Pokemon Black & White Sales Still Super Effective In Japan

Another week, another few hundred thousand copies of Pokemon Black and White snapped up by Japanese gamers. The Nintendo DS game appears to be on track to break the 4 million mark any minute now. The latest Pokemon double release outsold its nearest competitor—K-On! Houkago Live!!, Sega’s music game for the PSP based on the…

Play Paper Football On Your Desktop

Remember paper football? I never learned how to properly fold up the notebook paper into a triangle. My older brother did. We played it on a coffee table given to my great-grandfather by an admiral in the Korean navy. Where was I? “The Paper Triangle Football Game” by Burak Kanber, a flash game he programmed…

NBA Elite 11 Coming This Month — For iPhone 4

EA Sports’ decision to indefinitely delay NBA Elite 11 doesn’t affect plans for the mobile version of the game. It will arrive later this month for iPhone and iPod Touch, and will take advantage of the iPhone 4’s high-quality display. A news release issued yesterday said NBA Elite 11 will feature unlockable legends such as…

Play God Of War III (Again) As Kratos’ Hairier Brother

PSP game God of War: Ghost of Sparta has one more incentive that might convince serious fans to pick up the soon to be released action adventure, the option to play as Kratos’ brother, Deimos, in God of War III. That downloadable skin for the PlayStation 3 game will be available in copies of Ghost…

The New Face Of EVE Online

EVE Online’s character generation is getting a much-needed facelift in next month’s Incursion expansion, paving the way for players to eventually get out of their ships and walk around. So far the paving looks quite fetching, doesn’t it? The Incarna expansion that sees players exiting their spaceships and walking about on space stations isn’t due…

NBA Elite 11 iPhone Screens

This Is The Official PlayStation Move Gun

You want to play a light-gun game with a PlayStation Move, but you want to hold something shaped like a gun. What can you do? You could wield this official Sony PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment. Kotaku had it assembled and disassembled today in New York. The shell will work with any shooting game. Sony’s pushing…

Sega Doesn’t Want Sub-par Sonic Games On Shelves Anymore

With Sonic Colors coming later this year and actually looking pretty damn good, Sega’s top men say they want to get Sonic the Hedgehog’s recent misfires off store shelves, part of an effort to “increase the value of the brand.” Jurgen Post, Sega senior VP of Euroep, Middle East and Africa, tells MCV that the…

Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s Newest Characters, Played By Capcom’s Best Fighting Game Player

On the eve of New York Comic-Con, Capcom’s Seth Killian showed Kotaku the best moves of four of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s newest brawlers: X-23 and Spider-Man from Marvel, Wesker and Tron from Capcom. Their opponents: some lovely ladies. Check out the moves from all four fighters. And check out the opponents, in case you…

Captain America Borrows Some Moves From The Prince Of Persia

While the screenshots from yesterday had me thinking Captain America meets Castle Wolfenstein, the gameplay trailer for Next Level’s Captain America: Super Soldier shows off an acrobatic hero that could give the Prince of Persia a run for his money. It’s not just the swinging and wall-running, though those are certainly a large part of…

Too Human Creators Heading X-Men Destiny Development

Silicon Knights, the Canadian studio famous for its work on Too Human, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness, is the studio behind Activision’s recently announced game for Marvel, X-Men Destiny. X-Men Destiny was announced earlier today as a superhero game that puts players in the role of “new mutant recruits in a rich,…

How To Get Into The Killzone 3 Beta

The public beta test for Killzone 3 starts on October 25, and we’ve got the low-down on how to get in. First step: Pay for PlayStation Plus. Yes, with the exception of some media partners and some PAX feedback participants, only folks who pay for Sony’s premium PlayStation Plus service will gain access to the…

Eurogamer Expo in 2:20 Minutes

Kotaku reader and videographer Prince Yiadom shot this short video at Eurogamer Expo this year to give people a sense of what it was all about. As Yiadom says: A short video made to show how one gaming event can bring together all different types of people and that no matter our differences, we’re all…

Splatterhouse Soundtrack Features Goatwhore And Friends

If bands like 5 Finger Death Punch, WolfShirt, and Goatwhore get your motor running, then you’ll love the soundtrack to Splatterhouse. If not, just look at the new screens and be quiet. The only metal band featured on the soundtrack for Namco Bandai’s Splatterhouse that I am even remotely familiar with is Lamb of God,…

10 Games Businesses That Are Doomed

Who’s going to fail in video games? Business blogger Nicholas Lovell has his opinions. It’s a provocative list. See if you agree… When I wrote my post-mortem of RealTime Worlds, some people called me brave. I thought I was cowardly, given that I only expressed my concerns after the company went into administration. And it’s…

Will Wright Puts You In Control Of His Television Show

The Sims creator Will Wright plunges into the world of television with a new 30-minute episodic series called Bar Karma, a fueled by the creative power of its audience. Will Wright’s television ambitions come into sharp focus today as Current TV reveals Bar Karma, a first of its kind television show that places the audience…

Why Do People Play Social Network Games?

Well, according to one expert, these games are designed to be addictive Dr. Hilarie Cash of internet and computer addiction program reSTART says just that: “These games are designed to be extremely addictive.” That’s not all! “If you’re a stay-at-home mom, once it takes hold, it starts interfering with the time it takes to spend…

Gears of War 3’s Many New Executions and Multiplayer Modes in Action

There were so much discussion and so many questions spurred by the two videos I posted from Gears of War 3 this morning that I went back to Microsoft for a walk-through of everything we were seeing in clips. Turns out there was a lot. This top video is a montage I created showing off…

The Fictional Factions Of Fallout: New Vegas

War never changes, but the players definitely do. Which of Fallout: New Vega’s three factions will you cast your lot with? I’m leaning towards Mr. House, because of my deep love of any name that combines Mr. with an ordinary object, such as Mr. House, Mr. Hat, Mr. Fork, or Mr. Rotary Engine. Then again,…

Gears of War 3 Multiplayer in 34 Stills

New weapons, new maps, new characters. Gears of War 3 has them all. In this gallery of screens and art you’ll get a chance to gawk at Gear of War 3’s new weapons like the sawed-off shotty, the Retro Lancer and the Heavy Sniper. You’ll also get a look at some of the new characters…