nor can this particular MMO have guild capital ships on day…
Two great flavors of geek culture collide in this custom map for Blizzard’s RTS super-success. Starrcaft player/modder Kenneth Tran’s built an homage to Episode V of George Lucas’s space fantasy films, substituting planet Braxis for the icy world of Hoth where The Empire Strikes Back took place. On The Dominion Strikes Back, the Rebel faction…
Am I the only person who thinks Metal Gear Rising looked cooler than Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? Also, I am pretty sure revengeance isn’t a real word, and honestly, I think they should just do a cross over with Fruit Ninja and call it a day. I’m going to go write a strongly worded letter…
Look at the letters in the image above. Can you spell a word by tracing a line through them? If so, congratulations, you’d be good at SpellTower. SpellTower is a stack if letters that can each disappear if you thread them into words. SpellTower is an iOS game that, in its best mode, keeps shoving…
German board game Carcassonne is getting two new expansions for the iPhone and iPad. The River will cost $0.99 and adds 12 new tiles, which are played right at the beginning of the game, laying out a river that divides the game board and adds new strategical challenges which affect the rest of the game.…
Seeing as how the original version of Crush on the PlayStation Portable was all about shifting perspective from 2D to 3D and back, it’s fitting that Sega’s liked-but-ignored platformer gets a second chance at life on the 3DS. The trailer above—with British narration a tad reminiscent of Stephen Frye’s work for LittleBigPlanet—re-introduces Danny and explains…
That Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bug? Nintendo of America sent out an email fix of sorts, but its Japanese parent company is releasing an online fix. Those without internet can send Nintendo their Wiis or SD cards. [Nintendo]
Cheese | NANJING, CHINA: A man takes photo of a cosplayer at 2007 Cosplay Carnival. (Photo: China Photos | Getty) The First Art From The Last Of Us Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us, an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, only made its public debut over the weekend, and already we’ve got a look at its…
Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition is now available for your Android, iPhone and iPad for $4.99 a pop.
To mark the release of the PS3 exclusive One Piece: Kaizoku Musou, Sony is releasing a PS3 with Luffy from One Piece on it. Going on sale March 1 in Japan, the bundle is priced at ¥38,170 (US$489) and comes with a copy of the game and a 320GB PS3.
They are building the life-sized Gundam—again! They being these folks in hardhats and overalls. YouTube user Darwinfish105 is filming the whole thing. There’s a lot of footage here, broken into several parts. There’s also a lot of giant Gundam here, also broken into several parts. The life-sized statue is expected to be completed next spring…
It’s been over four years since the Great Line Rider craze of 2007. In internet terms that’s an eternity, but don’t tell the community of dedicated fans still churning out amazing levels for the simple little flash game. I’d forgotten the game even existed, but commenter schbearded hasn’t, pointing us in the direction of this…
Square Enix stated yesterday that somebody “may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server” and took its members service offline in both Japan and the U.S. Today, the company clarified that 1.8 million customer’s accounts had been affected. The breach hit one million Japanese members and 800,000 U.S. ones. The hack impacted…
Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us, an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, only made its public debut over the weekend, and already we’ve got a look at its first concept art. Most of these pieces are by Maciej Kuciara, an artist who we’ve featured before here on Kotaku and who previously spent some time at Crytek,…
Next week, Gran Turismo 5 owners will get access to a load of new vehicles, some for money, some for free. In addition to a $4 car pack that includes a 2012 GT-R and some Volkswagens, there are bonus items for players who bought the last DLC and a free car (the Toyota FT-86) for…
As part of the franchise’s 25th birthday celebrations, Nintendo has decided to release a nice big art book for The Legend of Zelda fans. Called Hyrule Historia, it’s 274 pages of concept and promotional art from throughout the series, while also including historical info on the characters and the games they’ve starred in. So far…
During this year’s Tokyo Game Show, this one Japanese dude I met kept going on and on about the game he was looking forward to most. That game was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. He was not alone. For a foreign game, heck for a domestic game, Skyrim posted an impressive entry in the Japanese…
An article on Hungary’s MSN portal about teen sexuality uses an interesting image to illustrate its point. And by interesting I mean amazing For those who can’t instantly see the disaster zone, it’s a Holy Trinity of PhotoShop disasters. For starters, either the main is playing on a cardboard box, or the screenshot overlay was…
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