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  The Eleven Zelda Fan Finalists: Vote Now

  Don’t forget to look over and vote for your favorite finalist in our Zelda contest. The prize for the lucky winner is a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a Spirit Tracks t-shirt, a $1,000 Nintendo World Store gift card, a Zelda’s “biggest fan” trophy and a white Nintendo DSi system personally signed…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010
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  You Have An Hour To Buy A $90 Street Fighter IV TE FightStick

  With a little over an hour left and more than 50% claimed, if you’re in the market for one of Mad Catz Xbox 360 Tournament Edition Street Fighter IV FightSticks, now would be a good time to hit up Amazon.com. Today’s Gold Box deals on Amazon seem to have some sort of fitness theme, with…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010
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  Reader Makes His Own Bayonetta Collector’s Edition

  Frustrated by the lack of a premium collector’s edition for Sega’s Bayonetta, Kotakuite SonicTHP took matters into his own hands, gathering some of the rarest Bayonetta swag to craft his very own CE. Many folks are content just to have a game they’ve been pining over released, but some people crave more. People like SonicTHP,…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010
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  Don’t Get Any Blood On Your Game Saves

  Proving once more than adding a knife to anything makes it better, Victorinox today announced a new line of Swiss Army knives featuring Bluetooth, remote controls and USB drives. My favorite of the bunch, the Victorinox Secure comes with an LED mini white light, retractable ball point pen, knife, scissors, nail file, screwdriver, key ring…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010
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  What Parents Think Their Kids Learn From Video Games

  One parent has put Modern Warfare and Halo to educational use for their four-year-old. Another believes Okami teaches values. These are the things the parents among you told us about what games do — or don’t do — for children. Yesterday, Kotaku ran a post about a mom in Orange County, California who doesn’t want…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Please comment about video games below this post. And, today, I’m allowing you to use cheat codes. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010
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  Logitech Brings the Home Theater Experience to Your Crotch

  Finally, audio for your crotch. Packing dual high-definition speakers, a fan and a padded base, Logitech’s Speaker Lapdesk N700 promises to deliver theater-quality audio to the one place you probably thought you didn’t need it. “The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N700 helps transform your laptop into a private theater in the cozy confines of your lap,”…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010
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  What To Do When The Baby’s Barfy

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Goodbye Again Roll up the rug! Micro-Bash has been sick for most of the week. Thanks goodness for plastic buckets. (T_T) That’s a sock at the bottom of the slide. I think. What you missed last night Report: New Zelda Out By End of 2010, First DS Successor Details This…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  These Were Some Of 2009’s Most Popular Games To Trade [Updated]

  Game-trading outlet Goozex have released some charts revealing what their most popular titles of 2009 were on the service, and included are comprehensive charts for each major video game platform. And, as you’re about to see, the lists are a little surprising, in that they differ wildly from what you’d see on sales charts. Take…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Uncharted Developers “Not Interested” In Motion-Controlled Nathan Drake

  With Sony’s motion controller due later this year, some of you may be thinking ahead. To the future. A future with killer robots, alien overlords and an Uncharted 3 that maybe uses motion controls. We don’t know about the chances of the first two, sorry, but we do know that Uncharted developers Naughty Dog aren’t…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Pink PSP Blossoms In Japan

  Just in time for the spring cherry blossoms, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that Japan will be getting a “Blossom Pink” colored PSP-3000. The Blossom Pink PSP will go on sale in Japan on March 4 for ¥16,800 (US$182). A Blossom Pink PSP-3000 was released in the West last spring, making it reasonable to believe…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  EVE Online Player Turns Robin Hood

  Last year, an EVE Online player by the name of Curzon Dax managed to earn 374 billion ISK (the multiplayer game’s own currency) from in-game investors. He then promptly took the money and ran. Claiming that he’d be launching a venture that would earn returns of 200% on any investment, Dax attracted plenty of interested…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Japan’s 2009 Xbox LIVE Download Stats

  Never mind that a mere 300,000 or so Xbox 360s were sold in Japan last year. Those who bought the console (hopefully!) enjoyed the console’s online capabilities. Note: data covers the 2009 calendar year, and overall ranking covers from 2005 to 2009. Launch dates are noted when appropriate. 2009 Xbox LIVE Arcade Top Ten Titles…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  Nintendo Breaking Records, Taking Names In Europe

  Joining Nintendo of America today in their back-slapping and high-fiving are Nintendo of Europe, who have released a number of impressive tallies for sales of both hardware and software. Hardware first! The Wii has now sold 20 million units in Europe, with 9.6 million of those owning one of the two versions of Wii Fit.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Why Mark Hamill Has Never Voiced Luke Skywalker

  Star Wars made actor Mark Hamill famous. And while he turned in strong performances in films such as Sam Fuller’s war opus The Big Red One, he was never quite able to move out of the shadow of Luke Skywalker. Yet, even after finding a career as a successful voice actor in cartoons and video…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  Rest In Peace, Chromehounds

  In August 2009, Sega informed the eleven people still playing online mech shooter Chromehounds that one day soon, the game’s servers would be shut down, effectively “killing” the game. That day is today. Yes, sometime today, Sega and Microsoft will pull the plug on one of the early cult favourites of the Xbox 360. It…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  More Cosplayers To Poke Your Eyes Out

  Okay, this is it — promise. Well, for now. No more Comiket 77 cosplays! Comic Market, or Comiket, ended in late December, and the Japanese website Moeyo.com has been uploading pictures since then, day by day. The website looks like its about finished with its uploads, a subtle hint to us to get our hat…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  Tatsunoko vs Capcom: A New Challenger!

  Capcom unveiled a brand new character for their Wii 2D fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom yesterday. Sadly, that character is somebody only 2% of you will have ever heard of. It’s Ai-chan from Yatterman, otherwise known as Yatterman 2, who joins her partner Yatterman in the game to fight some crime and, where no crime is…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Fist of the North Star Dated Dated, Already Dead (And Dated)

  In early December Tecmo Koei announced that its Fist of the North Star game, Hokuto Musou, would be released in Japan on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in simply “March 2010”. Today the company announced the exact date. That’s annoying! Post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken), which debuted in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 6, 2010
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  Darksiders Might Wage War On Hollywood, Comic Books

  Joe Madureira, creative director on Vigil’s freshly-released Darksiders, has revealed that already talks are underway to shift the franchise into things like movies and comic books. “We’ve gotten some interest from Hollywood, we’ve talked about doing a comic series,” Madureira told VG247. “We” being publishers THQ, of course, not Vigil. “At least a couple of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010