SOE Raises $25,000 For Haiti

Sony Online Entertainment rallied its players in support of earthquake-ravaged Haiti last weekend, leveraging the allure of exclusive in-game items to raise $25,000. MMO players are as charitable as they are in-game exclusive crazy, as SOE proved over the weekend. From January 15th to the 18th, players of EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Free Realms were…

Review Round-Up: Dark Void, Dark Void And Other Stuff

All the games we reviewed in the past week were not called Dark Void. Just two of them. VVVVVV Micro-review: AAAAAAH!!! In which Michael McWhertor “got at least two of the jokes.” Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up In which Mike Fahey objects to the game’s use of giant eyeballs. Pocket God…

Dead or Alive Paradise Brings Bikinis Galore To North America This Spring

Tecmo Koei is bringing the bikini-collecting, mini-game-playing thrills of Dead or Alive Paradise to North American PSP owners, loosely dating the fighting game spin-off for “Spring 2010.” If you haven’t been keeping up, Tecmo’s eye candy laden activity collection for the PlayStation Portable is like Dead or Alive without the fighting or Y chromosomes, like…

Vandal Hearts: Flames Of Judgment In Motion

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and here’s a peek at what it looks like in action. If you’re looking for a downloadable turn-based tactical action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, then look no further than Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment.…

Why They Went With A Soundalike For Portable Ezio

Is there a fundamental difference between the character voices we expect to hear from a 2D game and a 3D game? The makers of the Assassin’s Creed II DS game thought so. As a final curiosity regarding the Assassin’s Creed II Discovery for iPhone that we’ve been covering this week, I had to share the…

Assassin’s Creed II’s “Battle of Forli” Taken Out Next Week

Ubisoft has put a price and firm date on Kotaku Game of the Year contender Assassin’s Creed II’s first batch of downloadable content. The “Battle of Forli” DLC will arrive January 28. It can be yours for 320 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 or $3.99 USD/3.99€ for the PlayStation 3, depending on which version…

GameStop Launches Mass Effect 2 And MAG At Midnight

Video game retailer GameStop has deemed both Mass Effect 2 and Sony’s MAG worthy of keeping its employees up past midnight to get them into gamers’ hands. More than 2,500 GameStop stores will be opening late on Monday night to dole out preordered copies of Mass Effect 2 and MAG to eager fans, with certain…

Battlefield Bad Company 2’s Single-Player Will Be A More Serious Matter

We already knew that EA believes March’s Battlefield Bad Company 2 poses a threat to Activision’s Modern Warfare series. In terms of multiplayer, they’ve made the case. For single player, they’re finally getting specific. Here’s the game’s new single-player trailer (again): Developers from EA’s DICE studio, longtime makers of the Battlefield series, told Geoff Keighley…

The Great Tablet Debate: Join Totilo on Fox News’ Strategy Room

Our very own Stephen Totilo is live NOW on Fox News’ Strategy Room talking about the rumored Apple Tablet. Yes, there’s chat about gaming on the device, but they’re also talking about magazines and other apps on the device. Other folks on the show include Robert Scoble, Michael Gartenberg, and Lance Ulanoff. Check it out.…

The Best Role-Playing Games Of 2009

While the jury may still be out on our Game of the Year, we’ve already rolled the dice on the Best Role-Playing Games of 2009. Why are we doing a best Role-Playing Game award and not a Best Shooter, Best Driving Game, etc.? Because this is an Editor’s Choice category, ladies and gentlemen, and role-playing…

Uncharted 2 Costumes & Characters

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Tekken 6 – Zafina Costume

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Dead Or Alive Paradise Screens

Muramasa Costumes & Characters

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VP First-Person Shooter Relations… Son Of A…

Sure Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine experience goes a long way in job interviews, but what about MAG command experience? SorryThe Kevin Butler, maybe you should apply for VP of Painfully-Hard and Woefully Under-Appreciated Third-Party Games. Click to view

PS3 Just Cause 2 Has Video Capture Built Right In

A game like Just Cause 2 is filled with explosive moments you’ll want to share with your friends, and PlayStation 3 players will be able to do just that, thanks to a PS3-exclusive built-in video capture feature. Just Cause 2 is all about emergent action, letting the player decide how he or she wants to…

Game of the Year 2009: The Readers’ Choice Award

Taking nearly half of the more than 16,000 votes in our Game of the Year poll, this Playstation 3 exclusive garners Kotaku’s 2009 Reader’s Choice Award for Game of the Year. No, despite Mike McWhertor’s vigorous defense of the game, it wasn’t Demon’s Souls. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves earned about 48 percent of the total…

A Closer Look At NieR

Square Enix‘s NieR is more than just suggestive pictures of a woman’s rear end as evidenced by this latest batch of screenshots for the Cavia-developed action-adventure. Okay, so maybe these screens aren’t nearly as compelling as the ones Ash has been posting, but we couldn’t have folks expecting the entire game to be about ass,…

Final Fantasy XIII’s PAL Collector’s Edition Is Lovely

It might not have exactly the same content as were listed on GameStop’s Italian portal, but the PAL region Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy XIII is nothing to scoff at. For the most part, the official PAL Collector’s Edition for Final Fantasy XIII is very similar to the one Luke wrote about earlier this week.…

Mass Effect 2 Free And Paid Downloadable Content Plans Clarified

News this week of free-for-some downloadable content plans for Mass Effect 2 generated confusion about who will have to pay for what. Answers are emerging, including more free content and a $15 cost for used-game consumers who want it all. The main element that has puzzled gamers is The Cerberus Network, which was announced on…