How Gears of War 3 Deals With Salty Language When You Don’t Wanna Hear It

We already knew you could turn on mature language and gore filters for Gears of War 3, but here’s a look at how that language censor works in action. Be warned, if you want to experience the Xbox 360 shooter completely free of lightly spoiling dialog, you might want to give this short video a…

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Angry Birds Tournament Held 32,000 Feet In the Air

The Angry Birds Asian Challenge will have gamers competing in the popular casual game aboard a Finnair flight from Finland to Singapore later this week, the airliner said today. An Angry Birds non-alcoholic beverage and fried eggs will be served at the Helsinki Airport press conference to kick off the competition. What this all about,…

Disney Universe Talks and Walks Like the Most Adorable Damn Pirate You’ve Ever Seen

The upcoming cooperative action game Disney Universe gives players the ability to “suit-up” as characters from their favorite Disney properties. What better day to introduce the Pirates of the Caribbean themed area than international it’s-beginning-to-get-old day? A decade ago I was all over every scallywag’s favorite faux holiday. Four Pirates of the Caribbean movies and…

These People Want to Be Sony Testers, Self-Respect Be Damned

The third season of PlayStation Network reality show The Tester is coming, and Sony has whittled down the list of shitty-job hopefuls to 100. Now it’s time to vote. Now don’t head over to The Tester 3 page and start voting willy-nilly. First off, no one does anything willy-nilly anymore, and if you do they’ll…

At least 21,367 People are Playing Tomorrow’s Gears of War 3 Right Now

Right now, 17,889 people are playing Gears of War 3‘s campaign on an online-connected Xbox 360, according to the in-game stats we’re looking at with our advance copy of the game. The game comes out on September 20. It’s the 19th here in America and in Europe, the two biggest markets for the game. Technically,…

Let’s Unbox a Car, Shall We?

When the folks at Toyota asked our sister site Gizmodo to create the unboxing of all unboxings, they turned to the legendary Adam Frucci. Both a super friend of the site and an all-around charming individual, Adam was given the honor of unboxing the brand-new 2012 Toyota Yaris. And they filmed the whole thing. Watch…

Dive Deeper Into Drake’s Story With Uncharted Reading Materials

Sony is sandwiching Uncharted 3‘s November 1 release between a brand-new novel and a six-issue comic book series, delving deeper into Drake’s fiction than ever before. Drake’s new adventures begin on October 4 with the release of Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth, a novel by Christopher Golden, the ridiculously prolific writer suspense, horror, and fantasy writer.…

How Could Anyone Dislike The Legends of Zelda: Twilight Princess?

Surely commenter Daemon_Gildas isn’t the only one that wasn’t completely in love with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It’s time to step forward and be heard in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. We promise Nintendo isn’t looking, much. Does anyone else dislike Twilight Princess? I honestly felt like is was all of the worst…

The 2011 Guide to Fall Video Games

Traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for major game releases, this fall game makers seem to be focusing on an increasingly loud mantra: Quality over quantity. There will still be plenty for gamers to do in the lengthening nights and colder days, but perhaps not as much to pick from. Here’s a…

Even DC Comics’ Assembled Heroes Can’t Resist the Allure of Free-to-Play

It doesn’t matter if you’re a starship captain or one of Earth’s mightiest heroes; once you go massively multiplayer it’s only a matter of time before free-to-play finds you. Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online breaks free of subscription fees next month. Starting in October anyone with a PlayStation 3 or a gaming PC will…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

So, the TGS is a wrap. Hope you managed to keep up with all the news. Got a favourite booth babe? Who do you think ruled the floor? 3DS vs. Vita? Let your voice be heard, because it’s talk amongst yourselves time. Big shout out to Incursor for today’s photo. Very clever, very funny. Want…

Tokyo Game Explosion Day 4: From Massive Crowds to Plentiful Play

The Tokyo Game Show smashed all (TGS) records again this year, bringing a whopping 222,600 people to the massive convention center to play games, dress up and check out the PS Vita. Our own Brian Ashcraft and Luke Plunkett were there from the first day to the last (yes, even the on the weekend) to…

Radballs Is, Like, A Totally Rad Rhythm Puzzle Game for iOS

A little bit of Lumines influence, a touch of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo design and an audiovisual presentation thick with ’80s nostalgia make Radballs stand out from the iPhone and iPad puzzle game crowd. Glow Play’s Radballs for iOS may rest somewhat uncomfortably on its totally rad presentation, invoking memories of ’80s album art,…

Hot Shots Golf Food Looks Cute, Round.

Fore! | TOKYO, JAPAN – Snacks were served at a recent Sony event for its Move golfing game. (Photo: マクセル | チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報) Cosplay at the Tokyo Game Show is a Sweaty, Dangerous Mess Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to game. Many had something…

Only the Brave and Lovely Endured the Tokyo Game Show

The 2011 Tokyo Game Show wasn’t even supposed to happen this year. During the spring, as the country was starting to put itself back together after the earthquake, the show looked like it was a no-go. Then, there were the blackouts, power consumption concerns, and a general feeling among many Japanese that they should refrain…

This Game Knocked My Socks Off at the Tokyo Game Show

Sumioni, aka “Ink Demon”, is a stunner. Looks can be deceiving, and looks aren’t everything. Thankfully, Sumioni‘s beauty is more than skin deep. At its heart, Sumioni is an old school 2D platformer. The catch is that you can draw the platforms. Players have different brushes at their disposable, such as a “Road Brush” to…

Good Meat Sets the Tokyo Game Show Ablaze

At the Arc System Works booth, Tokyo Game Show attendees could do more than watch players duke it out in Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. They could also watch Ushijima Ii Niku (aka Ushijima “Good Meat”), one of the country’s most famous cosplayers, duke it out with cameras. Cosplaying as Noel Vermillion, Good…

Dead Space Satellite Studio Goes Belly Up

Visceral Games, the team behind the Dead Space series, had a small studio based in Melbourne, Australia. That studio is now no more, its 21 employees let go earlier today

What do Rez and Space Channel 5 Have In Common? This Guy.

Artist Jake Kazdal has been working in the video game industry for around 15 years now, for companies like Electronic Arts, Zombie VR and Big Boss. Perhaps of more interest to readers of this site, though, is that between 1999 and 2003 he worked at Sega. In Tokyo. Where he got to design stuff for…