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  Dead Rising 2 Prequel Sells A Ton

  There were some who scoffed at Dead Rising: Case Zero, amused at what they considered to be a paid demo. After hundreds of thousands of sales over the past week, though, who’s laughing now? Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 prequel, which in the US cost an approachable $5, was deemed by plenty to be worth the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010
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  This Is Not Hideo Kojima’s Lunch

  Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid, has a verified Twitter account. He uses it to post pictures of his lunch. Boring, dull stuff. But today, he spiced things up by posting a picture of a girl in her underwear. Kojima writes that it is raining, and he is having lunch in Tokyo Midtown. To…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2010
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  Old Republic Trailer Revels In The Company Of Old Friends

  The majority of this clip for The Old Republic shows everything that is wrong with both Star Wars’ expanded universe and the drudgery of MMOs. Until, that is, the last ten seconds. Then it reminds us of everything that was once good about Star Wars video games.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010
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  So How Laggy Is PlayStation Move?

  There’s been criticism that Microsoft’s Kinect suffers from lag. But what about Sony’s rival PlayStation Move? How laggy is it? In a FAQ section on the PlayStation Blog, Sony come close to actually putting a number on the thing, stating “The PlayStation Move has similar sensing latency as the DUALSHOCK 3 controller – for many…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010
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  Japan Finally Getting Final Fantasy XIII On The Xbox 360

  Back in 2008, Japanese game company Square Enix revealed that role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII was coming to the Xbox 360 — everywhere except Japan. That has changed. The game was originally thought to be a PS3 exclusive. Last winter, it was released as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In August 2008, Microsoft Taiwan’s Grace Chou…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2010
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  PAX 2010 Breaks Attendance Record

  Sounds like expanding the amount of showroom floorspace for the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle has paid dividends, with a new attendance record set for the weekend’s festivities Last year, 60,750 turned up for a weekend of video games and more video games, but this year, Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo has told Big Download…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010
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  PlayStation Store Update: TerRover Drops Like It’s Hot

  This week’s North American PlayStation Store update may sensually seduce you to drop some dollars on new Rock Band tracks or invest in something new, like the side-scrolling, puzzle-solving, physics-based game TerRover. There’s plenty of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, Mafia II and Transformers: War for Cybertron if you feel like playing something fresh…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  Calm Waters

  After a long weekend, we like to get back into the swing of things with a little off topic conversation, now happening nightly (more or less) at Kotaku. What shall we discuss tonight? Here are few things that maid my weekend go more smoothly than others. One, El Pollo Loco, which served as my dinner…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  Look Ma, Super Street Fighter IV With One Hand

  Aided by a standard-issue Street Fighter IV FightStick, this guy pulls off all of Ryu’s Trials in Super Street Fighter IV – using one hand. And he collects the achievement for it, to boot. YouTube user biffotasty filmed himself doing this over the course of 30 minutes. Trials “21 and 24 were the hardest, almost…

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Fighting Game Gets A Sequel Struck By Lightning

  Square Enix has revealed the follow-up to its portable Final Fantasy fighting game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. That game is the somewhat clumsily titled Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, a PlayStation Portable release planned for release sometime in 2011, the magazine reveals. (The logo looks like Dissidia…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  Just To Be Clear — NBA Jam’s Wii Version Has No Online Multiplayer

  Not shocking news, but apparently it hadn’t been put on the record yet, and some folks were wondering if NBA Jam for the Wii would have online multiplayer support over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Answer: No. EA Sports Vancouver confirmed it today, but I swear I’d heard it before. Maybe it’s because of the Wi-Fi…

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010
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  Everything You Need To Know About Duke Nukem’s Return

  Gaming’s most testosterone-fueled alpha male, Duke Nukem, is back and ready to kick space alien ass in Duke Nukem Forever, the game we never ever thought they’d finish. In the unlikely event that the return of Duke Nukem Forever somehow didn’t register on your news radar this weekend, then brace yourself. More than a decade…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  EA Sports MMA Demo Arrives Sept. 28

  EA Sports MMA’s free demo will arrive Sept. 28 for both Xbox 360 and PS3; you’ll get four fighters, four different skill levels and a tutorial. Further, as EA Sports has done with demos for NCAA Football 11 and Madden NFL 11, sending a note to someone in your friends list suggesting they try the…

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010
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  Look At All That Cash That Gears Of War Fans Raised For Charity

  You can count on Gears of War fans when it comes to buying virtual goods in the name of doing good. Want proof? Epic Games’ charity campaign tied to Gears of War 3 just raised over $150,000 for charity. Microsoft Game Studios and Epic revealed at PAX 2010 that the “Fate of Carmine” campaign, which…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  PSP Puts Japan Hardware Sales Back In Black

  The PlayStation Portable absolutely killed it in Japan last week, sales-wise, gobbling up a huge portion of the hardware sales market and giving Sony the dominant portion of the pie. Who’s responsible? The one-two punch of MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura and Ace Combat: Joint Assault helped propel the PSP to sweet sales last…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  2K Sports Serves Up Top Spin 4 In 2011

  2K Sports will publish Top Spin 4, the latest edition of its tennis sim, in 2011, with versions for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. In a statement issued today, Greg Thomas, 2K Sports’ president of product development promised the game would deliver “an uncanny level of realism in the player and stadium models, authentic…

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010
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  Top Spin 4 Screens

  James Blake Jelena Jankovic at the Sony Ericsson Open. Pete Sampras at the Italian Open, Rome. Jim Courier in his U.S. Open heydey. Andre Agassi, when image was everything.

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010
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  The Quiet Between the Storms

  To: Ash From: Crecente On Sunday Totilo returned from Penny Arcade Expo, having covered the hell out of the show, with a week’s worth of stories to still post. Thursday McWhertor leaves for next week’s Tokyo Game Show in preparation for what is shaping up to be one of the better TGS showings in years.…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2010
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  World’s Greatest Samus Cosplayer Goes For Zero

  Last year, top tier Samus Aran cosplayer Thaís Jussim promised to strip down from Metroid’s famous Varia Suit to the infamous Zero Suit introduced in Metroid: Zero Mission. Looks like the Brazilian Metroid fan’s made good on that cosplay promise. Jussim, responsible for the most faithful, most technically impressive Metroid cosplay we’ve seen to date,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010
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  Update Delivers Old Madden Commands, New NFL Moments

  The old pre-snap commands are back in Madden NFL 11, one highlight in a whale of an update that also adds replays of key moments from the upcoming NFL season, and even a “Breast Cancer Awareness” presentation mode. Madden NFL 11’s implementation of the “Strategy Pad” provoked howls of protest from the series’ hardcore fans,…

  By Owen Good Published September 7, 2010