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  Please Silent Hill Cosplayer, Don’t Kill The Vacuum Cleaner

  As seen on Hawty McBloggy.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Heavy Rain Stars In European Console Bundle

  Looks like Europe isn’t just getting a collector’s edition of PS3 adventure Heavy Rain; the Old World will also be seeing some hardware bundles, in which the game is packed in with a 250GB PlayStation 3 console. A listing, complete with box art, has appeared on Amazon’s French portal. That pic up there is it.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  Let’s Check Out These Blurry DoA Bathing Suits

  Dead or Alive is laying off the fighting and heading back to the beach for upcoming PSP game Dead or Alive Paradise. Like previous Dead or Alive poolside titles, Paradise focuses on volleyball, gambling, ridiculous swimsuits and taking pictures of girls wearing said ridiculous swimsuits. Besides Kasumi, characters Risa, Hitomi, Rio and their breasts will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Number Of New Intellectual Properties On The Rise

  According to a study performed by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR), more and more publishers are betting their cash on new intellectual property. Since 2006, the percentage of games hitting the market based on new, original IP (so not a sequel or a licensed game) has grown from 16% to 22%. Which is…nice, but…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  The Best-Selling Games In Australia For 2009 Were…

  While we’re still up to our armpits in 2009 flashbacks, we may as well take a look down under, and see what the twenty best-selling games in Australia were last year. These figures were released today by chart trackers GfK, who sadly do not provide individual unit sales. Warning: prepare for Nintendomania. 1. Wii Fit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  Some Halo: Reach Screen Shots

  Game retailer EB Games has uploaded the first direct feed Halo: Reach screens onto the game’s product page. Anyone with the most recent issue of Game Informer magazine has seen these screens — not everyone has the latest GI, though! That, and these are some of the first proper screens for the game. Halo: Reach…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  MGS: Peace Walker Voice Actress Tops The Japanese Single Charts

  Nana Mizuki, who voices Costa Rican girl Paz Ortega Andrade in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, has become the first Japanese voice actress to reach number one on the Japanese pop single charts. Her latest single “Phantom Minds” moved 54,000 copies last week during its first week on sale. This is the first…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Yakuza 3 Gets A New Box For Its Trip Stateside

  As you’re no doubt aware, American publishers sometimes like to mess around with a foreign game’s box art before releasing it in the US. Yakuza 3 is the latest target of this practice. Gone is the stark white background of the Japanese cover, perhaps because – since it’s a trademark of a series people in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  Report: Final Fantasy XIII Composer Leaves Square Enix

  Masashi Hamauzu, FFXIII composer, has left game company Square Enix, reports website Square Enix Music Online. He was an employee at Square Enix for the past 15 year. During that time, Hamauzu worked on titles such as SaGa Frontier II, Unlimited SaGa, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII. The official FFXIII soundtrack will be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Retailer Leaks Final Fantasy XIII Collector’s Edition Contents?

  It would appear that GameStop’s Italian portal has jumped the gun and revealed the contents of Final Fantasy XIII’s hitherto-mysterious collector’s edition. Available now for pre-order at the price of € 80 ($110), the retailer says the pack includes a soundtrack, art book, prequel story, comic book and collection of art cards. While the game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Getting PSP Bundle

  When the last Metal Gear Solid game, Portable Ops, was released on the PSP in Japan, it got a premium pack with a camo PSP. Another MGS game is coming to the PSP and guess what? Upcoming title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be getting a special camouflage PSP when the game is released…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Sony Delays Launch Of PS3 Motion Controller

  Sony has just announced that its motion control peripheral for the PlayStation 3 will not, as originally planned, be shipping in Spring 2010. “We have decided to release the Motion Controller in fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles that will deliver the new entertainment…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  These Days, Peter Jackson Enjoying Video Games More Than Movies

  With The Lovely Bones out in theaters, filmmaker Peter Jackson might seems like his schedule has opened up. Not so, the director will be acting as producer on Steven Spielberg Tintin movie. There’s there The Hobbit. Video games, too. Jackson has been spending his free time playing through Modern Warfare 2. “I’m enjoying these games…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2010
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  Even Activision’s CEO Knows Spider-Man Games Suck

  We give Activision boss Bobby Kotick a ton of stick around here, mostly because he often says some pretty silly things. His latest comments on the Spider-Man series, however, ring as true as truth can ring. “Our Spider-Man games have sucked for the last five years”, he told Game Informer. “They are bad games. They…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  In 2010, We Will Learn What Ken Levine Has Been Working On

  Ever since production wrapped on BioShock, people have been keen to know what Ken Levine‘s next project would be. Seems we’re finally, years after his last game shipped, going to find out. With a “new” studio under his belt and rumours of an X-Com revival still hanging in the air, BioShock’s director feels the time…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2010
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  Skate And Some Other Game Join Xbox 360 Games On Demand

  The library of Xbox 360 games available “on demand” has expanded by two today with the addition of EA’s original Skate and Brave? Brave: A Warrior’s Tale? Something like that. Pricing on Skate (aka skate.), as I see it in U.S. dollars is $19.99. In line with budget pricing for Xbox 360 games, it seems,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Apple Corpse

  Welcome back to Kotaku Off Topic, where things not necessarily video game related are discussed. Up for discussion tonight? Whatever you want. Actually, what do you want? My daily internet travels are often limited to a tiny subset of the internet, generally movies, music, world news, technology, general nerdiness. But what do you read on…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2010
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  The Bestselling Game Of All Time In The U.S. Is Wii Play

  The NPD Group has compiled fifteen years worth of video game sales in the United States, determining that Nintendo’s 2006 release Wii Play is the industry’s top seller, beating out Grand Theft Autos and Call of Dutys easily. And it did it on one platform, with its nearest competitor, Guitar Hero III relying on four…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2010
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  No New Half-Life Coming In 2010, Says Game Informer

  The latest issue of Game Informer magazine has a bit of potential bad news for Gordon Freeman fans, casting doubt on the release of Half-Life 2: Episode Three in 2010. Specifically, Game Informer’s rumor-centric Loose Talk column notes that there “won’t be any game from the [Half-Life] franchise in 2010, and what will finally come…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2010
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  Super SFIV’s Juri Looks Lovely In Resin

  If you love Super Street Fighter IV’s Juri as much as Crecente did, then you’ll be pleased to know that SOTA toys is working on a kickin’ resin statue of the character to help free you of your excess money. SOTA has done a lovely job capturing the likenesses of the boys, girls, and green-skinned…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2010