What Will Gaming Be Like In Ten Years?

Hollywood super producer Jerry Bruckheimer (not pictured) has seen the future. And it’s gamey. Bruckheimer, who has produced movies like Bad Boys and Armageddon, is a movie business wizard. He knows what he’s doing. His latest picture is a big screen version of video game Prince of Persia. “I really believe in the next 10…

Finally, We Can Bet Money On Street Fighter Matches

British bookmaker Paddy Power has shown today it knows a fresh cash stream when it sees one, as it will soon begin accepting bets on video games. It also shows it does not keep up with recent video game news Two of Britain’s better Street Fighter IV players will face off later this week, with…

Kotaku Japan Confronted by Famitsu and Konami

On April 20th, I wrote a post titled “Do Not Trust This Magazine’s Review Scores” that showed what seems to be the conflict of interest Japanese magazine Famitsu has. And what a conflict of interest it is. Famitsu appears in upcoming stealth PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. What’s more, former Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu…

Turn Xbox Media Center Into A Gaming Center

The Xbox Media Centre – one of the last things the old console is good for these days – doesn’t just play media. It can play games, too! Our pals at Lifehacker have come up with a handy guide that can turn the Media Centre into a gaming hub, letting you play both dedicated PC…

Hands On With Nintendo’s Ball

Japan’s Club Nintendo offered members the chance to redeem their points for this. Just look at it! This is a working re-issue of retro Game & Watch handheld, which was originally released in 1980. The game had players toss balls in the air and trying not to drop them. It is the first Game &…

A Good Look At Dragon Age’s Action Figures

First shown in February in a crummy magazine scan, DC Unlimited has finally released official pics of its line of Dragon Age figures, giving us our first good look at the series. The four figures, which go on sale on September 29, are Duncan, Genlock, Loghain and Morrigan. They’re the second in DC’s range of…

Which Game Franchise Does This Belong To?

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Creator Commentary Comes To Monkey Island 2 Remake

The upcoming release of a Monkey Island 2 special edition is special not for the revamped graphics, but for the inclusion of a commentary track featuring the original game’s creators: Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. While it’s not the first game to do so – Valve has been dropping them into games for…

The Neon Genesis Evangelion Convenience Store

Big cities in Japan are packed with convenience stores. It seems like there is one on every corner. (Sometimes there is!) There is one that stands out from the rest. Convenience store chain Lawson has opened a special Lawson Tokyo-3 conbini, or convenience store. Tokyo-3 is the fictional setting for the groundbreaking franchise Neon Genesis…

Possibility of Criminal Charges Over New iPhone

On April 19, sister site Gizmodo.com broke the exclusive news that Apple has been working on a new iPhone. Now, authorities are considering whether to file criminal charges over its sale, reports The New York Times. According to NY Times blog Bits Blog, the district attorney in San Mateo County in California has the option…

Wu-Tang’s RZA Working On Game With Activision

RZA, one of rap group The Wu-Tang Clan’s more prominent members, has revealed over the weekend that he’s been working with video game publisher Activision on a new game. He doesn’t say what exactly the game is, but since there’s pics of him wearing motion-capture suits, we can assume it’s something he’d appear in as…

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I Want You To Vote For The Best Kotaku WarioWare DIY Microgame!

Hey! Don’t forget to place your vote for what you consider the best Kotaku-themed WarioWare: D.I.Y. game created by you, the readership. The winner will walk away with some mega-sized Nintendo prizes, so choose your votes carefully. We need you to help us whittle down an impressive 95 WarioWare: D.I.Y. microgames to a more manageable…

The Cat Came Back

To: Luke From: Owen Re: Surprise Snow I’d semiadopted a neighborhood stray back during a terrible cold snap in the winter. She doesn’t get along with my indoor cat at all, so she spends most of her time outside. Friday I noticed she didn’t show up for dinner. Turns out she’d gotten locked in a…

A Compendium of Lame Excuses from the Banned

There’s only so many ways you can blame your Xbox Live profile saying nasty or verboten things on someone else. The truly creative are able to depict it as something beneficial to society. Like breast cancer awareness. Kotaku reader LOL It’s Bert got bored, apparently, and began sifting through the Xbox Live forums, finding several…

Get Clean With Old School Cartridges

Novelty soap maker Geeksoap has a new line of bars – they can’t market them as NES, Super Nintendo, or Gameboy cartridges, trademark reasons. But that’s obviously what they are. The NES and Super Nintendo soap are $6.50 , weighing eight and nine ounces respectively; Game Boy soap is $2, weighs 1.5 ounces and more…

Week in Games: Super Spring Harvest

It feels like there’s something for everyone in this week’s batch of new releases. Super Street Fighter IV is a big name, but not the only one. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa also drops, along with some choice DLC. NIER and Dead to Rights: Retribution give heft to a solid Tuesday; Tecmo Bowl Throwback…

Kotaku’s Top 5 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. •Top 10 Video Game Tribute Raps [The Kartel] We routinely get tips to the latest video game rap tribute; here’s a helpful compilation of 10…

More than Guns Go Bang in Red Dead Redemption

The ESRB’s served up a no-surprise M for Red Dead Redemption but enlightens us as to why – drugs, blood and a whole bunch of words Roy Rogers never said to Dale Evans. Redemption gets the full buffet of mature content: Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs. Here are…