The Grand Theft Auto ‘Hot Coffee’ Payout Checks Are In The Mail

If you ever owned a copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, specifically the naughty version that contained the crude, digital doggy-styling mission known as “Hot Coffee,” you may already be five U.S. dollars richer. Publisher Take-Two is sending out checks. Those checks are part of publisher Take-Two Interactive’s efforts to “voluntarily fulfill all properly-submitted…

The Best Way To Brick Your Console (And Have It Still Play Pong)

Guus Oosterbaan’s dedicated Pong console, encased in cement, as seen on the creator’s blog, via Make and Gizmodo.

Battlefield 1943 Sells a Million; PC Version Still Coming ‘Soon’

Electronic Arts today boasted that Battlefield 1943 sold a million copies over Xbox Live, the fastest game ever to do so. But for those wondering when this game will release for PC, there’s still no info more specific than “soon.” “The reception of Battlefield 1943 continues to amaze us, even months after the game was…

From DSi XL to iPAD

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Today It Snowed! Sorta!! Now that the DSi XL launch is behind us it’s time to start thinking about the iPad. I’m still on the line about whether it’s the sort of device I’d make regular use of. The main reason I play so many iPhone games, I think, is…

Green Day: Rock Band Full Of Dookie, American Idiot

Retailer Play.com is apparently confirming—and re-confirming—27 tracks from the upcoming Green Day: Rock Band, noting that two of the punk band’s albums, 1994’s Dookie and 2004’s American Idiot, will be included in the game “in their entirety.” MTV Games and Harmonix have officially confirmed a handful of songs from the albums Nimrod, American Idiot and…

EA Sports: Motion Controlled Soccer ‘Isn’t Particularly Authentic’

EA Sports doesn’t sound enthusiastic about integrating Project Natal or PlayStation Move motion control into its FIFA series, with the game’s producer saying the soccer experience they can supply for such a game “isn’t particularly authentic.” In fact, if FIFA ever does incorporate motion controls down the line, it’d likely be just in mini-games, producer…

How To “Fix” Your Gamerscore

Does your Gamerscore not end in a zero or a five? And does that bug you? If so, you’re a little weird, but you’re also lucky. There’s a guy who knows how to help you out. The guy is Eric Frey, author of “Uncommon Point Value Achievements v1.0,” a handy new guide he has published…

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Enslaved May Have The Prettiest Post-Apocalypse Yet

Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory’s next game, Enslaved, may offer the most pleasant looking post-apocalyptic environment ever, as new screen shots of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game illustrate. Sure, the environments in Enslaved definitely look dilapidated enough, but they don’t have that post-nuclear feel that its end of the world peers have. Namco…

Bacon Approves

To dislike Monday Night Combat would be to disagree with a woman dressed as bacon. This representative of bacon-flavoring company J&D’s (makers of Baconnaise) recently visited MNC studio Uber Entertainment. I played the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game, sans bacon outfit, at PAX East.

Raskulls Preview: Dig, Please

Halfbrick Studio’s early 2010 Xbox Live Arcade Game Raskulls looks and plays like the kind of old-school platformer that surely someone must have thought of years ago. Would someone have thought of creating a bunch of side-scrolling levels that are accessed from an overworld map, a la Super Mario World, but supports four players? Wait.…

Expect More Extreme Violence When The Fist Of The North Star Heads West

Koei’s latest massive beat ’em up—known as Hokuto Musou in Japan, simply Fist of the North Star for the West—will get a little something extra when it comes westward: the extreme violence that we so desperately need. While the newly released Fist of the North Star game with Dynasty Warriors mechanics is already bursting with…

The Nintendo Download: See, It’s A Metronome, But With Donkey Kong

Kotaku was prepared to mock the release of a metronome for the DSi today, surely not the best thing in this week’s offering of DS and Wii downloads. But then we saw the picture for it. Fahey usually does these things, so I will be but a poor substitute. WarioWare DIY’s WiiWare expansion is neat,…

How Nintendo Can Help You Cook

Nintendo’s new super-sized DSi XL portable gaming system hit stores this weekend. One of the device’s key “games” also went on sale: An interactive cook book. We took both for a spin to see how they did. America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking looks and feels an awful lot like a re-imagining of 2008’s Personal…

BioWare’s Secret Countdown Ends On A Bazaar Note

The maker of Dragon Age and Mass Effect has ended its online countdown clock teasing, revealing something that isn’t a new game, isn’t a batch of fresh downloadable content and isn’t a port of Mass Effect 2. It’s the BioWare Bazaar. The BioWare Bazaar isn’t a new game feature, it’s simply a chance for fans…

A Nintendo Fanboy Made This Game

In 2002, Andrew Lum strapped a TV to his chest, a GameCube to his belt and crashed Sony parties. He was paid to do this, but, really, Andrew Lum loves Nintendo. Today, he’s making a Nintendo game. Lum’s game is Frobot, which believe it or not has to be qualified with the sentence: No, not…

Year Three In the Life of LEGO Harry Potter

I am proud to admit that I await the arrival of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 with giddy anticipation. I’ll be writing up my impressions of the DS, PC, PSP, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 title next week, but until then check out this latest video showing off the Traveller’s Tale developed game. This one…

You Got Your Kotaku In My Steam!!!

We’ve always been big fans of Steam, Valve’s game delivering and online game hosting service, but now we have one more reason to love it: Kotaku is an official news provider for the system. Now you never have to leave Steam, even to get the latest and greatest coverage of all things video gaming. To…

The Best Gamers Know These Best One-Liners

At PAX East, geek hero Wil Wheaton decided to check which generations the thousands of people attending his keynote were from by testing some gaming one-liners. People roared for each one. “It is very dark” “You have died of dysentery” “Roll initiative” “Shots do not hurt other players … yet.” “Enchantment? Enchantment!” [Update: Thanks, DeanBMV…

The Great PAX East Slurpee Caper

Come hear the tale of how one video game journalist, driven by the love of the Slurpee, overcame tremendous odds to travel one and a half blocks in two hours. I’ve never been candid about my love of the Slurpee. I’ve lived in Georgia since 1984, and back then I used to ride my bike…