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  EA Cuts Deal To Publish Shank, Deathspank

  Electronic Arts today announced a deal with the developers of Shank and Deathspank to bring the downloadable games to multiple platforms. The publishing deals are part of agreements that Klei and Hothead Games recently signed with EA Partners. While no specific release dates have yet been announced, Shank will be coming to the PC, PS3…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 4, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Got something to say about video games in 16,000 words or less? Kotaku’s the place for you. Comment about video games right here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010
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  My 10 Years With The PlayStation 2

  On March 4, 2000, Sony unleashed the successor to their wildly successful PlayStation on an unsuspecting world. Ten years later I’ve still got PlayStation 2 games on preorder. And to think I didn’t even care until 2002. In 1999, I was still new to the internet video game press business, but that was okay, as…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 4, 2010
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  But Do I Hate Japan?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Hump Day Before the talk about hate… Do you know why there was no heavy rain today? No, I’m not talking about the PS3 game…nor about where you are per se. Sorry! When I woke up this morning, I found that Mini Bash had made a teru teru bozu (which…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Happy Birthday PS2!

  Ten years ago today, the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan. That makes the PS2 ten years old. After launching worldwide, the console has gone on to sell over 140 million units globally, making it the best selling home console. Ten years in, the console is still alive and kicking. There are still video games being…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Ubisoft Sinks DRM Piracy Claims

  Publisher Ubisoft has fired back about rumors that games like Silent Hunter 5 have already been cracked by pirates. As Kotaku posted previously, new anti-piracy measure, which will also be employed in the upcoming PC version of Assassin’s Creed II, requires that users maintain a constant internet connection in order to play their games. There…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Rockstar’s Agent “Still In Development”

  Remember Agent? Rockstar’s espionage title that we know almost nothing about? Well, publisher Take-Two says it’s…still in development. Yes, despite nobody having really heard or seen much of anything to do with the game since its announcement last year, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder was asked about the status of the title earlier today, and replied…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  New Tomb Raider Game Drops Tomb Raider Name

  Not surprisingly, Square Enix announced today that developer Crystal Dynamics is at work on a new Tomb Raider game. Except, this one isn’t called Tomb Raider, the famous words nowhere to be found in the game’s title. Instead, the game is called “Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light”. Strange to forgo such a recognised…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Don’t Throw Up, Xbox Japan Man!

  The guys from “Xbox Mission Department” have returned and are securing titles for the Xbox 360. The guy with the Xbox 360 logo for a noggin is named Sanrokumaru, or literally three-six-o. He speaks only through the Xbox 360’s “X” noise. In one of the ads below, there is a teaser for the next Xbox…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Get A Good Look At Those Mass Effect 2 Figures

  While they were first revealed in January, courtesy of a blurry magazine scan, that was no way to get a good look at DC Direct’s line of Mass Effect 2 figures. This is. The first line will feature four characters: Commander Shepard (male), Tali, Thane and Grunt. Shepard is a little…off, not just because my…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Red Ring of Death In Robot Sculpture Form

  Things break. And this generation, the Xbox 360 has broken more than any other console. Some gamers might simply become resigned. Jasper Steven is not one of those people. When his Xbox 360 croaked, he decided that he’d had enough so he gutted the machine and made this Xbox 360 sculpture. It is not held…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Nintendo, Don’t Be Ashamed Of A Girl’s Behind

  Glory of Heracles is a DS game that, while out in Japan since 2008, was only just released in the US, and won’t be out in Europe for weeks. So Nintendo is still advertising. Advertising, and covering up butts. In an email for the Paon-developed game, changes have been made to the original artwork. As…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Deus Ex 3, Smoke If You’ve Got ‘Em

  To promote the upcoming cyberpunk game Deus Ex, game Eidos Montreal posted an image of a lighter. Wow. That’s so exciting! Eidos Montreal community guy René blogs, “I can’t say a darn thing about this other than people who like to go into details will shortly have some new material to dissect.” While the image…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters, Wears Sequins

  Bill Murray was on Letterman the other night and got talking Ghostbusters. Then he got talking the recent Ghostbusters game. I had to watch it four times to catch it all, so dazzled was I by that shirt. Watch the clip and you’ll hear how much he loved the experience of getting back into the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  Ghost In the Shell Live-Action Script Draft Incoming!

  Steven Spielberg, filmmaker and part-time game designer, plans to make a live action version of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell futuristic cop manga. Scribe Laeta Kalogridis is hard at work on the screenplay. At a recent Q&A for Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island (she wrote the script), Kalogridis revealed that she’ll “turn in a draft…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Ubisoft Making Emergency Changes To PC DRM

  With Ubisoft’s new digital rights management regime for the PC proving both easy to circumvent and wildly unpopular, the publisher has been rushing to make changes to the system in an attempt to appease consumers. Example: Assassin’s Creed II isn’t even out yet on PC, yet Ubisoft has already upgraded the game to v1.01, the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  This Is A Fist of The North Star Trailer For Your Eyes

  This month, Koei is bringing anime/manga series Fist of the North Star to the PS3 and Xbox 360. The company is best known for its Dynasty Warriors hack-and-slash action games. Let’s hope it doesn’t screw this up. The company has roped in popstar Nana Tanimura (pictured) to sing the title’s “image song” Far Away. It…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Describe Sony In One Word

  Can you sum up your feelings towards Sony in one word? These people did. Well, most of them did. Others needed a few more. Gizmodo hit the streets of New York the other day to poll Average Joe on their feelings towards the Japanese super company, manufacturers of the PlayStation. They had to reply in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010
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  BioShock Designer Wrote Movie Script For Amy Grant

  Long before game designer Ken Levine created games like BioShock and System Shock 2, he was keen to get into the movie business. So keen that he penned a script for a movie starring Amy Grant. Christian music singer Amy Grant is best known for her hits Every Heartbeat and Baby Baby Hollywood hired Levine…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 4, 2010
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  Hello, World’s Fastest Graphics Card

  This is the Sapphire Radeon HD 5970, and it’s apparently the world’s fastest production video card. Which it had want to be, with a price tag hovering around the $700 mark. It’s got an overclocked ATI GPU that’s running at 850mhz, three large (and surely cosmetic) fans and, as you can see in the middle…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 4, 2010