This Week in the Business: “PS3 Will Outsell Xbox 360”

QUOTE | “PS3 will outsell Xbox 360.” – That’s the belief of Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, IF Microsoft decides to stand pat on 360 price this holiday season QUOTE | “Like a religion.” – Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg says 60 frames per second is critical to Call of Duty as he describes the four…

L.A. Production Company Looking for the “King of the Nerds”. Is that you?

An L.A. production company is looking for nerds for a new reality show called “King of the Nerds”. If you think you’ve got what it takes, Lindsay Casting ([email protected]) wants you to drop a line. From the producers of MYTHBUSTERS, SURVIVOR and AMAZING RACE comes a new competition-based show embracing and celebrating passionate and intellectual…

From 4Chan to Evil Dead: The Secrets of Deus Ex: Human Revolution Revealed (More Secrets Added!)

As I mentioned in my review, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a game that comes to life in its details. The team at Eidos Montreal has shown a rare attention to detail and and willingness to engage in fan-service, filling the game with a nigh-on unprecedented number of hidden sight gags and easter eggs. They’re…

How Modern Warfare 3 Changes the Call of Duty Multiplayer Game Yet Again

Year after year, how can Call of Duty‘s massive online shooter remain fresh? With Modern Warfare 3, the game’s developers have focused on what works—player progression, extensive customization, tons of maps and game modes—and are blowing it out. Activision offered a first look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the night before Call of…

Call of Duty Elite ‘Premium’ Membership Costs $50 A Year, Includes All This and More

Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s new social network and stat-tracking service that will launch alongside Modern Warfare 3—and work with last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops—is largely going to be free to use. But there are very good reasons for investing in Elite. At the war game maker’s Call of Duty XP gathering, Activision…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Screen Shots

One of the Main Brains Behind Portal Explains Her New Idea

This is Quantum Conundrum, the first-person puzzle game coming out early next year from a development team led by Kim Swift. She’s someone who has earned my gaming trust, since she was a senior member of the team that made Narbacular Drop and the more famous game it was turned into, Portal Swift no longer…

The War of the Worlds Video Game Keeps Reminding People of Out of this World

I heard at E3 that the new downloadable War of the Worlds game might remind people of the lovely, spooky black-and-white sidescroller Limbo. But when I saw the downloadable game at the Xbox 360 booth at the Penny Arcade Expo, I and two other passersby all made a different comparison: Out of this World This…

Yes, That’s a Mabari War Hound in The Sims 3: Pets

Who says cross-game promotions never work out? If you pre-order The Sims 3: Pets: Limited Edition on Xbox 360 or PlayStation, you’ll get a dozen exclusive breeds of dogs, including a panda chow, skunk birman, and—in a Kotaku-exclusive reveal, because we’re an important media outlet—a Mabari War Hound from Dragon Age And if I’m reading…

The Surprising Art, and Eerie Death of LEGO Harry Potter

It’s an incongruous notion: Making a video game set in a LEGO world of children wizards dark and gritty. But that’s what the folks at developer Traveller’s Tale set out to do with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5 – 7, designer Wil Evans tells me. “Years five to seven, that’s where the really cool stuff…

Be There Using the Magic of the Internet! Call of Duty XP Live Stream

The first ever Call of Duty expo, Call of Duty XP, is being held today and tomorrow in Los Angeles. If you didn’t score a ticket, you can still feel like you’re there via live coverage on both days. The site says that there will be one hour of live coverage today and tomorrow beginning…

Buy a Shadows of the Damned CD, Get an Autograph

Grasshopper Manufacuture’s Akira Yamaoka, who cut his teeth on Silent Hill, is one of gaming’s most famous composers-slash-games developers. You can get his autograph. His music, too. The original soundtrack for Shadows of the Damned is limited to only one thousand pressings and is available on the Grasshopper Manufacture website. Here is the cool part:…

Fresh Fighter Jet Porn for Ace Combat Fans

It’s Ace Combat Assault Horizon Friday, boys and girls, and you know what that means: Project Aces is parading four sexy fighter craft players will be slipping inside when the game drops October 11. This week we’ve got stunning shots of the MiG-21bis Fishbed, MiG-29A Fulcrum, the Su-34 Fullback, and the Su-47 Berkut, just four…

Who Was Your First Video Game Crush?

In today’s tell-all edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Mad-Hob reveals his first video game crush — Katt from Breath of Fire II — and asks us to reveal ours. Mine was a random woman from Artworx’s 1992 classic, Strip Poker. What’s yours? My first Video game crush (see Katt above). Surely I’m not…

And Then Sonic Realized Tails Was Immortal

Miles “Tails” Prowler, an ordinary two-tailed fox on the verge of an extraordinary discovery, but great power always comes at a price in the Dorkly Zone. Click to view You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Hey, I knew you guys would rise to the occasion! We’ve already got a handful of TAYpics to choose from! If you can keep this up, you get… to keep talking amongst yourselves. Big thanks to TheBlackHole25 for the first ever September 2011 TAYpic! Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve…

Aren’t You a Little Short for Star Tours

The Force | LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA – Stormtroopers lined up this past May during the Star Tours reopening. (Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack | AP) Pick Apart Modern Warfare 3’s New Multiplayer Trailer for Gameplay Clues Say what you will of the basketcase this franchise’s singleplayer has become, one thing it still does very well…

Brace Yourself for Dragon Quest X News?

After being M.I.A.,DQX is showing signs of life with a Ustream page “New Dragon Quest Title Presentation” for Sept. 5. Hiroki Yasumoto, the famed voice actor, is moderating the presentation and said the game’s platform is “secret”. [オレ的]

When You’re a Rock Star, You Snort Cocaine off Space Invaders

Noel Gallagher, the former Oasis songwriter, probably doesn’t remember most of the 1990s. He was out of his mind, doing drugs—maybe even doing them off a glass top Space Invaders arcade cabinet. In the past, the elder Gallagher hasn’t come off as much of a gamer, blaming the London Riots on video games and once…

Mario Veering Around Seattle. What, Is He Drunk?

Some dude named Mike S. decided to take a video showing how a traffic-free Seattle commute looked. And added some Mario Kart You see Mario veer around the freeway, as if he’s had a few too many. Then he drives on a ramp. And then he merges again on the freeway. Mario Kart is kind…