Paint, Grass and Counters

To: Luke From: Crecente Our house has been packed to the brim with folks doing work. We’ve had painters in, folks resodding the back yard, and today someone came in to rip out the old counters and install new ones. This coming weekend we’re moving a bunch of things to a storage center to give…

PlayStation Store Update: Happy Now?

Welcome to the newer, earlier, more Tuesday-flavored North American PlayStation Store update, which brings with it more shooting, shootin’ and shoot fighting. The rescheduled PlayStation Store update brings with it the no-longer-timed-exclusive Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package, the PlayStation Network version of Lead and Gold and the UFC Undisputed 2010 demo. Hey!…

Nier Review: Not Without His Daughter

Can one hideously ugly man facing impossible odds to save his daughter from a mysterious disease make for a beautiful action role-playing game? Find out in our review of Square Enix’s Nier. Dog-faced Nier’s young daughter Yonah has been infected with the strange Black Scrawl virus, and he’ll do whatever it takes to free her…

Best Halo Reach Glitch So Far

It is true that betas are allowed to have glitches. That doesn’t make them any less entertaining to watch. And, hey, who can complain if Halo Reach still has bugs? What people are playing now is just a beta. Up top is the best glitch I’ve been about to find on YouTube so far from…

How Xtreme Is Castle Crashers’ New Volleyball Mode?

This xtreme!!! It may not induce a thirst for tossing back a Mountain Dew or inspire us to shred something, but the PlayStation Network release of Castle Crashers is not tame looking by any means. The official Behemoth Development Blog sets up our first look at the new competitive mode coming to Castle Crashers—you know,…

Splinter Cell, Far Cry Director Quits Job In Moving Fashion

In a heartfelt letter on his blog, Clint Hocking, the main man behind Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Far Cry 2, explained yesterday why he’s leaving the studio he’s worked at for a decade, Ubisoft Montreal. The full letter to fans and peers is a must-read, but if you’re short on time, here is part…

Fearing Lost Could End Like A Video Game

Video games have given the world joy, joysticks and Super Mario. They’ve been accused of worse. Let us hope they have not inspired TV series, like Lost, to end simplistically (thus, badly!), the way so many video games do. In the interest of not spoiling ABC’s Lost for those who are not caught up —…

You’re Committed. So Are We

Over 1,600 Kotaku readers have shared their feedback with us via the 2010 Gawker Media Census. 70% of those who responded play at least 11 hours of video games per week—up from 60% last year. We admire your stick-to-it-ive-ness. Join the party—click through to submit your Census! The Gawker Media Census 2010 is a way…

Hydro Thunder Hurricane Churns Out New Modes, New Media

You know what was missing from the original Hydro Thunder? That’s right. Exploding barrels. Thankfully, developer Vector Unit has corrected that oversight in Hydro Thunder Hurricane, coming to Xbox Live Arcade. The new developer taking the Hydro Thunder reins from Midway promises all-new ways to enjoy wet and wild speedboating action with a handful of…

Hydro Thunder Hurricane Screen Shots

Another High Quality Street Fighter Fan Film? Awkward…

Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is a fan film with amazing fight choreography, some tight special effects, better than normal Ken hair, and a terrifically bad sense of timing, releasing the same week as the Capcom-sanctioned Street Fighter Legacy. Street Fighter: Beginning’s End is the work of Los Angeles filmmaker Chris Cowan, whose Thousand Pounds Fight…

Reminder: Sid Meier Live On Kotaku Talk Radio On Wednesday

Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live from CBS Radio on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Hosts: Crecente and me. Guest: Sid Meier. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime. Join us!

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Eyes-On

The head of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge developer, inXile Entertainment, doesn’t take comparisons of his dark dungeon crawler to Gears of War unkindly—even if you’re labeling it Spears of War and Gears of Warcraft. inXile CEO Brian Fargo takes that as a compliment, but when showing us the latest version of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge,…

Five Ways To Suck In The Halo Reach Beta

Who the hell shoots and tosses grenades at their own team? Someone who wants to fail in the Halo Reach beta, that’s who. Here’s a few handy tips for folks who really want to suck. What qualifies me to tell you how to suck at the Halo Reach beta? For starters, that’s me in the…

The 20 Most-Loved Wii Games

Every month we here at Kotaku crunch some numbers and tell you which 10 Wii games get played the most, per gamer, on the Nintendo Wii. Today, we’re doubling our efforts. This is the top 20, as of May 1. Answers to frequently anticipated questions 1) No! This is not a list of the top-selling…

The Force Unleashed II Dated Just In Time For Star Wars Day

May the Fourth be with you, and I couldn’t imagine a better time for LucasArts to nail down a late October release date for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. While I’m sure most of you would have preferred celebrating unofficial Star Wars Day by playing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, at least now…

Leveling The Playing Field

Handicaps are not a very hot topic in the gaming industry. We hear a lot about single player games/campaigns. Though reviewers typically don’t have enough time to sufficiently cover multiplayer games such modes and features get decent mention. Still, hardly anyone talks about well designed handicap features in multiplayer games. This is completely understandable. When…

Get Your PS3 Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Codes

Playstation 3 owners finally get a chance to pick up Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Package starting today for a whopping $14.99. Better still, here are the 10 PS3 codes to get the pack for free. Surprise!!! FBJN-MNBK-MK6Q G9HJ-HMBL-G697 PQ2J-LQB6-7JLF APQ3-6DBH-5FKR KDJJ-GJBB-9JEE L3PT-ARBQ-5EKN 8BBK-LTBF-BJ99 FPFE-98B3-RL3E B2F9-3CBR-N2B9 JERJ-ANB9-QCEJ

Tron Goes 8-Bit Again

There’s old school Tron, Intellivision style, and then there’s 8-Bit Weapon’s Tron Tribute EP, featuring five chiptune mixes of Wendy Carlos’ iconic music from the first video game movie. With Tron Legacy, the sequel to Disney’s 1982 classic, heading our way this holiday season, excitement is building in fans of the original movie, resulting in…

Samuel Jackson’s Iron Man 2: The Video Game Outtakes

This short video showing the voice work that Samuel L. Jackson and Don Cheadle did for the upcoming video game adaptation of the Iron Man 2 movie, isn’t meant to be an outtakes reel, but it is! My favorite part, Jackson confessing that he wasn’t prepared to say “that” word, but had practiced all of…