Red Dead Redemption PS3 Versus Red Dead Redemption Xbox 360

The great thing about multi-platform games is that owners of different consoles get to play the same game. But what about when the game isn’t exactly the same? As it has been pointed out (via website CVG), the Xbox 360 version of cowboy game Red Dead Redemption runs at 720p, while the PS3 version runs…

Gee, You Guys Must Really Hate Using Credit Cards

According to retail research firm the NPD Group, the biggest-selling accessory in the United States is not a controller, memory card or chatpad. It’s a pre-paid points card for an online gaming service. Yes, for the months of both March and April, the top-selling accessory was a 1600 point Xbox Live card, the equivalent of…

Dragon Quest IX Enters The Guinness Book of World Records

And it’s not for sales, but for something else entirely. Dragon Quest IX has a “Chance Encounter” mode that allows players to share data with players they bump into in the real world via Nintendo WiFi. In dense Japanese cities, there’s a good chance of bumping into another person with Dragon Quest IX in their…

How’s Final Fantasy XIV Coming Along?

Not bad, not bad at all. Upcoming massively multiplayer role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV won’t be out until later this year, but here’s a look at in-game city-state Limsa Lominsa and it’s landmarks: self-descriptive Fishermann’s Bottom, culinary capital the Bismarck and armory Coral Tower. The game has been penciled in for the PS3 and is…

First Shots Of Cataclysm’s Female Worgen

When World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm launches, it’ll bring not only new environments, but new characters as well. Like this female Worgen! Previously, we’d only seen male Worgens, but as you can see, there are ladies as well. How can you tell it’s a lady Worgen? Why, because she’s in a dress, of course. Cataclysm…

We Might Get Yakuza 4 After All

Having campaigned for months for a localised version of Yakuza 3, many fans of the series feared that releasing the game so close to other big PS3 titles – like Final Fantasy XIII – would hurt its sales. Nope! While Sega won’t disclose official sales figures, which is always a shame, the company has provided…

It’s Like God of War Meets Bayonetta…

…meets a big ugly dude with white hair. Say “hello” to Knights Contract. Slated for release in 2011, this is the upcoming hack-and-slash action game from game company Bandai Namco. It’s multi-platform — getting released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The game features a scythe-slinging knight named Heinrich and spell casting witch named…

Aussie Xbox 360s Get Cable Television

Australian Xbox 360 owners will later this year get access to what Americans would call cable television, with a deal struck between Microsoft and Foxtel, a provider of satellite TV. While exact details like pricing and, more importantly, exactly what channels are available are thin on the ground, we do know that for a monthly…

Why Is Steam On Mac?

It’s because there’s money to be made there. Valve disclosed today that in the week since launching its Steam service on Mac computers, 11% of all purchases on the digital shopfront have been made for Apple’s platform. That’s a massive boost to the company’s bottom line, and also helps lend the Mac some credibility in…

No More Heroes Creator Wants To Turn This Into A Nintendo 3DS Game

Goichi “Suda 51” Suda, the man behind oddball games like Killer 7, No More Heroes and Contact, has ideas already a-brewin’ for Nintendo’s next platform, the Nintendo 3DS. His idea? Force training. “I hope for the realization of a training remote like Luke Skywalker used for force training in Star Wars Episode IV: A New…

Kotaku Off Topic: Fox News

What seems to be the trouble, ma’am? No, Kotaku Off Topic? Well, we can fix that in a jiffy. Let me just take a look under the hood here… Oh, sorry, was that printed on the site? Anyway, it’s the end of another long day and I’ve got custom pizzas to make, maybe with a…

Fourth Pack for Xbox Live Game Room is Now Available

Konami’s Time Pilot headlines the latest Game Pack release for the Xbox Live Game Room, which just went live today. It’s joined by Asteroids, Space Duel, and four other Intellivision and Atari 2600 titles. With Game Pack 4 you also get Activision’s Stampede and Grand Prix, Intellivision’s Shark! Shark! Shark! and Atari’s Demons to Diamonds.…

LEGO Fanatics Plan Massive Modern Warfare, Vic Viper Gatherings

This year’s gathering of some of the world’s biggest LEGO fans—they call themselves Adult Fans of LEGO—at Brickworld 2010 will combine their brick engineering talents for two major video game themed collaborations, one adorably Call of Duty-themed. Brickworld 2010 organizers are planning a total of four sci-fi collaboration displays, but two caught our attention. One…

Rock Band 3, Just How Big Is It?

Music game maestros Harmonix have already promised to “innovate and revolutionize the music genre” with Rock Band 3, but even in the face of that hyperbole, the designers believe “you’ll be surprised at just how big this game really is.” Not only is Rock Band 3 “the next big leap in music gaming,” it’s “the…

Code Required for UFC Undisputed Online Play

UFC Undisputed 2010 has joined the “Project $10” bandwagon – at half the price – walling off its multiplayer content behind a one-use code that costs $5 to anyone without it, i.e. those who rent or buy the game used. The game’s street date isn’t until Tuesday, but someone already has the Xbox 360 version…

Army Schools to Offer Game Design Courses to Military Kids

American colleges and universities aren’t the only ones who have noticed the appeal of games design courses; so has the Department of Defense, which will offer them in its vocational programs for kids of enlisted military and civilian workers. The Department of Defense Education Activity schools have overhauled their curricula for the 2011-2012 school year,…

Big Beautiful Call Of Duty: Black Ops Screens

So, you enjoyed last night’s boisterous Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer, but you wanted something even bigger, but running at a slower pace? A half dozen super-sized screens from the follow-up to Modern Warfare 2 might scratch that itch. You won’t see much new here. Instead, you’ll revisit many of the Vietnamese and Arctic…

Call of Duty: Black Ops Screens

Alan Wake Makers Talk Alternate Game Names, Starry Secrets And More

Did you know the alternate names considered for the Alan Wake game? Did you know Remedy turned down a chance to put Wake in another game? No? Then you need to download this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio right now. Without spoiling their game, two of Remedy Entertainment’s top men talked plenty of Alan Wake on…

Unlockable Celebs Will Return to NBA Jam

When it hits the Wii, NBA Jam will pack more than 100 unlockables – including playable celebrities, this time with their permission. “If you’ve thought about it, chances are we have too and it’s going in,” says a developer. Speaking to IGN, NBA Jam’s creative director Trey Smith said the team has been in talks…