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  An Insider’s Guide to Portal 2

  Today’s Game Informer cover unveiling is just the latest in a year and a half’s worth of Portal 2 news that has been steadily leaking about the Valve game since 2008. The cover hints at a chance to leave the labs, and GLaDOS, behind, but we’ve known plenty more than that for quite awhile. Be…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010
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  I Know What I’m Doing This Weekend

  All the screenshots and box art in the world can’t match the sizzle of having the actual game resting in your hand. Look for our review on Monday at 10 a.m.

  By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010
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  Go All John Woo On City Of Heroes

  City of Heroes players who pre-purchase the alignment-changing Going Rogue expansion pack today gain immediate access to the new Dual Pistols power set, which goes a little something like this. The Going Rogue expansion is now available for pre-purchase through NCsoft’s online store, and watching this clip might help you justify the $29.99 cost. Players…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010
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  Digimon Battle Digivolves Into Open Beta Registration

  WeMade Entertainment’s North American release of online digital pet simulator Digimon Battle is moving right along, with registrations now open for the March 10 open beta test, with virtual goodies in store for those who participate. It’s only been a week and a half since WeMade Entertainment announced Digimon Battle for North America, and the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2010
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  BioShock 2’s First Expansion Pack Hits March 11

  The Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for Bioshock 2, hits Games for Windows Live, the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace March 11 for about $5. The Sincliar Solutions Tester Pack, which will include a rank increase to level 50, two new playable characters, 20…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010
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  You Must Be Brave To Wear These Shirts

  Nintendo DS title Love Plus is a popular game. It a dating sim with young girls and has sold something like 180,000 copies in Japan. But nobody walks around advertising their adoration for the game. That is gonna change. Outfit retailer NijigenCOSPA is offering Love Plus t-shirts that features characters Manaka Takane, Rinko Kobayakawa and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Video games are today’s topic. And you have been selected to discuss them, in the comments here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010
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  Bullying Is Bad

  To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Any Doctors On Board Kotaku? Read this story about Princess Aiko, granddaughter of the emperor of Japan, has been having problems at school being bullied. Apparently, she’s even missed a few days of class because of it. Feel sorry for her! Hope she gets everything straightened out. Bullying seems to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Nixed on Xbox 360 Live

  A change to the Xbox Live code of conduct this morning now allows gamers to express their sexual orientation in Xbox Live profiles or Gamertags. The new policy states: “You may use the following terms to express your relationship orientation in your profile or Gamertag: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Straight. Other terms regarding relationship orientation…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010
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  Retail Deathmatch: DSi XL and Apple iPad Hit the U.S. Within Days of Each Other

  Apple’s over-sized iPad will be hitting stores in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3 for WiFi models and later that month for WiFi plus 3G models. All models of the iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Pre-orders for U.S. orders of the…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 5, 2010
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  Gogo Is A Good Gundam Singer

  Last week, Chiaki Kuriyama, best known in the West as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill, released her first CD single “Ryusei no Namida”, the theme for Gundam Unicorn. Based on a series of popular light novels, original video anime Gundam Unicorn debuted on Sony’s PlayStation Network on February 20 with the six-episode series getting a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  Joe Danger Leaps Fearlessly Onto The PlayStation 3

  Joe Danger, a game about a man called Joe, who faces danger, is one of the most high profile games in this year’s Independent Games Festival awards. And it’s coming to the PlayStation 3. Yes, all this time people had been growing slowly, and gently excited by his adorable brand of stuntmanship, they’d been doing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010
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  Australia’s Moral Defender Has Hurt Feelings, Interest In “Research”

  As the most public – and pivotal – opponent of an adults-only video game rating in Australia, Michael Atkinson is a rather public figure. Just don’t call him a crook. You may end up being sued by him. Last year, a user-submitted comment on an Adelaide-based website called Atkinson a “crook”. That’s it. It had…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010
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  Platinum Games’ Third-Person Shooter Won’t Have Multiplayer

  These days it seems like every game has multiplayer. Multiplayer isn’t just expected, it has become a given. That makes it all the more noticeable when a game does not have the feature. Upcoming third-person shooter Vanquish features a protagonist in an armored suit wielding cool weapons. Third-person shooter. Armored suit. Cool weapons. The game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  World Of Warcraft Figures, Silly Names

  DC Unlimited is back with two more series of World of Warcraft figures, featuring Orcs, Trolls, Worgens and even a human. Series 7 of the line’s regular pieces features Judge Malthred, Garona and Garm Whitefang, while series 3 of DC’s premium line includes Garrosh Hellscream and Taz’Dingo. Both lines will be out in October, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010
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  Which Pokemon Song Do You Like Better?

  Nerd hero and cat-butt-sniffer Shoko Nakagawa (pictured) belted out a the ending theme for the televised Pokémon. Sadly, her song has been replaced. But is the new song better? Nakagawa’s tune, “Get Fired Up Notch-Eared Pichu”, is catchy and fun. She also voices Giza Mimi Pichu (“Notch-Eared Pichu”). Watch her as she sings the song…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  New Gran Turismo 5 Footage Goes Mad For NASCAR

  While Gran Turismo often deals with the more refined aspects of car racing, you won’t find any of that in this trailer. All you’ll find here are giant cars going round and around and around. While NASCAR’s inclusion in Gran Turismo 5 has been known for a while now, this is the first time we’ve…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010
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  Tron Legacy Trailer Teaser Shots

  To tease the upcoming Tron: Legacy, Disney has been releasing a series of images from the new, upcoming Tron: Legacy trailer. That’s right, Disney is teasing a trailer. So far there have been shots of Sam Flynn (played by Garrett Hedlund), son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), going into the old Flynn’s Arcade. Nice mirror.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  Your Red Dead Redemption Survival Guide: Listen To This!

  Western game Red Dead Redemption was originally supposed to get in the saddle this April, but has been kicked off its horse and won’t be riding into stores until May. Developer Rockstar needs more time to polish the game, which *fingers crossed* means a better finished product. Still, that leaves us with some dead time…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 5, 2010
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  PC Sales Charts: Bringin’ Out The Big Guns

  It’s not until you look at these charts that you realise that PC has been having a big couple of months. Where normally these things are full of old or discounted titles, there are some big games here from some big publishers, some of them PC versions of multiplatform titles, others PC exclusives set to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2010