Europe’s God Of War III Ultimate Edition Even More Ultimate

The top shelf version of God of War III coming to Europe is a bit more ultimate than the North American version, known over there as the God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition. This is what it looks like. Europe’s God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition is the only way for our friends…

All is Forgiven, Miss America

So Caressa Cameron, crowned Miss America on Sunday, opened her yearlong reign with some alienating things to say about video games. Chalk that up to extemporaneous speaking. Here she assures Major Nelson she wants to learn how to play them. We mentioned that Cameron’s first post-coronation comments were intended to motivate parents to set better…

Survey: Game Devs Walking Away From Wii, Warming Up To iPhone

Game developers are focusing less on the Wii and more on the iPhone, according to a new survey of more than 800 video game professionals, with development on Apple’s platform nearly doubling over the year prior. That survey of developers from North America “and beyond” was performed by Game Developer Research and consists of video…

Friday

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Why Is It Called China? I don’t know about you, but it’s been an exhausting week for me. Between the features, breaking news and reviews and handling a lot of manageminty and behind the scenes stuff, this week has zipped by. Next week has me traveling to San Fran on…

Introducing the Caseburster

Alien chestburster casemod for PS3 phat, as seen on Technabob.

John Romero Bows Before Gaming’s Masters

Speaking last night at The Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, Doom developer John Romero talked about the “masters” the game industry should look to for help creating games today. Which industry figures could make Romero their bitch? The first thing that Romero made clear during his talk, titled “Masters Among Us,” is that…

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Has A Secret Platform (It’s the iPhone)

Sega will be milking the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 for all its worth, doling out additional announcements and countdown clocks to drum up hedgehog hype. Perhaps the most interesting tease is the game’s fourth platform. Sonic 4 (nee “Project Needlemouse”) has been officially announced as a PlayStation Network, WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade…

Download The BioShock 2 Soundtrack On Tuesday

Fans not opting to purchase the Limited Edition of BioShock 2 can still get their hands on music from the game, when 2K Games releases soundtrack digitally, packed with the greatest hits from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Between BioShock and Fallout 3, I’ve grown quite fond of music from the 30’s through the 50’s…

Review Round-Up: More MAG, More Tower Defense, But No More Heroes

Some reviews we ran this week made people angry. Well, honestly, some of the reviews made us angry too. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review: Repetitious Rebel In which, I guess I zigged when other people zagged. MAG Review: World of Shadow Warcraft In which Brian Crecente made a game pay for its poor…

EA’s Road Rash Reboot, Oliver Twist Game Could Have Looked Like This

Road Rash fans are likely aware that Electronic Arts has flirted with reviving the violent racer on “next-gen” platforms, a project that has reared its head in video and trademark form. But did you know that EA was also working on an Oliver Twist game? It got at least as far as the concept art…

This Week’s Top Five Hotter-than-Hades Stories

It’s Friday and it’s time for the top 5 hottest Kotaku stories of the week. Warning: reading them may scorch eyebrows, eyelashes, and/or facial hair. Brought to you by Dante’s Inferno. In Stores 02.09.10. Read ’em and burn after the jump. 1. Romance With Disabled Girls: How (And Maybe Why) An Unusual Video Game Came…

Get Acquainted With Dante’s Sins

The latest Dante’s Inferno trailer provides us with a quick recap of the sins of man – lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud, treachery, and using leetspeak. I might have made up one of those. It’s a lovely trailer and all, but I can’t help but wonder what changes Dante Alighieri would have made…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

BioShock 2! BioShock 2! On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, that’s what I’ll be playing this weekend, drilling my way toward the end of the game and hopefully unlocking a World’s Greatest Big Daddy coffee mug reward for my Avatar. Oh, they don’t actually have such a thing (as far as I know) in BioShock…

I Will Now Attempt To Explain A Battle System

Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku, children of all ages. I will now attempt to explain to you the battle system in Sega and Tri-Ace’s upcoming role-playing game Resonance of Fate. Drumroll please. (And let me know if I lose you.) Resonance of Fate, fine people, is a role-playing game set in a fantasy future. Imagine…

Panelfly Comic Reader Makes The iPad A Bit More Attractive

I thought Apple’s new iPad was a completely ridiculous waste of money, until I saw pictures of the iPad version of Panelfly’s comic book reader. Now it’s just slightly ridiculous. There was absolutely no way I was shelling out $500 plus for an iPad in March. There was no application Apple could show me, nor…

This Was Kotaku’s Star Trek Week

Star Trek Online launched this week, which was a good enough reason to investigate what Star Trek means to games and gamers. Below are special links to all our Star Trek Week stories, from STO impressions to rants and recollections.

Finding The Art In Video Games

Where is art found in video games? Ian Bogost and a panel of experts tackled this question and more yesterday at The Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Art History of Games isn’t simply another venue to show off particularly lovely screenshots or paintings inspired by gaming. The event seeks to answer…

Somme people really love tower defense games…

These Doom Babies Will Eat Your Infant Muppets

As Seen On Ilafox(Thanks Ricardo)

Tournament of Legends Preview: Two-Fisted Combat

You’ve seen the ancient gods fight in video games before. You may have seen them use giant hammers. But have you seen a fighting game on Wii that allows for two-handed combat, shot from an unusual camera angle? Tournament of Legends is the next Wii game from High Voltage Software, makers of last year’s Wii…