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  SoulCalibur V Preps a Trio of Launch Month Downloadable Content Packs

  While we prepare to beat our opponents into submission using a series of punches and kicks, Namco Bandai prepares to hit your wallet where it hurts with three sets of premium DLC scheduled in the first month of SoulCalibur V‘s release. Who wants to play dress up? Music and customization are the order of the…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 27, 2012
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  Pac-Man in Lights

  Puck | Long exposure photos taken with friends. (Photo: Eric Deitz | SeeSpotRun) Nintendo Network Announced; Digital Distribution of Games Envisioned Hinted at in the boxshot of a 3DS game last week, the Nintendo Network was formally announced by the Japanese games maker today in a meeting with investors. More » The Other Brothers Aren’t Called…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  Cosplaying Politician Versus Cosplaying as a Politician

  Cosplay is a way for people to escape. It’s a way for people to take on another personality and be something that they are not, whether that ‘s a game character, an anime character, or in Kumiko Hayakawa’s case, a ring girl in a boxing match. Hayakawa, who attended California State University in Sacramento, is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  PixelJunk Venturing from PSN to Steam

  Kyoto-based Q-Games revealed today that its PSN title PixelJunk Eden would be headed to Steam. Priced at US$9.99, the Steam version will include the game’s “Encore” DLC pack. Eden‘s full 17-song soundtrack, which includes unreleased tracks, will be available via DLC for $5.99. For the Steam version, the game has been retuned. The Grimp, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  Let’s Help Nintendo Re-Name the Wii U!

  While the Wii U will finally bring HD gaming to a Nintendo and sports some neat onboard tech, there’s one big problem: it has a stupid name. It really does. Wii U? Bwah? The moniker is bound to cause confusion among customers. Try explaining to your grandmother the difference between a Wii and a Wii…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  SoulCalibur Poster Is as Subtle as Ass Cheeks in the Face Can Be

  And you thought the giant boobs were crass? Ha! This is another advert for upcoming fighting game SoulCalibur V. It’s cheeky. Literally. The ad copy isn’t subtle, either. Over the thonged butt, it reads, “The series’ greatest masterpiece” in Japanese, a statement that later might prove more controversial than the giant ass depicted. As commenter…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  How Do You Like These Apples? These Flying Apples?

  Gravity Rush, née Gravity Daze in its native Japan, is a stunner. So is this ad, which features a schoolgirl, an old lady, and floating apples. Sony Computer Entertainment sent sister site Kotaku Japan an apple to promote the game. Check out photos in the gallery and more in the link below. Slated for a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  From Grand Theft Auto to Dancing Pudding

  Everybody’s got to start somewhere. For fashion blogger turned singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, it was the streets of chic Harajuku where she first made her biggest splash. Like so many hipster Harajuku kids, her fashion was cutting edge—outrageous, even. But unlike so many hipster kids, she didn’t shy from shilling an Xbox 360 game, a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  Report: Student Used His DSi Camera for Underwear Photos. Dick Pics, Too.

  In 2004, when Nintendo originally launched the Nintendo DS with its PictoChat feature, it wasn’t uncommon for people to doodle dicks. Then Nintendo put a camera on the DSi, and the inevitable happened: penis photos. According to Japanese site ZakZak, which is running a story from Spa!, a tabloid, about teachers’ stories “unbelievable things” Japanese…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  Watch Megaupload’s Creator Embarrass Himself in a Hong Kong Arcade

  Kim Dotcom, the imprisoned mastermind behind busted file-sharing site Megaupload, didn’t just spend his millions on fast jets and yachts. He also liked to visit Hong Kong arcades and make an ass of himself. Reader Des was kind enough to upload and send along these old videos of Dotcom on a trip to Hong Kong,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2012
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  Godspeed You! Black Gordon Freeman

  Reader Michael has spent over 100 hours putting together this music video, in which the narration from Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s The Dead Flag Blues is played over visuals from Half-Life 2 Impressive stuff.

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2012
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  Kids Shoot LEGO Figure Into Space

  Two Canadian kids have sent a LEGO minifig boldly where few LEGO minifigs have gone before: into space. While they’re not the first to accomplish the feat, it’s the way they accomplished it that’s awesome. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, aged only 17, built a weather balloon from scratch, even sewing the parachutes that brought…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 27, 2012
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  See Mecha Pac-Man and Fat Mega Man Beat Ass Galore in Street Fighter X Tekken

  We’ve known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren’t much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with…

  By Owen Good Published January 27, 2012
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  Nintendo Is Releasing a “Totally New” 3DS Mario Sidescroller

  In the last few months, Nintendo put out a couple of Mario games—namely, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. But Nintendo isn’t finished. There’s another Mario title on the horizon; it wasn’t publically known until today. At a recent analyst meeting, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata explained that Nintendo is working on many titles…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  How the Wii U Could Change the Way You Shop. Forever.

  The Nintendo Network is the Kyoto-based game maker’s upcoming service that envisions digital game distribution and, most likely, downloadable content. Nintendo is outfitting the Wii U controller with tech that could radically change the way gamers shop. “A big feature regarding the Wii U’s controller is that we decided to embed it with NFC functionality,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012
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  Blizzard Selling World of Warcraft Server Blades, for a Good Cause

  More than 350 retired server blades—the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms—are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Having taken the servers offline, Blizzard is giving them an honorable discharge and offering their parts to collectors and/or those whose characters may…

  By Owen Good Published January 27, 2012
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  Gaming Icons Become Corporate Sell-Outs

  Dueling Analogs see what it’d be like if some of gaming’s greatest stars had their own corporations. Character Branding [Dueling Analogs]

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2012
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  Meeting My Daughter For The First Time (In The Sims)

  Republished from Kotaku Australia “I’m not sure if I want to have children. “Maybe we won’t have enough money for a new house, or that extension you were talking about. What if I want a TV? “Didn’t you want to buy all that furniture?” My wife and I are playing The Sims – The Sims…

  Mark Serrels Published January 26, 2012
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  Death to Betty Draper!

  Hello friendly Kotaku readers, and welcome to Thursday’s open thread. I hope you’ve been having a good week! It’s been a fun one here at Kotaku, and nice to see so many people in the gaming world making humorous typos. Here, gathered for your reading enjoyment, are some things from the internet. This Fox News/They…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012
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  Nintendo Network Announced; Digital Distribution of Games Envisioned

  Hinted at in the boxshot of a 3DS game last week, the Nintendo Network was formally announced by the Japanese games maker today in a meeting with investors. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the service will offer features different from the Wi-Fi Connection supporting its current Wii and DS hardware, and is seen as a…

  By Owen Good Published January 26, 2012