Sony Dev Rips Kinect Star Wars — And Outs Move Lightsaber Game?

A top engineer for the PlayStation Move backhanded Kinect’s upcoming Star Wars game as “scripted,” called its notorious E3 demo “faked,” and said a Star Wars Move game will “be damn better than Kinect’s.” Such a game hasn’t been announced. “I’m usually not very aggressive,” said Anton Mikhailov to Eurogamer. He then proceeded to be…

Gran Turismo 5 Races Out In Japan

Yesterday, Gran Turismo 5 went on sale in Japan. And when it hit retailers, there was a line of gamers waiting to pick it up. At the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara, there was a line of over a hundred gamers waiting to purchase GT5. Last week, Microsoft held its Japan launch for Kinect at the…

My Perfect Imperfect Video Game Heroine

My acting teacher taught me a variety of things, such as how to cry on command and sound really excited about floor wax. But more importantly, she taught me that the hardest roles of my career wouldn’t involve emotional death scenes, historical research, or any kind of physical and emotional transformation. The hardest roles would…

Kotaku’s 2010 PC Gift Guide

There’s no faster way to somebody’s heart than to buy them a great PC game. With that (and this week’s Black Friday sales) in mind, here are our picks for PC games to stuff in that special someone’s stocking. Whether you’re looking for a strategy game, shooter, role-player or something completely out of left field,…

Thank Conduit 2 For Giving Us New Media This Day

High Voltage Software’s Conduit 2 gets a chance to shine today with an all-new trailer and screen shots for Wii owners to feast upon. Get ready to set the mood, Conduit style. Sega’s next attempt at bringing an original first-person shooter to the Wii is due February 15, 2011. For our most recent impressions of…

Pokemon Invade Thanksgiving Parade, Menace Papa Smurf

Man, can you imagine being that little Papa Smurf statue in the bottom left of the screen and then looking up to see a big, yellow Pikachu hovering over you.. staring. While Pikachu was busy glaring at the diminutive Papa Smurf, a collection of 14-foot tall Poke figures rolled along the parade path. Enjoy! [Thanks…

Review: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem Is More Donkey Kong Than 2010’s Other Big Donkey Kong Game

Some other Donkey Kong game came out from Nintendo in November 2010. Donkey Kong Country Returns, they call it. Yeah, sure. Like the essence of Donkey Kong is running to the right. The ape must stand defiant. Mario must run. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem is the third fourth of the Mario Vs. DK…

How Are You Spending Thanksgiving?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Turkey Day This is how I’m spending mine. Oh, I’ll be posting, too. Stay tuned for our forthcoming GT5 review! What you missed last night PlayStation Boss To Become Sony President? GT5 Online Woes Screw Up Your Singleplayer Games, Too We Might Have A New Black Ops Tomahawk Kill Champ…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., it’s a month before Christmas, and it’s the day to talk about games. Why don’t you thank your favorite game or game developer in the comments here today. And I will thank Yossarian for today’s image. Boldly submit your images to #TAYpics

The Slowest Gran Turismo 5 Race You’ll Ever See

Gran Turismo 5 is realistic. How can you tell? Well, a tiny little Fiat 500 has trouble getting up a mountain in the real world, so it makes sense it can’t get up a mountain in GT5, either. Note we’re not talking about the rather shiny new Fiat 500. That’s fine. This is the original,…

The Best Video Game Black Friday Deals and How To Get Them

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the parade! Delight in your dinner! Prepare for tomorrow’s battle. There are two types of people in the world. Those of us who want nothing to do with the bedlam, the insanity, the ferocity of Black Friday’s plentiful, big deals. And those of you who live for the moment. This survival guide…

Conduit 2 Screens

Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t Worry, We’re Still Here

While most of us (really all of us) are busy eating Turkey or sleeping, there will still be a steady stream of stories coming to you from Kotaku. That means a survival guide to Black Friday, a review, videos, and plenty and plenty o’ stories. How did we do that? MAGIC! KA-BLAM!!!!

Will Gran Turismo 6 Be On The PS3 Or PS4?

While gamers across the world are finally getting their hands on the oft-delayed Gran Turismo 5, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi and his team are working on the inevitable follow-up Website Eurogamer asked Yamauchi if Gran Turismo 6 will appear on the PlayStation 3 or Sony’s next console. The game designer stated that he “doesn’t know”.…

Old Actors Say The Darndest Things

You know when a man truly sounds like he’s out of touch? Not when he’s blaming the next big thing, but when he develops selective memory about the last big thing. As seen on The Telegraph

Why You Don’t Trust Strangers On The Internet

Japanese cops don’t only arrest dudes selling phony hug pillow covers. Sometimes they arrest other types of criminals. Like people trying to scam gamers out of vital information. This week 29-year-old company employee Yu Nishimura and 39-year-old medical claims worker Kaori Tanaka were arrested for violating Japan’s Unauthorized Computer Access Law, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun.…

Chicken For Thanksgiving, Courtesy of Castle Crashers

The mascot of The Behemoth, the studio behind the PS3 and Xbox 360 downloadable hit Castle Crashers, is a giant chicken. Fittingly, it’s pledging gifts of livestock to needy families in developing countries through the end of November. You may contribute too, the catch is they’re tying the donations to follows on Twitter or likes…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Fever Comes To Japan

The bestselling game in Japan this past week was an American-made game, with Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops nabbing the first place spot on the country’s sales charts. Just how well did Black Ops do? The PlayStation 3 version came out on top, finding 129,000 Black Ops fans in Japan. The Xbox 360 version…

Review: The UnderGarden Is A Relaxing Dip In The Ocean

I’m almost out of pollen. A nearby creature strums the guitar as I float about. I’ll just hang here for a few more seconds before bringing life to some undersea flowers and restocking on pollen. Right now, I float. Recalling games like Electroplankton and Flower, The UnderGarden is a puzzle platformer in which players explore…

Pop Stars Move Kinect In Japan

Microsoft doesn’t view Kinect simply as just some peripheral. It’s as important as a console. That’s why the company poured millions into launching Kinect. And as expected, Xbox 360 sales saw a spike in Japan. Xbox 360 sales actually tripled. But that wasn’t big enough for the console to overtake the DSi. Or the DSi…