Why Dating Simulator LovePlus Is Popular

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PlayStation Network Down For Repairs

Can’t connect to the PlayStation Network? That’s because much of the PlayStation Network is down, and will be for half the day. Sony say the service’s servers went offline at 0030 Pacific Time, and won’t be back until 1230 PT, a downtime of approximately (these things are never to the minute) twelve hours. During that…

Not Even 71-Year-Old Grannies Are Safe

Adult Japanese computer games tend to feature young women. Not all of them do, though. Why here is one that features a 71-year-old granny. And tentacles. Oh dear. Erotic PC game “Cthulhu ~ Great Hunting ~”, which was released late last week, features the scene with a senior in the throes of ecstasy. Those posting…

Persona Developer Merged

In 2007, Index Holdings, which owns movie company Nikkatsu and anime studio Madhouse, bought up the majority of Altus stock. Atlus is being merged, and the Atlus name will cease to exist as a registered corporation. Index Holdings will be merging Index, its mobile content developer, into Atlus. This move looks to streamline the corporate…

The God Of Sneakers

Jacob Patterson spends his spare time designing custom sneakers. One of his customers wanted a pair of God of War sneakers. And they couldn’t be just any old God of War sneakers. So instead of going the easy route and just painting something on the side of a pair of Dunks, Patterson has gone all…

A Loyal Reader

To: Luke From: Owen Re: Steel Yourself For Next Week’s Gantlet Last week, Glamour magazine hit the streets with my mug and a silly tale of doing foolish, painful things for women inside. I have a friend who writes for them, and she occasionally puts these questions to me and others. This is the first…

Toys ‘R Us Outs Epic Mickey Collector’s Edition

Toys ‘R Us is currently listing an Epic Mickey Collector’s Edition that delivers a bunch of swag for $69.99. Interestingly, it gives Nov. 15 as an estimated shipping date. The latest info I’ve seen just gave Epic Mickey a North American release sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. Nov. 15 is a Monday.…

The Cars Of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

A German site got its hands on what it says is the full list of the 66 licensed vehicles appearing in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s a whole lotta fahrvergnügen. The list doesn’t break out which cars will carry the police interceptor packages. I think we’ve seen three so far, the Bugatti Veyron, the…

The Week In Games: Another M

Metroid: Other M, on the Wii, is the biggest console release, returning to space with the iconic Samus Aran. Valkyria Chronicles II on PSP, Castle Crashers on PSN and a Dead Rising 2 prequel on XBLA round out the highlights. Monday, Aug. 30 Cosmos X2 (DSiWare) Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (PC) TNT Racers (PS3,…

Kotaku’s Top Five List Of Top 10 Lists

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top 50 Street Fighter Characters [UGO] Wait a second, top 50? That’s like, all of them, right? Who’s No. 1, Ryu or Chun Li?…

Fallout: New Vegas Achievements Revealed

The achievement set for Fallout: New Vegas got out on Friday, courtesy of the fine folks at Xbox360Achievements.org. You can get a look at some of the quest names and diversions featured in the game. There are 50 achievements for 1,000 Gamerscore in all. The trophy list has yet to be posted at PS3 Trophies.org,…

Gran Turismo 5 Will Accommodate Optional Hard Drive Install

Gran Turismo 5’s base installation is just 256 megabytes. There’s also a 10 gigabyte install for roomier drives, according to the series’ top designer. Kazunori Yamauchi, who is also Polyphony Digital’s CEO, said via Twitter (translated by Andriasang) that the 10GB install is what you’ll want for a “smooth” experience. What that means exactly is…

Madden Churns Up Another Unfortunate Random Rookie Name

First it was “Tremendous Johnson.” Now we have a BLumpkin on the depth chart. If you don’t know what that is, ask Mr. Urban Dictionary. As seen by Joe at the U. of Maryland.

TF2 Videos Are Valve “Trying To Explore” Making Half-Life Film

The hilarious, universally acclaimed “Meet the Team” shorts for Team Fortress 2 are more than fan service or game promotion. Valve founder Gabe Newell says they’re experiments in movie-making, because the studio would prefer to do a Half-Life movie itself. Speaking to PC Gamer, Newell says Hollywood bombarded Valve with story pitches for a Half-Life…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Antiques Gameshow

This week’s idea, courtesy of Quest, comes two weeks late because we also had two strong ones before it, which produced more than 1,700 entries. Our inspiration is Namco registering a domain name for “Antiques Roadshow: The Game.” Your assignment: Visualize this surefire AAA hit. Either go Quest’s route, with a game character schlepping in…

Sunday Comics

Penny Arcade published Aug. 25. PvPonline published Aug. 23. ActionTrip published Aug. 23. Digital Unrest published Aug. 24. EXTRALIFE published Aug. 23. Ctrl+Alt+Del published Aug. 25. Dueling Analogs published Aug. 26. Nerf NOW published Aug. 27. Rooster Teeth published Aug. 28. Monday Night Crew published Aug. 25. Virtual Shackles published Aug. 27.

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

Prosthetics is the weekend’s winner of the #taypics derby. Wonder what our guy in the picture thinks of Glenn Beck’s shit-in at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday. You too can have an image featured in TAY! Submit to #TAYpics. Or kneeeeeeeeeeel before Zod! Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

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Kotaku Shop Contest: Move Instructions Winners

For some, using two electro-lollipops to run a game isn’t as intuitive as it sounds. That’s why you guys made up some helpful visual instructions for the good, bad, ugly and many other ways to operate PlayStation Move. Leading off, quest points us in the right direction in which to throw punches. So does ultraroboninja.…

Civilization V’s Demo Available Day Of Retail Release

Firaxis, the developer of Civilization V, said yesterday the game;s playable demo will be available on Sept. 21, the same day the title releases in North America, a reversal of promises it would be available before launch. “At the time of that announcement, we expected to be able to get the demo out before the…