Amazon Doubling Your BioShock Pleasure

Are you a BioShock newbie who doesn’t want to play through the second game without experiencing the first? Well then Amazon.com has the deal for you. Several readers have tipped us off to a deal going on now over at Amazon.com. For a limited time, purchasing BioShock 2 for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360…

Virtua Fighter’s Final Showdown With April Fools

It’s still March 31 by the official Kotaku calendar, but it’s April Fools’ Day in Japan, something you should take into consideration while watching Sega’s new trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, its latest fighting game update. If the fireballs, hurricane kicks and Tekken-style lighting effects have you worried about the direction of the…

Pokewalker Generates 30 “Friends” In 15 Minutes

Gamernode’s Jason Fanelli took his Pokemon Pokewalker pedometer to PAX East, where, I can assure you, LOTS of people had the things strapped to their belts. He made some friends. The Pokewalker is used to train Pokemon in the new Pokemon Soul Silver and Heart Gold DS games, each step adding to your Pokemon’s XP…

Dante’s Inferno’s Trials Of St. Lucia Gives You Wings

Dante’s guardian angel and Christian martyr St. Lucia gets her game on in these screens from the upcoming Trails of St. Lucia downloadable content for Dante’s Inferno. I’m looking forward to the addition of co-op multiplayer in Dante’s Inferno, if only because I was slightly embarrassed having someone else sitting there watching me as I…

The Power Behind Project Natal: PrimeSense

You’ve heard all about Project Natal, but Microsoft’s 3D motion controller solution would have fallen completely flat if not for PrimeSense’s 3D sensing technology. What is PrimeSense? PrimeSense is a company that creates technology that allows computers and, in this case, the Xbox 360, perceive the world in three dimensions. The PrimeSensor bathes the area…

Before It Was NBA Jam

An exclusive look at what EA said was an instantly-fun 2008 Wii prototype that has evolved into the promising new NBA Jam, a game we previewed today. (Bonus joke-completion challenge for NBA fans: These basketball players have more personality than the _______’s ________ ___________)

Three Minutes Of Final Fantasy XIV Footage And Japanese Voices

Square Enix Japan is creating a series of video blogs called Life in Eorzea, with the first one featuring plenty of Chocobos, tiny little guys dancing, and plenty of Japanese people talking. The nice folks at FFXIVCore have translated some of the chatter going on behind the Final Fantasy XIV gameplay footage, and it doesn’t…

Chat Now With A Bizarre Creations’ Lead Designer

Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live RIGHT NOW with special guest Bizarre Creations’ Gareth Wilson, a lead designers for Blur. Wilson is joining us live on the show, which starts in just a few minutes, to talk about Blur and the studio synonymous with pick-up-and-play racers. Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk…

Bringing FarmVille To Your Browser Bar

From the FarmVille toolbar to a virtual pet that runs on your browser bar, Conduit’s Ltd. is helping gamers connect with games without having to change their web page. You might have never heard about Conduit Ltd., but odds are you’ve seen some of its technology. Conduit created a technology that allows publishers an easy…

Got Facebook, Twitter? Then You Need To Fan and Follow Kotaku

Did you know Kotaku has Facebook and Twitter pages? Neither did I!!! OK, I did, but I bet some of you didn’t. If you’re a fan of the site you should probably fan up our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter. They are both great ways to see Kotaku’s most interesting stories. Here’s what…

Pac-Man In Leather, In Your Back Pocket

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of everyone’s favorite pellet muncher, Namco Bandai is releasing a commemorative wallet in Japan this May. It comes in three colors and is priced at ¥14,800 (US$158). Wakka wakka! Designed by Toru Iwatani, the original Pac-Man was released in Japanese arcades in May 1980. The country, and soon the world,…

Let’s Abolish Schools And Teach Children With Video Games

For thousands of years, societies taught and trained their children through immersive gameplay and storytelling. Prospect Magazine’s Julian Gough wonders why we ever stopped, and ponders a fantasy world where the games of today form the children of tomorrow. “How would I cut public spending by £100bn? Abolish schools-and have children learn through playing videogames…

Are These Leaked Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Videos?

Several readers pointed us towards a series of YouTube videos that seem to feature Sonic the Hedgehog 4’s Splash Hill and Lost Labyrinth Zones. Are they legit? The videos depict Sonic 4’s Splash Hill zone, which we’ve seen bits and pieces of before, as well as a Lost Labyrinth level, which we’ve not seen before.…

How They Brought NBA Jam Back From The Dead

The new NBA Jam wasn’t always NBA Jam. It could have been “NBA Kids,” an idea being tossed around at EA in the fall of 2008 as developers at the company tried to figure out what kind of fun, mainstream basketball game would play best on the Wii. That idea didn’t go anywhere. It could…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Come Car Talk With The Creators of Project Gotham Racing and Blur

Join us later today on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat with two of Bizarre Creations lead designers about their upcoming racer Blur. Lead designer Gareth Wilson from the team behind Project Gotham Racing and upcoming disco racer Blur will be on Kotaku Talk Radio later today at 11 a.m. Kotaku Time (that’s 1 p.m. ET,…

Become Right Handed Or Left Handed, Time to Decide!

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Great Danopotamus Micro-Bash, my one year-old son, is starting to use a fork and/or spoon when he eats. Naturally, being right handed myself, I gave him the utensil (or Wii Remote) to hold in his right paw, but the kid has problems manipulating the utensil. So! Switch to the left…

What You Could Buy Instead Of An iPad

Apple’s iPad will be capturing the imaginations of millions around the world this week. But when you consider what you’re getting for your money, well, buying one may not seem like such a great idea. We’ve taken what’s shaping up as the most popular version of Apple’s book-reading, web-browsing and game-playing device, broken down how…

Maybe The Worst Thing This Wife Could Do

Cheat on her husband? No. Spend all his money? No. For one man, this just might be worse. Much worse. From the advice column of Japan’s news source Yomiuri (translated by Matt Alt): Before we got married, he didn’t exhibit much of this kind of behavior but I’ve really been noticing it lately. He collects…