iPods, Onlive, Lithographs and LEGO Statues Among Silent Charity Auction Items

We’re just a day away from Kotaku’s final Denver fundraiser, a party we’re throwing to raise money for those in need following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Hosted at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in downtown Denver, the event will now also include a silent auction and live DJ set by DJ LiciousD. That’s on…

Liberty City’s Most Dangerous Police Chases Make For Awesome GTA IV Cinema

Can you handle more than thirteen crazy minutes of Grand Theft Auto IV police chases, with Niko Bellic and his cousin Roman fleeing from cop cars, armored vehicles and police helicopters? Test your machinimatic endurance skills with “Hard Charger: Wide Open.” Written and directed by L.J. Carantan, “Hard Charger” is stuffed with thrills, spills, jumps,…

But How Many 3DS Game Cartridges Fit In A 3DS Game Box?

In the midst of more serious experimentation with the Nintendo 3DS, I’ve been wondering how many 3DS game cartridges I could fit into the slim 3DS game boxes. I wondered this because I’ve long used a DS game box to transport a fistful of DS games any time I travel with Nintendo’s portable machine. Were…

Delayed Games In Japan Give Dynasty Warriors, Dissidia Duodecim More Time To Shine

It was a week light in new video game releases in Japan. Sega’s gangsters meet zombies game, Yakuza Of The End, was supposed to have been released this past week, but was delayed after Japan’s natural disasters. That gives not-so-fresh games more opportunity to sell overseas. Last week’s bestseller, Dynasty Warriors 6 (DW7 in North…

The First Templar Slices A Bloody Path Towards The Holy Grail

The secrets of the Order of the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail unravel in The First Templar, Kalypso Media’s combat-heavy cooperative third-person historical action game. The blood flows like wine in the latest gameplay trailer. Due out in May for the Xbox 360 and Windows PC, The Last Templar is the tale of a…

For The Sake Of Sex: Serena Williams Drops Pants, Pretenses In Video Game Ad

Let’s talk about sex. More specifically, sex, and sports, and video games, the perfect trifecta of ways to grab a certain demographic’s attention, and hopefully dollars. Watch the above commercial, a web-only spot for 2K Sports’ Top Spin 4. I’ll give you a couple of minutes if you need some time alone. What you just…

Green Lanterns, The Illusive Man And The Best Week Of Comics On The iPad… Ever?

The selection of video game comics this week is thin, but a couple of major stories launch in the world of super-hero comics, one of the best graphic novelists in the world releases his first book in over a decade, and the iPad gets probably its best release of recent classics ever. This is a…

PS3 Hacker Flees the Long Arm of Sony for South American Freedom

The saga of George “geohot” Hotz continues, hurtling deeper into absurdity with each growing unit of acceleration. He fought the law and lost—a judge demanded he hand over his PS3-hack relevant hard drives. His answer? I’m out, bitches. According to a court document filed by Sony in its noble, interminable battle to prevent people from…

Crysis 2 Delivers a Stunning Standout

Ensconced in a suit of modern day armor, Force Recon Marine “Alcatraz” can survive high rise drops, turn invisible and absorb the impact of machine gun fire. But his augmented Nanosuit is most powerful when it stops working. It’s during those moments in Crysis 2 when the player loses control, when the suit reboots and…

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Faces Off Against The Forces Of Chaos

THQ’s third-person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine would be pretty boring if you were only fighting the Ork forces. Developer Relic Entertainment mixing things up by introducing the forces of Chaos, the original mixer-uppers. Due out in August for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is a far cry…

Bizarro Kotaku vs. Bizarro Gizmodo: Should We Buy An iPad 2?

From time to time we like to publish a post from our ceiling-walking neighbors down under. Today Kotaku Australia debates Gizmodo Australia about the question of the century: Should gamers buy an iPad 2? So the iPad 2 hits Australia this Friday, and we’ve already had the price confirmed – the only question that remains…

Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls Casts Its Spell On The PlayStation Network

The original Dungeons & Dragons-flavored first-person dungeon crawler makes its current-generation debut on the PlayStation Network this spring, as XSEED Games brings Japan’s Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls to North America and Europe. Ah, Wizardry, how I love thee. From the 1981 original, which I played all-too-briefly on a school computer, to 1990’s Wizardry VI:…

Wizardry Gallery

Here’s What Mad Catz Is Bringing To The 3DS Party

Nintendo’s newest handheld hits North America on Sunday, and Mad Catz is releasing a line of accessories to ensure players have everything they need to enjoy 3DS to the fullest. Let’s see what they’ve got in store. Traveler Bag for Nintendo 3DS Fashionable yet durable, the Traveler Bag proves an ideal travel companion, providing storage…

FarmVille Grows Into The English Countryside

How do you expand a farming game played by more than 44 million people a month? You give them another farm. FarmVille English Countryside expansion gives FarmVille players a whole new row to hoe. FarmVille players level 20 and above that log into the game today will be greeted by a crash-landing zeppelin, heralding the…

Watch How 3D On Nintendo’s 3DS Can Make You A Better Gamer

It has been hard to believe the claims that 3D video game graphics do anything other than make video games look better. And maybe give you a headache. But after some noodling with Nintendo’s 3DS, a machine that lets you play games in 3D without the need to wear 3D glasses, we can finally show…

Kmart Gives You $25 For Buying A 3DS

Purchasing a Nintendo 3DS at Kmart between March 27 and April 2 will score customers a $25 credit good towards any 3DS launch game, from Street Fighter IV 3D to Nintendogs+Cats. Check out the deal at Kmart’s Gamer Blog

Which Game Companies Do You Trust?

In today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Kadin is curious to know which video game hardware and software companies have earned your trust over the years, and which have lost it. Where does your trust lie? Which of the big companies out there has earned your trust and which of them has lost it?…

It’s Spyday, Spyday, Gotta Murder On Spyday

When Team Fortress 2’s mother-lovin’ Spy meets teen pop anti-sensation Rebecca Black, nobody wins. I wouldn’t know about Rebecca Black’s horrid pop song Friday if not for the lovely folks that frequent our Speak-Up forum, so this one goes out to them. A long-distance strangulation dedication for the ones that brought the whole affair to…

Death Rally’s Return Remains a Must Play

Death Rally is a cool little top down car combat game coming to the iPhone and iPad from the folks behind Alan Wake, Max Payne and of course, the original Death Rally. The original was released for computers back in 1996 and published by Apogee as a top-down perspective racing game with guns. In the…