Galaga World Record Falls

Galaga’s tournament-setting world record fell again, reclaimed on New Year’s Day by the previous record holder, Andrew Laidlaw of Washington state. Laidlaw’s 4,525,150 was certified on Friday by Twin Galaxies, the world sanctioning authority for video game high scores. Laidlaw set the mark on the tournament setting, which allows for five lives total on the…

Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network Taking Hiatus; More DLC Confirmed

News updates from Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network will cease after the service marks its one year anniversary on Jan. 24. Updates will then come only with downloadable content – and one more package is on the way in 2011. Cerberus Network’s daily update has added background to the Mass Effect continuity, providing a short…

The Moneysaver: The First Hangover of 2011 [Updated]

Don’t you worry your pretty striped head, we’re gonna get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed. And then we’re gonna find our best friend Doug, and then we’re gonna give him a best friend hug. But if he’s been murdered by crystal meth tweakers, well then we’re shit out of luck. Good…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tron-ify Everything

Tron: Legacy is a critical mixed bag at best – unless you’re Ian Bogost’s daughter – but it’s still useful for something: The first ‘Shop Contest challenge of 2011. Drawing from this poor cat and BossLogic’s awesome Street Fighter art, we’re going to transport games to the Game Grid this week. There’s an unintentional yo-dawg.…

Sunday Comics

Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 27 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 28 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 27 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec.…

The Week In Review: Ringing Out The Old

The winner and losers; the highs and lows; the disappointing failures and the heartwarming successes of 2010, we covered it all as the Earth’s odometer rolled over another year this past week. Fahey supplied a gorgeous, poster-quality roundup of the 2010 timeline to roundup our recap. Other fan favorites included Crecente’s accounting of the past…

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2010: The Year In Gaming

What would the new year be without a massive graphical detailing of the highs and lows of the year previous? Let’s take a look back at 2010, giant infographic style. This graphic is a labor of love created by myself to mark the passage of one hell of a year in gaming. How much a…

Red-Ringed Xbox 360 Faces Celebratory Firing Squad

You just wrapped up another semester of college. What are you going to do to celebrate? Shoot up a dead Xbox 360 with semi-automatic rifles of course! Ben Strauss sends in these pics of the celebratory firing squad that both wrapped up another year at a local college near Kansas City and bid adieu to…

Lian Li PC-V2120 Full Tower Case Review

Much like Ferrari and Lamborghini in the automotive world, Lian Li is considered by many to be the flagship computer chassis manufacturer. Although they have been in business since 1983, it wasn’t until around 2000 that they began turning heads with their all-aluminum PC-60 series enclosures. This happened to be the first enthusiast case I…

CTA Digital Showing Off Assault Rifles, Inflatable Kart, Bowling Ball at CES

Our favorite Brooklyn-based wacky video game peripheral maker, CTA Digital, will be showing off their latest collection of plastic and rubber add-ons for the Wii, Playstation 3 Move and Xbox 360 Kinect at CES next week. Among the peripherals being showcased at CTA Digital booth is the PS3 and PS3 Move Assault Rifle Controller, Playstation…

Monster Hunter Has A Merry Christmas In Japan

The PlayStation Portable represented well in Japan’s Christmastime hardware contest thanks to the continued sales rampage of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and idol worship game AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara… and maybe even The 3rd Birthday The latest Monster Hunter game for the PSP has racked up more than 3.5 million sales in Japan, something the…

Box Scores: Skill Beats Speed Down The Stretch

From Gran Turismo 5 comes our latest game of the week, a race pitting Kotaku reader Icegoat in a roadster overmatched by nearly 150 hp against the rest of the field, “I like a challenge,” writes Icegoat, who ran a BMW Z4 tuned up to 397 horsepower against a field of racers ranging in power…

Tactic 3D Sigma Headphones Do 2D Just Fine

Headsets claiming to offer “surround sound” have been on the market for a while now, but I’m yet to find one that really works as advertised. Let’s see if the Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Sigma can change that. Specs Price: US$89.99 Platform: PC/Mac What’s in the box: Headphones, THX adapter, detachable microphone. After a week…

If Only Tron: Legacy Was This Great

It’s not. As seen on Buzzfeed via Make and Technabob

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is the January image for Talk Amongst Yourself. Allow it to put the fear of quiet discourse into your soul and inspire you to instead talk it out in the comments below. This 15th century painting by Domenico di Michelino is called La commedia illumina Firenza and is meant to depict a scene from…

Ten Years of PopCap Games

The makers of massive hits Bejeweled, Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies are eying 2011 as the year for aggressive expansion, PopCap Games head Dave Roberts tells Forbes. The casual game maker pulled in $100 million in revenue in 2010 and has 400 employees, but 2011 could see the company going public, more international expansion and,…

QWOP For iPhone Is An Olympic Challenge For Thumbs

Learn to walk, learn to run all over again with QWOP, the iPhone port of the highly entertaining and/or maddening track and field Flash game of 2008. Using a touchscreen to independently control calves and thighs sounds fun, right? Well, QWOP may not be fun in the traditional sense. It’s wacky. It’s challenging. But one…

Fight Night Champion Serves a Standing Eight in the Joint

Anyone old enough to remember Marv Albert on NBC calling a James Scott bout live from Rahway State Prison will want to pay attention to this, the bareknuckle jailhouse fight within the “Champion Mode” of Fight Night Champion. Promised by EA Sports when Champion Mode was first revealed last month, this fight pits protagonist Andre…

Did You Keep Your 2010 Resolutions? I Almost did

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Tell Me About Your 2010 Looks like you had a great 2010. I did far too much to include it in a mere day note! :p What you missed I’ve Got Sand In My Arcade Eyes Five New Year’s Resolutions For Gamers The Year In Sports Video Games Report: Ubisoft…