New Yakuza Game Features Zombies

Yakuza is Sega’s crime saga. The upcoming entry will have zombies in it. Yeah. The first image Sega showed of upcoming Yakuza game, Yakuza: Of The End, depicted the in-game Kamurocho, the in-game version of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho, in ruins. The game’s designer said that the theme for Of The End was “destruction”. A more apt…

Ico, Shadow of the Colossus Confirmed For PS3 Re-release

The latest issue of Japanese games mag Famitsu confirms what we’ve been expecting for a long, long time: Team ICO’s classic PlayStation 2 adventures Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are getting an HD makeover for the PlayStation 3. Hardly a surprise. Team ICO and Sony have been talking about the possibility of a Team…

Let’s Play Halo: Reach

It’s time. Let’s play some Halo: Reach together. We’re going to keep things pretty simple. Dump your gamertags in here for others to find and also try to join games with one of our gamertags. Crecente: Crecente Fahey: Bspatial I’m hoping to cycle through Firefight, standard multiplayer matches and invasion. Just want to watch? Tune…

Your NBA Jam Rosters Are Set

ESPN.com completed its two-part slow-reveal of the full roster for NBA Jam, wrapping up today with the players, legends and playable mascots of the Western Conference. Hit the link for the full roundup. As reported by ESPN senior NBA writer Mark Stein (unusual that he’s on this case), most teams will ahve three current players…

PlayStation Store Update: Cheap & Wide

What’s not to like in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update? Maybe that there are too many things to download? Or that you don’t have a PlayStation Move to enjoy a handful of new Move-only demos? There’s a long, long list of new things to buy and try this week, including the PSN version…

See Japan Crumble (In 3D!!!) In Disaster Report 4

Added to the list of games playable on the Tokyo Game Show floor this week is Irem’s Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, the latest and greatest catastrophic adventure, now on the PlayStation 3. You may know the series as Zettai Zetsumei Toshi, Disaster Report, SOS: The Final Escape or Raw Danger, but in Japan, they’re…

It’s Lakers Vs. Celtics In The NBA 2K11 Demo

Xbox 360 and PS3 owners can now go download the demo for NBA 2K11, arriving three weeks ahead of the full game’s release. The game gives you one five minute quarter of Lakers-Celtics on the pro difficulty but you may only play as the Lakers. The audio commentary is also removed, but the pre-game animations…

Play Date

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: So, We Are In Chiba, And… We’re having a play date tonight! Not for Tristan, but for everyone. Well, everyone who likes to play Halo: Reach. At 7 p.m. Kotaku time we’re going to be trying to get all interested Kotakuites to swarm Halo: Reach and play with each other….…

Left 4 Dead’s ‘The Sacrifice’ Comic Series Goes Live

Valve’s sequel-spanning digital comic that explains just what happened to Left 4 Dead’s original Survivors, dubbed “The Sacrifice,” is yours for the reading. How do things go so horribly wrong between the original game and “The Passing”? Well, Tanks. Part one of “The Sacrifice,” part of Valve’s new cross-game story arc plans, offers us plenty…

He Doesn’t Have To Give This One Back

Reggie Bush today forfeited his 2005 Heisman Trophy. He also starred on NCAA 07’s cover. EA Sports, of course, won’t erase that. But if Bush hadn’t played in 2005, it’s likely Heisman runner-up Vince Young would have made the cover. Custom Vince Young cover via Fanblogs.

Valve Wants To Hear Your Body Talk

Let’s get physical, or more specifically, let’s get biometrical, as Valve’s Gabe Newell, Erik Johnson and Doug Lombardi talk to PC Gamer about using players’ intrinsic physical reactions to playing video games. Valve doesn’t just want to hear how much you like its games. Valve wants to know how you really feel, and the company…

Enslaved Is More Than One Giant Escort Quest

in the latest developer diary for Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the fine folks at Ninja Theory explain how Monkey and Trip work together, all while standing in an abandoned home stacking monitors. I quite like it when a developer tries to use compelling locations and nifty special effects to spice up their…

Vanquish Gets Armored Up In The UK Special Edition

Sam Gideon comes alive in this exclusive special edition of Sega’s Vanquish featuring a lovely window box and one extremely sexy seven inch figure. It’s time to make some friends in the UK. Vanquish’s distinctive visual flair has been catch the eyes of gamers everywhere since Sega first drew back the curtain on the sci-fi…

The Dead Rising 2 Hydraulic Zombie Shovler in Action

Dead Rising 2 is all about killing zombies creatively . Thanks to the inclusion of duct tape in the action game, that’s not a problem. In this video we see what happens when you duct tape a shovel to an electric hammer chisel, aka the poor man’s jackhammer. Not exactly effective unless the zombie you’re…

When Mega Man Meets Mortal Kombat

What do you get when you cross Capcom’s 8-bit hero Mega Man with the deadliest fighters this side of Outworld? You get the most adorable collection of cold-blooded killers ever. Flickr user ShampooTeacher teaches us a thing or two about combining two of gaming’s most beloved franchises with the help of a little fancy beadwork.…

Pro Guitar Mode Makes Rock Band 3 Harder, Slightly Confusing, Socially Redeeming

At last, your shame will end. At last, you will be able to tell your guitar-playing friends that you too can play guitar, well sorta, thanks to Rock Band 3’s pro guitar mode. Plus, you will have learned guitar better There is a simplicity to Rock Band 3’s Pro Guitar mode that words can convey…

Chicago’s Second Baseman Has His Priorities Straight

Seen on Chicago White Sox Brent Lillibridge’s Twitter on the eve of a do-or-die series with the Minnesota Twins, via ESPN

Storming The Stronghold In Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption’s Liars and Cheats DLC is due out next week, bringing with it the brand new Stronghold game type, and this is what it looks like. You can never have enough flags in online multiplayer games; that’s what I always say. Red Dead’s new Stronghold multiplayer mode increases the number of flags in…

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