The Last Remaining Tecmo Super Bowl Player Just Retired

Classic football game Tecmo Super Bowl was first released on the NES in 1991. It had real players, who you probably presumed had all retired years ago, but no. The last one only hung up his boots last week That man was Jeff Feagles, a punter for the New York Giants, who at the ripe…

Sexy Time With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

You thought that soundtrack slip cover was something? As with Metal Gear Solid 4, a batch of sexy time Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker screens has made its way to the internet. The Peace Walker screens show Costa Rican girl Paz, who is studying peace at the University of Peace. Here, she’s in her underoos.…

Microsoft Will Never Kill Halo 2 (It’ll Just Watch It Die)

Despite the “death” of the original Xbox Live, a small band of fanatics are keeping the dream alive by leaving their Halo 2 accounts logged in. You’d think Microsoft would be pissed, but surprisingly, no. “We’re not shutting them off”, Xbox Live’s Larry Hryb has said on his weekly podcast. “Were going to let them…

How To Fight Glare

As seen on a sunny day in Tokyo by AltJapan

XCOM Details: A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit Of That

The Official Xbox Magazine got the first look at 2K’s upcoming XCOM title this month, with the first details on the game revealing that there’s cause for both hope and concern among fans of the original’s strategic twist. The causes for hope? As promised when first revealed, there is some element of research and strategic…

All The Ragnarok Online Cosplay You Can Handle

Maybe you can handle more. Who knows. Only you, that’s who. Launching in South Korea in 2002 and in Japan the following year, massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ragnarok Online is based on the Korean manhwa (comic) Ragnarok. In Japan, a Ragnarok event was held for fans over the weekend at Tokyo’s Differ Ariake Arena,…

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Quit While I’m Behind

To: Luke From: Owen Re: Armor’s Armor Rather than try to outdo that Double Down review for humor, I’m gonna bid you a good Monday evening in Australia, everyone else here a fond farewell, and get myself to the couch to commence my recovery. Some of what you missed: Activision Claims World Record in Double…

Activision Claims World Record in Double Down Speed-Eating

Two Activision game testers staged a speed-eating competition of the KFC culinary profanity known as the Double Down, with the winner polishing it off in 57.97 seconds. Video inside, plus my review of the “sandwich.” Kotaku received this exclusive video on Friday. This result has not been verified by Twin Galaxies. I corresponded with the…

Well, No Wonder Game Crazy Went Out of Business

They weren’t charging nearly enough for their used games. Weird pricing decision by GameStop for Modern Warfare 2, (Xbox 360 version), spied by reader DSForte.

Week in Games: Stark Choice

Iron Man 2 hits both theaters and consoles this week, the game landing on Tuesday and the movie premiering on Friday. Modern Warfare 2‘s Stimulus Package also arrives for PS3 and the PC. Others of note; Picross 3D and Dementium II on the DS, Fat Princess on the PSP, and Zeno Clash comes to Xbox…

Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top 10 Lists

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Our List of the Worst Video Game Lists [The Kartel] Wait a minute, how come we’re not on it? •Five Video-Game Characters That Would Face…

Meet Your New Ops Com for SOCOM 4

This is Cullen Gray of NATO’s International Security Force. He’s going to be the lead performer in the upcoming SOCOM sequel. Sony published a small batch of screens, plus a profile of what makes the new Operations Commander tick. Gray’s profile says he possesses a service record that is “the stuff of legend” and has…

Give a Major Award to the Maker of this Atari Lamp

One year later, the Atari 2600 Joystick Lamp gets a worthy companion – this combination of a dead VCS, 10 cartridges, and a boxart lampshade. Put it in the living room window so people can see it from the street! The Most Amazing Atari Lamp You’ll See Today [Hawty McBloggy]

Collect Quite a Bounty With Red Dead Redemption’s Achievements

The achievement set for Red Dead Redemption is out, giving another look at what you can do in its lawless open world, which is basically anything. The game incentivizes cowboy-up stuff such as bustin’ horses, winnin’ poker, and shootin’ people. There are 48 achievements rewarding the standard 1,000 Gamerscore for a full title. I checked…

When Will You Reach the End of Gaming?

A week ago, we pondered the chance of living to 100 and still playing games at that age. But even as the gamer demographic trends older, many feel like the time will naturally come when they’ll put down the controller. Sean Sands, writing at Gamers With Jobs, is one of them. He’s always been a…

K Monthly – April 2010

Welcome to the April 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku. We kicked off the month with our week-long look at the role religion plays in video games, from nuns to zombies to being a god ourselves,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Merit Badge Edition

This week word spread that the Cub Scouts were now offering video game badges. Unlike everyone else, we treated the subject seriously and sensitively at first, but now the time has come to follow the rest of the pack. Many of you suggested this, and indeed, this is amazingly fertile soil for a ‘Shop Contest:…

Sunday Comics

Penny Arcade published April 23 PvPonline published April 28 ActionTrip published April 26 EXTRALIFE published April 26 GU Comics published April 28 Dotgif published April 30 Ctrl+Alt+Del published May 1 Dueling Analogs published April 29 Nerf NOW published May 1 Rooster Teeth published May 1 Monday Night Crew published April 30 Virtual Shackles published April…