Advantage PlayStation In Japan’s Weekly Console War

As it has done for the past few weeks, the PlayStation family of products take first and second in the battle for Japanese gamers hearts, minds and dollars, with the PlayStation 3 taking the lead this week. The PS3, benefiting from sales of thoroughly Japanese games like Yakuza 4, Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 and Fist…

No More PSP for NCAA Football

Whoops. File this one under things I should have followed. When EA Sports said Tim Tebow was its coverboy across all versions of NCAA 11, I assumed that included the PSP. It doesn’t. Because there will be no PSP version. IGN confirmed that the college football simulation is not coming to the PSP, for the…

A New Silent Hill Coming From A Brand New Developer

There’s a new Silent Hill game in the works at a new developer and it’s coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation and PC. Beyond that details on the next entry in Konami’s psychological horror series are hazy. Wait, foggy. According to 1UP, the next Silent Hill game is being developed by Czech studio Vatra Games,…

Modern Legal Warfare Court Documents Got That Boom Boom Pow

We know court documents aren’t generally very entertaining, but the Activision Cross-Complaint against Infinity Ward’s West and Zampella is so three-thousand and eight, while others are two-thousand and late. Yes, this very well might be the only video game lawsuit court document containing a quote from a Black-Eyed Peas song, and for that, we are…

Crysis 2 Writer on Modern Warfare 2 Story: ‘Jesus, What Have You Been Doing?’

In November, British sci-fi author Richard Morgan said he was hired by Electronic Arts to write stories for three upcoming titles. Today, EA revealed one of them to be Crysis 2. Morgan took the occasion to rip Modern Warfare 2 “I thought Modern Warfare 2 was an immense disappointment,” Morgan told CVG. “It was a…

Review Round Up: Comprehensive Kasumi Coverage

This week’s batch of reviews proves that no site covers games prominently featuring women named Kasumi like Kotaku. Which Kasumi-starring experience, Mass Effect 2: Kasumi – Stolen Memory or Dead or Alive Paradise, did we dislike less? Find out! iPad Review: Is This A Capable Gaming System? In which Mike Fahey feels the magic of…

Axed Call Of Duty Creators Return Fire At Activision, Plan To Reveal ‘Creative Future’ Soon

Mega-publisher Activision filed its counter-suit against two former top Modern Warfare game developers today, claiming that the pair purposely delayed Modern Warfare 3 and had designs to “steal the [Infinity Ward] studio.” What does the other side have to say? The attorney representing Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella call Activision’s allegations “false…

Don’t Panic…

To: Owen From: Crecente …that’s our job. In theory, you won’t have any more tech issues over the weekend. In theory… theory… theory… theory… What you missed: Crysis 2 Preview: Two Ways To Save New York, New York Gamers of the iPhone, Your Attention Please Your Guide to Xbox 360 USB Drives The Biggest Game…

First Look At Gears Of War & Painkiller Creators’ Bloody, Brutal Bulletstorm

What do you get when you combine the shoot ’em up talents of Gears of War maker Epic Games and Painkiller creators People Can Fly? You get Bulletstorm, a futuristic first-person shooter that lets you play as a drunken pirate. Bulletstorm is that not-so-mysterious game from EA, Epic and People Can Fly, an all-new effort…

The Three New Techniques in UFC Undisputed 2010

When it hits May 25, UFC Undisputed 2010 will introduce three new fighting styles – karate, greco-roman wrestling, and fig-leaf gourd sambo. In this video, UFC coach Mark Laimon compares them to the existing styles in the MMA series.

Monster Hunter Tri Keeps Going And Going

If Capcom has its way, once you put Monster Hunter Tri into your Wii you’ll never want to take it out, with regularly scheduled downloadable quests and events keeping the game fresh well past release. The on-disc content is only the beginning in Monster Hunter Tri, coming exclusively to the Wii on April 20. Capcom…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’s Friday, officially the kick off of the weekend for those of us at Kotaku Towers, a chance to kick and play some video games. You know, for fun I’ll be playing two things this weekend, wrapping up God of War III (not pictured) on my PlayStation 3 and Astral Puzzle Meltdown (actually pictured) on…

The Best Gaming Application Of The iPad So Far

As seen in a Stacker Large machine at the Windward Mall in Honolulu, Hawaii. – Thanks Geeq!

The Biggest Break Up In Video Game History

Intrigue, backstabbing, secret messages and double agents: Reading the world’s largest game publisher’s counter-suit against the top people in charge of creating one of the biggest video game franchise in history is like dropping into one of their Modern Warfare video games. Told from the perspective of Activision, the publisher didn’t take lightly the firing…

Mass Effect 2: Kasumi – Stolen Memory Micro-Review: Boredom Amongst Thieves

Mass Effect 2’s first substantial piece of downloadable content since the game’s release, “Kasumi – Stolen Memory,” does a lot of things right as far as DLC goes. Problem is, it also does a lot of things wrong Presenting gamers with the chance to add another member to their crew of galactic misfits, Stolen Memory…

Activision Infinity Ward Gallery

Modern Warfare Publisher Had “Good Reason” To Fire Top Modern Warfare Makers

If you play Modern Warfare 2, you just might be busy racking another kill. But the people who made the game are in another round of their own combat. Activision, the game’s publisher, tells Kotaku this battle was necessary. On the heels of filing a lawsuit accusing Jason West and Vince Zampella, the recently-fired former…

Acti Lawsuit Gallery

Ousted Modern Warfare 2 Makers Counter-sued By Activision

A little more than a month after the two top men behind Modern Warfare 2 were fired by their publisher and sued because of it — that publisher, Activision, is suing back, the Los Angeles Times reported today. The paper reports details of an Activision lawsuit against former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince…

A Japanese Game With Goddesses About…The Game Industry?

A video game about the game industry? That could be pretty boring. Inside baseball. Zzzzzz. It would need something to sexy it up! Upcoming role-playing game Neptune takes place in a fictional world called “Game Industry”, which is split into four different worlds with four different goddesses: Purple Heart (Neptune), Green Heart, Black Heart, White…