The Rules for Chasing That Million-Dollar Perfect Game

MLB 2K10 releases tomorrow, and the first person to chuck a perfect game on it – under certain conditions – gets a million bucks. 2K Sports has posted those conditions, and they read like a Charlie Sheen restraining order. Twin Galaxies, the international high-score certification authority, is the judging partner with 2K Sports on this,…

Think Outside The Bun, Get Free Atari Games

During tonight’s Fourth Meal-timed trip to Taco Bell, you might want to bring some extra cash. The fast food joint is apparently handing out classic Atari games alongside purchases of its popular imitation of Mexican food. Kotaku reader LostCrichton scooped up attractively boxed copies of Super Breakout, Centipede, Lunar Lander and Asteroids at a Portland,…

Grab a Major League Jersey in PlayStation Home

Now that everyone can finally connect to PlayStation Network, this is probably a good time to tell you that you can pick up a free baseball jersey for your Home avatar, just by going and watching a trailer. The duds are Joe Mauer’s No. 7 home shirt for the Minnesota Twins (pictured). Mauer’s the cover…

BioShock’s Arcadia Demade For Doom II

Doom fans looking to squeeze more life from Doom II, technologically resistant to joining us in the 21st century, can still see some of Rapture’s underwater delights, thanks to this BioShock-inspired “demake” crafted for id Software’s classic PC shooter. That free-to-download Doom homage, curiously enough, comes from BioShock 2’s lead level designer. JP LeBreton posted…

Can You Get Some Concept Art For The Witness? Yes, You Can

Last summer, developer Number None of Braid fame announced its next game, The Witness. It was described as “philosophical and quiet” and feature “a heavy emphasis on the way things look.” Well, this is what things look like. Or this concept art is what things will eventually look like, when the puzzle game arrives. The…

Urgent Evoke: The Game That Seeks to Do Good, in Real Life

Jane McGonigal believes in gamers, because they’re trained to believe they can win. She’s built an alternate-reality game to tap that confidence and channel it into good works benefiting gamers’ communities, with the larger goal of fostering empowerment in Africa. Urgent Evoke is the name of this game, profiled along with McGonigal (pictured) today by…

Movie Reviewed

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Japanese Tax Time! At the request of our readers, I wrote up my thoughts on The Crazies today for a review. Did you see the original? Romero really knew how to make them didn’t he. It’s amazing how much film, literature, comics, toys and video games overlap these days. That’s…

PS3 Error 8001050F: The Nightmare May Be Over [Updated]

PlayStation 3 owners affected by the dreaded 8001050F error, it may be safe to turn on your systems again. Reports from users locked out by the system’s clock bug are indicating our day-long nightmare is finally over. Reader tips, forum posts and tests at Kotaku Towers are indicating that the PlayStation 3 has “fixed” itself…

Portal Mysteriously Updated With Secret Radio Codes, New Achievement

Valve’s brilliant first-person puzzler Portal has just been updated. Not normally a big deal, but when that update adds a new, mysterious Steam achievement and some hidden radio transmissions and this is Valve we’re dealing with, we’re right to be curious. Today’s Portal update, officially, features the following addition: “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply…

The Crazies Review: Left 4 Dead In a Small Town

An idyllic American town plunges into murder and mayhem after a toxin finds its way into the water supply, leaving a sheriff, his deputy, his wife and her friend to survive a town now peopled by The Crazies in what looks an awful lot like a zombie apocalypse. Sound familiar? While this is no Left…

Resonance Of Fate Website Has Free Music For You

Along with the requisite trailers, screenshots, and character bios, the new website for Sega’s gun-toting role-playing game Resonance of Fate has a couple songs for you to add to your collection of video game music you hardly ever listen to. I have quite a large collection of video game music I hardly ever listen to,…

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Toy Soldiers Is Your XBLA Game of the Week, COG Armor Your New Deal

If you’ve suffered a bump on the head and forgotten your Xbox Live Arcade Block Party release schedule, here’s a reminder that Toy Soldiers is your XBLA game of the week, a rare World War I-themed video game. What makes Toy Soldiers a bit more common, however, is its “tower defense” brand of gameplay, pitting…

Nintendo Lets You Play With Beyoncé’s Clothes

Nintendo’s partnership with pop diva Beyoncé comes to fruition, as five new pieces from her and her mother’s Deréon fashion line become available for download in Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS. Are you excited by the thought of your avatar wearing a Deréon Pop polo and “D’s Studded” skinny jeans? Should you accent your…

Stars Of Kotaku, Make A Page And Brag About It [UPDATE]

With star power at Kotaku comes the ability to create your own page here on Kotaku. I did it with our Lost Forum. Others have done it to create, well… that’s the problem. Star commenters, let’s try this… You have the power to make your own discussion pages. Go to our front page, type something…

The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk

After two underwhelming DLC extensions, Borderlands returns to the formula that made it a breakout hit last year – guns, loot, and a crack-cocaine addiction to leveling up – with The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. It’s billed as an appropriate challenge for players who have beaten the main game once already. But for higher…

Splinter Cell: Conviction’s Multiplayer Experience In Three Parts

Three new videos provide nearly everything you need to know about the multiplayer of Splinter Cell: Conviction, from Deniable Ops side games and Persistent Elite Creation system to the co-op story mode. Splinter Cell: Conviction’s aim is to redefine the stealth action experience, and according to game director Patrick Redding, that covers the multiplayer aspect…

Mega Man 10’s Endless Mode Coming Later, For Download

Mega Man 10, the newest retro-game to hit consoles, may be out for the Wii today and coming soon to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but its Endless Mode is further off. The new Mega Man, like Mega Man 9, will include an endless mode, a level of Mega Man that goes on forever.…

Neo Geo Arcade Classics Coming To PlayStation Store?

The PlayStation Network’s answer to the Wii Virtual Console looks to expand beyond the Turbografx-16 library, with the addition of Neo Geo games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP sneaking out via ESRB ratings. The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has rated a quartet of titles originally released for SNK’s 16-bit arcade/home console platform, the Neo…

Tropico 3 Succumbs To Absolute Power In May

Tropico 3’s upcoming expansion pack, Absolute Power, is your license to print money, as long as you keep it in-game. Kalpyso Media’s reboot of the classic island nation simulation Tropico last year was quite a success, garnering praise from the hardest of strategy game critics, so it’s only natural the game get an expansion. Coming…