Apple’s Answer To Xbox Live Launches Next Week

Friends lists, matchmaking, and a unified multiplayer gaming experience come to the iPhone in next week with the release of Apple’s Game Center in iOS 4.1. Apple first revealed plans for its unified gaming service back in April, and we’ve been waiting patiently for news of its release since then. Today at Apple’s special event…

Project Sword Is Epic’s First Unreal Engine iPhone Game

Gears of War and Unreal Tournament creators Epic Games will bring competitive multiplayer sword-based combat, powered by its Unreal Engine, to the iPhone later this year with slash-em-up Project Sword. Epic’s Mike Capps and Donald Mustard—he of Shadow Complex development fame—showed off the first- and third-person slasher at Apple’s event in San Francisco this morning,…

Playstation Podcast: I Like to Move It, Move It

Stephen Totilo and I have spent the past week (and one very, very long night) playing, stress-testing and examining the Playstation Move. Do you have any questions for us? We’re going to be chatting about the Sony tech live on today’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. We’ll also be sure to break in with any…

New Batman: Arkham City Screens Almost Look Too Good To Be True

These twenty new screen shots of Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham City are so impressive, so easy on the eyes that more cynical gamers might cry “Bullshot!” But if you played Arkham Asylum, you know Batman games can look this good. Batman looks tough. Catwoman looks super sexy. As does the much improved Harley Quinn. Two…

What’s Inside An Atari 2600?

To celebrate the launch of video game repair guides, do-it-yourself repair website iFixit is tearing down old video game consoles all week long. Today they give us a peek at what’s inside the classic Atari 2600. By today’s standards, the Atari 2600 is downright primitive. There’s no fan and no CD-ROM drive to get gummed…

Batman: Arkham City Screen Shots

PlayStation Move Stress Tests, Using Lighting Changes And Human Distraction

The PlayStation Move can be flummoxed by bright sunlight. That’s the one stress test Sony’s new motion controller failed in a series of trials involving a range of lighting conditions and human distraction to which we subjected the Move. Lighting Tests The PlayStation Move wand used the PlayStation Eye camera to track it’s movement in…

Move Podcast Inbound

We’ve had our say, plenty of say, about the Playstation Move. Now it’s your turn. Join us at 1 p.m. eastern today on our live podcast to chat about the upcoming Sony motion controller.

Kane & Lynch Gets A Triple Dose Of Dog Days DLC

If you missed out on the preorder bonuses for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, fret not! Square Enix is more than happy to sell them to you as part of three packs of downloadable content going on sale today. All in all, Square Enix is releasing $11 worth of Kane & Lynch 2 downloadable…

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.…