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  Free LEGO Rock Band With Your Performance Fleece

  Picking up that Old Navy gift card for your little sister could pay off this Black Friday, when the clothing retailer will be giving away free copies of LEGO Rock Band with every $20 purchase. Old Navy isn’t known for its video game deals, but they’ll be handing out copies of LEGO Rock Band on…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Announcing The Return Of Kotaku’s Game Club, For Modern Warfare 2

  Attention to those of you planning to play Modern Warfare 2. Read this first, so that you can play — and discuss — the game with the rest of Kotaku. Last year, Kotaku experimented with its own version of a Book Club and we will be bringing that back next week for Modern Warfare 2.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009
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  Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan’s Game Charts

  PlatinumGames and Sega’s Bayonetta kicked her way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one, making it the country’s bestselling game. So long Pokemons! It was the PlayStation 3 version of Bayonetta, responsible for 135,000 of those copies sold in Japan, that secured the top spot on Media…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009
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  Atlus Brings Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Stateside

  Atlus, publishing a Shin Megami Tensei game in North America? I know, I was pretty shocked too to learn that Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, the company’s first-person science fiction RPG, was being localized for a stateside Nintendo DS release. The latest in the SMT series, already released in Japan to favorable reviews—the highest Famitsu-rated…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009
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  Giant Wine, Autographed Items, Vinyl, At Upcoming Charity

  What you are looking at here are most of the items we plan to auction off during Kotaku’s Child’s Play Fundraiser later this month. Let’s walk through what here: Three copies of the rare Marvel Vs Capcom 2 vinyl mix tape. A Brutal Legend statue. A copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter’s Edition…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  PS3 Greatest Hits Get A Facelift

  Like the console’s appearance, logo and full-price game boxes, the PS3’s line of budget titles – the Greatest Hits range – has also had a bit of a face-lift recently. It’s nothing drastic, but those long put off by the “cheap” appearance of the line on both the PS2 and (til now) PS3 should appreciate…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Game Boy Enters The National Toy Hall Of Fame

  It’s time to celebrate chunky black and green portable gaming, as the Nintendo Game Boy becomes the second video game platform to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The Strong Museum of Play‘s National Toy Hall of Fame has been celebrating the playthings that have had a profound effect on how we…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Diaries Of Game-Shunning Children

  “Day 15 – I wanted to play on the Wii but cooked a banana cake instead.” That’s an excerpt from a diary of a nine-year-old who gave up video games for 30 days. The UK’s Daily Mirror has published the diaries of a few children who dared to keep themselves from TV, computers and video…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009
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  Sam Fisher Makes His Own Rules

  This developer diary for Splinter Cell: Conviction demonstrates how badass a Sam Fisher devoid of Third Echelon control can really be, and how badass Ubisoft developers can look under the right lighting. Sam Fisher is a walking, talking action movie cliche in Splinter Cell: Conviction. The super secret agent set free from all of the…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  How Much Did Gran Turismo 5 Cost To Make?

  Gran Turismo 5 has been years in the making. Last time we checked, years are not cheap. Years are expensive. When asked by AutoWeek about the game’s budget, Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi dropped this price tag: $60 million. “There are other games that cost more,” Yamauchi added. “Considering the size and scale of the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  PS3 Netflix Streaming Discs Are In The Mail

  Movie-hungry PlayStation 3 owners are flooding our tips email with notifications that Netflix is now shipping out the Instant Streaming discs for the PS3 version of the streaming video service. When close to a dozen emails show up in our inbox all at once, you know a company has sent out a mass mailing! Several…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  PS3 Exclusive Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Beta Confirmed

  EA confirms that the PlayStation 3 exclusive multiplayer beta for Battlefield: Bad Company is launching this month, with a multiplayer demo hitting all platforms early next year. Earlier this week EA DICE shot down rumors of a November 19th launch date for the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer beta for PS3 owners, but now it…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Openings

  More than 500 Best Buys and 4,200 GameStops nationwide will be hosting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 midnight launch events next week. The participating Best Buy stores will start selling Modern Warfare 2 at 12:01 a.m. this Tuesday. GameStop tells me that 4,250 of their 4,360 stores will also be selling at midnight and…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  A Colorful Cake For A Colorful Racer

  Crafted by a Need for Speed: Nitro DS artist’s fiancée to celebrate his first game.

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Final Darkside Chronicles Trailer Kicks Dog In The Face

  Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles hits the Nintendo Wii on November 17th, and here’s the final trailer, filled with hot undead dog-kicking action. Capcom makes on-rails shooters look so very fine. Generally one of my least favorite genres next to that one where you poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick, this trailer…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Carmack on iPhone Fallout, Quake Live and Elves and Orcs

  What started as a lark, playing around with an operating system that would allow Doom creator John Carmack to quickly produce portables games, has become a thriving business, the famed developer tells Kotaku. “Wolfenstein Classic was my original experiment on whether a first-person shooter would be any fun on the iPhone,” he said. “It did…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  A Visual Tour Of Mytheon’s Hot Spots

  Petroglyph and True Games have released a set of screenshots detailing the various environments found in the upcoming online action RPG Mytheon. Let’s take a tour of Colchis, The Dominion of Hades, and The Shattered Isle. Mytheon is an online PC game that combines action RPG gameplay with an element of collectible strategy games. Players…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Epic Sets The Unreal Engine Free

  Everyone else is using the Unreal Engine 3 for game development, so why shouldn’t you? Epic Games has just released the Unreal Development Kit, a free edition of the Unreal Engine 3 for everybody. Outside of mod tools included in the PC versions of Gears of War or Unreal games, the only way to get…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  A Look At Kmart’s Black Friday Game Sales

  Walmart isn’t the only retailer planning to knock down prices this month for video games. We’ve gotten our hands on the flier showing of Kmart’s big Black Friday deals as well. The deals listed, which hit the day after Thanksgiving, include DSi bundles for $170 that come with five free games and a $25 Nintendo…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Princess Peach is missing from the painting above. You could either waster your time trying to rescue her (even though she’ll just go missing again) or just comment here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009