I Am A Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Launch Trailer

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension isn’t hitting stores until September 7 in North America, so you’ve got a week to sit and watch the game’s launch trailer over and over again. Are you ready to take on the role of four different Spider-Men in order to restore the Tablet of Chaos? I know I am. I sat…

Eyes Deep In the Magical Playstation Move Dox

We’ve posted more than a baker’s dozen of Move reviews and 22 original videos showing off the gameplay and look of Sony’s motion controller. But this post goes out to those of you who like the static. I give you the Playstation Move guide in still images. The guide is packed full of Move details…

Exploring Epic’s Unreal World of Swords and Shields

How To Mount That PlayStation Eye Camera With Minimal Fuss

The PlayStation Move controller requires that you set a PlayStation Eye camera above or below your TV. Don’t think that’ll work for you? Neither did I, until discovering this trick. Try it yourself.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It is September, and it is time for a new Talk Amongst Yourselves image — and new comments about video games from you fine people. Thanks to reader Lanbeast for the suggestion. This one’s called Rub a Dub Dub by Graham McKean. This is a more modern painting than we normally use, but why not?…

Championing Sports Champions

We’re kinda, sorta in love with the Playstation Move’s Sports Champions. Here’s why.

Don’t You Just Love All Nighters?

To: Kotaku From: Bashcraft RE: Sniping Lots of news, lots of interesting stories. Fun, fun! I imagine Crecente is catching up on some much needed snooze time. Crecente and Totilo pretty much pulled all nighters — and mentioned how it reminded them of college. Man, what is it with college and all nighters? What you…

Final Fantasy XIV Beta Dated

The beta test for Final Fantasy XIV was due to kick off yesterday. It didn’t happen. The problem was “critical bugs”. Fret not! Developer Square Enix will have the beta up and running soon The beta is set to start on September 1. From the game’s official site: FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Will…

“Why Do Japanese Characters Look White?”

This is a common question Westerners have. Japanese characters in anime, manga and video games, they say, “look” Caucasian. That is all a matter of perspective, no? In a post titled “Why do the Japanese Draw Themselves as White?”, blogger Julian Abagond argues that the Japanese do not draw themselves as white. Rather, Westerners (Abagond…

Rumor: Job Cuts At Lucasarts

Kotaku has learned that the expected job cuts at Lucasarts will be taking place today, with up to 30% of the company’s internal developers to be let go.

The Last Bastion Of Isometric Action-RPGs

Hello, what’s this? A new action-RPG that’s also very easy on the eye? Please, Supergiant Games, continue. Get a load of all those colours! The game is called Bastion, and Supergiant is a new indie developer made up of a few ex-Command & Conquer guys. It’s due out in 2011 for both PC and consoles.…

Report: Kinect Will Only Understand Americans, Brits, Japanese & Mexicans

Oh dear. It’s not just Spaniards who won’t be able to control Kinect with their voices when the peripheral launches. It’s everyone who doesn’t live in the US, Mexico or United Kingdom. Eurogamer has confirmed with Microsoft that when Kinect is released in November, no languages from mainland Europe will be supported. So if you’re…

Even Move Can’t Salvage The EyePet

There’s not a whole lot you can do with the EyePet at this point to make it the sort of game I’d want to play. Adding Move does give the video game toy a bit more depth and a whole lot of sizzle, but it’s all still being applied to a game that looks increasingly…

Move Is A Great Addition To Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 gets a healthy helping of motion controlling when the Move releases later this month. I took the motion patch for the golfing game for a spin early today and was quite pleased with how the new controller works in the classic golf title. To use Move controls you just go…

Jason, Jason, Jason, PlayStation Move, Jason

A free patch will allow Heavy Rain players to control the game with a PlayStation Move wand in one hand and either a Navigation controller or DualShock 3 in the other. So how will you find Jason? Watch.

Starcraft II’s First Month Sales Are In

Starcraft II sold a million copies in its first 24 hours on sale. Not bad, but not as great as the last new Blizzard game to be released. How’d it do, then, in its first month on sale? Better. Blizzard just revealed that the real-time strategy smash has sold over three million copies worldwide since…

I Did An Obi-Wan With The PlayStation 3’s First Move Light Gun Game

The light gun game, like the fighting game, has enjoyed a revival over the past few years. And while there is no light gun Street Fighter IV, the tech in the Wii Remote, and now in the PlayStation 3 Move, raises hopes that the genre will continue to charge ahead. The debut original light gun…

TV SuperStars, The Move’s First Fake Gameshow

You hear talk about games that are “not for you.” You try to keep an open mind. You play Gears of War; you play de Blob. You enjoy both. But here, at last, a game that’s not for me. TV SuperStars is a loud gameshow game that has all the glitz of the British TV…

How Echochrome II Works, Besides Wonderfully

We’ve already been drooling about Echochrome ii here. Kind of unsightly. But look at this video I shot of the demo version of this upcoming PlayStation 3 Move game and tell me I should stop. Echchrome ii comes from Sony’s Japan Studio. Based on the menus shown in the demo version of the game, it…

Is This Teaser Site For Valkyria Chronicles 3?

The first Valkyria Chronicles game was set in an alternative version of Europe in the year 1935. Could this Japanese teaser site with “Code 1935” in its URL be for Valkyria Chronicles 3? Sega has apparently registered “valkyria3.jp”, leading many to believe that the Japan-based game company was working on another entry in the Valkyria…