World’s Loneliest Rock Band Ad?

Ad for unofficial OnRockBand.com in Brooklyn, almost as nondescript as the official Rock Band HQ.

Nintendo Gives Japan’s Club Nintendo Members An Ultrahand

Club Nintendo of Japan is offering a new present to its Nintendo-loving fan base, announcing Wii de Ultrahand for WiiWare. The two-player Wii game is based on the Ultrahand toy released by Nintendo in 1966. The Club Nintendo present, currently announced only for Japanese customers, will set members back a mere 50 points. What they’ll…

Something To Make Up For The DOA Gears’ Snuggie

Hearts were broken, gift lists shattered when Epic confirmed to Kotaku that while there was a Gears of War Snuggie in the works, it wasn’t going to be sold. Good news then, to gamers with cold arms and a need to snuggle: Street Fighter IV Snuggie is real and for sale. After seeing a pic…

Kotick: Unemployment Likely To Affect Industry Sales

Appearing on the Fox Business network on Friday, the same day U.S. unemployment passed 10%, the head of Activision acknowledged that high jobless numbers will challenge the gaming business, but vouched for the value of playing games in tough times. After chatting about the company’s recent earnings, Fox Business guest host Charles Payne and Activision…

Dragon Box V1 – The Way It Was Meant To Be Seen!

The Dragon Box—the essential edition for Dragon Ball Z purists—is here. This set isn’t an addition to your archive. It is your archive. After a frame-by-frame restoration from the Dragon Ball Z masters (in the original 4:3 aspect ratio), the first volume of the Dragon Box includes the first 42 episodes on 6 discs. Get…

Modern Warfare 2 Steam Release Bumped Back & Forth

PC gamers choosing to get their Modern Warfare 2 fix through Steam were expecting to have to wait until November the 12th to fight the global virtual war on terror. As of right now, they’ll wait a little less. While the Steam release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is bizarrely being held…

Mega Man And Mega Bear Hit The Bricks

Medicom combines their Kubrick and Bearbrick lines into one adorable set of Mega Man figures, coming in January 2010 to a dusty shelf near you. The Kubrick/Bearbrick Mega Man set is actually a Rockman set, but I figured our North American readers might know him better by his bastardized name. Rockman looks vaguely pissed to…

I picked up Modern Warfare 2 for the 360 – The Madcatz Controller, not the game – And not for my 360 either, but for my PC. Apparently a majority of the “Games for Windows” line is exclusively compatible with the 360 gamepads, as I’ve found none of my other perfectly functioning non-360 gamepads work.…

Reminder: Modern Warfare 2 Kotaku Game Club Starts Tomorrow

As promised/threatened, Kotaku’s Game Club returns tomorrow. And now I can put a time on that: 2pm Kotaku Time (Mountain time), which is 1pm in Los Angeles, 4pm in New York, and 8am in Luke-land. A few reminders… -The first day of this Game Club will cover only the first three levels of the game,…

Rumor: EA’s Cuts Include C&C Team, Pandemic, Maxis & More

Electronic Arts announced yesterday it would be eliminating 1,500 jobs, cutting a dozen in-development games and closing “several facilities.” According to multiple sources, those cutbacks include studios like Pandemic, Maxis and nearly the entire Command & Conquer team. Sources tell Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of…

ESA Founder Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

Today the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced that Entertainment Software Association founder Doug Lowenstein will be the third recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. What makes old Doug worthy of standing alongside Sony’s Ken Kutaragi and Nintendo of America founders Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa? Lowenstein founded the ESA, the industry’s most important…

Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 Combat Controller Review: Plugged In

Among the bounty of Modern Warfare 2-themed Mad Catz accessories are new controllers for the Xbox 360. The wired Xbox 360 controllers include assignable macro buttons, LED lighting and a digital camo design, but are they worth picking up? Loved Triggers: The controllers buttons are snappier and the d-pad feels a bit more responsive, but…

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost And Damned Coming To PC?

Rockstar Games’ downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV look to be making the platform jump from Xbox 360 to Games For Windows Live, giving PC gamers a chance to experience The Lost And Damned. Grand Theft Auto fan site GTA4.net spotted the five Games For Windows Live Achievements specific to Rockstars’ first downloadable episode,…

Frankenreview: Modern Warfare 2

A game so wildly popular and well-known that we don’t even have to explain what it is in the opening line for the Modern Warfare 2 Frankenreview. so here we are. It’s the next installment of Infinity Ward’s s***. We could drone on and on about Modern Warfare 2’s controversial terrorist level, or the fact…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Already Standing Out Here

Look what showed up at Kotaku on Modern Warfare 2 launch day. It kind of stands out. According to Nintendo, all copies will come in red. It ships on Sunday. More pics — and a note from Peach — follow.

Ignition Has A Deadly Premonition For 360 Owners

Ignition Entertainment brings more survival horror to the Xbox 360 next year with Deadly Premonition, a creepy tale of mystery and terror set in a remote rural town. Access Games’ Deadly Premonition not only sounds a lot like Silent Hill, it also looks like it as well, with a bit of Fatal Frame thrown in…

Shadow Complex Guide for the Xbox 360 Chair Entertainment, Epic Games Guide written by Big Bob Email: [email protected] ——————————————————————————————————————— What is Shadow Complex? If you’re reading this guide you probably don’t need an explanation, but I’ll give one anyway. Shadow Complex was created by Chair Entertainment and published by Epic Games. The game is a…

What’s Inside The European Bayonetta Special Edition?

What do folks in the UK, France, Spain, and Australia have to look forward to should they spend a little bit more on Bayonetta this January? It’s more than just an art book! But not much more, really. Sega Europe has announced the Special Edition of Bayonetta for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and…

New Saboteur Screens – Oh The Humanity!

Is it too soon for referential Hindenburg humor? I can never tell. It’s another batch of screenshots for Pandemic’s The Saboteur, featuring protagonist Sean Devlin doing things other than wading through the seedy underbelly of World War II’s burlesque scene. Marvel as he blows up a blimp! See him climbing a thing! Behold – he’s…

Vagrant Story Coming To PAL PSN

Released on the Japanese PlayStation Network in August, Square Enix is bringing classic PlayStation RPG Vagrant Story to the PAL PlayStation Network. Can a North American release be far behind? How good is Vagrant Story? At a time when Square was releasing Final Fantasy VII through Final Fantasy IX, Vagrant Story was the only original…